Best College Basketball Bets, Player Props & NCAAB Picks for 12/01

⭐ Florida Atlantic to beat Liberty by 6-10 points (+370) at FanDuel

We start with the Liberty Flames at the Florida Atlantic Owls for our free college basketball picks today where the home team sits as high favorites on the moneyline at -315.

Florida is currently third in the American Athletic Conference and has an excellent record of 5-1 so far in the midst of a three-game winning run. In fact, it only trails Wichita State at the top of the division because the latter has played two more games.

Once again, the Owls head into this game as the favorites, as it has done in almost every match this season. The only defeat they have suffered was in a 61-52 home loss to Bryant, but it has returned by beating Butler 91-86, Texas A&M 96-89 and Virginia Tech 84-50.

During this period of a three-game winning run for Florida, the Flames have continued its own winning run by beating Wichita, Vermont and MD Eastern. However, Florida seems to have turned a corner and looks excellent at home where it has won home matches by tallies as high as 43 points and as low as five points.

Liberty is in excellent form, however, so we expect a closer game where Florida wins in our NCAAB picks today. 

⭐ NCAAF Picks: Florida Atlantic to beat Liberty by 6-10 points (+370) at FanDuel

⭐ Dawson Garcia over 17.5 points against New Orleans (-105) at DraftKings

For our second college basketball prediction on Thursday, let’s take a look at the Minnesota forward, Dawson Garcia.

The 22-year-old has been racking up the points for the Golden Gophers this season and now heads into this game by scoring 19 points against the San Francisco Dons and 19 against UAPB.

This has taken Garcia to a tally of 90 from his five games in the 2023/24 season, which includes 22 points in the excellent 102-76 win over the UTSA Roadrunners on gameday one.

Minnesota is now -900 on the moneyline in this one, and combine this with the fact New Orleans has conceded at least 69 points in all its games this season, and you should be led to believe that Garcia has another high-scoring match at home.

New Orleans did win 79-74 last time out, but with a three-game losing run to Loyola, Oklahoma State and North Dakota before this where it conceded a total of 240 points, it is now on a 3-3 record.

⭐ Free College Basketball Predictions: Dawson Garcia over 17.5 points against New Orleans (-105) at DraftKings

⭐ Over 137.5 points between Texas Tech and Butler (-110) at Caesars

Moving onto our next set of college basketball picks today, we look at the tough-to-call game between Texas Tech and Butler.

Both teams are on two-game winning runs heading into this match at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, as Texas has scored over 71.5 points in both of its victorious games by winning 73-57 at Michigan and beating UNI 72-70.

At the same time, Butler has also racked up a combined 158 points in wins over Penn State and Boise State, while it even managed to score 86 points in a home loss against Florida Atlantic. Other games this season have also seen the Bulldogs score in the higher brackets across all of the NCAAB, as it defeated Eastern MI 94-55, SEMO 91-56 and ETSU 81-47.

In total, four of the seven games this season have gone over 137.5 points for Butler, while three of the six games involving Texas have seen over 137.5 points. Now, in what is a tough game to predict, we’re merely heading for another high-scoring affair.

⭐ College Basketball Picks Today: Over 137.5 points between Texas Tech and Butler (-110) at Caesars