These are Ben Rasa’s favorite CBB betting picks and NCAAB bets today (Thursday, 1/5/22). Check out all of Ben’s best NCAA basketball prediction and best CBB bets on OddsShopper.
One of Ben’s best bets today comes from the Pac-12, where the Colorado Buffaloes host the Oregon Ducks in Boulder.
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“[Oregon has] only played one true road game this season: It was at UCLA, and they did not handle that well … They mirror Colorado in a lot of ways. Colorado can’t shoot free throws either. [But] they’re a 9-6 squad, they’ve won 5 of 6. They’re a balanced team, they play fast — top 50 in tempo, per KenPom. I like this Colorado squad.”
Ben likes the Buffaloes at home in a Pac-12 matchup, even though Colorado and Oregon have a lot of similar statistical benchmarks at this point in the season
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