Saturday Morning College Basketball Picks: Free CBB Predictions

Duke Blue Devils @ Georgetown Hoyas (+2) (1:00pm ET, 1-30): Duke is 1-3 away from Cameron Indoor while the Georgetown Hoyas are 9-1 at home, and that one loss came prior to Christmas, before the Hoyas really found themselves. Since then, the Hoyas barely lost to Villanova, beat UConn and PIttsburgh, and struggled late and lost to Syracuse. But the Hoyas have talented bigs, a scoring wing, and a point guard that creates and scores as well. The Blue Devils have lots of bodies, but until Kyle Singler starts playing elite basketball, I’m not sure the Devils should be a favorite to beat really good teams, especially out of the ACC. I’ll take the Hoyas as 2 point underdogs at home.

Vanderbilt Commodores (+9) @ Kentucky Wildcats (4:00pm ET, 1-30): Kentucky is favored by nine points against a good Vanderbilt team (I randomly called them the Vandals in my Just Picks newsletter, whoops), and still the masses like the Wildcats to get the win and the cover. I don’t know. I’m buying Vandy and this is why: the Wildcats aren’t going to just turn it around after one loss, as many people are suggesting. Well, now they lost, and playing with lesser teams all season long won’t happen now that they learned their lesson… Please. Listen, Kentucky is really good, but this Vandy team has plowed through some solid opponents in SEC play. A win against Florida then wins at Alabama, at South Carolina, and at Tennessee – all in all they are winners of 10 straight and they play tough. They really score the basketball and I think they can put the ball in the hoop with Kentucky. I’ll take those 9 points and like it.

Kansas Jayhawks (-3.5) @ Kansas State Wildcats (7:00pm ET, 1-30): The Wildcats have been dang good at home, with only one loss this season – and most of their down games, and losses, come to teams out of the Top 25 – they play up against solid schools. But I don’t think they’ve played a Kansas – even thought Texas was ranked #1 when State ousted them, I still think Kansas was and is the best team in the country. I think the Jayhawks get the best of the Cats in this Kansas showdown. They are 6-1 in away or neutral games – that’s knowing how to do work away from home.