College Basketball Best Bets: Three Favorite Picks for Tuesday, January 17

Our college basketball best bets are back, and it's an absolutely loaded slate of college basketball on Tuesday, January 17. We're looking to give you some winning best bets using a combination of key stats and trends, as well as some artificial intelligence from our DimersBOT NCAA basketball predictions. With that said, keep reading so that we can help you narrow down what you should be taking on a great day of NCAA basketball betting. If you want insight into our best bets to win the NCAA National Championship, you can check out our best CBB futures. Today we lock in on games involving the Big 12 - Kansas State Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks, Iowa State Cyclones vs. Texas Longhorns and Baylor Bears vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders.

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College Basketball Best Bets for Tuesday, January 17

Kansas State Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks - 7:00PM ET

In one of the biggest games in the history of this rivalry, Kansas State hosts Kansas tonight with a chance for an absolute statement win. Lucky for the Wildcats, they have been completely unbeatable at home, with an 8-0 record through this point in the season. But it's not just wins at home, the Wildcats have gone on the road to win at Texas and Baylor in the last two weeks.

Kansas is a great team, but they have been extremely fortunate in a string of close games lately to come out unscathed. In their last five games, four have been decided by four points or less against lesser teams than Kansas State. We like the Wildcats' winning ways to continue at home tonight.

BET: Kansas State -1.5 (-110) at DraftKings Sportsbook

🏀 Kansas St. vs. Kansas Predictions
📈 Betting preview: Kansas St. vs. Kansas

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Iowa State Cyclones vs. Texas Longhorns - 8:00PM ET

Another team that has been untouchable at home this season, the Iowa State Cyclones, hold a 9-0 record in Ames this year, and more impressively, they have won all nine home games by double digits. Tonight they host Texas, who hasn't looked the elite team they were with coach Chris Bears earlier in the year.

Iowa State is the #1 team in the country at forcing turnovers, and while Texas has generally been good taking care of the ball, we expect them to struggle tonight on the road. Since January 1st, barttorvik.com has Iowa State playing like the #6 team in the country while Texas has only been #59 in that span. We'll take the team playing better at the moment, at home.

BET: Iowa State -2.5 (-110) at DraftKings Sportsbook

🏀 Iowa State vs. Texas Predictions
📈 Betting preview: Iowa State vs. Texas

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Baylor Bears vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders - 9:00PM ET

Baylor has figured some things out in the last week since a brief losing streak, winning at a good West Virginia team and following that up with a comfortable home victory over Oklahoma State. They are elite offensively, and have not lost to a team ranked outside of the top 30 on Kenpom this season.

Texas Tech is not their usual selves this year, losing five straight games before tonight's contest. Their defense is not nearly the elite unit it normally is, and they just haven't been able to beat a good team this year. The Red Raiders are 0-7 vs. top 100 teams, and their best win of the year is a win over Louisiana Tech. 

BET: Baylor +2.5 (-110) at DraftKings Sportsbook

Best College Basketball Parlay Today

There are numerous different ways you can wager on College Basketball games in 2023, such as the moneyline, spread, total, player and team props, and, of course, parlays. While we normally suggest taking our picks on their own, we also really love parlays! With that said, check out the fat payout you can get by throwing all of our best bets together tonight. 

🔥 Kansas State -1.5
🔥 Iowa State -2.5
🔥 Baylor +2.5

*All odds and lines correct at time of publishing