College basketball picks, schedule: Duke vs. Miami predictions and Saturday’s top 25 games

Saturday’s college basketball game promises plenty of excitement throughout the day. With 14 ranked teams playing in the trip, most of them either narrow favorites or narrow underdogs, 11 ranked teams were seen just one week later on Saturday. It can be a noisy day with sports. Tripping – the most in his day since 2011.

At ACC, the No. 10 Virginia and No. 17 Miami are running at Wake Forest and Duke respectively. In the Big 12, No. 7 Texas draws tough roadies in West Virginia, while No. 12 Iowa State and his No. 21 Baylor head to Sooner State to face Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, respectively. In the SEC, No. 4 Alabama headed to Missouri, No. 9 Tennessee headed to Button, Louisiana to his Rouge against LSU, No. 16 Auburn colonial his life South Carolina talent team in his arena attract.

Chaos abounds, so prepare accordingly.

Below, our experts present the picks and predictions for the biggest games of the day in what we believe to be one of the best standalone slates this season so far.

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No. 17 Miami at Duke

Featured games | | Duke Blue Devils vs. Miami (Florida) Hurricanes

12pm | ESPN, fuboTV (try it free) — After a week-long run-up after a loss to Clemson inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke looks to be chalking here as a narrow favorite to defend his home-court advantage. But some people, myself included, pulled west straight up at this place, like Miami. With Jeremy Roach still out, the Blues in his Devils backcourt are still a sore spot, and the Miami guard his play is best positioned in his ACC and good to gain an advantage. Prediction: Miami +5.5 — Boone

Featured games | | Kansas Jayhawks vs. TCU Horned Frogs

1:00 PM | CBS, CBSSports.com, CBS Sports App (Free) — These teams split the series last season, and TCU nearly took its first win in Kansas before the Jayhawks delayed a defensive stop in a close game. Horned Frogs are a seasoned team who are not intimidated by the raucous atmosphere inside Allen Fieldhouse. They already have one Big 12 road win at Baylor and believe they can take another. Jayhawks dominates at home, so a straight win would be better, but he would be surprised if TCU folded easily in this top 15 fight. Prediction: TCU +7.5 — David Cobb

Featured games | | Arizona Wildcats vs. UCLA Bruins

2pm | ABC, fuboTV (free trial) — This could be the slate’s best game on Saturday. Right behind the top 5 defense he has won 14 times with UCLA, head to the desert to face the Arizona team. Zona looked dead on point even at her home this season, so I’m riding with the road team as it looks like the Bruins will continue to be hot. Prediction: UCLA -1 — Boone

No. 7 Texas at West Virginia

Featured games | | West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Texas Longhorns

6pm | ESPN, fuboTV (try it free) — West Virginia is a stingy team playing in Morgantown, West Virginia, but this is a seemingly out of line line. Beyond more talent, a better overall roster, and a win over TCU this week, Texas has a better job than WVU, who have lost five of their last six. Texas +1.5

4. Missouri, Alabama

Featured games | | Missouri Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide

6 p.m. | SEC Network, fuboTV (try it for free) — Here are our favorite upset picks of the week. Bama won his 16-2 and 12-1 with him 11 wins, but Mizo started his 12-1 run before losing three in his final five games in the second half. I fell into Outside of Kansas, the Tigers, who blew them up at home earlier this season, are nailed at home. I like that they give Bama a big push at this place. Missouri +6 — Boone

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