Picks for 2/9/26
College Basketball
8:30 PM EST
Rotation # 887
Oregon +10.5 over Indiana (loss)
Oregon played extremely well on the road the other night against Purdue in a game they were in right down to the wire. The Ducks have been hit hard with the injury bug, but look more like a team with Nathan Bittle and Takai Simpkins back in the lineup. Indiana got a huge overtime win against Wisconsin, but the college basketball world felt cheated by the way they won on a highly questionable foul. The Hoosiers have the better overall team, but the spread is a bit high for a first-year coach and a bunch of transfers playing against a hungry, desperate Ducks team trying to make up for lost time amid all their injury woes. The Ducks have played a grueling schedule and get a huge boost with Bittle in the paint and Simpkins’ three-point shooting. I think the Ducks can play another competitive game and stay inside the number. Take Oregon.
8:30 PM EST
Rotation # 887
Oregon +10.5 over Indiana (loss)
Oregon played extremely well on the road the other night against Purdue in a game they were in right down to the wire. The Ducks have been hit hard with the injury bug, but look more like a team with Nathan Bittle and Takai Simpkins back in the lineup. Indiana got a huge overtime win against Wisconsin, but the college basketball world felt cheated by the way they won on a highly questionable foul. The Hoosiers have the better overall team, but the spread is a bit high for a first-year coach and a bunch of transfers playing against a hungry, desperate Ducks team trying to make up for lost time amid all their injury woes. The Ducks have played a grueling schedule and get a huge boost with Bittle in the paint and Simpkins’ three-point shooting. I think the Ducks can play another competitive game and stay inside the number. Take Oregon.