As always, Good Luck and Play Responsibly.
LAS VEGAS — Here it is. A superb slate of College Basketball is readied and I’m back to deliver winners on my Top 5 positions — the Super 5 — for the day’s CBB betting board, including the world-famous Top Choice. Let’s get down to business. Here’s the deal for the Saturday Super 5:
THE TIMELINE
COINCIDENTAL ARENA of the WEEK
A series depicting an arena which corresponds to a play featured in Super 5 actions to open business.
- Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
CBB POSITIONS (2.28.26, v16.0)
Super 5 Record: 37-38, 40.5 Points.
(W-L-P Format)
TOP CHOICE RECORD: 7-8
POTENCY PLAY RECORD: 5-10
2025-26 CBB PUBLISHED BET RECORD: 42-55 (All positions in all markets)
- Straight Wagers: 37-39
- Teasers: 5-14
- Parlays: 0-2
- Propositions: 0-0
— FSU/GEORGIA TECH UNDER 160.5 POINTS
📚: DraftKings, BetMGM, William Hill/Caesars
KEY METRICS
- FSU: 306th nationally in FG% (42.8) & 298th in 3PT% (31.9).
- GT: 81st in the country in FG%/A (42.4), 227th in FG% (44.5).
- My xAAPT: 154
— VIRGINIA/DUKE OVER 140.5 POINTS
📚: FanDuel
KEY METRICS
- UVA: 56th nationwide in 3PT% (36.3).
- DUKE: 18th nationally in FG% (49.8).
- My xAAPT: 146
— UCLA (-1.5) at Minnesota
📚: Consensus Line
KEY METRICS
- UCLA: 24th nationally in 3PT% (37.8), 33rd in FT% (76.8) & 9th in TO’s (9.2).
- MINN: 332nd in the country in TREB (29.0) & 274th in FT% (69.5).
— YOUNGSTOWN/GREEN BAY OVER 142.5 POINTS
📚: FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM
KEY METRICS
- YSU: 83rd in the country in FG% (46.9) $ 24th in 3PM (10.2 per).
- UWGB: 38th nationally in FG% (48.1) & 44th in 3PT% (36.7).
- My xAAPT: 148
TOP CHOICE:
— NEVADA (+1.5) at UNLV
📚: BetMGM
KEY METRICS
- UNR: 16-12 ATS season to-date. Reno outclassed UNLV 89-76 on 1.30.26. The Wolfpack is 34th nationally in TO’s (9.9) & 66th in FT% (75.5).
- UNLV: 12-15 ATS season to-date. The Runnin’ Rebels are 325th in 3PT%/A (36.3), 285th in FT% (69.1) & 237th in TO’s (11.8).
MY TAKE
Taking the better basketball team in total which has an advantage in the realms of free-throw shooting and taking care of the basketball, it’s a play on the Nevada Wolfpack — at +1.5 points herein —- as the infamous Top Choice pursuant to the Saturday Super 5 (v16.0). UNLV is not very good and has had a long, tough season. UNR has enough for this, even if on the road in a conference and bitter rivalry game. The UNLV defense, FT-shooting and turnover metrics are disqualifying. For all that, it’s a play on UNR +1.5 as the day’s Top Choice.
AUXILIARIES
YTD: 4-6
🏀: San Francisco at PACIFIC (-3.5)
📚: FanDuel, BetMGM
I passed on this to focus on other positions. I felt the above 5 actions were of better quality.
BEYOND THE RIM
CBB TV SCHEDULE
FUTURISTICS REVISITED
REFERENCES
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- Grok
- Gemini
- KenPom
- Covers
- Team Rankings
- CBB Reference
- CBS Sports App
- Real Sports
- ESPN (web)
- BetMGM
- FanDuel
- DraftKings
- William Hill/Caesars
- Projection Sports
- Getty Images
- Darkseid Sports Intellectual Properties
CREATOR’S NOTE: Darkseid Sports has no affiliation, whatsoever, with the NCAA and/or any of the programs, athletes, social media accounts, universities, basketball programs, sports betting entities and/or social media accounts or any other corporate entity written about or depicted in corresponding imaging in this writing. The author of this writing is an ardent and serious College Basketball and Duke Blue Devils fan since the Coach K early regime. The author of this writing has been known to support many other schools and leagues beyond Duke and The ACC, in auxiliary, as a nod to his passion for the sport and his thankfulness of being +EV lifetime betting the sport.
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Baron Davis was a (high school) Parade All-American and the 1997-98 PAC-10 Rookie of the Year. He wore No. 5 at UCLA from 1997-99.
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