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This is v18.0 of the 2025-26 edition of the Super 5. The focus now shifts to the NCAA Tournament.
The premise of the Super 5 is to release my 5 best positions across College Basketball’s biggest leagues and in select actions in the lower leagues.

LAS VEGAS — Here it is. Tourney time. 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 first day of the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 betting board including the world-famous Top Choice. Let’s get down to business. Here’s the deal for the Super 5:

THE TIMELINE

The final KenPom T25 as the season progresses into the NCAAT.

The 2026 “Big Dance Bracket” via NCAA dot com.

COINCIDENTAL ARENA of the WEEK

A series depicting an arena which corresponds to a play featured in Super 5 actions to open business.

  • Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC
An outside/inside look at a key venue in the East Region.

CBB POSITIONS (3.19. 26, v18.0)

Super 5 Record: 41-44, 44.5 Points.

(W-L-P Format)

TOP CHOICE RECORD: 7-10

POTENCY PLAY RECORD: 5-10

And we bid adieu to the Potency Play.

2025-26 CBB PUBLISHED BET RECORD: 47-61 (All positions in all markets)

  • Straight Wagers: 41-45
  • Teasers: 5-14
  • Parlays: 0-2
  • Propositions: 0-0
  • Futures: 2-0
The Plays for S5 v18.0. As always, scoring is 1 point per win, half-point per push and 1.5 points for every Top Choice win.

— Troy/Nebraska OVER 137.5 POINTS

📚: Consensus Line

🚍:

Trojans Basketball on X

KEY METRICS

  • TROY: 213th nationally in PPG/A (73.1) & 57th in PPG (80.3).
  • NEB: 92nd nationally in FG% (46.5) & 61st in FT% (75.0).
  • My xAAPT: 144
Cornhuskers Basketball on X

— IDAHO/HOUSTON OVER 135.5 POINTS

📚: FanDuel

🚍: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Vandals Basketball on X

KEY METRICS

  • IU:281st nationally in PPG/A (72.6) & 287th in 3PT%/A.
  • UH: Tops in the country in TO’s (8.5) & 25th in FT% (77.2).
  • My xAAPT: 144
Cougars Basketball on X

— Texas A&M at ST. MARY’S (-2.5)

📚: FanDuel

🚍: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Gaels Basketball on X

KEY METRICS

  • A&M: 296th in the country in PPG/A (79.6) & 130th in FT% (73.7).
  • SMC: 20-11 ATS season to-date. The Gaels are 19th nationally in FG%/A (40.5), 26th in 3PT%/A (30.9), 10th in 3PT% (38.9), 1st in FT% (80.5) & 6th in TREB (37.3).

— SAINT LOUIS (+2.5) at Georgia

📚: FanDuel

🚍: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

Billikens Basketball on X

KEY METRICS

  • SLU: 1st nationally in FG%/A (37.9), 6th in 3PT%/A (29.4), 2nd in 3PT% (40.1) & 5th in FG% (50.9).
  • UGA: 16-16 ATS season to-date. The Bulldogs are 147th in FG%/A (43.8), 155th in 3PT%/A (33.7) & 160th in 3PT% (34.1).
It’s time for the day’s Top Choice in College Basketball and the Super 5 (v18.0).

TOP CHOICE:

— TCU at OHIO STATE (-2.5)

📚:Consensus Line

🚍: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC

Buckeyes Basketball on X

KEY METRICS

  • TCU: 248th nationally in FT% (70.8), 247th in 3PT% (33.1), 205th in FG% (44.8), 227th in 3PT%/A (33.7) & 207th in FG%/A (44.6).
  • tOSU: 21st in FG% (49.3), 56th in 3PT% (36.0), 20th in FT% (77.5), 65th in TO’s (10.4) & 47th in 3PT%/A (31.6).

MY TAKE

Taking the comprehensively better offensive basketball team which is better at the free-throw line and taking care of the basketball, it’s a play on tOSU -2.5 as the day’s Top Choice. I just can’t get past the Horned Frogs disqualifying offensive metrics.

AUXILIARIES

No entries this release citing a need for a pause in the market further citing wholesale ineptitude in said market.
I have three NCAAT propositional actions poised for release…

— 🏀: TOURNAMENT PROP: GONZAGA TO REACH THE ELITE 8 (2:1)

📚: FanDuel

Bulldogs Basketball on X. Of all the teams in all my brackets which I consistently have in the Elite 8, the ZAGS by far present the best value option in a chalky market.

— 🏀: TOURNAMENT PROP: FLORIDA (NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP) 9:1

📚: FanDuel

The Gators team profile via Real Sports. I just think when Thomas Haugh and Alex Condon are on their day, Florida has the best, strongest gear of any team. I chose UF over Duke citing the Blue Devils injury situation.

— 🏀: TOURNAMENT PROP: THOMAS HAUGH (FLORIDA) MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER (18:1)

📚: William Hill/Caesars

The Thomas Haugh profile via Real Sports.
This concludes the PropDuster Special series of plays pursuant to this S5 (v18.0) release.

YTD: 4-8

🏀: UCF at LOUISVILLE (-4.5)

📚: BetMGM

I subtracted this position from the S5 to focus on other positions. I felt the above 5 actions were of better quality. The injury to Louisville’s best player is disqualifying.

BEYOND THE RIM

Let’s look at some logos for this week’s history lesson…
Follow T3 Bracketology on X
Follow NCAA March Madness on X.

CBB TV SCHEDULE

Thursday/Friday broadcast details.
Thursday/Friday television details in graphic form via Projection Sports on X.

FUTURISTICS REVISITED

It’s all good! Always was. Cameron Boozer is the best player in America, as a true freshman. Saint Louis shared the A-10 regular season title. I’ve claimed responsibility and victory on both positions.
It would take a collusive act to deny Cam Boozer the Wooden Award.

REFERENCES

  • X
  • Various individual or entity social media accounts on X as cited in this work
  • Gemini
  • KenPom
  • Covers
  • Team Rankings
  • CBB Reference
  • CBS Sports App
  • Real Sports
  • NCAA (web)
  • ESPN (web)
  • BetMGM
  • FanDuel
  • 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.

Logo Credit: WUNC/AP

RANDOM SUPER 5 PHOTO

Deron Williams played at Illinois from 2002-05. He is a former 2x All-B1G selection and a consensus All-American. He was an integral part of the 2004-05 Fighting Illini team which competed for a National Championship. He too wore No. 5.

📸: Getty Images, Darkseid Sports IP. These are some of my favorite athletes ever to wear the Number 5.
Thanks for your time, energy and headspace in consuming this Super 5 content.

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