Art Aronson College Basketball Free Picks & Betting Advice

Our selection is on the Tampa Bay Rays to defeat the Houston Astros on Friday at 7:10pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Houston will start Miguel Ullola -- He will serve as an opener. The bullpen's top pitcher is on the IL right now (Okert).

The Astros are off a winning series against the Phillies. But, they are the weaker team between these two.

Tampa Bay will start Drew Rasmussen -- He's putting up statistics that should be more considered for the AL Cy Young. He's had that good of a year.

The Rays have won 65.5% of their games this season when playing as a home favorite.

We're on TB.

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Our selection is on the San Diego Padres to defeat the San Francisco Giants on Friday at 10:15pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

San Diego will start Robbie Ray -- He has a really solid 3.39 earned run average this season.

The Padres are 40-28 this season when playing as the betting favorites.

They are also winning 55.6% of their games when playing with a days rest this year.

San Francisco will start Anthony Molina -- Formerly on the Rockies and Braves, he's been great since coming to SF. But, his team isn't too good.

The Giants are 45-61 as an underdog this season.

The play is on San Diego.

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Our selection is on the San Diego Padres to defeat the San Francisco Giants on Saturday at 4:05pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

San Diego will start Michael King -- He's gone 6+ innings in three straight starts and has allowed zero runs.

The Padres have been great in divisional games entering this series with a 56.4% record this season.

San Francisco will start Casar Perdomo -- He's begun his career really well through two games. But, a division game here could be dangerous.

The Giants are just 17-26 against divisional opponents this season (opposite of the Padres).

They are also 50-72 with no days rest which is the third worst mark in the MLB.

The play is on SD.

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Our selection is on the Western Michigan Broncos to defeat the Monmouth Hawks on Saturday at 6:30pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Monmouth lost Tennessee Tech in week zero by 24 points and then barely beat Sacred Heart in week one.

The Hawks are a solid FCS program. But, up against a tough WMU team on the road this isn't going to be a good game for them.

Western Michigan has revenge on it's mind after the controversial loss to Michigan.

The Broncos were a double digit win team last year and will be tough again to beat this season.

The play is on WMU.

Our selection is on the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks to cover the spread against the UAB Blazers on Saturday for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Louisiana-Monroe played an SEC opponent in Week One and are hungry after getting pummelled.

UL Monroe has an improved offensive line with an experienced QB. The new-OC got some time to work with the guys in Week One and now he's ready.

This will be the first meaningful game of the season for the Warhawks who weren't expecting anything out of the Miss St game.

UAB lost by 21 against Illinois, but were in the game until allowing a Hail Mary before halftime while rushing zero players.

Back in 2024, the Blazers got destroyed in this matchup 32-6.

We're backing ULM this week with the real possibility of an upset.

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Our selection is on the California Golden Bears/Syracuse Orange to finish OVER the total on Saturday at 3:30pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

California's defense didn't look too good against UCLA in the opening game, allowing 45 points in the loss.

The Golden Bears are going to be expecting more of their quarterback in this one, a rising star in Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele.

Syracuse's offense looked top tier in it's win. Even against an FCS opponent, scoring 66 points is no joke.

Both teams ranked in the top 50 in seconds per play run last season and we're anticipating that to be the case again this season.

The Orange won 2024-2025's meeting 33-25 in a game that definitely could have had more points.

The play is on the OVER here.

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