College Basketball Best Bets (11/7/25)

Author: Dylan Lieck | November 7, 2025 | 5:10 P.M. CST

Best Bets:

1) North Carolina -2 vs. Kansas:

We’re just going to back the home team, with the better overall roster here. Darryn Peterson (KU) will be the best player on the floor, and he’s a STAR. But, the rest of the Kansas roster is not very impressive, and UNC has a good mix of experienced transfers, returning players, and talented freshmen. Going to Chapel Hill this early in the season is tough for any team, and we’re laying just 2 in this spot. Back the Tar Heels.

2) Idaho State +6 vs. San Diego:

This is purely a coaching matchup disadvantage for San Diego. Steve Lavin is 35-62 as a head coach at SD over the past 3 seasons. His teams have gotten worse as he’s been there, and they are traditionally undisciplined and poorly coached. Meanwhile Idaho State’s head coach Ryan Looney is phenomenal, working his way up from NAIA, to DII, to Division 1. He’s been at Idaho State since 2019, and his teams are disciplined, well coached, and will be well prepared. They also beat SD by double digits last year. Back Idaho State plus the points here.

3) Buffalo vs. Green Bay OVER 147.5:

This number opened 153.5 and is down 6 points. I think we’ve just gotten too low here. Green Bay was horrific defensively last season, and gave up over 90 in their opener (albeit to Kansas). I don’t see how they slow down a high potent Buffalo offense, that made 12 threes and shot over 40% from beyond the arc in game 1 against Southern Miss. It’s likely we see Buffalo get to 80 at the very least (likely north of 85). We’re going to only need a score in the 60s from Green Bay. As bad as Doug Gottlieb is as a head coach, I do think they have enough offense to put that up in this spot. Give me the over here, and I think we get there relatively easily.

All 3 Plays: 2-Star