College Basketball Player Props & Best Bets Today: Schedule, Picks for Sunday

There are plenty of intriguing non-conference college basketball matchups to end the week, and we have you covered with our daily college basketball player props and best bets for Sunday based on the best college basketball odds.

Will Kansas or Purdue be the new No. 1 team in the AP poll on Monday? That question is under scrutiny as No. 2 Kansas survived its first true road test of the season in a raucous Assembly Hall against Indiana on Saturday, while No. 3 Purdue beat No. 1 Arizona at the Indy Classic. Today, a couple of preseason AP top 25 teams take the court as USC faces Auburn and Illinois hosts Colgate. 

Here are our college basketball player props and best bets for Sunday (odds via our best March Madness betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

Sunday’s college basketball schedule and odds

(Odds via DraftKings)

Sunday’s college basketball best bets

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Sunday’s college basketball player props

Boogie Ellis (USC) Over 17.5 points vs. Auburn (-120 via bet365) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

When Auburn plays at home in “The Jungle,” the pace of play tends to ratchet up, and games become more of a track meet, as evidenced by the 19-16 O/U record at Neville Arena since 2021. That should raise the scoring potential of USC guard Boogie Ellis, who has scored 18-plus points in four of the last six games since missing the UC Irvine game on Nov. 14. Ellis has made 50% of his 3-point attempts in that span, and he ranks in the top 90 of all players nationally with a 46.3% 3-point percentage and a No. 126 offensive rating, per KenPom. 

Ellis’ projected total is lower than usual, given that Auburn ranks in the top 15 nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency and effective field goal percentage allowed. Still, the Tigers have allowed opponents to shoot 41.1% from beyond the arc over the last three games, which considerably raises Ellis’ offensive ceiling. 

We are making this wager at bet365, as DraftKings has much steeper -140 odds to back the Over (up from -125 on Saturday night).

Arthur Kaluma (Kansas State) Under 1.5 3-pointers vs. Nebraska (-105 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Arthur Kaluma has made six of his last seven 3-point attempts in his previous two games against LSU and Villanova. However, those two teams rank outside the top 300 in 3-point percentage allowed, while Nebraska has held opponents to less than 30% shooting (29.6%) from beyond the arc. That has not stopped teams from firing away from deep against the Cornhuskers, as they have allowed 39.5% of opponents’ shots (ranks 250th) to come from the perimeter. 

While Kaluma has attempted at least three 3-point attempts in every game he has played this season, we expect Fred Hoiberg’s defense to extend even more and run Kansas State off the 3-point…