LEAKED: Opening Night College Basketball Spreads

by Robert Ferringo - 10/31/2022

I know that most people think that every sportsbook puts up their own college basketball lines. That’s actually not true. One sportsbook usually puts them up first, and the rest of the sportsbooks then just copy those and offer them to bettors.

Doc’s Sports offers college basketball expert picks for every game on our NCAA basketball predictions page.

Well, about nine years ago I cracked the code on how the initial oddsmakers come up with their opening college basketball spreads. No, I’m not going to tell you how I came about this information or where it is from. But I am feeling generous enough to share. So below are what will be the opening spreads for the beginning of the college basketball season on Monday, Nov. 7 and Tuesday, Nov. 8.

I’m only releasing the spreads for now. I’m not much of a totals bettor in college basketball. So, while I do know those numbers, I have no real use for them.

I would like to point out that these will only be the opening numbers. Early action will move them, and these likely won’t be the spreads that you get to wager on for all of the games. Unreleased injuries, suspensions, or other personnel-related matters could also sway the lines. However, they will all be accurate within a point of the opening number. And having a few days head start should benefit your handicapping and preparation for next week’s action.

Here you go, and happy hunting:

MONDAY, NOV. 7

Mississippi Valley State (+38) at Baylor (Noon)

Pacific (+18.5) at Stanford (2 p.m.)

Coppin State (+11) at Charlotte (6 p.m.)

Howard (+21) at Kentucky (6:30 p.m.) – depends on Tshiebwe injury

Fort Wayne (+17.5) at Michigan (6:30 p.m.)

New Orleans (+15) at Butler (6:30 p.m.)

LaSalle (+18.5) at Villanova (6:30 p.m.)

Merrimack (+23) at St. John’s (6:45 p.m.)

NJIT (+10.5) at St. Peter’s (7 p.m.)

Wagner (+16) at Temple (7 p.m.)

Morehead State (+21) at Indiana (7 p.m.)

Manhattan (+16.5) at VCU (7 p.m.)

Kent State (+1) at Northern Kentucky (7 p.m.)

St. Francis (+16) at St. Bonaventure (7 p.m.)

VMI (+16) at Richmond (7 p.m.)

Penn (+7) at Iona (7 p.m.)

Citadel (+18) at Clemson (7 p.m.)

Quinnipiac (+7) at Rhode Island (7 p.m.)

Winthrop (+13) at Penn State (7 p.m.)

Brown (+14) at Vermont (7 p.m.)

Idaho (+12.5) at Denver (7 p.m.)

Marshall (-3.5) at Queens (7 p.m.)

Niagara (+17) at Maryland (7 p.m.)

Maryland-ES (+11.5) at Old Dominion (7 p.m.)

South Dakota State (+6) at Akron (7 p.m.)

Mt. St. Mary’s (+15.5) at West Virginia (7 p.m.)

Lindenwood (+28.5) at Dayton (7 p.m.)

Stetson (+18.5) at Florida State (7 p.m.)

Robert Morris (+23) at Ohio State (7 p.m.)

Siena (-1) at Holy Cross (7 p.m.)

Northern Arizona (+21.5) at Michigan State (7 p.m.)

Bethune Cookman (+26) at Iowa (7 p.m.)

Valparaiso (+13.5) at Toledo (7 p.m.)

Tarleton State (+14) at Arizona State (7 p.m.)

Chattanooga (Pk) at Charleston (7:30 p.m.)

Jacksonville (+20) at Duke (7 p.m.)

Colgate (-2) at Buffalo (7 p.m.)

Albany (+16) at Towson (7 p.m.)

UT-Martin (+18) at Pittsburgh (7 p.m.)

Air Force (+1) at Bowling Green

Columbia (+22.5) at Rutgers (7 p.m.)

Green Bay (+19.5) at Indiana State (7 p.m.)

Tennessee Tech (+34) at Tennessee (7 p.m.)

Loyola, MD (+14.5) at DePaul (7:30 p.m.)

Navy (-4) at William & Mary (7:30 p.m.)

Morgan State (+22.5) at Xavier (7:30 p.m.)

Lafayette (+24) at Miami (7:30 p.m.)

Northeastern (+3) at Boston University (7:30 p.m.)

Texas State (+13) at Washington State (7:30 p.m.)

Youngstown State (-1) at Canisius (7:30 p.m.)

Ohio (+9) at Belmont (7:30 p.m.)

Stonehill (+31) at Connecticut (7:30 p.m.)

Alabama State (+27) at UAB (7:30 p.m.)

Texas A&M-CC (+17) at Mississippi State (7:30 p.m.)

Central Connecticut (+14) at Massachusetts (7:30 p.m.)

Dartmouth (+4) at Fordham (7:30 p.m.)

Hofstra (+3.5) at Princeton (7:30 p.m.)

Austin Peay (+13.5) at N.C. State (8 p.m.)

George Mason (+17) at Auburn (8 p.m.)

Central Arkansas (+20) at Wichita State (8 p.m.)

SE Missouri State (+11.5) at South Florida (8 p.m.)

Western Illinois (+7) at Illinois State (8 p.m.)

Western Carolina (+14.5) at Georgia (8 p.m.)

UNC-Asheville (+11.5) at Central Florida (8 p.m.)

Sam Houston State (+16) at Oklahoma (8 p.m.)

IUPUI (+31) at Iowa State (8 p.m.)

North Dakota State (+23) at Arkansas (8 p.m.)

Fairfield (+12) at Wake Forest (8 p.m.)

Nebraska Omaha (+31) at Kansas (8 p.m.)

Northern Colorado (+23.5) at Houston (8 p.m.)

Maine (+21.5) at Nebraska (8 p.m.)

UL-Monroe (+19.5) at Texas A&M (8 p.m.)

Murray State (+10.5) at St. Louis (8 p.m.)

Cornell (+14) at Boston College (8 p.m.)

Arkansas Pine Bluff (+37.5) at TCU (8 p.m.)

Southern Indiana (+19.5) at Missouri (8 p.m.)

Fairleigh Dickinson (+17) at Loyola Chicago (8 p.m.)

Chicago State (+26) at Northwestern (8 p.m.)

Jackson State (+17) at Abilene Christian (8 p.m.)

Lehigh (+21.5) at Syracuse (8 p.m.)

Little Rock (+16.5) at Southern Illinois (8 p.m.)

Stony Brook (+23) at Florida (8 p.m.)

Memphis (+1) at Vanderbilt (8 p.m.)

St. Thomas (+23) at Creighton (8:30 p.m.)

Texas A&M Commerce (+17) at SMU (8:30 p.m.)

North Dakota (+2) at Incarnate Word (8:30 p.m.)

Radford (+19) at Marquette (8:30 p.m.)

Longwood (+18) at Alabama (8:30 p.m.)

South Dakota (+15.5) at Wisconsin (8:30 p.m.)

UMBC (+19) at Tulane (8:30 p.m.)

UC-Riverside (+15) at Colorado (8:30 p.m.)

Evansville (+8) at Miami, OH (8:30 p.m.)

UNC-Wilmington (+24) at North Carolina (9 p.m.)

Northwestern State (+32) at Texas Tech (9 p.m.)

Western Michigan (+13) at Minnesota (9 p.m.)

UT-Arlington (+21) at Oklahoma State (9 p.m.)

Gardner Webb (+11) at Colorado State (9 p.m.)

UT-Rio Grande Valley (+21) at Kansas State (9 p.m.)

North Florida (+36.5) at Gonzaga (9 p.m.)

Southern Utah (+5.5) at New Mexico (9 p.m.)

Eastern Illinois (+28.5) at Illinois (9 p.m.)

NC Central (+27.5) at Virginia (9 p.m.)

Idaho State (+26) at BYU (9 p.m.)

Utah Valley (+9) at Utah State (9 p.m.)

Montana State (+10) at Grand Canyon (9 p.m.)

UTEP (+25.5) at Texas (9 p.m.)

Delaware State (+34.5) at Virginia Tech (9 p.m.)

Alcorn State (+24.5) at Mississippi (9 p.m.)

Nicholls State (+27) at Arizona (9:30 p.m.)

Florida Gulf Coast (+20.5) at USC (9:30 p.m.)

Florida A&M (+31) at Oregon (10 p.m.)

Oral Roberts (+10.5) at St. Mary’s (10 p.m.)

Long Beach State (+4) at Cal Baptist (10 p.m.)

Southern (+13.5) at UNLV (10 p.m.)

Eastern Washington (+8.5) at Santa Clara (10 p.m.)

Seattle (+3) at UC San Diego (10 p.m.)

Rice (+3) at Pepperdine (10 p.m.)

Utah Tech (+11.5) at Nevada (10 p.m.)

LIU (+22.5) at Utah (11 p.m.)

Weber State (+11) at Washington (11 p.m.)

UC Davis (+6) at California (11 p.m.)

Sacramento State (+22) at UCLA (11:30 p.m.)

Tulsa (-1) at Oregon State (11:59 p.m.)

TUESDAY, NOV. 8

Milwaukee (+27) at Purdue (6:30 p.m.)

Rider (+15) at Providence (6:30 p.m.)

Montana (+7) at Duquesne (7 p.m.)

Mercer (-1) at East Carolina (7 p.m.)

Sacred Heart (+1) at Hartford (7 p.m.)

South Carolina State (+24) at South Carolina (7 p.m.)

Coppin State (+18) at Georgetown (8:30 p.m.)

Georgia Southern (+3) at San Jose State (10 p.m.)

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Pick:	KANSAS CITY CHIEFS -5.5
Start:	December 15, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

Analysis:

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