{"id":639794,"date":"2026-03-04T23:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639794\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:33:16","slug":"college-basketball-picks-odds-best-bets-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639794\/","title":{"rendered":"College basketball picks, odds, best bets Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNew York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>This is the time of year when certain off-the-court stories will develop and impact a team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>USC\u2019s Chad Baker-Mazara is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/01\/sports\/usc-basketballs-chad-baker-mazara-no-longer-on-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no longer with the program<\/a> after leaving the last game following a hard foul.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether he was dismissed based on certain behavior. <\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was the team\u2019s leading scorer after transferring from Auburn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Trojans have been a mess lately, losing five straight games. <\/p>\n<p>They are also 1-5 against the spread (ATS) over their past six games with the lone cover by a half-point.<\/p>\n<p>USC visits Washington as 6.5-point underdogs Wednesday with a total of 150.5 points <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/draftkings-promo-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at DraftKings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies have been playing relatively well lately, winning and covering the spread in about half their games over the past two months.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38666343\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260131_kdl_al2_036.jpg\" alt=\"A Southern California basketball player standing on the court.\" class=\"wp-image-38666343\"  \/>Southern California Trojans guard Alijah Arenas (0) reacts against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the second half at Galen Center.  Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Plus, in early December, they won outright at USC as a 4.5-point underdog.<\/p>\n<p>The Trojans are a sloppy team that ranks dead last in the Big Ten in turnovers per game and among the worst in field goal and 3-point shooting percentage. <\/p>\n<p>Betting on College Basketball? <\/p>\n<p>They resemble a poorly coached team and freshman Alijah Arenas seems much more focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/nba-betting-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> draft.<\/p>\n<p>I have a 103-83-2 ATS record in The Post\u2019s sports section.<\/p>\n<p>My next pick is Washington -5.5 (-126, DraftKings)<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He\u2019s also the rare personality who has documented success \u2013 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,212,217,7940,66,215,216,849,13650],"class_list":{"0":"post-639794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-college-basketball-betting","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-betting","14":"tag-sports-picks","15":"tag-usc-trojans","16":"tag-washington-huskies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116173525794287863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}