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Conference play is officially in full swing, and we have a small but solid college hoops slate on Sunday. What better way to celebrate than by going for a big payday? That’s right, we’re back with another mega parlay, college basketball edition. We’re going big and bold again, so let’s not waste any more time.
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Northwestern ML (+660)
Indiana -4 (-110)
Parlay odds: +1350
Let’s break down each of the three legs one by one.
Northwestern ML (+660) over Purdue
We don’t call it a mega parlay for nothing. Go big or go home. And getting nearly 7/1 with Northwestern is just too good to pass up. For starters, the Wildcats are a lot better than most people realize. They’ve clearly got the upside to pull off upsets, as they did when they beat No. 10 Michigan State on the road just 2 games ago. They’re 9-7 on the year, but that record could easily be a lot better. Impressively, all 7 of their losses this season have been by 8 or fewer points.
They’ve hung with every team they’ve played, even elite ones and even on the road. So they’re not likely to just roll over. Purdue certainly doesn’t look unbeatable right now. They lost to Indiana their last time out, and very nearly lost to Penn State a few games before that. Right before the Penn State game, they lost at home to Wisconsin.
Indiana -4 (-110) over Michigan
I’m sticking in the Big Ten to wrap up this mega parlay with Indiana over Michigan. The Hoosiers will have a lot of confidence after their upset of Purdue, and that win was no fluke. They’ve won 4 of their past 5 games, with the only loss in that span coming on the road against Iowa. They recently dominated a really good Ohio State team by 16. Their role players are stepping up, and Rob Phinisee had 20 points off the bench in the Purdue game.
Michigan has lost 3 of its last 4, and the losses have mostly been ugly. They lost by 14 to UCF, then by 8 to Rutgers and 15 to Illinois. The Wolverines have consistently failed every test they’ve been given including Seton Hall, Arizona, North Carolina, and Minnesota. Almost all of the tough games on their schedule have been losses, many by lopsided margins.
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