Caleb Wilfinger
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Good morning, Pickswise Nation, and welcome to another wonderful day of sports. It’s Thursday, so that means NFL Week 10 gets underway tonight. On top of that, we still have a massive NHL slate, the continued start of the college basketball season, plus more NBA action. Let’s get straight to making your next bet better!
About Last Night
Upsets abound on the court
The college basketball season is only a few days old, but we’ve already seen some major upsets involving Power 5 teams. That continued on Wednesday, with the Bellarmine Knights knocking off the Louisville Cardinals as 12.5-point underdogs for their first-ever official Division 1 victory. Our NCAAB handicapping team was all over this matchup, cashing our first 3-star best bet of the season on Bellarmine as we continued our hot start to the college hoops season, improving to 10-6.
Strong night of NHL totals
The NHL season has been wildly unpredictable to this point, but our team of NHL handicappers has been on the ball, including a 3-1 record on totals in last night’s action. The most notable result on the ice came in Washington, where the Penguins beat the Capitals to end their 7-game losing streak. Elsewhere, the Panthers blanked the Hurricanes and the Canadiens defeated the Canucks.
Today’s Slate
Thursday Night Football returns
The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers just met a few weeks ago, and it surprisingly produced one of the best games of this NFL season, including a wild finish. What will these teams do for an encore? We’ll find out tonight, as these NFC South rivals will meet in Charlotte. Read today’s Thursday Night Football picks.
Four NBA matchups to get hyped for
Following yesterday’s monster 13-game slate, the action on the professional hardwood is a little more limited — but we have a solid 4 games to look forward to. Among those is the 76ers vs Hawks, which will be shown live on NBA TV. Lock in today’s NBA predictions.
Massive NHL slate on tap
Wednesday was a quiet night in the NHL, but we have a full slate of games today. The marquee matchup of the night pits the Flames against the Bruins. Other games include the Senators vs Devils, Oilers vs Hurricanes and Predators vs Avalanche. Here are our NHL picks.
There’s midweek College Football action, too
Following a wild night of MACtion on Wednesday, college football is back on Thursday with a pair of matchups. First up is Tulsa vs Memphis, while Georgia Southern travels to Louisiana in an important Sun Belt matchup. Don’t miss our NCAAF predictions.
NCAAB continues
The long road to March Madness is finally here. Monday marked the start of the college basketball season, and the opening week continues on Thursday with a number of high-profile teams in action — including Kansas and Texas Tech. Read today’s NCAAB predictions.
Best Bet of the Day
NFL: Carolina Panthers +3 over Atlanta Falcons (-110)
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The Panthers are still in the hunt for the NFC South if you can believe that or not. Their defense is much better than what they showed last week, and that was just a matter of running into a buzzsaw. They should get back safety Jeremy Chinn from IR and are likely as healthy as they’ve been in a while on defense. The Falcons are bottom 5 in run defense and still are missing their top two CBs in AJ Terrell and Casey Hayward. I can see them leaning heavily on D’Onta Foreman in the run game and recall that the Falcons did allow Carolina to run for 169 yards on 36 carries in the first matchup. That should keep the Panthers in this game with a chance to win. Read our full Atlanta Falcons vs Carolina Panthers predictions.
Must-read
Thursday Night Football is upon us and our NFL expert Clevta has best bets and analysis for tonight’s Panthers vs Falcons matchup. Be sure not to miss Prop Holiday’s best player prop bets for this NFC South showdown after he went 6-0 in primetime games last week, plus our Same Game Parlay at over 10/1 odds for this matchup.
In addition to our experts’ TNF thoughts, we also have an assortment of NFL futures and awards picks in our weekly NFL awards column. We’re also on a 17-10-1 winning run with our college football best bets, so don’t miss this week’s plays from Caleb Wilfinger.
Keep an eye out for more great sports analysis as it arrives throughout the day on the Analysis tab.
Must-watch
Don’t forget to check out our daily show Let’s Bet It! on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/c/Pickswise at 10:00 am ET.
Jared Smith and Mark Zinno are your hosts today and they will be joined by Fantasy Alarm’s Head of Content, Howard Bender. The team will be previewing the Thursday Night Football matchup, plus looking at this weekend’s college football and NFL action before revealing their Plays of the Day.
You can also access the show at any time through Spotify and Apple Podcasts (search for Let’s Bet It Presented By Pickswise).
Stat of the Day
The Atlanta Falcons are 3-1 against the spread coming off a loss this season, covering by an average of 7 points.
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