Big 12 NCAAB Odds: Texas Tech leads Best Bets
- Get the best Big 12 basketball odds at BetUS.
- Take Texas Tech to win outright at Kansas State.
- Read on for my top college basketball picks for Big 12 teams this week.
Things could get interesting in the Big 12 Conference with six teams within a game of first place in the standings and four of those teams ranked in the top 25 in The Associated Press poll. Six teams are in the top 20 in the NCAA NET rankings, one of the tools used to select and seed the March Madness bracket.

Houston and Iowa State met in the 2024 Big 12 championship game and they headed into 2025 leading the way in the Big 12 title odds.
Houston (+110) and Iowa State (+125) are the front-runners in the odds of winning the Big 12 title followed by Arizona and Kansas at +1000. Iowa State (+1200) and Houston (+1200) are the top Big 12 teams in the national championship odds.
Arizona State and Iowa State are setting the pace with 10-5 records against the college basketball spread followed by Houston, Kansas and West Virginia at 9-6.
Let’s check out my best college basketball picks this week for the Big 12.
Top 3 College Basketball Predictions for Big 12 This Week
1. Texas Tech (-300) to Win as a Road Favorite on Tuesday
Three of the four Big 12 games scheduled for Tuesday have the home team listed as the favorite according to the sports betting odds. The lone exception is Texas Tech favored by seven points against Kansas State.
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The Red Raiders are coming off a thrilling 85-84 overtime loss to Iowa State, which forced overtime on a Joshua Jefferson basket with 1 second left in regulation. Jefferson hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds of overtime.
JT Toppin and Chance McMillan had 18 points each for Texas Tech. Toppin missed five games and is averaging 15 points in the four games since he returned.
Kansas State lost by 13 and 30 points in its last two games.
Keep that in mind when making college basketball picks.
Bet This Pick: Texas Tech (-300)
2. Game of the Week: Kansas at Iowa State
The game of the week in the Big 12 might also be the best game in the nation with No. 9 Kansas heading to Ames to meet up with No. 2 Iowa State.
Iowa State joins Arizona and Houston are the only teams still undefeated in the Big 12. Per Kansas vs Iowa State stats, the Cyclones are also undefeated at home.
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The last three regular-season games between Iowa State and Kansas have been won by the home team. In the most recent meeting, Iowa State won 79-75 but the visiting Jahawks covered as a 4.5-point underdog.
Seniors Curtis Jones and Keshon Gilbert combine for 33.4 points, 7.5 assists and 2.9 steals for 14-1 Iowa State.
Kansas, which lost its Big 12 opener to West Virginia, is getting 15.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game from Hunter Dickinson. He could factor into the Kansas vs Iowa State best bets.
3. Arizona’s Caleb Love a Top Player Prop Option
Caleb Love is averaging 15.8 points per game, his lowest mark since he was a freshman at North Carolina. However, he is starting to heat up.
The Arizona guard has flirted with a triple-double in two of his last four games. He had 33 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a win over TCU and 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists the last time out against UCF as the Wildcats extended their winning streak to six games.
There are plenty of player prop options when it comes to Love. Consider the -108 odds for Love to have 17+ points.
Questions Of The Day
Which Big 12 team has had the most games land over the total?
Texas Tech and UCF are tied for the Big 12 lead with 10 games landing over the total.
Who is the top scorer in the Big 12 this season?
West Virginia senior guard Javon Small is averaging 19.8 points per game.
Odds and information are accurate at the time of writing. Please check with official sources for the latest updates before placing any bets