2025 College basketball betting preview for Saturday, March 8: Proven expert shares insights on Alabama-Auburn and more

A number of college basketball conference tournaments are already underway, and the major conferences are in the home stretch of their schedules with huge games coming down the pipe. Saturday has tons of action on tap, headlined by a showdown between No. 7 Alabama and No. 1 Auburn. Other notable games include No. 6 St. John's at No. 20 Marquette, No. 19 Kentucky at No. 15 Missouri, No. 25 Mississippi State at Arkansas, No. 24 Arizona at Kansas, Ole Miss at No. 5 Florida, No. 2 Duke at North Carolina, and No. 3 Houston at Baylor (see college basketball odds here).

Before you make any college basketball picks for Saturday, be sure to check out proven CBB expert Thomas Casale's betting preview.

A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been betting—and winning—for more than 30 years. 

He's done well in college basketball, going 341-208 (62.1%) over the last three campaigns. Casale went 28-14-1 (+1215) on CBB picks after joining SportsLine late in the 2023-24 season! He's 51-31 (+1597) in his last 82 official CBB plays on SportsLine.

Now, he's turned his attention to Saturday's slate and is revealing his betting strategy—including for the Alabama-Auburn game. You ABSOLUTELY need to see what he's thinking before locking in any college basketball picks.

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