Today's picks: Why Tennessee will cover against Mississippi State and more college basketball, NHL and Super Bowl best bets and picks for Wednesday
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Wednesday, Feb. 9
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Larry Hartstein, Mike McClure, Allie O'Neal and Zack Cimini on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for college basketball, the NHL and the Super Bowl for Wednesday, Feb. 2, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
McClure starts things off with two plays from college basketball. The first is Tennessee (-1) to cover against Mississippi State (9 p.m. ET). "I think Tennessee has the better athletes," he says. " I think ultimately they get this one done."
He also likes Houston (-7) to cover against SMU (7 p.m. ET). "[The Cougars] are a top five defense in the country, and I give them the rebounding edge and the coaching edge in this matchup," he says.
Cimini also has two college basketball plays. The first is Oakland (-3) to cover against Youngstown State (7 p.m. ET). "[Oakland] played a makeup game against Northern Kentucky on Friday and had to travel to Wright State on Saturday," he says. "Usually you don't see that... I think they're going to be back in their rhythm tonight."
He also likes Missouri State (+3) to cover against Drake (8 p.m. ET). "Missouri State has been the better, [more] talented team," he says.
O'Neal's lone play is the Flyers (-105) to beat the Red Wings (7 p.m. ET). "It is a little scary betting on the Flyers considering they just ended a long, 13-game losing streak, but they did win the last two games before the All-Star break," she says.
Coach then chimes in with the SportsLine play of the day, which also comes from the NHL: the Stars (-120) to beat the Predators (8 p.m. ET). "The Predators are 4-1 in their last five despite being outshot in all of them," he says. "That is a huge red flag for us."
Hartstein closes out the show with his Super Bowl pick: the Rams (-4) to cover against the Bengals (6:30 p.m. ET). "This Cinderella story is ending this Sunday," he says.
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