Today's picks: Why the Celtics will cover against the Nets and more NBA, Super Bowl, college basketball and soccer best bets and picks for Tuesday
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Tuesday, Feb. 8
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Larry Hartstein, Mike McClure, Mike Barner and Zack Cimini on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for Super Bowl LVI, college basketball, the NBA and soccer for Tuesday, Feb. 8, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
Coach starts things off with the SportsLine play of the day: Under 4.5 teams goals (-125) for Manchester United against Burnley (3 p.m. ET).Â
McClure has two plays from college basketball. The first is Syracuse (-3.5) to cover against Boston College (8 p.m. ET). "[The Orange have] really found their rhythm again," he says. "They've won and covered three consecutive games where they've scored 94, 89, 92 points."
He also likes Marquette (+6.5) to cover against UConn (6:30 p.m. ET). "This Marquette team has been awesome on the road and as an underdog this season," he says.
Cimini also has two college basketball plays. The first is Purdue (-6) to cover against Illinois (9 p.m. ET). "I'm going to ride with Purdue because of [its] home record: 23-2 over the last two years," he says.
He also is taking Toledo (-3) to cover against Ohio (7 p.m. ET). "This is a rematch where Toledo beat Ohio by 18 points a couple weeks ago," he says. "It's Ohio's only non-Power Five loss of the year."
Barner's lone play comes from the NBA: the Celtics (-6) to cover against the Nets (7:30 p.m. ET). "[The Nets] are a mess right now," he says. "They've lost eight straight. Each of their last four losses have come by at least 10 points."
Hartstein closes out the show with a player prop from Super Bowl LVI (6:30 p.m. ET Sunday): Bengals running back Samaje Perine to go Over 1.5 catches (+105). "He's gone over this in eight of 12 games," Hartstein says.
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