Men's Champ Week 2025: Best bets for Saturday's games - ESPN

Friday brought a ton of fun and interesting hoops all around the country, and Champ Week continues Saturday with an action-packed 22-game slate. With Selection Sunday only a day away, every game at this stage carries a lot of weight. We have some big ones on Saturday, too, including Tennessee-Auburn, Auburn-Florida.

So which games are the best ones to bet on? And what are the bets to make? Here's Greg Peterson to break down the games and bets that stand out.

Odds are accurate as of publication time. For the latest odds, go to ESPN BET.

All times Eastern

Wisconsin at Michigan State, 1 p.m.
Bet: Under 144.5

Michigan State overcame a scare on Friday when guard Jase Richardson took a blow to the head, but fortunately he looked unbothered by it. Even with Richardson, the Spartans entered Friday as one of the worst in the nation in terms of 3-point efficiency. In fact, Richardson is the only one of their top six scorers shooting above 33.3% from 3-point range. That said, the Spartans have the defense to hold Wisconsin's 3-point happy offense down, as MSU ranks third nationally in 3-point shooting defense.

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Dartmouth at Cornell, 2 p.m.
Under 157.5

Cornell as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts, with an eight-man rotation that plays position-less basketball and excels on playing at a frenetic pace, ranking 26th in the country in most possessions per game. Few teams have been able to slow them down this season, but Dartmouth is one of them thanks to a defense that ranks eighth nationally in opponent 3-point shooting percentage. In their two meetings this season, Cornell averaged 62.5 points per game, way down from