The calendar officially flips to March Saturday and as conference tournament season approaches, every college basketball game takes on more significance. All the top teams will be in action to begin the month, headlined by a trio of SEC matchups featuring two ranked teams with No. 5 Tennessee battling No. 6 Alabama in the most significant game for seeding purposes. Elsewhere, No. 2 Duke and No. 4 Houston look to avoid upsets while Kansas tries to maintain its dominance against No. 10 Texas Tech (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 48-31 (+1131.5) on his last 79 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-Tennessee game. You ABSOLUTELY need to see what he's thinking before locking in any college basketball picks.

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