Best College Basketball Games per Las Vegas for Friday, 1-2-26 (25 games)

Friday, January 2, 2026 (25 games)

Noon (1 game)

*New Mexico State at FIU [-1] (C-USA) (ESPN+)

3 p.m. (1 game)

*Mount St. Mary’s at Merrimack [-4] (MAAC) (ESPN+)

4 p.m. (2 games)

*Fairfield [-7] at Canisius (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Sacred Heart [-3.5] at Niagara (MAAC) (ESPN+)

5 p.m. (1 game)

*Sam Houston St. at Western Kentucky [-4] (C-USA) (ESPN+)

7 p.m. (10 games)

*Wagner at Chicago St. [-1] (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Jacksonville State [-3] at Delaware (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Robert Morris [-2] at Detroit Mercy (Horizon) (ESPN+)

*Siena at Iona [-1] (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Kennesaw State at Liberty [-8.5] (C-USA) (ESPNU)

*Central Connecticut St. at LIU [-6] (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Quinnipiac [-6.5] at Manhattan (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Le Moyne [-5.5] at St. Francis (Pa.) (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Marist [-2.5] at St. Peter’s (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*New Haven [-1] at Stonehill (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

7:30 p.m. (3 games)

*Oregon [-2.5] at Maryland (Big Ten) (Peacock)

*Fairleigh Dickinson at Mercyhurst U. [-6.5] (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee St. [-7] (C-USA) (ESPN+)

8 p.m. (3 games)

*UTEP at Missouri State [-3] (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Ohio St. [-8.5] at Rutgers (Big Ten) (Peacock)

*[#16] Louisville [-9.5] at Stanford (ACC) (ACC Network)

9 p.m. (1 game)

*[#9] Michigan St. at [#13] Nebraska [-2] (Big Ten) (Peacock)

9:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Loyola Marymount at Washington St. [-2] (WCC) (ESPN+)

10 p.m. (1 game)

*Oregon St. at Pacific [-4] (WCC) (ESPN+)

11 p.m. (1 game)

*Notre Dame at California [-5] (ACC) (ESPN2)

*-denotes conference game