College Basketball Player Props | Top Picks for Saturday (December 2)

This Saturday may be all about conference championships on the gridiron, but it also marks our first massive Saturday slate of college hoops.

With loads of games on the menu today, we have multiple edges in the prop market.

However, we broke down our top three in our top college basketball player props for Saturday, December 2.

Reece Beekman has been doing an excellent job of running the Virginia offense thus far, as his passing ability is elite.

He comes into this matchup ranking seventh in the nation in assist rate, but that ranking has caused his assists prop to be overinflated this afternoon.

Beekman has yet to eclipse 7.5 assists this season and has only done so a combined 15% of the time over the last two seasons. That hit rate gives us staggering implied odds of -567 that he'll go under again today.

Not to mention, the Syracuse defense has been solid — it's finally running less zone and it sits in the middle of the pack in terms of assists-to-field goals made ratio.

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The Badgers continue their fierce non-conference schedule, as they have the Golden Eagles on tap.

These two teams have contrasting styles, but given that Wisconsin is almost as equally efficient as Marquette, it's likely the Badgers will control the tempo. Wisconsin ranks 341st in tempo, and the snail-like pace will decrease scoring volume for both sides.

It's clearly beginning to hurt the impact Chucky Hepburn can make, as he drops lower on the list of offensive options for the Badgers.

Hepburn has made a living from beyond the arc throughout his career, as he was a 37.6% 3-point shooter coming into the season. However, the junior has been cold from deep this season, shooting just 30.8%.

Not only is he making fewer shots, but he's also taking less 3s, as his per-game average has dropped from 4.8 attempts to 3.7. That drop-off in shot attempts holds inside the arc as well.

Hepburn has gone under this total a combined 60% of the time in the past two seasons, and that includes six of seven games this season.

Chris Beard has the Rebels playing his brand of stout defensive basketball, but it's clear they're susceptible from the perimeter.

Unfortunately for them, they play the Memphis Tigers and David Jones on Saturday.

Over 34% of the Tigers' points have come from beyond the arc this season, and Jones is a big reason why. He's been taking and making 3s with authority, as he's shooting 44% from deep with an average of six attempts per game.

That's the type of efficiency and volume to target for this prop. Jones has already hit this at a high clip, having gone over in 67% of games played.

That hit rate swings the odds heavily in our favor.

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