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The Daily Juice - BettingPros

Best Bets for Wednesday | Olympic Hockey and College Basketball Predictions and Picks (2.18)

The Daily Juice - BettingPros

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

An 0-1-1 night for host Matt Perrault wasn't great but it's still early in the week. Matt has 4 bets going on the latest episode of the Daily Juice presented by Hard Rock Bet.

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:19.6

Hey, guys, how are you? Welcome into a Wednesday morning episode of the Daily Juice podcast with me, Matt Peralt.

0:25.4

You guys can follow me across all of my socials at Sports Talk, Matt, and unfortunately, it was an 0-1-1 night last night.

0:34.0

For us, Nebraska gets beat at the end. They're in the game all the way into the end.

0:39.3

And then there were some questionable calls, Carver Hawkeye home cooking, whatever you

0:44.1

want to call it. Courtstorm. Iowa was favored. Why are you court storming when you are

0:49.4

favored? But whatever, Iowa wins. Nebraska loses. And then we pushed with UMass in Miami at 163.

0:56.7

A bunch of you guys got it at 162 and a half. So you got it at a better number. And then you cashed,

1:02.3

I pushed. That was frustrating. That game was trending. At one point, it was in the 160s, almost way of 170.

1:09.2

I think I saw it as high live. So UMass in Miami goes to a push.

1:13.5

So at 0.1 and 1 down 1.1 units on the day. That's 1.1 units down on the week. As we head towards

1:21.2

Wednesday, I have got four bets, two hockey, two college basketball to give you guys here on the Daily Juice podcast. But before we

1:29.5

give you the plays, we do have something new to tell you about. And this is something for you guys

1:35.2

who like to bet markets that give you an edge. We are now equipped with what we are calling a market-based EV tool.

1:47.0

If you want to bet with an edge instead of chasing picks, the betting pros market-based

1:52.6

EV tool identifies positive expected value bets by comparing odds to the sharpest sportsbooks

1:59.6

in each market. That means you're betting

2:01.8

when the price is off, not just when a pick sounds good. Follow the smart money at bettingpros.com

2:10.3

slash value. Bettingpros.com slash value. We will be doing more with the EV tool in the coming week. So stay tuned for that.

2:21.1

It's going to be, I think, really helpful for the NBA playoffs when the numbers get pretty sharp in the NBA.

2:27.2

We're definitely going to be using the EV tool coming up later on in the springtime for the NBA.

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