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🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode of 'Live Bet Saturday', Dustin Swedelson and Ben Stevens delve into the latest college basketball matchups, providing expert analysis and betting insights. Key highlights include discussions on Northwestern's thrilling victory, UCLA's struggles, and the implications for NCAA tournament seeding. Tune in for valuable betting strategies and in-depth commentary on the teams and players to watch. Get instant access to expert picks, public betting splits data, and pro betting tools when you join VSiN pro. Grab your first month for only $9.99 or take 17% off an annual subscription when you use promo code: POD26. Click https://www.vsin.com/subscribe?tpcc=best-bets&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=simplecast&utm_campaign=best-bets to get started.

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0:00.0	This is live at Saturday on V-SIN, the Sports Betting Network.
0:07.8	It's live-Bet Saturday on V-Sin, the Sports Betting Network, alongside Ben
0:12.3	Stevens, Dustin Swedelson here. Thanks for making us a part of your day. However, you may be
0:16.5	tuning in, Sirius XM-158, YouTube TV, the Visa Watch app, and radio affiliates across the United
0:22.1	States of God bless America. We've got a bunch of really great games about to tip off.
0:27.4	However, final seconds in Evanston, Northwestern looking for a buzzer, Peter, gets it with
0:33.2	1.8 to go. They lead by one. The Ducks with a final shot and it's no good. Oh my God. It looked like Oregon was about to pull off the win at Evanston. But Northwestern with 1.8 to go gets a bunny in the lane and they win 63, 62. We've also got the closing seconds in Minnesota right now.
0:57.3	UCLA is down by five with 4.4 to go, and Mick Cronin is yelling at his team, Ben.
1:03.5	You saw how the play shook out.
1:05.1	I'd tell you this.
1:06.4	Mick Cronin's acting like a guy who wants to coach in the Big Sky Conference next year.
1:11.5	Yeah, it has not been a great couple of weeks for Mick Cronin, but they started to turn
1:16.8	things around a very difficult spot today on the road in Minneapolis.
1:22.0	And who was it that gave Northwestern the victory?
1:25.8	Was it Nick Martinelli? I'm trying to look right now to see what happened. No, I don't think it was Nick Martinelli. Who had that game winning bucket? It was a runner in the lane. I don't know. We'll find that in just a second. I will tell you this about it was Nick Martinelli. Oh, man, the guy who is the Big Ten's leading score continues to deliver for a second consecutive year for Northwestern. One of his final
1:45.6	games in Evanston, and a crucial game, Dustin, as we alluded to, for Big Ten tournament seating
1:51.3	between two teams, not trying to play on the very first day in Chicago in just over a week's time.
1:57.9	Mick Cronin and UCLA struggling. Now in two years of regular season, Big Ten action, away from the Pacific time zone.
2:06.6	So home games inside Polly Pavilion, road games against former conference foes of the
2:11.0	Pact 12 against USC, Washington, and Oregon.
2:14.0	So away from that, the overall record, three and 11 in the central or eastern time zones.
2:21.2	They got today by the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis, yet another struggle for UCLA on the road.
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