NCAA Basketball: Game picks for opening day of 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
There are a ton of games on opening day of the 2023-24 NCAA Basketball season. But who’ll win each one? Here’s a prediction of every matchup.
Over the last few seasons I have supplied Picks of the Day for every NCAA Basketball game being played. I used to provide these on X, formerly Twitter, and it was a great way for me to interact with a lot of college basketball fans. This year I have decided to put these picks for the day on the Busting Brackets site. Check back every day for my picks for that day of all of the Division 1 vs Division 1 teams only.
As a recap, I do not gamble on any games and these picks are based on the teams that I think will win the games that day. There is no account for the point spread and these are all going to be straight up winners. Every day as a new article is posted there will be a running tally from the day before. You may use these picks as you see fit. Here are the picks for the first set of games on Monday November 6th.
Purdue over Samford
UConn over Northern Arizona
Tennessee over Tennessee Tech
Miami over NJIT
North Carolina over Radford
Penn State over Delaware State
Delaware over Bucknell
Siena over Holy Cross
Duquesne over Cleveland State
Temple over Maryland Eastern-Shore
South Carolina over SC Upstate
Howard over Hampton
Bowling Green over Chicago State
Rutgers over Princeton
Rhode Island over Central Connecticut
Clemson over Winthrop
George Mason over Monmouth
NC State over The Citadel
UMBC over Louisville
Notre Dame over Niagara
Marshall over Queens
Western Michigan over North Dakota State
Providence over Columbia
Toledo over Detroit Mercy
Colgate over Brown
Charleston over Iona
Ohio State over Oakland
Charlotte over Maine
Pittsburgh over NC A&T
Saint Joseph’s over Lafayette
Dayton over SIU Edwardsville
McNeese over VCU
Missouri State over West Virginia
Virginia over Tarleton State
Saint Bonaventure over Longwood
Richmond over VMI
Syracuse over New Hampshire
Villanova over American
Bryant over Manhattan
Cornell over Lehigh
Georgia Tech over Georgia Southern
Buffalo over Fairleigh Dickinson
Colorado over Towson
Seton Hall over Saint Peter’s
Fordham over Wagner
Vermont over Merrimack
Wichita State over Lipscomb
Belmont over Georgia State
Kansas over NC Central
Houston over UL Monroe
Arkansas over Alcorn State
Texas A&M over Texas A&M Commerce
Kentucky over New Mexico State
Texas over Incarnate Word
Alabama over Morehead State
Illinois over Eastern Illinois
Saint Louis over Southern Indiana
Little Rock over Texas State
Navy over Campbell
Nebraska over Lindenwood
Oral Roberts over UT Arlington
Ole Miss over Alabama State
Missouri over Pine Bluff
Northeastern over Boston University
Western Illinois over UTSA
Miami Ohio over Evansville
Bradley over UAB
Wisconsin over Arkansas State
LSU over Mississippi Valley State
Marist over Army
Oklahoma over Central Michigan
Virginia Tech over Coppin State
Memphis over Jackson State
Butler over Eastern Michigan
Wake Forest over Elon
George Washington over Stonehill
Xavier over Robert Morris
Boston College over Fairfield
Florida over Loyola MD
UCF over FIU
Iowa State over Green Bay
Minnesota over Bethune-Cookman
Northwestern over Binghamton
Tulsa over Central Arkansas
Michigan State over James Madison
Marquette over Northern Illinois
Middle Tennessee over Northern Kentucky
Youngstown State over Louisiana
Duke over Dartmouth
Oklahoma State over Abilene Christian
BYU over Houston Christian
Grand Canyon over SEMO
Tulane over Nicholls
California over St Thomas
TCU over Southern
Cincinnati over Illinois-Chicago
Akron over South Dakota State
Arizona over Morgan State
Air Force over Portland State
Utah over Eastern Washington
New Mexico over Texas Southern
Kansas State over USC
Bakersfield over Southern Utah
Colorado State over Louisiana Tech
Sam Houston over Pacific
San Diego State over Fullerton
UC San Diego over Denver
Long Beach State over Portland
Stanford over Northridge
Washington State over Idaho
Washington over Bellarmine
UCLA over St Francis (Pa)
Next. Each team's toughest November matchup. dark
These are the teams I believe will win on opening night. Again, I pick the straight up winners with no spread involved. All of these games are between Division 1 vs Division 1 opponents. Check back tomorrow for Tuesday’s picks.