NCAA Basketball: Game Picks for Day 5 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
As we head into the first Friday of the season we are going to finally get to see some highly anticipated games between ranked NCAA Basketball teams. After tonight everyone will have played at least once.
We all made it to the first Friday of the NCAA basketball regular season. Thursday was the first day of the year that did not see any significant upsets. It was not from lack of effort. Howard put a scare into Georgia Tech in Atlanta. There was a buzzer beater in UC Davis to avoid the upset over Pepperdine. James Madison and Kent State are the early frontrunner for game of the year. Friday is when the games start to pick up and we should all finally be done with the non division 1 teams playing every day.
Yesterday I went 23-6. That puts me at 140-27 overall. Heading into the Friday games there are some teams who are still waiting to play their first games. Long Island, Florida State, UNC Greensboro, Gonzaga, and Wright State are all in action. There is one huge game between two teams ranked in the top 15 in the country and the top team in the country is in action. The action picks up in a big way today and it should be a great slate of games. The picks for Day 5 November 10, 2023 are below.
Air Force over Long Island
Quinnipiac over Central Connecticut
Liberty over Charlotte
Florida State over Kennesaw State
UMass Lowell over Dartmouth
Charleston over Duquesne
Villanova over Le Moyne
Michigan over Youngstown State
Xavier over Jacksonville
Saint Joseph’s over Penn
Duke over Arizona
Purdue over Morehead State
Miami over UCF
Texas A&M over Ohio State
Kentucky over Texas A&M Commerce
Rutgers over Boston University
Louisville over Chattanooga
Vanderbilt over SC Upstate
The Citadel over Boston College
Oregon State over Troy
Austin Peay over George Mason
Hofstra over Princeton
Maryland over Davidson
Cincinnati over Detroit Mercy
NC State over Abilene Christian
Marshall over Radford
UNC Greensboro over North Carolina A&T
Wake Forest over Georgia
Iona over Sacred Heart
VCU over Samford
Furman over Belmont
West Virginia over Monmouth
Virginia over Florida
Pitt over Binghamton
Akron over Southern Mississippi
Penn State over Lehigh
Minnesota over UTSA
Kansas over Manhattan
Arkansas over Gardner-Webb
Alabama over Indiana State
Illinois over Oakland
Iowa over Alabama State
South Dakota over UT Rio Grande Valley
Kansas State over Bellarmine
Colorado over Grambling
Murray State over Tennessee Tech
Ole Miss over Eastern Washington
LSU over Nicholls
Oklahoma over Mississippi Valley State
Auburn over Southeastern Louisiana
Southern Illinois over Queens
Rice over Harvard
Marquette over Rider
St Thomas over Idaho State
Navy over Temple
Butler over SEMO
Little Rock over Illinois-Chicago
Northwestern over Dayton
Tennessee over Wisconsin
Gonzaga over Yale
San Diego State over BYU
Texas over Delaware State
Oregon over Montana
Valpo over IUPUI
Stanford over Sacramento State
Colorado State over Wright State
Memphis over Missouri
Clemson over UAB
Virginia Tech over South Carolina
Utah over UC Riverside
Cal Baptist over Jackson State
Washington State over Prairie View A&M
UCLA over Lafayette
California over Pacific
There are some great games on the docket for tomorrow. Will the Big Ten be able to redeem themselves against top competition and show the first night was a fluke? There will be some upsets today, you can guarantee that. UAB over Clemson on a neutral court is one game that has some upset potential.
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Dayton over Northwestern is another game that is going to put the Big Ten on watch. Boston College is playing a trap game at The Citadel that has an upset all over it. Yes, games in November count and matter come resume time. See you tomorrow.