NCAA Basketball: Game Picks for Day 6 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
The Saturday NCAA Basketball slate may not have some huge games but there could be some power conference teams on upset watch.
If the first Friday of the season told us anything it’s that no one is safe, at least not early on. The first night of big games did not disappoint. There were upsets like Davidson over Maryland, Monmouth over West Virginia, Chattanooga blew out Louisville, Nicholls beat LSU and countless other power schools were in a fight with mid major schools. The Big Ten has struggled outside of the conference and that may not bode well for the bubble teams in that conference going forward. If this is how the rest of the weekend is going to go it is going to be great basketball all weekend.
Yesterday in my picks I went 54-18 for an overall record of 194-45. This is one of the lighter Saturdays in the sport and it will continue to be that way through November when the College Football regular season ends. There are still some key mid major games today but not too many power five teams are playing. It is hard to compete with college football especially when fighting for air time. The picks for the straight up winners for 6 on November 11, 2023 are below.
Texas State over Miami Ohio
Brown over Loyola Md
UConn over Stonehill
Wofford over High Point
Central Michigan over Louisiana Monroe
Georgia Southern over Eastern Michigan
Bowling Green over Arkansas State
Cornell over Fordham
George Washington over William & Mary
Georgia State over Western Michigan
Houston over Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Creighton over North Dakota State
UNC Asheville over UNC Wilmington
East Carolina over Campbell
Western Carolina over Notre Dame
Buffalo over South Alabama
Ball State over Old Dominion
Tulsa over Incarnate Word
Jacksonville State over Utah Tech
La Salle over Northeastern
UMBC over Marist
Arizona State over Texas Southern
Saint Peter’s over NJIT
Mount St Mary’s over Coppin State
Seton Hall over Fairleigh Dickinson
Saint Bonaventure over Canisius
Appalachian State over Northern Illinois
Mississippi State over UT Martin
Seattle over Montana State
Winthrop over Drexel
Cleveland State over Ohio
Providence over Milwaukee
Kent State over Fresno State
UNLV over Stetson
Niagara over Bucknell
Albany over Columbia
Santa Clara over Saint Francis PA
Toledo over Louisiana
Richmond over Siena
Loyola Chicago over Eastern Illinois
Bradley over Utah State
North Texas over Omaha
Saint Louis over Illinois State
Georgetown over Holy Cross
Wyoming over Cal Poly
UC Irvine over New Mexico State
Long Beach State over DePaul
UC San Diego over San Diego
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See as I mentioned it is a light slate but there are still some great games in the schedule. Bradley and Utah State, Toledo and Louisiana, Ohio and Cleveland State, and UNC Asheville and UNC Wilmington are all big games. DePaul is on upset alert and Providence is going to have their hands full with Milwaukee. Have a great time watching the games today. See you all tomorrow.