NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 13 of the 2023-24 season

It’s a Saturday slate that features a few solid NCAA Basketball matchups, including Mississippi State taking on Washington State.

Another excellent day of hoops and Friday saw a ton of upsets. That is usually the case during Feast Week. The holiday tournaments are always competitive and always see teams get a resume building win, or in some cases a resume killing loss. Vermont has been impressive this week as they head to the finals to face Liberty in the title game of the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Florida was also very impressive as they blasted their rivals in Florida State. The Seminoles look much improved but the Gators still were able to blow Florida State out. UNC Greensboro had one of the biggest upsets of the season, and it still may be one of the biggest upsets of the season come March, the Spartans went into Fayetteville and beat Arkansas at home. It was unexpected but was another perfect example of why College Basketball is always wonderful.

There was a large slate of games on Friday but I still did pretty well on my picks. I went 53-25 yesterday for a total of 413-121 . Saturday is a day that is going to be dominated by college football. Most of the holiday tournaments have an off day today. There is a lighter slate of games today because of the college football domination that takes place on Saturday. There is still likely going to be an upset because lets face it this sport is unpredictable. The picks for day 13 on November 18, 2023 are below.

Sacred Heart over Loyola MD

Seton Hall over Wagner

Mississippi State over Washington State

Georgetown over Mount St. Mary’s

Lipscomb over Alabama A&M

Temple over Columbia

Cleveland State over Eastern Michigan

George Washington over New Hampshire

Northern Arizona over VMI

Little Rock over Northern Illinois

Minnesota over South Carolina-Upstate

Presbyterian over Northwestern State

La Salle over Southern Indiana

Ball State over Evansville

Ohio over Detroit Mercy

Princeton over Monmouth

VCU over Seattle

Northwestern over Rhode Island

Longwood over North Carolina Central

San Jose State over Norfolk State

Eastern Illinois over Coppin State

Binghamton over Marist

Nebraska over Oregon State

Pennsylvania over Maryland Eastern Shore

Colgate over Gardner-Webb

Loyola-Chicago over New Orleans

Western Carolina over McNeese

Fort Wayne over South Dakota

Winthrop over IUPUI

Boston College over Harvard

Maine over North Florida

Pacific over Lamar

Portland State over Cal Poly

Florida Gulf Coast over Hampton

Florida Atlantic over Bryant

Rutgers over Howard

Yale over Weber State

Queens over Fairfield

UC San Diego over Navy

Holy Cross over Elon

Cal Baptist over St Thomas

Santa Clara over Southeastern Louisiana

North Alabama over Jacksonville State

Creighton over Texas Southern

Pine Bluff over Incarnate Word

New Mexico State over Northern Colorado

BYU over Morgan State

Nevada over Portland

The Hall of Fame tip off begins today and there are some ranked teams in action today. There are going to be a lot of questions answered today about some high major teams. Nebraska finally plays their first power conference game against Oregon State in Sioux Falls. Minnesota hopes to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss against Missouri a few nights ago.

The slate is light but Mississippi State and Washington State is the best game of the day. Boston College is yet again on upset watch. Enjoy the games and I will see you tomorrow.