NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 17 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
On this Thanksgiving eve there is a loaded NCAA Basketball slate headlined by the Maui Invitational. The Battle 4 Atlantis starts today.
We all learned some things last night. I learned that Purdue and Marquette are both very good teams who are National Title contenders. I also learned that Kansas is still good but is flawed and many are questioning whether the Jayhawks can win six games to win the title in March. I am sure Bill Self will get it figured out. Florida State won the Sunshine Slam, and The Citadel won the Campbell Classic. There are finals in the Maui Classic, Cayman Islands Classic, and the Gulf Coast Showcase today. The Battle 4 Atlantis begins today, and the rest of the slate is great on Thanksgiving eve.
Yesterday I went 35-11 for a 16-day total of 563-177 overall. There are games on all day again today and we are going to learn a lot about some more teams today. Including some Power 5 teams. Kansas or Tennessee is going to leave Maui with two losses in a row and there is going to be a new number 1 team when the rankings come out on Monday. The slate is loaded today. The picks for day 17 November 22, 2023 are below.
Iona over Buffalo
North Carolina over Northern Iowa
Murray State over Appalachian State
Chicago State over Morgan State
Georgia State over Little Rock
Texas State over Southern Utah
Colorado State over Boston College
Louisiana over Long Beach State
Presbyterian over Tennessee Tech
Colgate over Harvard
UMass over Central Connecticut
Kansas over Tennessee
Sam Houston over Grambling
Villanova over Texas Tech
Austin Peay over Sacramento State
Radford over Northern Colorado
Tennessee Martin over North Alabama
Temple over Ole Miss
Merrimack over North Carolina A&T
Creighton over Loyola Chicago
Princeton over Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech over McNeese
American over Mount St. Mary’s
Marquette over Purdue
Tarleton over Bakersfield
The Citadel over Campbell
Wright State over Illinois State
Michigan over Memphis
Air Force over VMI
Virginia over West Virginia
Southern Illinois over New Mexico State
Texas A&M Corpus Christi over Northern Kentucky
Baylor over Oregon State
Cincinnati over Georgia Tech
Missouri over South Carolina State
Indiana State over Pepperdine
Cleveland State over ETSU
Queens over Fairleigh Dickinson
Notre Dame over Maryland Eastern Shore
South Florida over Maine
St. Bonaventure over Bucknell
Arkansas over Stanford
Hofstra over High Point
Samford over Alabama State
UT Arlington over Alcorn State
Nebraska over Duquesne
Incarnate Word over Jacksonville State
South Dakota State over Southern Mississippi
Seattle over Idaho
Kansas State over Central Arkansas
James Madison over Fresno State
Wisconsin over SMU
San Francisco over Fort Wayne
Montana State over Riverside
Pittsburgh over Florida
New Mexico over Rice
UTEP over Bradley
UC Irvine over Toledo
Gonzaga over UCLA
Tulane over California
10 teams with most to prove during Feast Week. dark. Next
There are so many great games today. The marquee matchup is in Maui when Marquette takes on Purdue. The Golden Eagles matchup well with Purdue and I picked them to win that game. Nebraska has a huge test and prove it game against a good Duquesne squad. Wisconsin also has a tough game against a much-improved SMU squad. The best non power five game is Colgate against Harvard and Louisiana Tech and McNeese. Great slate today, enjoy the games and I will talk to you all tomorrow.