NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 20 of 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
There are some key NCAA Basketball games to watch on Saturday after the end of a couple of key MTES being completed. Who will win the Emerald Coast Classic?
On the Friday after Thanksgiving there were some huge games and in those results were teams that I still have a lot of questions about. Is UNC Asheville good? They don’t look anywhere near the team they were last year as they just lost to Lipscomb.
Alabama dropped a game to Ohio State which is surprising to me for a lot of reasons. I don’t think Ohio State is very good but Alabama had a tough shooting night and will bounce back. Long Island is on the board as they upset Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Oklahoma upset USC and Northern Iowa absolutely boat raced Stanford. Evansville won five games last season and currently sits at 5-0, it has been an incredible year for the Purple Aces.
Yesterday I went 41-20 on my picks. That gives me a 19 day total of 660-215 overall. Football is almost over which means the Saturday slates are going to start getting better. Tomorrow is still going to be dominated by Football and while there are still good games tomorrow the schedule is nowhere near what it is going to be in a few weeks. My picks for day 20 November 24 2023, are below.
Kansas City over Brown
Tennessee State over Southeastern Louisiana
Missouri over Loyola Maryland
Georgetown over Jackson State
Wagner over NJIT
Liberty over Maryland Eastern Shore
Merrimack over Alabama State
North Dakota over New Orleans
Maine over Columbia
Ohio over Middle Tennessee
Mercer over Western Michigan
Western Kentucky over Canisius
Evansville over Southeast Missouri State
Princeton over Northeastern
SIU Edwardsville over Detroit Mercy
George Mason over East Carolina
William & Mary over UMBC
Monmouth over Lafayette
Missouri State over South Carolina State
Saint Bonaventure over Miami Ohio
Binghamton over Army
Milwaukee over Southern Mississippi
Tennessee-Martin over Chicago State
Tulsa over Little Rock
UT Arlington over Texas State
St Thomas over Green Bay
Longwood over Lamar
Samford over North Carolina A&T
Central Arkansas over Eastern Michigan
Alabama over Oregon
Valparaiso over Southern
Mount St. Mary’s over Howard
UTSA over Incarnate Word
Fairleigh Dickinson over Jacksonville
Niagara over St Francis PA
Marist over Bucknell
Northern Kentucky over Long Island
UNC Greensboro over Delaware
UNC Asheville over Wofford
UNC Wilmington over Florida Gulf Coast
Penn over Belmont
Bethune over Delaware State
Charlotte over Georgia State
Furman over UAB
Lipscomb over Bowling Green
George Washington over Illinois-Chicago
Cleveland State over Alabama A&M
LMU over UTEP
St. John’s over Holy Cross
Richmond over Queens
Ohio State over Santa Clara
Drake over Texas Southern
San Diego State over California
Maryland over South Alabama
Wichita State over Norfolk State
Arkansas State over UT Rio Grande Valley
Saint Louis over Dartmouth
Bradley over Vermont
Grand Canyon over North Dakota State
DePaul over Northern Illinois
Hawaii over San Diego
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There are some great mid major games tomorrow like Richmond and Queens, Charlotte and Georgia State, Bradley and Vermont, and George Mason and East Carolina those are the must watch games. The power five slate is light and tomorrow’s schedule appeals to the mid-major fans mostly. DePaul plays so they are on upset watch and Ohio State plays a very good Santa Clara team. Enjoy the games and see you tomorrow.