NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 24 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
It’s the conclusion of the ACC/SEC Challenge on today’s NCAA Basketball slate, along with a few other marquee matchups to watch.
It is hard to know where to begin about last night. Two ranked teams went down and one of them lost to a team who doesn’t project to be very good. Clemson beat Alabama using a 30-13 run in the middle of the second half. The head scratcher was Mississippi State losing to Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs have always had questions about their offense, but it was very bad last night. Kentucky is fun to watch again as they rolled Miami and LSU got rolled by Syracuse.
Pittsburgh lost a tough game to Missouri, who just lost to Jackson State last week. Eastern Illinois was within a possession of Kansas late in the game before the Jayhawks, who were 39 point favorites, won by 8. Finally, UNLV may be the most hot and cold team in the country. They got blasted at home by Southern, got beat by Richmond, and then beat a good Akron team at home last night. College Basketball is extremely unpredictable and that is why we love it so much.
Yesterday I went 25-7 with my picks. That brings my 23-day total to 767-263 overall. There is a giant slate of games today and there is day basketball. The SEC/ACC Challenge continues. Conference play begins in the MAAC, Horizon League, and WAC. There are a plethora of ranked teams and undefeated teams playing today. It is a great slate for all fans of the games that will catch anyone’s attention. Picks for day 24 11/29/2023 are below.
Lipscomb over Chattanooga
Army over Central Connecticut
UMass Lowell over Stonehill
Jacksonville over Campbell
Villanova over Saint Joseph’s
Youngstown State over Cleveland State
Seton Hall over Northeastern
Appalachian State over ETSU
James Madison over Buffalo
Drexel over Lafayette
Coastal Carolina over South Carolina-Upstate
Tulane over Prairie View
High Point over Morgan State
Vermont over Dartmouth
Duquesne over UC Irvine
Iona over Marist
FIU over Florida Gulf Coast
Temple over La Salle
Columbia over Loyola MD
Lehigh over St Francis PA
George Mason over NJIT
Northern Kentucky over Robert Morris
Wright State over IUPUI
Fort Wayne over Green Bay
Oakland over Detroit Mercy
Yale over Stony Brook
Princeton over Bucknell
Cornell over Monmouth
Queens over Gardner-Webb
Albany over Boston University
Radford over Old Dominion
Harvard over American
Ohio State over Central Michigan
Maine over Holy Cross
Navy over VMI
Tennessee over North Carolina
Virginia over Texas A&M
Florida over Wake Forest
Wichita State over Richmond
Stephen F. Austin over Tarleton
Grand Canyon over UT Rio Grande Valley
Missouri State over Evansville
Drake over Valpo
Northern Iowa over Belmont
Bradley over Murray State
Louisville over Bellarmine
Austin Peay over Morehead State
Charlotte over Davidson
Tennessee State over Alabama A&M
SMU over Dayton
UT Arlington over Abilene Christian
Seattle over Utah Valley
Georgetown over Merrimack
Colgate over Binghamton
Cal Baptist over Southern Utah
Colorado State over Colorado
UTEP over Texas A&M Corpus Christi
New Mexico over Louisiana Tech
Arizona State over Sam Houston
Iowa over North Florida
Denver over Idaho
Arkansas over Duke
Boston College over Vanderbilt
Florida State over Georgia
Auburn over Virginia Tech
San Jose State over Cal Poly
San Diego over Northern Colorado
Nevada over Montana
Santa Barbara over Northern Arizona
Pacific over Northridge
Loyola Marymount over Central Arkansas
USC over Eastern Washington
The schedule is loaded today. I told you there were games for everyone today. If you love power five basketball then Arkansas and Duke, Tennessee and North Carolina, Virginia and Texas A&M are the best games on the schedule. Colorado State and Colorado is also a fantastic game pitting a great mid major against a good power school. It is also a rivalry game which always brings something to the table.
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On the mid major schedule Duquesne and UC Irvine, Dayton and SMU, New Mexico and Louisiana Tech and Missouri State and Evansville are all great games. Enjoy the games and see you all tomorrow.