NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 27 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
This Saturday features a number of quality NCAA Basketball games, including a matchup between USC and Gonzaga and the start of ACC play.
What a Friday night! We were all treated with some great games. Kansas beat UConn in the Phog. Northwestern or better say, Boo Buie, beat Purdue for the second straight season in Evanston. San Diego State survived a scare at UC San Diego. The Aztecs were down most of the game before taking a lead late in the second half and hanging on for a one-point win. There will be a new number 1 team on Monday morning. Heck of a day and we have not even hit the weekend yet.
Yesterday I went 16-11. That gives me a 26-day total of 850-301. Today is the first major Saturday of the NCAA Basketball season. We have ACC conference play beginning and some rivalry games start. There are going to be huge opportunities today for a lot of teams to improve their resumes. The picks for December 2, , 2023, are below.
Miami over Notre Dame
Virginia over Syracuse
Penn State over Bucknell
Northern Kentucky over IUPUI
Wisconsin over Marquette
Kennesaw State over Georgia State
Central Connecticut over Holy Cross
UMBC over Lehigh
UMass over South Florida
Presbyterian over VMI
North Carolina over Florida State
Villanova over Drexel
Morgan State over Longwood
North Texas over Mississippi Valley State
Evansville over Northern Iowa
Belmont over Valpo
Bradley over Indiana State
Cornell over Lafayette
American over St Francis PA
Ball State over Bellarmine
Youngstown State over Robert Morris
Ohio over Delaware
Princeton over Furman
Kansas State over North Alabama
High Point over North Florida
Memphis over Ole Miss
Northeastern over Old Dominion
The Citadel over North Carolina A & T
Sacred Heart over Boston University
Dayton over Grambling
St Bonaventure over Buffalo
Stonehill over Binghamton
Duke over Georgia Tech
Arizona over Colgate
San Jose State over Montana
Jacksonville over Georgia Southern
North Carolina Central over South Carolina Upstate
Davidson over Wright State
Cleveland State over Detroit Mercy
Oakland over Fort Wayne
Louisiana Tech over Nicholls
McNeese over UT Martin
Winthrop over Coastal Carolina
Southern Illinois over Saint Louis
Stony Brook over Wagner
Fairleigh Dickinson over NJIT
Oregon over Michigan
Kentucky over UNC Wilmington
Illinois over Rutgers
Boston College over NC State
Drake over Missouri State
Northern Colorado over Northridge
Bowling Green over Southern Indiana
Harvard over Loyola Chicago
UCF over Lipscomb
Northern Arizona over Pacific
Penn over La Salle
Vanderbilt over Alabama A & M
Loyola MD over Delaware State
Rice over Houston Christian
Idaho over Cal Poly
Washington State over Portland State
Tarleton State over UT Rio Grande Valley
Charleston Southern over South Carolina State
TCU over Georgetown
Baylor over Northwestern State
Florida Atlantic over Charleston
Richmond over William & Mary
Florida International over Long Island
Abilene Christian over Stephen F. Austin
Seattle over Southern Utah
Colorado State over Washington
Tennessee State over Austin Peay
Long Beach over Sacramento State
Milwaukee over Green Bay
Vermont over Yale
Gardner-Webb over Western Carolina
UMass Lowell over Merrimack
Marshall over Miami Ohio
Santa Clara over California
Toledo over George Mason
Temple over Saint Joseph’s
Middle Tennessee over Wofford
Providence over Rhode Island
Tulsa over Oral Roberts
Idaho State over Lindenwood
Albany over Dartmouth
Grand Canyon over UT Arlington
New Mexico over New Mexico State
Utah State over UC Irvine
Gonzaga over USC
Nevada over LMU
Next. Ranking the final 18 unbeaten teams of the season. dark
There are a ton of signature games to choose from. Oregon and Michigan will be a great one. Marquette and Wisconsin is a game between two huge rivals and that game is unpredictable. The Badgers get the game in the Kohl center which always helps. There are also a ton of mid major games that are wonderful tomorrow as well. Florida Atlantic and Charleston, Utah State and UC Irvine, Saint Joseph’s and Temple and New Mexico and New Mexico State resume their series after a year hiatus. Enjoy the games and see you tomorrow.