NCAA Basketball: Picks for day 28 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
Saturday was one of the craziest days NCAA Basketball has seen in quite some time. Sunday is going to be a chance to catch our breath but still has some great games including a heated rivalry game.
It is going to be hard to put into words what we all witnessed yesterday. I will do my best. Wisconsin beat Marquette at Kohl Center, UNC Wilmington beat Kentucky at Rupp, and the Drexel Dragons beat Villanova in the last place game of the Big 5 tournament. Villanova has lost to Penn, Saint Joseph’s and Drexel and have beaten Memphis, North Carolina, Maryland and Texas Tech. The Wildcats have had a weird year. Bucknell who came into today at 2-7 and were rated as one of the worst teams in the country beat Penn State in State College. Finally the Duke Blue Devils went into Georgia Tech and lost to the Yellow Jackets and lost star Tyrese Proctor for an indeterminable amount of time. It has been a rough week for Duke. That just scratches the surface of what happened yesterday.
I went 65-25 in my picks yesterday. That gives me a 27 day total of 915-326 overall. The rivalry week continues today with some huge games. There are a few undefeated teams in action today who are going to have a test and will need to prove it against good teams. There are not as many games today but there are still a lot of great games. Given how the rest of this weekend has gone, today is going to be upsets. The picks for day 28 December 3 2023 are below.
Maine over Brown
New Hampshire over Columbia
Mount St Mary’s over Siena
Canisius over Saint Peter’s
Cincinnati over Florida Gulf Coast
Tulane over Fordham
Auburn over Appalachian State
Navy over Coppin State
Morgan State over Longwood
Pittsburgh over Clemson
Stetson over Chicago State
Western Illinois over South Dakota
Quinnipiac over Niagara
Marist over Manhattan
Rider over Fairfield
Radford over Elon
Illinois State over Murray State
San Francisco over Arizona State
ETSU over Jacksonville State
SMU over Texas A&M Commerce
Missouri over Wichita State
Mississippi State over Southern
Virginia Tech over Louisville
Morehead State over Chattanooga
Nebraska over Creighton
Portland over Air Force
Western Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky
Colorado over Pepperdine
Sam Houston over Lamar
Ohio State over Minnesota
Stanford over San Diego
Riverside over North Dakota
Hawaii over Central Arkansas
The sport is still going to have to compete with the NFL so a lot of the games are going to be on Saturday’s at least for a few more weeks. Creighton and Nebraska is a game between two evenly matched teams who don’t like each other. The Huskers enter that game undefeated. If Nebraska wins they are likely ranked on Monday. That is also the game of the day.
Next. 5 teams with most to prove in December. dark
On the mid major slate Western Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky is the game of the day. Something to watch for Auburn is traveling to Boone North Carolina to play Appalachian State on their floor. Those games are always crazy. Enjoy the games and see you tomorrow.