NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 13 of 2024-25 season
By Bryan Mauro
Heading into the Friday night slate we all knew it was going to be a huge night of hoops. It delivered in a big way. It was a huge night for the Big Ten. Wisconsin blew out Arizona at Kohl Center, Penn State crushed Virginia Tech, Purdue beat Alabama at Mackey Arena, and Rutgers's two freshmen shined in their blowout win over Monmouth. Michigan beat TCU, and Northwestern beat Eastern Illinois. Iowa beat Washington State, and UCLA blew out Lehigh. The league did take some losses when Maryland barely lost to Marquette, but Ohio State got blown out by Texas A&M. It was overall a great night for a deep league.
There were a lot of other notable results last night as well. Virginia beat Villanova and I am now going to say that Kyle Neptune is officially on the hot seat. Florida beat Florida State; Charleston beat FAU in double overtime. High Point beat UAB, Loyola Chicago beat Princeton, DePaul is 4-0 after a win over Duquesne, Saint Joseph’s beat Penn, and finally Pitt beat West Virginia. It was a huge night of college hoops, as we all expected.
Yesterday, I went 36-11in my picks. That brings my 12-day total to 397-102 overall . It is another big Saturday of hoops. There are not going to be nearly as many huge games as there were on Friday night but there are a lot of games. The Greenbriar River Division champion will be crowned. The Big 5 Classic games continue, and The College Hill Classic and the Rock Hill Classic continue. The Field of 68 Classic continues, and the number 1 team in the country is in action. Picks for day 13 November 16, 2024, are below.
Morgan State over NJIT
Kennesaw State over Presbyterian
Duke over Wofford
Charleston Southern over VMI
Cornell over Lafayette
Columbia over Mercyhurst
Bucknell over Richmond
Seton Hall over Wagner
Xavier over Wake Forest
Syracuse over Youngstown State
Boston University over Dartmouth
Longwood over UT Martin
Notre Dame over Georgetown
Missouri State over Tulsa
Evansville over Radford
Saint Peter’s over UMBC
Bethune over South Carolina State
Western Illinois over Central Arkansas
Ball State over Indiana State
Oklahoma over Stetson
La Salle over Drexel
UT Rio Grande Valley over Tennessee Tech
Indiana over South Carolina
Arkansas State over Stephen F. Austin
Rice over Northwestern State
Vanderbilt over Jackson State
Cleveland State over Eastern Michigan
San Diego over Idaho State
BYU over Idaho
SIU Edwardsville over Canisius
Abilene Christian over Texas State
Ole Miss over Colorado State
Mercer over South Alabama
Middle Tennessee over Murray State
Toledo over Detroit Mercy
St Bonaventure over Le Moyne
East Carolina over George Mason
UTSA over Little Rock
Incarnate Word over Pine Bluff
Minnesota over Yale
New Hampshire over Sacred Heart
Davidson over ETSU
Winthrop over Georgia Southern
Providence over Green Bay
Texas over Mississippi Valley State
Portland over Long Beach State
Kansas over Oakland
Central Connecticut over Northeastern
Michigan State over Bowling Green
Florida Atlantic over Liberty
Creighton over Kansas City
Fort Wayne over Southern Indiana
Marshall over Bellarmine
Mount St. Mary’s over St Francis
Brown over Holy Cross
Siena over Albany
UMass over Hofstra
VCU over Loyola Maryland
William & Mary over NC Central
Drake over FGCU
Towson over James Madison
Norfolk State over Hampton
Tennessee State over Alabama A&M
Bradley over Northern Illinois
Northridge over Sacramento State
Saint Louis over LMU
Omaha over Southern Utah
Wyoming over Utah Tech
Bakersfield over Fresno State
UC San Diego over Seattle
Nevada over Santa Clara
San Francisco over Chicago State
UC Irvine over Pepperdine
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There is a large number of games today, but nothing overly notable. There a, however, a lot of mid-major games that are going to be good to watch if you are a college basketball sicko like most of us. Minnesota and Yale are the best game of the day. Yale is capable of handing the Gophers their second loss in a row. The best mid-major game comes via Nevada and Santa Clara. Nevada should be a top team in the Mountain West, and Santa Clara will be good in the WCC. Enjoy the hoops.