NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 21 of the 2024-25 season
By Bryan Mauro
It was a pretty light day of hoops considering that there was huge games in the other money making college sport today. Congratulations to UC San Diego for winning the Boardwalk Battle. Marquette beat Georgia in the Bahamas. That game was not part of a tournament, it was just a game that Georgia chose to schedule as a neutral site game in a different country. Stanford survived a scare from upset-minded Santa Clara. That was it for the games that had a storyline. Everything else was what you would expect from an uneventful Saturday in College Basketball.
Yesterday, I went 40-11 in my picks. That brings my 20-day total to 676-199 overall. The schedule gets going again in a big way today. There are tournament games all over the schedule, and it is going to be a primer for a huge Monday in the sport that will see the biggest tournaments of Feast Week. Picks for day 21, November 24, 2024, are below.
Princeton over Portland
St. John’s over Georgia
Boise State over Hampton
Northeastern over Bakersfield
American over Albany
Maine over Holy Cross
Howard over Boston University
Omaha over Lamar
Portland State over Wofford
Charleston over Rhode Island
VCU over Miami
Rutgers over Kennesaw State
Wright State over South Florida
App State over William & Mary
Fairfield over Vermont
Central Connecticut over Binghamton
Maryland over Villanova
South Dakota State over Duquesne
Valpo over Eastern Illinois
St. Bonaventure over Bryant
UNC Asheville over Central Arkansas
Milwaukee over St Thomas
LSU over UCF
Nevada over Oklahoma State
Florida Gulf Coast over FIU
Akron over Alabama State
North Alabama over Northwestern State
Florida State over UMass
Northridge over Utah Tech
Towson over Morgan State
Evansville over Campbell
Mercyhurst over Air Force
California over Sacramento State
Riverside over Alcorn State
Idaho over San Diego
High Point over Missouri State
Missouri over Pine Bluff
ETSU over Queens
Lipscomb over Jackson State
Wisconsin over Pitt
McNeese over Longwood
Middle Tennessee over Bradley
Florida Atlantic over Seton Hall
Yale over Delaware
USC over Grambling
Montana over Denver
Boston College over Old Dominion
Kansas State over Liberty
Ohio over Texas State
New Mexico over Texas Southern
Montana State over Southern Mississippi
Vanderbilt over Drake
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There are some Champions to be crowned today. In the Charleston Classic, Vanderbilt and Drake determine the winner of that tournament. The Greenbrier title is also Wisconsin and Pitt's game of the day. Pitt plays fantastic defense and has an athletic frontcourt. Wisconsin has been blowing teams out and is led by their guards. It will be a good one. In the Myrtle Beach Invitational, Bradley and Middle Tennessee battle it out in what should be a high-scoring affair between two conference favorites. Georgia is playing another random game in the Bahamas. Rutgers is going on the road to Kennesaw State in an upset special game. The Owls have enough to give the Scarlet Knights a game. Enjoy the hoops.