NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 27 of 2024-25 season
By Bryan Mauro
It was an eventful Black Friday in the world of college hoops and some tournament champions were crowned. Purdue won the Rady’s Children’s Classic, Oklahoma was the surprise winner of the Battle 4 Atlantis, and Washington won the Acrisure Invitational. Arizona State beat Saint Mary’s to win the Acrisure Classic, and Florida won the ESPN Events Invitational. Utah State won the NIT Season Tip-Off. Finally, Butler won the Arizona Tip-Off. In other news, DePaul moved to 7-0 under Chris Holtmann.
Yesterday, I went 36-14 in my picks. That brings my 26-day total to 877-283 overall. The Players Era Festival continues. Outside of that, the sport is starting to get back to normal. The last day of Feast Week has some great games, especially at the Players Era Festival. Outside of that, there are a lot of mid-majors in action. Picks for day 27, November 29, 2024, are below.
Louisiana Tech over Southern
Sam Houston over Colgate
Seton Hall over Monmouth
Wisconsin over Chicago State
Creighton over Notre Dame
Green Bay over Campbell
Vermont over Northeastern
Georgia Tech over Central Arkansas
Marquette over Western Carolina
Bowling Green over New Mexico State
Howard over Mount St. Mary’s
Fort Wayne over East Texas A&M
Binghamton over Long Island
Navy over Elon
Ohio over Robert Morris
Coastal Carolina over South Carolina Upstate
Iona over Indiana State
Milwaukee over Southern Mississippi
Miami over Charleston Southern
Rider over Delaware
Louisiana over Nicholls
UNC Wilmington over App State
Montana State over Northridge
Texas A&M over Rutgers
ETSU over Austin Peay
UTSA over Houston Christian
Georgetown over Albany
La Salle over Temple
Weber State over Pepperdine
Lafayette over Niagara
Penn over Maine
Texas A&M Corpus Christi over Prairie View
Hofstra over Tarleton
Idaho over Riverside
Utah over Eastern Washington
St. John’s over Harvard
Kansas over Furman
Northern Kentucky over Bellarmine
Drake over Georgia Southern
FAU over Florida Gulf Coast
Bucknell over Siena
UConn over Maryland Eastern Shore
Houston over San Diego State
Wright State over Air Force
Lehigh over Marist
Toledo over Oakland
Eastern Michigan over Detroit Mercy
Arkansas State over Rice
Georgia over Jacksonville
Fullerton over Pacific
Kennesaw State over Kent State
Western Kentucky over Marshall
Abilene Christian over Omaha
Sacramento State over Mercyhurst
Portland State over Utah Tech
Lipscomb over Alabama A&M
Kansas City over SEMO
Southern Utah over Bakersfield
Alabama over Oregon
UC Irvine over Towson
Oregon State over UC Davis
Stanford over Cal Poly
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There are two games tomorrow that I will have to watch because they will be excellent, and both will be excellent in different ways. Houston and San Diego State are going to have a low-scoring defensive battle that will have quality basketball. The Cougars are in desperate need of a win against a tournament team. I believe San Diego State will be that. The second game is Alabama and Oregon. The Ducks are surprisingly undefeated, and Alabama is a team that many have pegged for a national title. The Ducks and Tide can fill it up, and that game will be fun to watch. Enjoy the hoops.