NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 9 of 2024-25 season
By Bryan Mauro
Last night was a slow day in the college basketball world, but some notable things still happened. Alabama won, but they have yet to win convincingly. Their schedule has been difficult, but they have been struggling a little bit. Ohio State blew out Youngstown State, Rutgers struggled to beat Saint Peter’s. The Scarlet Knights are relying on Dylan Harper a lot and if he has an off night, it may spell doom. Purdue struggled to beat Yale, and Marquette struggled to beat Central Michigan. DePaul did not struggle and found themselves at 3-0 on the season.
Yesterday I went 29-1 in my picks. That gives me an 8 day total of 276-60 overall. Today is a huge day of college basketball. There are awesome games all over the place Starting with the Big 5 Campus Games. The State Farm Champions Classic is tonight. There are also some great mid-major games in addition to the big ones that will have something for everyone tonight. Picks for day 9 November 12th, 2024, are below.
Villanova over Saint Joseph’s
Kansas over Michigan State
Providence over Hampton
La Salle over Cornell
Norfolk State over William & Mary
Indiana State over SIU Edwardsville
Radford over Old Dominion
Temple over Drexel
South Florida over Pine Bluff
New Hampshire over Fairfield
Fort Wayne over Bethune
Tennessee Tech over West Georgia
NJIT over Loyola Maryland
Columbia over Lehigh
Lafayette over Penn
Northern Illinois over Monmouth
Miami Ohio over Maryland Eastern Shore
Siena over American
High Point over NC Central
George Washington over North Carolina A&T
Fordham over Binghamton
Florida State over Tarleton State
UCF over FAU
Penn State over St Francis PA
Northwestern over Illinois-Chicago
South Carolina over Towson
North Florida over Georgia
Syracuse over Colgate
Navy over Rider
Iona over Delaware
Clemson over Eastern Kentucky
Georgia Tech over Texas Southern
Mississippi State over Southeastern Louisiana
Baylor over Sam Houston
Ole Miss over South Alabama
Arkansas State over Little Rock
Cleveland State over Valpo
Rice over UL Monroe
Illinois State over Ohio
Bradley over UTSA
Incarnate Word over Prairie View
Texas over Chicago State
Lipscomb over Belmont
TCU over Texas State
Xavier over Jackson State
Duke over Kentucky
Colorado State over Denver
New Mexico over Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Iowa over South Dakota
Utah over Queens
Cal Baptist over Riverside
Saint Mary’s over Akron
UC San Diego over Sacramento State
San Diego over Portland State
Stanford over Northern Arizona
Oregon over Portland
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There are a lot of games today and the Champions Classic games highlight them. Kansas and Michigan State get it started. Kansas is very deep and should have no trouble beating Michigan State. The next game is going to be a good one between Duke and Kentucky. It is the first time the country will see star freshman Cooper Flagg for Duke. North Florida looks to beat another Power 5 school when they travel to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. Can Villanova beat Saint Joseph’s in the battle of Philly? Enjoy the hoops.