It seems as if the weekly schedule says to get to Saturday for wall-to-wall great games. I personally would like to see all of those games as stand-alone games on a weekday but what do I know? Friday didn’t provide much in the way of exciting games. Villanova beat Georgetown like everyone knew they would and San Diego State beat New Mexico like we all thought they would. Cornell and Princeton both won keeping pace with undefeated Yale in the Ivy League. The last couple of weeks in that conference are going to be exceptional basketball.
Yesterday I went 13-2 in my picks that brings my 100 day total to 2,937-1,194 overall. It's another Saturday on the schedule that is loaded with games from Bubble teams and there is one top 5 matchup in the Big East. These games are not going to have any effect on the NCAA tournament committee reveal of the top 16 seeds. These games for bubble teams will have the utmost importance and there are some who are going to be on watch today. Picks for day 101 February 16, 2024, are below.
Nebraska over Penn State
Iowa State over Texas Tech
Alabama over Texas A&M
Virginia over Wake Forest
Kansas State over TCU
Butler over Creighton
Richmond over George Washington
Houston over Texas
Boston University over Navy
Georgia over Florida
Fairleigh Dickinson over St Francis PA
The Citadel over VMI
Wright State over Robert Morris
Fort Wayne over Detroit Mercy
UMBC over Albany
Dayton over Fordham
North Carolina over Virginia Tech
Duke over Florida State
Oklahoma State over BYU
Missouri State over Valpo
Presbyterian over Longwood
Towson over Hampton
Hofstra over Northeastern
Delaware over North Carolina A&T
Drexel over Campbell
Army over Holy Cross
Mississippi State over Arkansas
UMass over La Salle
Lehigh over Loyola MD
Colgate over Bucknell
Stetson over Florida Gulf Coast
Le Moyne over Stonehill
Kent State over Northern Illinois
Akron over Buffalo
Samford over Mercer
Marshall over Coastal Carolina
Wisconsin over Iowa
Duquesne over Saint Joseph’s
UConn over Marquette
Tulsa over Rice
Alabama A&M over Mississippi Valley State
Merrimack over Long Island
Youngstown State over Cleveland State
Oakland over IUPUI
Vermont over Maine
Stephen F. Austin over Abilene Christian
Louisiana Tech over FIU
Western Kentucky over New Mexico State
South Carolina over LSU
Saint Bonaventure over Davidson
Bowling Green over Eastern Michigan
Miami Ohio over Ball State
Southern Mississippi over Texas State
NJIT over Binghamton
Kansas over Oklahoma
Howard over North Carolina Central
Boston College over Miami
UCF over Cincinnati
Monmouth over Stony Brook
American over Lafayette
Norfolk State over South Carolina State
Delaware State over Coppin State
Wagner over Sacred Heart
Western Carolina over ETSU
Little Rock over Southern Indiana
South Alabama over Arkansas State
Bryant over UMass Lowell
Denver over North Dakota State
McNeese over Nicholls
Alcorn State over Bethune
Santa Barbara over Hawaii
Morgan State over Eastern Shore
Gardner Webb over South Carolina Upstate
Asheville over Charleston Southern
Tennessee State over Western Illinois
SIU Edwardsville over SEMO
UT Martin over Morehead State
Eastern Illinois over Lindenwood
Appalachian State over Louisiana
Texas A&M Corpus Christi over Texas A&M Commerce
Southeastern Louisiana over Houston Christian
Lipscomb over Central Arkansas
Alabama State over Pine Bluff
Troy over Louisiana Monroe
Lamar over New Orleans
UC Davis over Riverside
Northern Colorado over Sacramento State
Idaho over Idaho State
Eastern Washington over Weber State
Maryland over Illinois
Syracuse over Georgia Tech
Colorado State over Utah State
Tennessee over Vanderbilt
Baylor over West Virginia
Auburn over Kentucky
Washington State over Stanford
Texas Southern over Grambling
Cornell over Dartmouth
Columbia over Harvard
James Madison over Georgia Southern
Incarnate Word over Northwestern State
Penn over Brown
Middle Tennessee over UTEP
Pittsburgh over Louisville
Prairie View over Southern
Jackson State over Florida A&M
Southern Illinois over Indiana State
High Point over Radford
UNC Wilmington over Elon
Central Michigan over Western Michigan
UNC Greensboro over Wofford
Georgia State over Old Dominion
Eastern Kentucky over Bellarmine
UC San Diego over Fullerton
Portland State over Northern Arizona
Boise State over Fresno State
Providence over DePaul
UT Arlington over UT Rio Grande Valley
Sam Houston over Liberty
Clemson over NC State
Washington over California
Michigan State over Michigan
Milwaukee over Northern Kentucky
Princeton over Yale
Omaha over South Dakota State
St Thomas over South Dakota
North Dakota over Oral Roberts
Grand Canyon over Cal Baptist
Northridge over Long Beach
North Alabama over Austin Peay
Ole Miss over Missouri
Utah Valley over Southern Utah
San Francisco over LMU
Gonzaga over Pacific
Seattle over Utah Tech
Montana over Montana State
Arizona over Arizona State
USC over Colorado
Oregon over Oregon State
San Jose State over Wyoming
Santa Clara over San Diego
Pepperdine over Portland
UC Irvine over Bakersfield
UNLV over Nevada
There are some huge games today. UConn puts their number No. 1 ranking on the line against a great Marquette team who comes into Storrs on an 8-game winning streak. The Huskies are good enough to win the game but it is going to be close. Then there is Auburn and Kentucky, The Wildcats enter the game losing 3 out of their last 4 but dismantled Ole Miss earlier this week for their first win after losing three in a row. Can Illinois finally beat Maryland?
There are a ton of rivalry games today to like Montana and Montana State, Arizona and Arizona State, and Colorado and USC. Houston and their fantastic defense are in action against Texas in Houston. What a great day of hoops.