NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 37 of the 2023-2024 Season

A few Mountain West schools have some big NCAA Basketball matchups on this Wednesday night. Will the league have a good night overall?

The schedule was not great last night but there were a lot of games with tremendous upset potential. A lot of Power 5 schools played trap games that were going to be uncomfortable for a while. Duke was in a battle for a half with Hofstra, Cincinnati was in a battle with Bryant for a half, and Oregon was in a battle with Cal Baptist for a half. Texas Tech only beat Oral Roberts by 6 points in Lubbock. Maryland finally made some shots against Alcorn State. Austin Peay came back from 17 down on the road to beat Southern Illinois. Green Bay had an impressive win over Illinois Chicago. The Phoenix are playing well under new coach Sundance Wicks.

Yesterday I went 18-4 in my picks. That gives me a 37 day total of 1,121-410 overall. As I mentioned earlier this week it is Finals week at most colleges, so the games are not going to be great during the week. That is the case again on Wednesday. Four ranked teams play today, but the rest of the schedule is not great overall. There are not too many games that have upset potential today but there are still a couple of good games on the schedule. Picks for day 37 December 13, 2023, are below.

Rice over Incarnate Word

Norfolk State over Stony Brook

Florida Atlantic over Florida International

Dartmouth over Boston University

North Alabama over Charleston Southern

Appalachian State over Queens

Toledo over Marshall

Mississippi State over Murray State

Little Rock over UTSA

Northwestern over Chicago State

Milwaukee over Longwood

Alabama A&M over UAB

Louisville over Arkansas State

LSU over Alabama State

Liberty over Tennessee State

Auburn over UNC Asheville

McNeese over Southern Mississippi

Louisiana over Eastern Kentucky

Creighton over UNLV

BYU over Denver

San Francisco over Seattle

Nevada over Weber State

Santa Clara over Utah State

Even with a schedule that is dominated by ranked teams being highly favored in their games there are still some good games. Utah State and Santa Clara is one of the best games of the day. McNeese and Southern Mississippi is a good game. It is also the return of McNeese head coach Will Wade. Wade was suspended for the first 10 games of the year stemming from his role in the FBI investigation while he was at LSU. Longwood takes their 10-1 record on the road to a Milwaukee team that is much better than their record shows. That is one that could be an upset.  

Watch for Alabama A&M as they get a home game against UAB. SWAC teams love home games and usually win them against better competition. Enjoy the games and See you tomorrow.