NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 67 of the 2023-2024 season
By Bryan Mauro
There were a light slate of games on Friday but there were still some eye-popping results. Iowa smoked Nebraska three days after the Huskers beat Purdue. That one was to be expected given how basketball works but the Huskers flat-out need to play better if they want to make the NCAA tournament. Indiana beat Minnesota in Bloomington. In the Atlantic 10 Dayton dominated Duquesne from start to finish. Kennesaw State hit a buzzer-beater to beat Florida Gulf Coast and Villanova dominated DePaul. That was pretty much it from the key results on Friday.
Yesterday I went 8-8 in my picks. That brings my 66 day total to 1,864-694 total. There are a lot of games on today. Many of the games are going to have tournament implications and the key to remember is don’t get blown out by people, especially on the road. Picks for a loaded day 67 January 13, 2024, are below.
Tennesee over Georgia
North Carolina over Syracuse
Wisconsin over Northwestern
NC State over Louisville
Northeastern over Towson
Butler over Seton Hall
Ohio over Western Michigan
Morehead State over SIU Edwardsville
La Salle over VCU
Creighton over St. John’s
Gardner-Webb over Presbyterian
Stony Brook over William & Mary
Ole Miss over Vanderbilt
Fairleigh Dickinson over Stonehill
Miami Ohio over Eastern Michigan
The Citadel over Wofford
Northern Kentucky over Detroit Mercy
UMass Lowell over UMBC
Kansas over Oklahoma
Texas A&M over Kentucky
San Diego State over New Mexico
Wake Forest over Virginia
UIC over Bradley
Indiana State over Belmont
Winthrop over Radford
UNC Asheville over Longwood
SC Upstate over Charleston Southern
Hofstra over Campbell
Providence over Xavier
Navy over Lafayette
George Washington over Davidson
UMass over Rhode Island
Merrimack over Le Moyne
Sacred Heart over Long Island
Central Michigan over Kent State
Furman over ETSU
Western Carolina over Mercer
Oakland over IUPUI
Vermont over NJIT
Texas A&M Commerce over Houston Christian
Purdue over Penn State
Florida State over Notre Dame
St Bonaventure over Fordham
UNLV over Utah State
Clemson over Boston College
Denver over South Dakota State
Kansas City over North Dakota
UT Arlington over Seattle
Missouri over South Carolina
Colgate over Bucknell
Texas State over UL Monroe
Coastal Carolina over Old Dominion
Arkansas State over Louisiana
UCF over BYU
Howard over Maryland Eastern Shore
Texas Tech over Kansas State
SMU over East Carolina
Wyoming over Fresno State
Southern over Florida A&M
American over Army
Florida over Arkansas
Saint Joseph’s over Loyola Chicago
Central Connecticut over St Francis PA
Northern Illinois over Bowling Green
Tennessee Tech over Southeast Missouri
Marshall over South Alabama
James Madison over Appalachian State
Albany over Binghamton
Northwestern State over Incarnate Word
Nicholls over Lamar
Bethune over Grambling
Northridge over Fullerton
Charleston over Monmouth
UT Martin over Little Rock
Tennessee State over Lindenwood
Eastern Illinois over Western Illinois
Central Arkansas over Bellarmine
Duke over Georgia Tech
Alabama State over Alcorn State
Lehigh over Holy Cross
Loyola MD over Boston University
Troy over Southern Mississippi
Georgia State over Georgia Southern
New Orleans over Texas A&M Corpus Christi
McNeese over Southeastern Louisiana
Lipscomb over Austin Peay
Western Kentucky over Jacksonville State
UC Davis over Bakersfield
Houston over TCU
Arizona over Washington State
Auburn over LSU
Texas over West Virginia
Iowa State over Oklahoma State
Texas Southern over Pine Bluff
North Texas over Temple
Richmond over George Mason
Samford over VMI
Jackson State over Alabama A&M
MTSU over Sam Houston
FIU over UTEP
Prairie View over Mississippi Valley
Virginia Tech over Miami
Evansville over Missouri State
Drexel over Elon
Saint Mary’s over Santa Clara
Toledo over Ball State
Chattanooga over UNC Greensboro
New Hampshire over Bryant
Portland State over Weber State
Idaho over Eastern Washington
UT Rio Grande Valley over Utah Valley
Baylor over Cincinnati
Oregon over California
Charlotte over UTSA
Southern Illinois over Drake
Omaha over North Dakota State
Oral Roberts over St Thomas
Grand Canyon over Tarleton State
Cal Baptist over Abilene Christian
Montana State over Northern Colorado
Eastern Kentucky over North Alabama
Mississippi State over Alabama
Stephen F Austin over Southern Utah
LMU over Pacific
Montana over Northern Arizona
Sacramento State over Idaho State
Air Force over San Jose State
Colorado over USC
San Diego over Pepperdine
San Francisco over Portland
UC San Diego over Cal Poly
Santa Barbara over Long Beach
Hawaii over Riverside
There is a lot of quantity today and it is headlined by Oklahoma and Kansas. Kansas coming off a loss to UCF in Florida and Oklahoma desperately needs a huge win to justify their high ranking. Colorado takes on USC without the Trojans best player, point guard Isaiah Collier. If you will notice I picked a lot of home teams to win because this year has proven winning on the road is difficult to do. Mississippi State and Alabama is very intriguing to me. Two contrasting styles in that game as one team loves to play fast and shoot threes. The other plays extremely slow and deliberate.
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The best mid-major game today is James Madison and Appalachian State. James Madison played a lot better after they lost and got the monkey off their back. Appalachian State is one of the better teams in the Sun Belt and it was the team I thought would beat James Madison initially.