NCAA Basketball: Picks for Day 81 of the 2023-24 season
By Bryan Mauro
Yesterday was a day that only saw eight games get played and only one of them had significance in the overall NCAA tournament picture. Wisconsin beat Michigan State in Madison. The Badgers are inching closer to a one seed and they have a showdown coming up with Nebraska on Thursday night in Lincoln. The Spartans are still in search of another signature win but have a bunch of games coming up that they should win and will improve their overall record which will help their tournament resume overall. St. Bonaventure bounced back and beat Saint Joseph’s. California gets a huge win over Stanford. The Bears are much improved this season.
Yesterday I went 6-2 in my picks. That brings my 80 day total to 2,252-877 overall. Today is going to be a huge slate of games. There are over 150 games on the schedule and there are games in every window that have huge NCAA tournament implications. There are a few bubble teams who are looking to hold serve at home, some are looking to pick up key road victories, and some are looking for their signature wins to solidify their NCAA tournament resume. It is going to be a huge day of games. Picks for day 81 January 27,2024 are below.
Nebraska over Maryland
Houston over Kansas State
Boston College over Notre Dame
Virginia over Louisville
Northeastern over William & Mary
Holy Cross over Lehigh
Florida over Georgia
New Hampshire over Albany
Providence over Georgetown
Duquesne over Fordham
Marquette over Seton Hall
South Carolina over Missouri
Navy over Loyola MD
Bucknell over Army
Central Connecticut over Wagner
Akron over Miami Ohio
Western Michigan over Central Michigan
Green Bay over Detroit Mercy
Iowa State over Kansas
Florida State over North Carolina
Oklahoma over Texas Tech
BYU over Texas
Oklahoma State over West Virginia
Murray State over Southern Illinois
Evansville over Illinois State
Delaware over Towson
Drexel over North Carolina A&T
Monmouth over Hofstra
Hampton over Elon
Charleston over Campbell
Lafayette over Boston University
Stetson over Lipscomb
Le Moyne over Long Island
Fairleigh Dickinson over Sacred Heart
Columbia over Penn
Toledo over Bowling Green
Ball State over Northern Illinois
Chattanooga over The Citadel
Cornell over Princeton
Yale over Harvard
Coastal Carolina over Georgia State
Maine over Binghamton
Texas A&M Commerce over Nicholls
Brown over Dartmouth
Miami over Pitt
Illinois over Indiana
Texas Southern over Alabama A&M
Butler over Villanova
Grand Canyon over UT Arlington
Stephen F. Austin over Cal Baptist
Louisiana Tech over New Mexico State
Mississippi State over Auburn
Eastern Michigan over Buffalo
Morehead State over Western Illinois
Duke over Clemson
Baylor over TCU
Boise State over Utah State
Colorado State over Wyoming
Maryland Eastern Shore over North Carolina Central
Delaware State over South Carolina State
Tulane over Charlotte
South Florida over UTSA
Missouri State over Valpo
Winthrop over High Point
Gardner-Webb over South Carolina Upstate
Stony Brook over UNC Wilmington
Florida A&M over Alcorn State
Colgate over American
George Mason over Rhode Island
Norfolk State over Coppin State
St Francis Pa over Merrimack
Samford over ETSU
Milwaukee over Oakland
Little Rock over Southeast Missouri State
Marshall over Southern Mississippi
Bryant over Vermont
Denver over Omaha
Northwestern State over Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Jacksonville over Bellarmine
Eastern Kentucky over North Florida
Kennesaw State over Central Arkansas
Abilene Christian over Southern Utah
Long Beach over UC Riverside
Northern Colorado over Idaho
Eastern Washington over Northern Arizona
Howard over Morgan State
Radford over Presbyterian
SIU Edwardsville over Tennessee Tech
UT Martin over Lindenwood
Eastern Illinois over Tennessee State
Washington State over Colorado
Grambling over Mississippi Valley State
Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech
Belmont over Illinois-Chicago
Michigan over Iowa
Rider over Mount St. Mary’s
Western Carolina over VMI
Troy over South Alabama
McNeese over New Orleans
Tarleton over Utah Tech
Liberty over Jacksonville State
UC Davis over UC San Diego
Oregon over Arizona
UNC Asheville over Charleston Southern
Sam Houston over UTEP
Tennessee over Vanderbilt
Kentucky over Arkansas
Richmond over Dayton
Indiana State over Bradley
Drake over Northern Iowa
George Washington over La Salle
Wofford over Furman
Appalachian State over James Madison
Incarnate Word over Houston Christian
Middle Tennessee over FIU
Southern over Pine Bluff
Penn State over Minnesota
Alabama State over Prairie View
Creighton over DePaul
Oregon State over Arizona State
Syracuse over NC State
Cincinnati over UCF
Fresno State over Air Force
UNC Greensboro over Mercer
Old Dominion over Georgia Southern
UMBC over NJIT
Lamar over Southeastern Louisiana
North Alabama over Queens
Florida Gulf Coast over Austin Peay
Portland State over Montana State
USC over UCLA
Rice over Tulsa
Alabama over LSU
UMass over Saint Louis
Davidson over VCU
San Francisco over Portland
Pepperdine over San Diego
Kansas City over South Dakota
Oral Roberts over South Dakota State
St Thomas over North Dakota
Northwestern over Ohio State
Texas A&M over Ole Miss
San Jose State over UNLV
Fullerton over Bakersfield
Sacramento State over Montana
Weber State over Idaho State
Washington over Utah
Saint Mary’s over LMU
Gonzaga over Pacific
UC Irvine over Northridge
Hawaii over Cal Poly
There are so many games today. Nebraska looks for their first Big Ten road win against Maryland. Ed Cooley returns to Providence after leaving to go to Georgetown. There are some games that have extreme upset potential. Richmond and Dayton play in Virginia for the outright Atlantic 10 lead.
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Vermont and Bryant are both undefeated in America East play and the winner of that game remains undefeated and is in the driver's seat for the conference tournament. Can Oregon State make it two in a row against the state of Arizona as they welcome Arizona State to town? Illinois welcomes Indiana and they should be playing with a chip on their shoulder after losing to Northwestern.