NCAA Basketball Picks — November 27

These are the condensed versions of picks for Monday’s college basketball games for Winners and Whiners featuring:

Illinois at Notre Dame
No. 13 Virginia Tech at Penn State

A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses. Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Illinois at Notre Dame

Side Prediction/Full Game: Notre Dame -5.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 148 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Notre Dame -3.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: Over 71 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

No. 13 Virginia Tech at Penn State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Virginia Tech -1.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: Under 139 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Virginia Tech -2 (3/5) — PUSH!
Total Prediction/1st Half: Over 65.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Previous Day’s Record: 2-5-1 (.313)
November Record: 73-76-4 (.503)
Season Record: 73-76-4 (.503)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in November)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in November)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-2-1 (.375)       (35-44-2 (.444) in November)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (19-15-2 (.556) in November)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (19-17 (.528) in November)