Dec. 7 — NCAA Basketball Picks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’s college basketball games for Winners and Whiners. 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.

Massachusetts at Providence

Side Prediction/Full Game: Providence -9.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game:  Over 149 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Providence -5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half:  Over 70.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Previous Day’s Record: 3-1 (.750)
December Record 27-19-2 (.583)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 108-110-8 (.496)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0 (.000) in December)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-1 (.000) in December)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-1(.500)        (11-11-1 (.500) in December)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.000)           (8-3-1 (.708) in December)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.000)           (8-4-0 (.667) in December)