These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’s college basketball game 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.
Loyola of Chicago at Saint Joseph’s
Side Prediction/Full Game: Saint Joseph’s -3 (4/5) — PUSH!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 142 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Saint Joseph’s -1.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 67 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Stanford +8.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 138.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: San Francisco -4.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 67 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:
Wisconsin-Green Bay at Evansville
Side Prediction/Full Game: Evansville -4.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 160 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Evansville -2.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 76.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:
Previous Day’s Record: 4-7-1 (.375)
December Record 70-53-4 (.567)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 151-144-10 (.511)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) (0-0 (.000) in December)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (1.000) (1-1 (.500) in December)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-3 (.500) (33-29-1 (.532) in December)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-2-1 (.167) (18-11-3 (.609) in December)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333) (19-11-0 (.633) in December)
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