January 1 NCAA Basketball Picks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.

No. 16 Marquette at St. John’s

Side Prediction/Full Game: St. John’s Pick ’em (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game:  OVER 156 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: St. John’s OVER 79.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: St. John’s -1 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 74.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Previous Day’s Record: 4-1-0 (.800)
January Record 4-1-0 (.800)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 171-154-11 (.524)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)             (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)             (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.000)           (3-0-0 (1.000) in January)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.000)           (1-0-0 (1.000) in January)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)             (0-1-0 (.000) in January)