January 16 NCAA Basketball Picks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’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.

St. Bonaventure at Rhode Island

Side Prediction/Full Game: St. Bonaventure +6.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 132.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rhode Island UNDER 69.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: St. Bonaventure +3 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 62 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Creighton at St. John’s

Side Prediction/Full Game: St. John’s -2.5 (2/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 159.5 points (2/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
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Total Prediction/1st Half: 
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George Mason at Massachusetts

Side Prediction/Full Game: George Mason +2.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 144.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: George Mason +1 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 68 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Today’s Record: 5-6-0 (.455)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-7-0 (.462)
January Record 77-72-1 (.517)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 244-225-12 (.520)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)             (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
2-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)             (1-1-0 (.500) in January)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-2 (.600)             (39-36-1 (.520) in January)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)             (19-17-0 (.528) in January)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)             (18-18-0 (.514) in January)