January 18 NCAA Basketball Picks — Xavier at No. 22 Villanova

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’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.

Xavier at No. 22 Villanova

Side Prediction/Full Game: Villanova -9.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 139.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Xavier UNDER 64.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Villanova -5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 64.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Xavier UNDER 30 points (3/5) — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 2-4-0 (.333)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-1-0 (.875)
January Record 86-77-1 (.527)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 253-230-12 (.523)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)             (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)             (1-1-0 (.500) in January)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250)             (44-39-1 (.530) in January)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)             (21-18-0 (.538) in January)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.000)           (20-19-0 (.513) in January)