January 26 NCAA Basketball Picks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.

Syracuse at No. 10 Virginia Tech

Side Prediction/Full Game: Syracuse +7 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 137.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Virginia Tech UNDER 71 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Virginia Tech -3.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 64.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Syracuse OVER 31 points (3/5) — LOSS!

No. 12 Marquette at Xavier

Side Prediction/Full Game: Marquette -1 (3/5) — WIN! 
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 146 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Xavier UNDER 72 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Marquette -1.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 68.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Marquette UNDER 35 points (3/5) — LOSS!

Clemson at No. 21 North Carolina State

Side Prediction/Full Game: North Carolina State -6 (2/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 148.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: North Carolina State -2.5 (2/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 70.5 points (2/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Pittsburgh at No. 23 Louisville

Side Prediction/Full Game: Louisville -12 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 141.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: Louisville -5.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 66.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Kansas State at Texas A&M

Side Prediction/Full Game: Kansas State -4.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 130 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Texas A&M UNDER 62.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Kansas State -2 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 60.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Texas A&M UNDER 29.5 points (3/5) — WIN!

Arizona at UCLA

Side Prediction/Full Game: UCLA -1.5 (2/5)
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 146 points (2/5)
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: UCLA -0.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 69.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: UCLA OVER 35 points (4/5) — WIN!

Dayton at Fordham

Side Prediction/Full Game: Dayton -6.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 132 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: Dayton -3.5 (5/5) — WIN! 
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 62.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

UCSB at Long Beach State

Side Prediction/Full Game: UCSB -1.5 (3/5)
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 146 points (4/5)
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: UCSB -1 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 69 points (5/5) — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Day’s Record: 21-17-1 (.551)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-1-0 (.750)
January Record 147-130-4 (.530)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 314-283-15 (.525)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)                (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
2-Star Pick Record: 3-2-0 (.600)             (5-3-0 (.625) in January)
3-Star Pick Record: 10-9-0 (.526)           (76-65-3 (.538) in January)
4-Star Pick Record: 5-3-0 (.625)             (36-29-0 (.554) in January)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-3-1 (.500)             (30-33-1 (.477) in January)