January 30 NCAA Basketball Picks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.

No. 14 Villanova at DePaul

Side Prediction/Full Game: Villanova -7 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 144 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Villanova OVER 75 points (5/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: DePaul +3.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 68 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Villanova OVER 36 points (3/5) — WIN!

Syracuse at Boston College:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Syracuse -3 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 138.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: Syracuse -1.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 65.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Illinois State at Drake:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Illinois State +4.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 143.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: 
Side Prediction/1st Half: Drake -2.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 68.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Day’s Record: 10-4-0 (.714)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-3-0 (.625)
January Record 167-140-4 (.543)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 334-293-15 (.532)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)                (0-0-0 (.000) in January)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)                (5-3-0 (.625) in January)
3-Star Pick Record: 5-2 (.714)                (84-72-3 (.538) in January)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-1 (.750)                (42-31-0 (.575) in January)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)                (36-34-1 (.514) in January)