February 2 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.

No. 12 Virginia Tech at No. 23 North Carolina State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: N.C. State -2 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 152 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: N.C. State -1.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 71.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Rutgers at Ohio State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rutgers +9.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 131 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Rutgers +5.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 61.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Memphis at South Florida:

Side Prediction/Full Game: South Florida -1.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 148 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: South Florida pick’em (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 70.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Kent State at Ball State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Kent State +4.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 153 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Kent State +2 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 72.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Georgia Southern at Georgia State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Georgia State -2.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 160.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Georgia State -1.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 77.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Louisiana-Monroe at Appalachian State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Louisiana-Monroe +2 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 161 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Louisiana-Monroe +1.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 76.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Day’s Record: 17-7-0 (.708)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-5-0 (.375)
February Record 20-12-0 (.625)
January Record 173-146-4 (.542)
December Record 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 360-311-15 (.536)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)                (0-0-0 (.000) in February)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)                (0-0-0 (.000) in February)
3-Star Pick Record: 7-5 (.583)                (8-8-0 (.500) in February)
4-Star Pick Record: 6-0 (1.00)                (7-1-0 (.875) in February)
5-Star Pick Record: 4-2 (.667)                (5-3-0 (.625) in February)