These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’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.
Side Prediction/Full Game: Iowa -6.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 143.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Iowa OVER 75.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Iowa -4 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 67.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Iowa OVER 36 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/Full Game: Buffalo -15.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 159 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Buffalo -9.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 75.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Davidson -1 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 132 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rhode Island UNDER 65.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Davidson -0.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 62 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Rhode Island UNDER 30.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Day’s Record: 6-10-0 (.375)
Previous Day’s Record: 9-3-0 (.750)
February Record: 130-117-3 (.526)
January Record: 173-146-4 (.542)
December Record: 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)
Season Record: 470-416-18 (.530)
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: 5-5 (.500) (77-61-0 (.558) in February)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-3 (.000) (28-27-1 (.509) in February)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333) (24-29-2 (.455) in February)
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