February 23 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.

Central Michigan at Ball State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Central Michigan +5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 156 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Central Michigan +3 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 74 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

No. 21 Iowa State at TCU:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Iowa State -1.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 148.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Iowa State OVER 75 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Iowa State -0.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 71 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Iowa State OVER 35.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!

Miami of Ohio at Akron:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Miami of Ohio +5.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 129 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Miami of Ohio +3 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 59.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

No. 1 Duke at Syracuse:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Syracuse +4.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 143.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Duke UNDER 74.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Syracuse +2.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 67.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Duke UNDER 35 points (3/5) — WIN!

Fresno State at No. 6 Nevada:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nevada -12.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 144 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Nevada -7.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 69 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: 

Day’s Record: 6-20-0 (.231)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-10-0 (.375)
February Record: 136-137-3 (.498)

January Record: 173-146-4 (.542)
December Record: 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)

Season Record: 476-436-18 (.522)

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: 4-12 (.250)        (81-73-0 (.526) in February)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-3 (.400)          (30-30-1 (.500) in February)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-5 (.000)          (24-34-2 (.417) in February)