March 9 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.

Notre Dame vs Pittsburgh:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Notre Dame +2 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 134 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Notre Dame +1 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 63.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

No. 23 Villanova at Seton Hall

Side Prediction/Full Game: Seton Hall +3.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 141 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Villanova UNDER 71.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Villanova -1.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 66.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Villanova UNDER 33.5 points (3/5) — WIN!

Syracuse at Clemson:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Syracuse +5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 129 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Clemson -2.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 58 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Troy at Coastal Carolina:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Coastal Carolina -11 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 147.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: Coastal Carolina -7 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 68.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

St. John’s at Xavier:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Xavier -2.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 146 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Xavier OVER 74.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Xavier -1.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 69 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Xavier OVER 35.5 points (3/5) — WIN!

DePaul at Creighton:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Creighton -7.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 152.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Creighton UNDER 80 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Creighton -4 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 71.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: DePaul UNDER 34 points (3/5) — PUSH!

Cal Riverside at UC Davis:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cal Riverside +9 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 126.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game:
Side Prediction/1st Half: UC Davis -5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 59 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half:

Day’s Record: 13-20-1 (.397)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-0-0 (1.00)
March Record: 69-58-1 (.543)

February Record: 156-168-4 (.482)
January Record: 173-146-4 (.542)
December Record: 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)

Season Record: 565-527-20 (.517)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in March)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in March)
3-Star Pick Record: 7-10-1 (.417)     (39-30-1 (.564) in March)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-6 (.333)          (13-18-0 .419) in March)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-4 (.429)          (17-10-0 (.630) in March)