Friday, January 24, 2025 14 games
Today: winner picks 8 of 8 right · line picks 0 of 1 right. Pick: who we think wins (Banker very likely, Solid likely). Line: the bookmaker's handicap. FLA -9.5 means Florida must win by 10 or more to cover. Prediction: our expected winning margin. Line pick: shown only where history shows an edge. Underdogs getting 12 to 17.5 points covered 53% of the time over the last 7 seasons; other lines are close to a coin flip, so no pick. Result: what happened against the line. Total pick: UNDER at neutral-site games (went under 51.8% over 7 seasons), OVER when the spread is 20+ (went over 52.3%). These are small edges, below the ~52.4% normally needed to profit. Not betting advice.
| Time / Status | Away | Home | Pick | Line | Prediction | Line pick | Result | O/U | Total pick | Prev. meetings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final | PSU Shenango | 63 | @  Youngstown St
|
112 | Never met | |||||||
| Final |  Toledo
|
84 | @  Bowling Green
|
71 | TOL -2.5 | TOL won by 13 · covered | 158.5 | 36 met · BGSU 13 · TOL 23 | ||||
| Final |  Kent State
|
59 | @  Ohio
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61 | KENT -1.5 | KENT lost by 2 · not covered | 143.5 | 50 met · OHIO 20 · KENT 30 | ||||
| Final |  Milwaukee
|
79 | @  N Kentucky
|
59 | NKU -1.5 | NKU lost by 20 · not covered | 142.5 | 21 met · NKU 13 · MILW 8 | ||||
| Final |  Villanova
|
74 | @  10Marquette
|
87 | MARQ Solid 81% ✓ | MARQ -9.5 | MARQ won by 13 · covered | 141.5 | 39 met · MARQ 17 · VILL 22 | |||
| Final |  C Connecticut
|
93 | @  Le Moyne
|
70 | CCSU Solid 72% ✓ | CCSU -6.5 | CCSU won by 23 · covered | 136.5 | 2 met · LEM 2 · CCSU 0 | |||
| Final |  Chicago St
|
73 | @  Stonehill
|
75 | STO Solid 81% ✓ | STO -9.5 | STO won by 2 · not covered | 132.5 | 1 met · STO 1 · CHST 0 | |||
| Final |  Wagner
|
66 | @  Mercyhurst
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71 | WAG -1.5 | WAG lost by 5 · not covered | 119.5 | 1 met · MERC 1 · WAG 0 | ||||
| Final |  Long Island
|
64 | @  Saint Francis
|
74 | SFPA -1.5 | SFPA won by 10 · covered | 127.5 | 43 met · SFPA 16 · LIU 27 | ||||
| Final |  Saint Joseph's
|
72 | @  Dayton
|
77 | DAY Solid 66% ✓ | DAY -4.5 | DAY won by 5 · covered | 142.5 | 29 met · DAY 17 · JOES 12 | |||
| Final |  21Michigan
|
64 | @  11Purdue
|
91 | PUR Solid 66% ✓ | PUR -4.5 | PUR won by 27 · covered | 150.5 | 38 met · PUR 19 · MICH 19 | |||
| Final |  Penn State
|
75 | @  Iowa
|
76 | IOWA Solid 62% ✓ | IOWA -3.5 | IOWA won by 1 · not covered | 168.5 | 35 met · IOWA 22 · PSU 13 | |||
| Final |  St Bonaventure
|
61 | @  VCU
|
75 | VCU Banker 87% ✓ | VCU -12.5 | SBU +12.5 · covers 53% ✗ | VCU won by 14 · covered | 134.5 | 17 met · VCU 8 · SBU 9 | ||
| Final |  UCLA
|
65 | @  Washington
|
60 | UCLA Solid 69% ✓ | UCLA -5.5 | UCLA won by 5 · not covered | 138.5 | 42 met · WASH 15 · UCLA 27 |