College basketball expert picks and predictions
As college basketball goes up against college football for ratings and attendance, we’ve got a pretty small card for Saturday. There are 47 games on the slate and there are very few big-name programs on the calendar.
This is also the first time this season that we’ve got a ton of day games. I don’t want to put out the article on Friday night for Saturday because there are a ton of line moves in college basketball and it wouldn’t be fair to readers if they don’t get to a game until the morning and a line has moved multiple points. Similarly, a line may move against me and that doesn’t really help me or you either.
So, I will focus on games as late in the day as I can. On regular Saturdays, it will be a lot easier. This Saturday, there are a lot of early tip times. That limits the available number of games, but I have to give enough lead time for people to take in the article. I’ll repeat this heads up next week and for a few weeks beyond, but Saturday picks will be limited to the later games. I typically try to start around 2 p.m. PT or so unless there’s a game I really like at or around 1.
Lastly, this article runs Monday-Saturday, so it will be back in a couple of days.