Yesterday I went 7-8-1 on my sixteen picks, with two incredibly crushing losses -- St. Joe's +4.5 vs. Connecticut and N.C. State +2.5 vs. St. Louis. Both of these teams led throughout the entire game, covering was a breeze. Until, that is, overtime arrived and they both somehow managed to choke away not just the lead but their covers as well. Win those two games -- and I'll be honest, I was already counting them both as wins, especially N.C. State, which was up 16 late in the game -- and I would have finished off the first day 9-6-1.
Sigh.
But we fight on.
So here are today's best picks. We begin with mine and Todd's best five picks from FS1 last night.
Tennessee -4 vs. UMass
Kentucky -6 vs. Kansas State
Oklahoma State -3 vs. Gonzaga
New Mexico -3 vs. Stanford
Wichita State -16 vs. Cal-Poly
George Washington +3 vs. Memphis
Eastern Kentucky +14 vs. Kansas
Weber State +19.5 vs. Arizona
Nebraska +3.5 vs. Baylor
Coastal Carolina +21 vs. Virginia
Providence +4 vs. UNC
VCU -6 vs. Stephen F. Austin
Iowa State -8 vs. NC Central
UCLA -9 vs. Tulsa
Mercer +13 vs. Duke
Creighton -13.5 vs. UL-Lafayette
