{"id":16874,"date":"2020-02-25T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=16874"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:57:02","slug":"4-free-college-basketball-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/4-free-college-basketball-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Free College Basketball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I went 3-2 overall led by a Wise Guy sweep New York OVER, Milwaukee OVER.&nbsp;<strong>Six NBA winners led by another 2-0 Wise Guy sweep.&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Get the picks now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duke (-11, 150) at Wake Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke 12-0 series by 15 ppg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devils freshman 55 percent of scoring including 62 last five games<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams that won first meeting by at least 31 are 741-637-23 (Duke)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-54.5 percent when laying at least nine points in rematch (though better if rematch is at home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent computer predictions: Duke 80-70; 84-69, 80-71<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: Duke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iowa at MSU (-7, 152)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iowa F Luka Garza 23.7 ppg, 9.6 rebounds&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-MSU Marcus Bingham Jr. has played well against elite big men&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan State can counter with small ball line-up and make Garza run&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MSU get support from players other than Cassius Winston or Xavier Tillman versus Nebraska&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for MSU to go with smaller line-up and build on secondary scoring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent computer predictions: MSU 79-73;79-71; 78-73<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: OVER&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kanas St. at&nbsp;&nbsp;Baylor)&nbsp;<\/strong>(-15, 124.5)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kansas State lost eight straight road by 10 ppg&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baylor among best defense and K State horrible on offense&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fading teams off loss, snapping a winning streak of 12 or more is 114-77-5 (Kansas State)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Large underdogs in a game expected to be low-scoring 305-264-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer likes fave&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent computer predictions: Baylor 70-53; 70-52, 72-49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: Kansas State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCST at UNC (-2.5, 145)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNC seven straight conference losses&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNC 77 percent of scoring from senior, including 85 percent last five games<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home teams lost seven or more straight good fade at 560-515-29, even better in conference play<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent computer predictions: NC State 73-72, 72-72; 73-72<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: NC State at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.eu\/tracking\/Affiliate.aspx?idBook=1&amp;mediaTypeID=220&amp;AffUrlID=411\">5 Dimes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went 3-2 overall led by a Wise Guy sweep New York OVER, Milwaukee OVER.&nbsp;Six NBA winners led by another 2-0 Wise Guy sweep.&nbsp;Get the picks now Duke (-11, 150) at Wake Forest Duke 12-0 series by 15 ppg Devils freshman 55 percent of scoring including 62 last five games Teams that won first meeting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/4-free-college-basketball-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4 Free College Basketball Picks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16875,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874\/revisions\/16875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}