Free College Basketball Picks For Today 12/23/2022
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Iona vs. Seattle College Basketball Pick Prediction 12/23/2022
Iona vs. Seattle—Game played in Honolulu. Iona fell to 7-4 with the 85-81 defeat in the opener of this tournament to SMU. Two straight losses for the Gaels as they dropped an 82-74 decision at New Mexico. Iona secures the basketball and shoots 35.5% from three and 51.4% inside. Good defensive team that forces turnovers and limits opponents to 32.3% from three and 48.1% inside. Seattle fell 84-56 in the opener of this tournament to Utah St. Team is 8-3 with road losses at Washington and Oregon St. A poor offensive team that converts 32.1% from three, 47.8% inside and 64% at the line. Defensively they do hold opponents to 31.8% from three and 49.4% around the bucket. Redhawks shooting form poor past five games as they are shooting 37.7% with 28.4% from three. Play Iona -8.5.
SMU vs. Utah St College Basketball Pick Prediction 12/23/2022
SMU vs. Utah St—Game played in Honolulu. SMU opened this tournament with the 85-81 win to Iona. Mustangs a poor offensive team ranked 300th in effective field goal percentage hitting 30.5% from three and 46.8% inside. They defend the interior well and limit teams to 45.9% inside. Utah St improved to 10-1 after their 84-56 victory to Seattle to open the tournament. Aggies sit fourth in the nation in effective field goal offense making 42.3% from three, 53.8% inside and 75.3% at the free throw line. Strong rebounding team and they limit opponents to 41.6% around the bucket. They do allow 37.1% from three. Mustangs have covered two straight and the Aggies have not played a tough schedule to this point. They do have a recent three point home loss to a down Weber St team and needed overtime to win at San Diego. Play SMU +14.
Bucknell vs. Rutgers College Basketball Pick Prediction 12/23/2022
Bucknell vs. Rutgers—Bucknell enters with a 7-5 mark. The Bison are 1-4 in their true road games. Team shoots the ball well converting on 38.5% from three and 54.5% around the whole. Struggles come with turning over the ball. Defensively strong defending the interior but allow 35.1% from three. Rutgers sits at 7-4 and 1-1 in the Big Ten. They have a home 15 point win to Indiana and a loss by one at Ohio St. Scarlet Knights sit third in the nation in defensive efficiency as they limit opponents to 24.9% from three and 44.8% inside. They do force turnovers. Rutgers poor from three where they convert 31% and they too turnover the ball. Bison shoot well on the road converting 49.4% with 41.5% from three. A bit too many points to lay here. Bison has size there is good team continuity. Play Bucknell +20.5.
Washington St vs. Hawaii College Basketball Pick Prediction 12/23/2022
Washington St at Hawaii—Washington St improved to 5-6 with their 66-64 victory to George Washington in the opener of this tournament. Cougars are a good shooting team converting on 37.3% from three and 51% inside. They defend the perimeter well at 29.3%. They are a high turnover team and struggle defending inside. Hawaii is 7-3 after their 76-70 win to Pepperdine in the tournament opener. Warriors average shooting team that defends well by holding teams to 27.6% from three and 46% inside. They are great on the offensive glass. Warriors defensive form good as in their past five games holding teams to 40.3% with 29.2% form three. Cougars have lost all three true road games on the year by surrendering 49.2% from the field and making only 40.2% overall and 28.6% from three. Play Hawaii -3.
George Washington vs. Pepperdine College Basketball Pick Prediction 12/23/2022
George Washington vs. Pepperdine—George Washington is 6-5 after their 66-64 defeat to Washington St in the opener of this tournament. Colonials have lost three of four. The team does shoot well inside at 60.3% and makes 75.7% at the free throw line. GW limits opponents to 33.2% from three but allows 51.6% shooting around the bucket. Pepperdine fell to 6-6 after their 76-70 defeat at Hawaii to open the tournament. Waves have lost four straight against D1 schools. They shoot the three well at 37.7% plus defend well inside. Pepperdine is weak on the glass on both ends of the court and shoot only 48.4% inside. They sit 316th in D1 experience. George Washington is a D1 experience team with good continuity. Colonials have shot the ball well away from home. Play George Washington +3.