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Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Pick & Prediction JANUARY 12th 2024
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Fresh off a signature victory over the No. 1 team in the country, Nebraska will seek its first conference road win of the season when it visits Iowa in a Big Ten game on Friday night in Iowa City. The Cornhuskers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) picked up their first win over a top-ranked team since 1982 by hitting a season-high 14 of 23 3-pointers. They also held reigning conference and national player of the year … more
Indiana Hoosiers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Pick & Prediction JANUARY 12th 2024
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Minnesota will go for its eighth win in a row when it visits Indiana in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Bloomington, Ind. The Golden Gophers (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten) are coming off back-to-back conference wins against Michigan and Maryland. They already have surpassed last season’s total of nine victories, and they are off to their first 3-1 start in the Big Ten since the 2016-17 campaign. Minnesota coach Ben Johnson senses momentum … more
Villanova Wildcats vs. DePaul Blue Demons Pick & Prediction JANUARY 12th 2024
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Villanova hopes to get the best of DePaul for the second time in three weeks Friday when the teams square off in a Big East battle on the Wildcats’ campus. The Wildcats (10-5, 3-1 Big East) trounced the Blue Demons (3-12, 0-4) in Chicago two days before Christmas, posting an 84-48 victory behind 20 points from Hakim Hart and a strong overall shooting performance. Villanova shot 53.6 percent in that game, including crisp efforts from … more
Santa Clara Broncos vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs Pick & Prediction JANUARY 11th 2024
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Gonzaga will look to continue its dominance of host Santa Clara when the two West Coast Conference programs square off on Thursday night. The No. 23 Bulldogs have won the past 26 meetings and are a sparkling 46-4 against the Broncos during Mark Few’s coaching tenure. Few has a bigger milestone in sight. A win on Thursday would represent his 700th career victory. Only legendary Adolph Rupp (700-136 in 836 games) will have reached 700 … more
Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan St Spartans Pick & Prediction JANUARY 11th 2024
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Michigan State is in danger of descending to a place the Spartans have never been during Tom Izzo’s 29 years as head coach. If the Spartans (9-6, 1-3 Big Ten) can’t recover from Sunday’s 14-point loss at Northwestern and they fall again Thursday night in Champaign at No. 10 Illinois (11-3, 2-1), they’ll be off to their first 1-4 start in Big Ten play since 1989, when Izzo served as Jud Heathcote’s top assistant. That’s … more