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Santa Clara Broncos vs. Oregon Ducks Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 24th 2023
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Oregon continues its trip to Florida on Friday night with a matchup against Santa Clara at the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville. The Ducks are 4-0 despite not having center N’Faly Dante, their top player, available for the past three games due to a knee injury. In an 82-71 season-opening victory over Georgia, Dante scored 16 points and grabbed 21 rebounds. Oregon also might be without Dante’s backup, Nate Bittle, who is averaging 13 points … more
Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 24th 2023
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It has been so long since Illinois played Western Illinois, Fighting Illini head coach Brad Underwood had just finished his 10-year stint as a Leathernecks assistant and was still 10 years from becoming a Division I head coach. On Nov. 22, 2003, Dee Brown led then-No. 12 Illinois to a 94-66 victory over Western Illinois in the first game of the Bruce Weber era. Twenty seasons later, the Leathernecks (2-3) finally get their rematch Friday … more
Louisiana State Tigers vs. North Florida Osprey Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 24th 2023
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LSU won its last two games in the Charleston Classic last weekend in Charleston, S.C. North Florida won its last two games in the First Coast Classic that it hosted last weekend in Jacksonville, Fla. So both teams have some momentum as they prepare to meet Friday night in Baton Rouge. La. The Tigers (3-2) lost a four-point lead in the final 30 seconds of regulation before beating Wake Forest 86-80 in overtime Sunday. “When … more
Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Seton Hall Pirates Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 24th 2023
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Iowa coach Fran McCaffery hopes his team’s latest performance from beyond the 3-point arc was merely a hiccup. After shooting just 17.4 percent from deep on Thursday, the Hawkeyes will look to recover in time for Friday’s meeting with Seton Hall in the third-place game of the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego. Nothing was falling for Iowa (3-2) in its 79-67 loss to Oklahoma, as the Hawkeyes canned just 4 of 23 3-point attempts … more
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Southern California Trojans Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 24th 2023
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Defenses will be the focus when No. 23 Southern California faces Oklahoma on Friday for the championship in the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego. USC (4-1) held off Seton Hall in the second semifinal on Thursday after the Trojans nearly coughed up a 20-point, second-half lead. The Pirates cut the deficit to three points with four minutes remaining, but a USC defense keyed by Joshua Morgan’s program-record 10 blocked shots and Kobe Johnson’s five … more