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Michigan Wolverines vs. N.C. Asheville Bulldogs Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 7th 2023
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The University of Michigan basketball team has a completely different look this season. The team’s top scorer and rebounder each of the past two seasons, Hunter Dickinson, transferred to Kansas. Guards Jett Howard and Kobe Bufkin were selected in the top half of the NBA draft. Juwan Howard remains the head coach. But he underwent heart surgery in September and he’s still in the recovery phase. Another of his sons, Jace Howard, will miss 4-6 … more
Iowa Hawkeyes vs. North Dakota Fighting Hawks Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 7th 2023
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While the outside focus on the 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes is fixed on subtractions and lost star power, the internal outlook of optimism has everything to do with a freshman class the team views as program-building pillars. Once the central orbit of the Iowa program, twin brothers Keegan and Kris Murray were first-round NBA draft picks the past two summers: Keegan with the Sacramento Kings in 2022 and Kris to the Portland Trail Blazers in June. … more
Creighton Bluejays vs. Florida A&M Rattlers Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 7th 2023
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No. 8 Creighton was certifiably elite in March. The Bluejays are determined to get back to that level this season. Creighton maintains great expectations for the 2023-24 campaign despite losing two key cogs from the team that advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament last season. With All-Big East preseason first-team representatives Ryan Kalkbrenner and Trey Alexander leading the way, the Bluejays look to start off on the right foot Tuesday when they … more
Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Indiana Hoosiers Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 11th 2023
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Indiana might not embrace the common ground with a neighboring Big Ten rival ahead of a Saturday afternoon date at Illinois in a Big Ten crossover game. But the Hoosiers (3-6, 1-5) and Fighting Illini (4-5, 2-4) can’t ignore it exists. Neither team performed to the level it had hoped and through nine games is grasping at faint hope for a postseason. But there is optimism thanks to upset wins by both programs last week. … more
Georgetown Hoyas vs. Le Moyne Dolphins Pick & Prediction NOVEMBER 7th 2023
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Hiring Ed Cooley as coach in March was Georgetown’s first step toward re-establishing its storied legacy following six tumultuous seasons under Patrick Ewing. Cooley and his squad will begin the long climb toward regaining respectability when the Hoyas host Division I newcomer Le Moyne on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to open the 2023-24 season for both teams. Georgetown meandered to a 62-59 record through Ewing’s first four seasons as coach, the last of which saw … more