Editor’s Note: For a little more than three years now, Joe has been publishing picks here and back at All Things NIT, our former site. Overall, the results have been positive, with an average return on investment, per pick, of 0.5% when weighting by confidence (1 for low, 2 for medium, 3 for high) across 1,992 published picks, not including bets that remain pending, like futures. 0.5% doesn’t sound amazing, but relative to what else you get on the internet?
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Lines for these come from the Vegas consensus or the closest approximation available at the time picks are written, unless otherwise noted. KenPom is heavily used in making college basketball picks.
Colorado @ Washington State
Washington State, a bubble team in quality, is still looking for its first win over a team in KenPom’s top 100. Colorado, briefly an expected NIT team before Thursday night’s stinker in Seattle, is trying to get back to the potential that had its sights much higher than the NIT back when the season began. Expect Washington State to gun, as they often do, but expect them to make more tonight than usual.
Pick: Over 132 (-110). Low confidence.
