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 0.8% when weighting by confidence (1 for low, 2 for medium, 3 for high) across 1,973 published picks, not including bets that remain pending, like futures. 0.8% doesn’t sound amazing, but relative to what else you get on the internet?
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Texas Tech @ Baylor
Texas Tech may be healthier tonight, with Terrence Shannon on the court during early warmups and Kevin McCullar out of his walking boot. Still…Baylor’s a lot better, and those guys will be working their way back to full strength. The Kansas win was impressive, but it was just one game, and Baylor’s another step beyond Kansas in quality.
Pick: Baylor -11.5 (-110). Low confidence.
