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The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 27

Travis Hitson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:20:49 -0400

My hot streak continued Thursday night, going 3-1 against the spread.

Hopefully tonight I continue my winning ways.

Here are my picks for Friday.

Louisville (-9) vs. Arizona 7:07 p.m. ET

Kansas (+1) vs. Michigan State 9:37 p.m. ET (Pick of the day!)

UNC (-8) vs. Gonzaga 10:07 p.m. ET

Syracuse (+1) vs. Oklahoma 7:27 p.m. ET

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 26

Travis Hitson — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:32:47 -0400

The daily four is back for the sweet sixteen!

I had a lot of success in the first two rounds going 11-5.

Hopefully, you will jump on the bandwagon with me and win some games!

Here are my picks for Thursday.

Villanova (+2.5) vs. Duke 10:07 EST Pick of the day!
Pitt (-7) vs. Xavier 7:27 EST
Missouri (+4.5) vs. Memphis 9:37 EST
UConn (-6) vs. Purdue 7:07 EST

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 22

Travis Hitson — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:00:09 -0400

Great day yesterday!I went 3-1.

Hopefully i can carry over my good fortune today.

Here are my picks for Saturday.

Syracuse (-2) vs Arizona St 11:10 est Pick of the day!

Arizona (-2.5) vs Cleveland St. 2:40 est

Missouri (-3) vs Marquette 4:40 est

Xavier (-4) vs Wisconsin 2:20

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 21

Travis Hitson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:53:14 -0400

Bad day yesterday, but my pick of the day hit.

Here are my picks for Saturday.

Villanova (-2) vs UCLA 1:05 PM EST

Oklahoma (-7) vs Michigan 5:04 PM EST

Washington (-1) vs Purdue 5:40 PM EST. Pick of the Day!

Texas (+7) vs Duke 8:05 PM EST

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 20

Travis Hitson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:05:50 -0400

Great start to the NCAA tournament! I went 3-1 last night.

Here are my picks for Friday.

Louisville (-21) vs. Morehead St. 7:10 PM EST
FSU (-2) vs. Wisconsin 9:55 PM EST
Siena (+2) vs. Ohio St. 9:40 PM EST Pick of the Day!
Utah (-1) vs. Arizona 7:10 PM EST

NCAA Tournament record: 3-1

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: 3/19

Travis Hitson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:31:45 -0400

Not a good night last night. I went 1-3, but on the bright side I did hit my pick of the day.

The NCAA tournament starts today, and I feel like they are a lot of good plays out there.

Here are my picks for Thursday.

Butler (+1.5) vs. LSU

VCU (+8) vs. UCLA

Maryland (+2) vs. California (Pick of the Day)

Texas (-4) vs. Minnesota

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 18

Travis Hitson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:22:01 -0400

I went 2-2 last night.

I got lucky on my pick of the day, covering by a half a point.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

Here are my picks for Wednesday.

Oregon St. (-1.5) vs. Houston 10:00 EST Pick of the Day!

Providence (-2.5) vs. Miami FL 7:00 EST

Auburn (-12) vs. Tennessee-Martin 8:00 EST

Baylor (-3) vs. Georgetown 9:00 EST

Have a great day everybody.

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 17 (St. Patrick's Day Edition)

Travis Hitson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:49:55 -0400

I didn't end conference tournament week with a winning record.

Hopefully the N.I.T and the NCAA tournament will be kinder to me.

Here are my picks for Tuesday.

South Carolina (-3) vs Davidson 7:00 est

Notre Dame (-5.5) vs UAB 9:00 Pick of the Day!

Saint Mary's (-4.5) vs Washington State 11:00 est

Nebraska (+8) vs New Mexico 10:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Friday the 13th!

Travis Hitson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:11:34 -0400

Not too bad yesterday, going 2-2. It could of been better, but I'll take a break even day.

Today is Friday the 13th! I'm thinking I will go 4-0 today!

Here are my picks for Friday the 13th:

Penn St vs Purdue (Under 123) 9:00 EST

Boston College (+10) vs Duke 9:25 EST

LSU (-1) vs Kentucky 1:00 EST Pick of the Day!

Auburn (+3.5) vs Florida 9:45 EST

Bonus Pick: Louisville (-4.5) vs Villanova 7:05

Conference Tournament Record : 4-8

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 12

Travis Hitson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:28:30 -0400

Well, it looked like I was going to go 2-2 yesterday, but Texas A&M blew a 21-point lead in the second half.

Let's see if I can get back to winning today.

Here are my picks for Thursday.

Marquette (+3.5) vs. Villanova 2:20 EST

Vanderbilt (-2.5) vs. Alabama 7:00 EST Pick of the Day!

Maryland (-1.5) vs. NC State 7:00 EST

Georgia (+9.5) vs. Miss St. 2:00 EST

Conference tournament record: 2-6

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 11

Travis Hitson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:20:30 -0400

Well, my week didn't start out well, going 1-3.

Hopefully today gets better.

Here are my picks for Wednesday.

Marquette (-7) vs. St. John's 2:20 EST

Notre Dame (+4) vs. West Virginia 7:00 EST

Central Florida (-3) vs. Southern Miss 3:30 EST Pick of the Day!

Texas A&M (-6.5) vs. Texas Tech 9:30

Conference Tournament Record: 1-3

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 10

Travis Hitson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:46:36 -0400

I took the night off yesterday to get ready for conference tournament week. After a good rest, I'm ready.

On Sunday I went 2-0-2. Pretty good in my opinion to end out the regular season season.

Lastly, I will be starting a new win/loss record for conference tournaments.

Here are my picks for Tuesday.

Cincinnati (-9) vs. DePaul 12:00 est

Georgetown (-6.5) vs. St. John's 2:20 est Pick of the day!

Western Kentucky (-4) vs. South Alabama 10:00 est

Hawaii (+1) vs. Fresno St. 10:30 est

End of the season record: 28-20-4

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 8

Travis Hitson — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:36:50 -0400

I didn't do well yesterday going 1-3.

Hopefully I'll end the college basketball regular season on a high note today.

Here are my picks for the Sunday.

Ohio St. (-5) vs Northwestern 5:00 EST

South Alabama (-1) vs Troy 10:00 EST Pick of the Day!

Wake Forest (-4) vs Clemson 6:00 EST

Duke (+8) vs North Carolina 4:00 EST

Record to Date: 26-20-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks for March 7

Travis Hitson — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:16:53 -0500

I took the night off on Friday.

I broke even on Thursday going 2-2.

I'm hoping to have two edition of the daily four today.

Here are my picks for Saturday (first edition)

UCONN (+3.5) vs Pittsburgh 12:00 EST

Missouri (-2) vs Texas A&M 2:00

Auburn (-1.5) vs LSU 4:00 Pick of the Day!

Kentucky (+5) vs Florida 2:00

Record to Date: 25-17-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 5

Travis Hitson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:01:04 -0500

Well, after having a perfect night two days ago, I bombed and went 0-4 last night.

Let's see if I can get back to my winning ways tonight.

Here are my picks for Thursday.

Tennessee (+2) vs. South Carolina 7:00 EST

Illinois (-2) vs. Penn St. 9:00 Pick of the day!

UC Davis (-1) vs. CS Northridge 10:00

Idaho (-4) vs. Louisiana Tech 10:05

Record to Date: 23-15-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 4

Travis Hitson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:50:08 -0500

What a night last night!

I went 4-0. Hopefully some of you took my plays and benefited from them.

Here are my picks for Wednesday.

Arkansas (-4) vs. Ole Miss 8:00 EST

Florida (-1) vs. Miss St 8:00

UAB (-1) vs. UTEP 9:00 Pick of the Day!

Oklahoma (+4) vs. Missouri 9:00

Record to date: 23-11-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 3

Travis Hitson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:24:46 -0500

I had another 2-2 night. Hopefully I can get over the hump and have a winning night tonight.

Here are my picks for Tuesday.

Florida St. (+12) vs. Duke 8:00 est

Wake Forest (-1.5) vs. Maryland 9:00 est

Auburn (+2) vs. Alabama 9:00 est Pick of the Day!

Ohio St. (-1) vs. Iowa 9:00

Record to Date: 19-11-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 2

Travis Hitson — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:53:48 -0500

I was 2-2 yesterday again.

I guess it could be worse. I did hit "My Pick of the Day."

Here are my picks for Monday:

Villanova (+2.5) vs. Notre Dame 7:00 P.M. EST

Baylor (+7) vs. Texas 9:00 P.M. EST

New Mexico St. (-6) vs. Boise St. 9:00 P.M. EST

Citadel (-5) vs. Georgia Southern 7:30 P.M. EST

Record to Date: 17-9-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: March 1

Travis Hitson — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:36:05 -0500

Well, I went 2-2 again yesterday. I wasn't able to do a second edition yesterday, so 2-2 was my final tally.

Here are my picks for Sunday:

Tennessee (+5) vs Florida (2:00)

Missouri (+5) vs Kansas (2:00)

Georgia (+9) vs Arkansas (4:00)

Oregon (-1.5) vs Oregon St (10:00) Pick of the Day!

Record to Date: 15-7-2

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Feb. 28

Travis Hitson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:32:32 -0500

I went 2-for-2 last night. That is not great, but it is respectable.

As I do every Saturday, there will be two editions of the Daily Four.

So let's get to the first edition.

Here are my picks:

Villanova (-6) vs. Georgetown 12:00 P.M. EST

Clemson (-1) vs. Florida St. 1:00 P.M. EST

LSU (+4) vs. Kentucky 4:00 P.M. EST

Wake Forest (-6) vs. Virginia 2:00 P.M. EST

Check back around 6:00 P.M. EST for the second edition.

Have a great Saturday!

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Feb. 27

Travis Hitson — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:05:43 -0500

Well, I had another productive night, going 2-1-1.

Hopefully I can continue this trend.

Here are my picks for Friday.

Loyola-Chicago (+2.5) vs. Illinois-Chicago (9:00)

Manhattan (+3.5) vs. Fairfield (7:30) Pick of the Day!

Penn (-2) vs. Yale (7:00)

Harvard (-5) vs. Columbia (7:00)

Record to Date: 9-2-1

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Feb. 26

Travis Hitson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:27:49 -0500

4-0 last night!

Looks like things are heating up, and I'm hoping that some of you have used my picks the last couple of days and done as well as me.

All right, let's get to the picks!

Here are my picks for Thursday.

Xavier (-3) vs. St. Joseph's (7:00)

Miami Fl (-3.5) vs. Virginia (8:00) Pick of the Day!

UAB (+5) vs. Memphis (9:00)

UCLA (-5) vs. Stanford (10:30)

Record to Date: 7-1

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Feb. 25

Travis Hitson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:39:09 -0500

Well, it looks like a day off and a fresh start did me well. I went 3-1 and I feel great!

Here are my picks for Wednesday.

South Carolina (+1) vs. Kentucky (7:00)

Northern Illinois (+1) vs. Western Michigan (8:00) Pick of the day!

Miss St (+9) vs. Tennessee (9:00)

Duke (-6) vs. Maryland (9:00)

Record to Date: 3-1

The Daily Four College Basketball Picks: Feb. 24

Travis Hitson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:44:15 -0500

I'm back!

I took a day off to lick my wounds from the two previous beatdowns I took. I've changed the Daily Six to the Daily Four because six was just not working for me.

Here are my picks for Tuesday:

Syracuse (-4) vs St Johns, 7:30 p.m.

LSU (-3.5) vs Florida, 9 p.m.

Baylor (-2.5) vs Iowa St, 9 p.m.

Pick of the Day: BYU (+1.5) vs San Diego St., 10:30 p.m.

(Note: All times Eastern)

Record-To-Date: 0-0. With the revamped style, I'm starting over on my record-to-date. If you were wondering, it was way under .500.

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 22

Travis Hitson — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:13:29 -0500

Whoa Nelly! What a horrible night last night! After starting out average in the days games, I stunk up the joint last night going 4-8. Well, I live to play another day.

Here are my picks:

Syracuse (-2) vs Villanova (1:00)

Clemson (-7) vs Ga Tech (1:00)

Ohio St. (-2.5) vs Illinois (1:00)

Michigan (-1) vs Iowa (5:00)

Wake Forest (+7.5) vs Duke (7:45)

New Orleans (+7) vs UL Lafayette (8:15)

Record to Date 39-52-3

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 21 (Second Edition)

Travis Hitson — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:14:55 -0500

Well I started out 3-3 today. I was so close from an excellent afternoon, but some things didn't bounce my way.

Here are my picks for tonight:

Auburn (+9) vs LSU (8:00)

Va Tech (-3) vs Florida St. (8:00)

Oklahoma (-1) vs Texas (9:00) PICK OF THE DAY!

Santa Clara (-1) vs San Francisco (10:00)

UNLV (-1.5) vs BYU (11:00)

Dayton (-1.5) vs St.Louis (8:00)

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 21

Travis Hitson — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:51:28 -0500

Hello all, I hope you're having a great Saturday.

I went 1-0-1 on a reduced Daily Six. Not great but hey, at least it wasn't a losing night.

The Daily Six will be two editions today, with a total of 12 games. This could make or break my week.Wish me luck and I hope these help you as well.

Be sure to check back around 6:00 for the second edition.

Here are my picks.

Kentucky (-3) vs Tennessee (1:00)

Colorado (+12) vs Missouri (1:30)

Louisville (-6) vs Cincinnati (2:00)

Miss.St.(-1) vs Alabama (3:00)

Florida (-8.5) vs Vanderbilt (3:00)

Georgia (+11) vs Ole Miss (4:00)

Record to Date 35-44-3

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 18

Travis Hitson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:53:14 -0500

Things are starting to heat up!

I went 4-2 yesterday and for the week I've been over .500.

Hopefully I can continue my good fortune with a another winning night.

Here are my picks:

Michigan (-3) vs Minnesota 7:00 Pick Of Day!

Oregon (+6.5) vs California 9:00

Stanford (-4) vs Oregon St. 10:00

Washington St. (+6.5) vs USC 10:30

Washington (+9) vs UCLA 11:00

South Alabama (+5) vs Middle Tennessee St. 8:00

Record to Date: 32-41-2

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 17

Travis Hitson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:49:34 -0500

Well I went 3-2-1 last night. Not too shabby. Hopefully tonight I can improve and really get the ball rolling.

Here are my picks.

Georgetown (-6) vs South Florida 7:00

Florida St. (-3) vs Miami 7:00

Notre Dame (+9) vs West Virginia 7:00

Auburn (-3) vs Georgia 7:30 Pick of the Day

Tennessee (-5) vs Ole Miss 8:00

Oklahoma St. (-1) vs Texas Tech 9:00

Record to date 28-39-2

The Daily Six College Basketball Picks: Feb. 16

Travis Hitson — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:22:25 -0500

Hooray! I went 4-2 yesterday, and I couldn't feel any better. Hopefully this is the start of a great run picking games. Ladies and gentlemen, here are the picks for Monday.

UConn (-3) vs. Pittsburgh 7:00

Texas (-2) vs. Texas A&M 9:00

Charleston (-1) vs. Appalachian St. 7:30

Iona (+4) vs. Siena 7:30

Loyola Md. (-6) vs. Canisius 7:00

Louisiana Tech (+9) vs. New Mexico St. 7:00

Record to date: 23-32-1