2020-21 College Basketball Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

UConn-Vanderbilt has been canceled.  My picks for today:

St. Mary's
BYU
Georgetown
Marquette
Duke
Kansas

[JGibson]

Monday, November 30

3:30 PM
Seton Hall @ St. Joesph's (in Uncasville, Connecticut)


6:00 PM
Bowling Green @ Appalachian State

7:00 PM

St. John's @ Boston College (in Uncasville, Connecticut)


7:00 PM
Auburn @ UCF


Tuesday, December 1

TBD

Nicholls @ St. Mary's


2:30 PM

USC @ BYU (in Uncasville Connecticut)


5:00 PM

UConn @ Vanderbilt (in Uncasville, Connecticut)


6:00 PM

Navy @ Georgetown


7:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Marquette

7:30 PM

Michigan State @ Duke

9:30 PM

Kentucky @ Kansas (in Indianapolis)


Wednesday, December 2

TBD

VCU @ Penn State

2:00 PM

St. Joseph's @ Villanova

5:00 PM

Florida @ Oklahoma

7:00 PM

West Virginia @ Gonzaga

7:00 PM

Seton Hall @ Rhode Island

8:00 PM

Colorado @ Arizona

10:00 PM

Illinois @ Baylor

10:00 PM

Oregon State @ Washington State


Thursday, December 3

TBD

Arizona State @ California

TBD

Northern Illinois @ DePaul

TBD

Colorado State @ San Diego State

TBD

Washington @ Utah

9:00 PM

St. John's @ Texas Tech

Friday, December 4

3:00 PM

George Mason @ Maryland

4:00 PM

Rhode Island @ Boston College

7:00 PM

Wisconsin @ Marquette

Saturday, December 5

TBD

BYU @ Utah State


TBD

Washington State @ Colorado

12:00 PM

NC State @ UConn

1:00 PM

Gonzaga @ Baylor (in Indianapolis)


2:00 PM

SMU @ Dayton


6:00 PM

Furman @ Richmond


8:00 PM

South Carolina @ Houston


Sunday, December 6

TBD

Nevada @ San Francisco

TBD

Seton Hall @ Penn State

1:00 PM

Villanova @ Texas


2:00 PM

Missouri @ Wichita State


3:30 PM

Xavier @ Cincinnati


4:00 PM

UCF @ Michigan


4:00 PM

Oklahoma @ TCU


4:30 PM

West Virginia @ Georgetown


5:00 PM

Kentucky @ Georgia Tech


6:00 PM

DePaul @ Iowa State


8:00 PM

California @ UCLA

[GeorgiaModerate]

For today:

VCU @ Penn State
St. Joseph's @ Villanova postponed
Florida @ Oklahoma canceled
West Virginia @ Gonzaga
Seton Hall @ Rhode Island
Colorado @ Arizona postponed
Illinois @ Baylor
Oregon State @ Washington State

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Wednesday, December 2

TBD

VCU @ Penn State

2:00 PM

St. Joseph's @ Villanova

5:00 PM

Florida @ Oklahoma

7:00 PM

West Virginia @ Gonzaga

7:00 PM

Seton Hall @ Rhode Island

8:00 PM

Colorado @ Arizona

10:00 PM

Illinois @ Baylor

10:00 PM

Oregon State @ Washington State


Thursday, December 3

TBD

Arizona State @ California

TBD

Northern Illinois @ DePaul

TBD

Colorado State @ San Diego State

TBD

Washington @ Utah

9:00 PM

St. John's @ Texas Tech

Friday, December 4

3:00 PM

George Mason @ Maryland

4:00 PM

Rhode Island @ Boston College

7:00 PM

Wisconsin @ Marquette

Saturday, December 5

TBD

BYU @ Utah State


TBD

Washington State @ Colorado

12:00 PM

NC State @ UConn

1:00 PM

Gonzaga @ Baylor (in Indianapolis)


2:00 PM

SMU @ Dayton


6:00 PM

Furman @ Richmond


8:00 PM

South Carolina @ Houston


Sunday, December 6

TBD

Nevada @ San Francisco

TBD

Seton Hall @ Penn State

1:00 PM

Villanova @ Texas


2:00 PM

Missouri @ Wichita State


3:30 PM

Xavier @ Cincinnati


4:00 PM

UCF @ Michigan


4:00 PM

Oklahoma @ TCU


4:30 PM

West Virginia @ Georgetown


5:00 PM

Kentucky @ Georgia Tech


6:00 PM

DePaul @ Iowa State


8:00 PM

California @ UCLA

[GeorgiaModerate]

Penn State with a 3 at the buzzer to beat VCU.  I'm doing terrible so far this week.

[GeorgiaModerate]

For today I'll pick Arizona State and Utah.  The other three games were postponed.

[GeorgiaModerate]

George Mason-Maryland has been canceled.  I'll pick Marquette and Rhode Island tonight.  ESPN's schedule says Rhode Island-BC is also canceled, but I can't find any confirmation of that so I'm assuming it's still on.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I confirmed that yesterday's Rhode Island-BC game was canceled.  In today's games, NC State-Uconn and Richmond-Furman have been canceled.  My picks for the others:

BYU
Colorado
Gonzaga
Dayton
Houston

[NewYorkExpress]

Week Three

Monday, December 7

7:00 PM

Old Dominion @ James Madison


Tuesday, December 8

5:00 PM

Creighton @ Kansas

5:00 PM

Purdue @ Miami (FL)

7:30 PM

North Carolina @ Iowa

7:30 PM

Ohio State @ Notre Dame

8:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ SMU

9:30 PM

Illinois @ Duke



Wednesday, December 9

5:00 PM

Maryland @ Clemson

5:00 PM

Providence @ TCU

7:15 PM

Louisville @ Wisconsin

7:15 PM

NC State @ Michigan

8:00 PM

Oklahoma @ Xavier


9:15 PM

Michigan State @ Virginia

9:15 PM

Indiana @ Florida State



Thursday, December 10

TBD

San Diego State @ Arizona State

6:00 PM

Wofford @ South Carolina


Friday, December 11



5:00 PM

Villanova @ Georgetown

7:00 PM

Nebraska @ Creighton

7:00 PM

St.John's @ UConn

9:00 PM

Iowa State @ Iowa

9:30 PM

Marquette @ UCLA


Saturday, December 12

TBD

Illinois @ Missouri

TBD

Cincinnati @ Tennesee

TBD

Florida @ Florida State

TBD

Syracuse @ Boston College

12:00 PM

Notre Dame @ Kentucky

12:00 PM

Mississippi State @ Dayton

2:00 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M

3:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Wichita State



Sunday, December 13

TBD

Penn State @ Michigan

1:00 PM

Richmond @ Kansas

3:00 PM

Texas @ Baylor

[GeorgiaModerate]

Sadly, Gonzaga-Baylor has been postponed.  They'll try to reschedule it.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Last night's Wazzu-Colorado game was canceled, as is today's Nevada-San Francisco.  My picks for the rest of today:

Seton Hall @ Penn State
Villanova @ Texas
Missouri @ Wichita State
Xavier @ Cincinnati
UCF @ Michigan
Oklahoma @ TCU
West Virginia @ Georgetown
Kentucky @ Georgia Tech   This won't be pretty.  Tech is really awful this year.
DePaul @ Iowa State
California @ UCLA

[GeorgiaModerate]

DePaul-Iowa State is also off.

And Kentucky trails Georgia Tech (a truly awful team that has lost to Georgia State and Mercer already) by 7 at the half.

[GeorgiaModerate]

FINAL: Georgia Tech 79, Kentucky 62.

Is it time for Kentucky to think about parting ways with Calipari?

[NewYorkExpress]

FINAL: Georgia Tech 79, Kentucky 62.

Is it time for Kentucky to think about parting ways with Calipari?

I don't know. Calipari's teams always struggle early because they have so many one-and-done players.

It's just, this is a very bad year for losses to Georgia Tech and Richmond (the latter of which probably makes the NCAA tournament, if they actually end up at 68 teams.)

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Week Three

Monday, December 7

7:00 PM

Old Dominion @ James Madison

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

FINAL: Georgia Tech 79, Kentucky 62.

Is it time for Kentucky to think about parting ways with Calipari?

[NewYorkExpress]

Old Dominion

Kansas
Purdue
North Carolina
Ohio State
Vanderbilt
Illinois

Maryland
TCU
Louisville
Michigan
Xavier
Michigan State
Indiana

Arizona State
Wofford

Villanova
Creighton
UConn
Iowa State
UCLA

Illinois
Tennessee
Florida State
Syracuse
Kentucky
Dayton
TCU
Oklahoma State

Michigan
Kansas
Baylor

[NewYorkExpress]

FINAL: Georgia Tech 79, Kentucky 62.

Is it time for Kentucky to think about parting ways with Calipari?

Is that supposed to be an insult aimed at me, Sprouts?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Is that supposed to be an insult aimed at me, Sprouts?

I just think GM posted this to see what you would say since Calipari is one of the most consistently successful coaches in March and has nearly $100 million left on his deal so he is so certainly not losing his job. You tend to want to chase coaches out of town at the first sign of trouble, which is both a typical professional sports thing and a typical New Yorker thing that so rarely applies in college.

[NewYorkExpress]

Is that supposed to be an insult aimed at me, Sprouts?

I just think GM posted this to see what you would say since Calipari is one of the most consistently successful coaches in March and has nearly $100 million left on his deal so he is so certainly not losing his job. You tend to want to chase coaches out of town at the first sign of trouble, which is both a typical professional sports thing and a typical New Yorker thing that so rarely applies in college.

Yeah, well if you read my post on the issue, you'd find that I think this is normal for Calipari. He isn't going anywhere unless he starts losing a bunch of SEC games (and I don't think that'll happen.)

[GeorgiaModerate]

Is that supposed to be an insult aimed at me, Sprouts?

I just think GM posted this to see what you would say since Calipari is one of the most consistently successful coaches in March and has nearly $100 million left on his deal so he is so certainly not losing his job. You tend to want to chase coaches out of town at the first sign of trouble, which is both a typical professional sports thing and a typical New Yorker thing that so rarely applies in college.

I wasn't trolling NYE specifically, but the post was indeed inspired by all the Kentucky fans who call for Cal's scalp at the first sign of trouble.  I haven't looked at any UK fan boards yet, but I expect they're looking pretty brutal right now.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Old Dominion-James Madison has been canceled, so we have no pick'em games today.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 2 RESULTS

16 of the 45 games were canceled.  Donerail cruised to a win with 19-10, a full three games ahead of Illiniwek and me.  Full results:

19 Donerail
16 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
15 dfw
12 NY Express
11 CraneHusband
10 Jgibson

The win pushed Donerail into first place overall.  Year to date standings (45 games):

30 Donerail
27 dfw, GeorgiaModerate
23 NY Express
21 CraneHusband
20 Jgibson
16 Illiniwek

[JGibson]

Week Three

Monday, December 7

7:00 PM

Old Dominion @ James Madison


Tuesday, December 8

5:00 PM

Creighton @ Kansas

5:00 PM

Purdue @ Miami (FL)

7:30 PM

North Carolina @ Iowa

7:30 PM

Ohio State @ Notre Dame

8:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ SMU

9:30 PM

Illinois @ Duke



Wednesday, December 9

5:00 PM

Maryland @ Clemson

5:00 PM

Providence @ TCU

7:15 PM

Louisville @ Wisconsin

7:15 PM

NC State @ Michigan

8:00 PM

Oklahoma @ Xavier


9:15 PM

Michigan State @ Virginia

9:15 PM

Indiana @ Florida State



Thursday, December 10

TBD

San Diego State @ Arizona State

6:00 PM

Wofford @ South Carolina


Friday, December 11



5:00 PM

Villanova @ Georgetown

7:00 PM

Nebraska @ Creighton

7:00 PM

St.John's @ UConn

9:00 PM

Iowa State @ Iowa

9:30 PM

Marquette @ UCLA


Saturday, December 12

TBD

Illinois @ Missouri

TBD

Cincinnati @ Tennessee

TBD

Florida @ Florida State

TBD

Syracuse @ Boston College

12:00 PM

Notre Dame @ Kentucky

12:00 PM

Mississippi State @ Dayton

2:00 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M

3:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Wichita State



Sunday, December 13

TBD

Penn State @ Michigan

1:00 PM

Richmond @ Kansas

3:00 PM

Texas @ Baylor

[Donerail]

Week Three

Monday, December 7
Old Dominion @ James Madison

Tuesday, December 8
Creighton @ Kansas
Purdue @ Miami (FL)
North Carolina @ Iowa
Ohio State @ Notre Dame
Vanderbilt @ SMU
Illinois @ Duke

Wednesday, December 9
Maryland @ Clemson
Providence @ TCU
Louisville @ Wisconsin
NC State @ Michigan
Oklahoma @ Xavier
Michigan State @ Virginia
Indiana @ Florida State

Thursday, December 10
San Diego State @ Arizona State
Wofford @ South Carolina

Friday, December 11
Villanova @ Georgetown
Nebraska @ Creighton
St. John's @ UConn
Iowa State @ Iowa
Marquette @ UCLA

Saturday, December 12
Illinois @ Missouri
Cincinnati @ Tennessee
Florida @ Florida State
Syracuse @ Boston College
Notre Dame @ Kentucky
Mississippi State @ Dayton
TCU @ Texas A&M
Oklahoma State @ Wichita State

Sunday, December 13
Penn State @ Michigan
Richmond @ Kansas
Texas @ Baylor

And reupping:

1. You have 45 32 games this week.  That's a lot, and starting from Monday leaves little time to get picks in.  I suggest that in future weeks, you limit it to 25 games (same as the football pick'ems) and skip the early part of the week.  That is, start selecting games for the upcoming week from the upcoming Sunday and work backward through the week until you have 25.

2. That format makes for some very long posts.  How about using a more compact listing