2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

#18 Memphis might not be everything we thought it was this season. They just lost to Ole Miss today, 67-63, and on Wednesday, they lost to Georgia, 82-79.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#18 Memphis might not be everything we thought it was this season. They just lost to Ole Miss today, 67-63, and on Wednesday, they lost to Georgia, 82-79.

They have a boatload of talented players but have yet to get them all to play cohesively.   If they manage to get it together, they can be a formidable team in February and March.  If they don't then I expect a very unhappy offseason for Penny Hardaway in Memphis.

[NewYorkExpress]

It's still early in the first half (just under eleven minutes to go in the half), but it looks like we have a good game going between #16 Alabama and #3 Gonzaga, as Alabama leads 23-20.

[NewYorkExpress]

Alabama crushing Gonzaga at halftime, leading 51-35.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Down go the Zags, 91-82! Didn’t see that coming.

[Pro-Israel, anti-Bibi]

Down go the Zags, 91-82! Didn’t see that coming.

The University of Alabama should be wiped off the face of the earth.

[Greedo punched first]

Is anyone else looking forward to the San Diego State-Cal State Fullerton game on December 8 and the USC-Long Beach State game December 12? I wonder what happens to the Big West in those games.

[JGibson]

Schedule for Week Six

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Chattanooga @ Belmont 6:00 PM ESPN+

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Dartmouth @ Stanford 10:00 PM

Friday, December 17, 2021

St. Bonaventure @ Virginia Tech 4:00 PM ESPN2 (in Charlotte)

Furman @ Mississippi State 7:00 PM SEC

Villanova @ Creighton 8:00 PM

Saint Mary's @ San Diego State 10:00 PM (in Phoenix)

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Butler @ Purdue 12:00 PM FOX (in Indianapolis)

Tennessee @ Memphis 12:00 PM ESPN2 (in Nashville)

Pittsburgh @ St. John's 12:00 PM

Gonzaga @ Texas Tech 1:00 PM (in Phoenix)

TCU @ Georgetown 2:00 PM

Iona @ Seton Hall 2:30 PM (in New York)

Indiana @ Notre Dame 2:30 PM (In Indianapolis)

UCLA @ North Carolina 3:00 PM (In Las Vegas)

DePaul @ Northwestern 3:00 PM

UCF @ Florida State 3:30 PM (in Sunrise, Florida)

Penn State @ VCU 3:30 PM ESPN+

USC @ Georgia Tech 4:00 PM (in Pheonix)

Marquette @ Xavier 4:00 PM

Utah @ Missouri 4:30 PM SEC/ESPN+

Providence @ UConn 5:00 PM

Ohio State @ Kentucky 5:15 PM (in Las Vegas)

Oklahoma State @ Houston 7:00 PM ESPNU

South Carolina @ Clemson 8:00 PM ACC

Auburn @ Saint Louis 9:00 PM

Baylor @ Oregon 10:00 PM ESPN2

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Texas @ Stanford 3:00 PM ABC

Kansas State @ Nebraska 6:00 PM

San Francisco @ Arizona State 6:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 4 RESULTS

Pessimistic Antineutrino (aka "PA") won the week at 22-7, a game ahead of first-time player Orwell.  Full results:

22 Pessimistic Antineutrino
21 Orwell
20 NY Express
19 Illiniwek
18 GeorgiaModerate
15 JGibson
10 Utah Neolib

(Incidentally, you guys finally broke my streak of winning or sharing first in this pick'em, which was at nine weeks going back to last season.)

There were 6 unanimous picks:

NC State-Nebraska (in 4 OT!)
Auburn-UCF
Oklahoma State-Wichita State (wrong)
Tennessee-Colorado
Gonzaga-Alabama (wrong)
Maryland-Northwestern (wrong)

And 7 games with a single dissenter (the dissenter was wrong in all of them):

Wisconsin-Georgia Tech
UCLA-Colorado
USC-Utah
Kansas-St. John's
Illinois-Rutgers
Miami-Clemson
Michigan-San Diego State

PA takes the overall lead, two games ahead of me.  Year to date (72 games):

51 Pessimistic Antineutrino
49 GeorgiaModerate   
45 Illiniwek, NY Express
37 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

[GeorgiaModerate]

Baylor @ Oregon 10:00 PM ESPN2

No pick.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Schedule for Week Five

Wendsday, December 8, 2021

UConn @ West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN2

Indiana @ Wisconsin 7:00 PM

Utah State @ BYU 9:00 PM

Air Force @ Montana 9:00 PM ESPN+

Marquette @ Kansas State 9:00 PM

Michigan State @ Minnesota 9:00 PM

Wyoming @ Arizona 10:00 PM

Fresno State @ San Francisco 10:00 PM

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Texas @ Seton Hall 6:30 PM FS1

Iowa @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPN2

Friday, December 10, 2021

Murray State @ Memphis 8:00 PM ESPN+

Loyola-Chicago @ Vanderbilt 8:00 PM ESPN+/SEC+

DePaul @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Nebraska @ Auburn 11:30 AM

Syracuse @ Georgetown 12:00 PM

Wisconsin @ Ohio State 12:00 PM

BYU @ Creighton 1:00 PM

UCLA @ Marquette 2:30 PM

Missouri @ Kansas 3:15 PM ESPN

Saint Bonaventure @ UConn 3:30 PM ESPN2(in Newark)

Arizona @ Illinois 5:00 PM

Boston College @ Saint Louis 5:00 PM

Kentucky @ Notre Dame 5:15 PM ESPN

Minnesota @ Michigan 6:30 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M 6:30 PM SEC (in Houston)

Cincinnati @ Xavier 8:30 PM FS1

Houston @ Alabama 10:00 PM ESPN2

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Villanova @ Baylor 3:00 PM ABC

Rutgers @ Seton Hall 7:30 PM FS1

[Хahar 🤔]

First non-Duke coaching change this season, as Mark Turgeon has resigned at Maryland.

My guesses for the next head Coach at Maryland:

Former Indiana Head Coach Archie Miller

Iona Head Coach Rick Pitino

South Carolina Head Coach Frank Martin

I don't have a good sense of who might get the job, although it certainly won't be any of these guys. I haven't even seen any fans clamoring for Pitino, which suggests that at this point no major-conference program will touch him. Maryland moving now should give them a four-month head start to hire the best guy they can get, but who knows whom that might be?

My guess is that Maryland will try to pry a guy away from a major-conference program, just like they did with Turgeon (Texas A&M) and Williams (Ohio State). Maryland is not as good a program as Maryland fans think, but it is one of the few programs in a major football conference that pays its men's basketball coach more than its football coach, which will surely be appealing to someone.

The names that fans are most interested in are Nate Oats and Eric Musselman. I do not have terribly fond memories of Musselman from his time coaching the Warriors, but that was a very long time ago. Either would be a major coup, but Oats in particular would be exciting.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Obviously things can change, but at halftime #20 Florida trails 35-25 at home to Texas Southern, which is 0-7 and #240 at Kenpom.

[NewYorkExpress]

Obviously things can change, but at halftime #20 Florida trails 35-25 at home to Texas Southern, which is 0-7 and #240 at Kenpom.

It's now 63-45 Texas Southern with 4:29 to go.

[GeorgiaModerate]

FINAL: Texas Southern 69, Florida 54.  That's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad loss.

[DINGO Joe]

FINAL: Texas Southern 69, Florida 54.  That's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad loss.

Assuming the box score is correct, TX Southern turned the ball over 22 times and still won by 15. 

[GeorgiaModerate]

There are some interesting games this week!

Wednesday:

UConn @ West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN2
Indiana @ Wisconsin 7:00 PM
Utah State @ BYU 9:00 PM
Air Force @ Montana 9:00 PM ESPN+
Marquette @ Kansas State 9:00 PM
Michigan State @ Minnesota 9:00 PM
Wyoming @ Arizona 10:00 PM
Fresno State @ San Francisco 10:00 PM

Thursday:

Texas @ Seton Hall 6:30 PM FS1
Iowa @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPN2   Iowa State is much improved, but I don't think they're good enough to beat Iowa.

Friday:

Murray State @ Memphis 8:00 PM ESPN+  Memphis has problems, but not enough to lose this game.  I think.
Loyola-Chicago @ Vanderbilt 8:00 PM ESPN+/SEC+
DePaul @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC

Saturday:

Nebraska @ Auburn 11:30 AM
Syracuse @ Georgetown 12:00 PM
Wisconsin @ Ohio State 12:00 PM
BYU @ Creighton 1:00 PM
UCLA @ Marquette 2:30 PM
Missouri @ Kansas 3:15 PM ESPN
Saint Bonaventure @ UConn 3:30 PM ESPN2
Arizona @ Illinois 5:00 PM   Toughest pick of the week.
Boston College @ Saint Louis 5:00 PM
Kentucky @ Notre Dame 5:15 PM ESPN
Minnesota @ Michigan 6:30 PM
TCU @ Texas A&M 6:30 PM SEC   Who knows?  Two teams with gaudy records against weak competition so far.
Cincinnati @ Xavier 8:30 PM FS1
Houston @ Alabama 10:00 PM ESPN2   The computers love Houston, but I have to go with the team that just beat Gonzaga.

Sunday:

Villanova @ Baylor 3:00 PM ABC
Rutgers @ Seton Hall 7:30 PM FS1

[GregTheGreat657]

SU won back-to-back nailbiters against Indiana and Florida State. Bring on Nova!

[GeorgiaModerate]

In a game that both teams deserve to lose, Texas Tech and Tennessee are headed to OT tied at 44.  Tech is shooting 29% from the field (18% from 3) while Tennessee is at 27% and 12%.

Sigh...I miss the Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount teams.

[GeorgiaModerate]

LOL at Goodman’s comment:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1468407183725498370

[JGibson]

Schedule for Week Five

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

UConn @ West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN2

Indiana @ Wisconsin 7:00 PM

Utah State @ BYU 9:00 PM

Air Force @ Montana 9:00 PM ESPN+

Marquette @ Kansas State 9:00 PM

Michigan State @ Minnesota 9:00 PM

Wyoming @ Arizona 10:00 PM

Fresno State @ San Francisco 10:00 PM

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Texas @ Seton Hall 6:30 PM FS1

Iowa @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPN2

Friday, December 10, 2021

Murray State @ Memphis 8:00 PM ESPN+

Loyola-Chicago @ Vanderbilt 8:00 PM ESPN+/SEC+

DePaul @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Nebraska @ Auburn 11:30 AM

Syracuse @ Georgetown 12:00 PM

Wisconsin @ Ohio State 12:00 PM

BYU @ Creighton 1:00 PM

UCLA @ Marquette 2:30 PM

Missouri @ Kansas 3:15 PM ESPN

Saint Bonaventure @ UConn 3:30 PM ESPN2(in Newark)

Arizona @ Illinois 5:00 PM

Boston College @ Saint Louis 5:00 PM

Kentucky @ Notre Dame 5:15 PM ESPN

Minnesota @ Michigan 6:30 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M 6:30 PM SEC (in Houston)

Cincinnati @ Xavier 8:30 PM FS1

Houston @ Alabama 10:00 PM ESPN2

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Villanova @ Baylor 3:00 PM ABC

Rutgers @ Seton Hall 7:30 PM FS1

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

SU won back-to-back nailbiters against Indiana and Florida State. Bring on Nova!

https://twitter.com/NoEscalators/status/1468402243607179265?s=20

At least you should give Patrick Ewing a beatdown.

[NewYorkExpress]

Virginia's really been struggling in the early going.

They lost to James Madison yesterday, 52-49, joining losses to Navy, Houston and Iowa in non-conference play.

I think it's rather hard to see how Virginia goes anywhere other than the NIT's without winning the ACC Tournament.

[Greedo punched first]

Schedule for Week Five

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

UConn @ West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN2

Indiana @ Wisconsin 7:00 PM

Utah State @ BYU 9:00 PM

Air Force @ Montana 9:00 PM ESPN+

Marquette @ Kansas State 9:00 PM

Michigan State @ Minnesota 9:00 PM

Wyoming @ Arizona 10:00 PM

Fresno State @ San Francisco 10:00 PM

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Texas @ Seton Hall 6:30 PM FS1

Iowa @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPN2

Friday, December 10, 2021

Murray State @ Memphis 8:00 PM ESPN+

Loyola-Chicago @ Vanderbilt 8:00 PM ESPN+/SEC+

DePaul @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Nebraska @ Auburn 11:30 AM

Syracuse @ Georgetown 12:00 PM

Wisconsin @ Ohio State 12:00 PM

BYU @ Creighton 1:00 PM

UCLA @ Marquette 2:30 PM

Missouri @ Kansas 3:15 PM ESPN

Saint Bonaventure @ UConn 3:30 PM ESPN2(in Newark)

Arizona @ Illinois 5:00 PM

Boston College @ Saint Louis 5:00 PM

Kentucky @ Notre Dame 5:15 PM ESPN

Minnesota @ Michigan 6:30 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M 6:30 PM SEC (in Houston)

Cincinnati @ Xavier 8:30 PM FS1

Houston @ Alabama 10:00 PM ESPN2

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Villanova @ Baylor 3:00 PM ABC

Rutgers @ Seton Hall 7:30 PM FS1

Illinois beating Arizona, really? Rutgers winning on the road against Seton Hall?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Illinois beating Arizona, really? Rutgers winning on the road against Seton Hall?

I expect Illinois will be favored in that game.

Rutgers is a stretch, but much stranger upsets have happened on the road (paging Texas Southern...)