Title: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 20, 2019, 01:07:59 PM It seems like the right time to start a thread for the new college basketball season. The AP preseason rankings will be released tomorrow, and the initial kenpom.com ratings (https://kenpom.com/) are out. The consensus favorite is Michigan State, which features the expected player of the year, guard Cassius Winston. But there are a host of other plausible contenders that include usual suspects like Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, and North Carolina, as well as Louisville, Florida, Villanova, and defending champion Virginia.
One of the more intriguing (IMO) teams to watch is Memphis, with former star and NBA great Penny Hardaway in his second season as coach. They have the nation's top recruiting class (the first time in years it hasn't been Duke or Kentucky) featuring center James Wiseman, who is forecast to be the freshman of the year and possible #1 NBA draft pick. On paper they have a huge amount of talent and potential, but with a team full of freshmen and a second-year coach, they could finish almost anywhere. Some people in the college football pick 'em game have expressed interest in having a similar one for basketball. Post here if you're interested, and also if you're willing to choose the weekly slate of games. I'll volunteer to keep score. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on October 20, 2019, 01:48:47 PM I will play but don't know enough about CBB to provide games this time so whoever feels comfortable enough to do so please step up :)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 21, 2019, 11:26:22 AM The preseason AP top 25:
1. Michigan State 2. Kentucky 3. Kansas 4. Duke 5. Louisville 6. Florida 7. Maryland 8. Gonzaga 9. North Carolina 10. Villanova 11. Virginia 12. Seton Hall 13. Texas Tech 14. Memphis 15. Oregon 16. Baylor 17. Utah State 18. Ohio State 19. Xavier 20. Saint Marys (Cal.) 21. Arizona 22. LSU 23. Purdue 24. Auburn 25. VCU https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on October 21, 2019, 06:20:49 PM Always will go with Mich State until they are eliminated just like Ohio State in College NCAA sports
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on October 21, 2019, 09:08:39 PM The preseason AP top 25: 1. Michigan State 2. Kentucky 3. Kansas 4. Duke 5. Louisville 6. Florida 7. Maryland 8. Gonzaga 9. North Carolina 10. Villanova 11. Virginia 12. Seton Hall 13. Texas Tech 14. Memphis 15. Oregon 16. Baylor 17. Utah State 18. Ohio State 19. Xavier 20. Saint Marys (Cal.) 21. Arizona 22. LSU 23. Purdue 24. Auburn 25. VCU https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll Well, the annual Champions Classic is going to be insane this year! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on October 22, 2019, 04:21:37 AM The Border War between Mizzou and kU is back... during the 2020-21 season.
KMOV: (https://www.kmov.com/sports/rivalry-renewed-mizzou-kansas-to-meet-on-hardwood/article_42997992-f465-11e9-a9fa-6f6f816033c9.html) Quote COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMOV.com) The Missouri mens basketball team will once again be taking on its fiercest and oldest rival, the school announced Monday. Mizzou announced that it will be facing Kansas in six straight seasons starting in 2020-2021. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 22, 2019, 11:40:58 AM The AP preseason All-America team (https://apnews.com/8faed079a394401e9674748b50f14844):
G Cassius Winston, Michigan State, senior (unanimous pick) G Markus Howard, Marquette, senior G Myles Powell, Seton Hall, senior F Jordan Nwora, Louisville, junior C James Wiseman, Memphis, freshman Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on October 22, 2019, 09:41:33 PM Preseason Polls tracker since I have yet to see them consolidated anywhere.
America East: 1. Vermont 2. UMBC 3. Stony Brook 4. Albany - Vermont is a heavy favourite but is not expected to compete for an at-large. American: 1A. Houston 1B. Memphis 3. Cincinnati 4. Wichita State 5. USF 6. UConn 7. Temple 8. SMU 9. UCF 10. Tulsa 11. ECU 12. Tulane - Three very serious Final Four contenders and a highly thought of team returning to prominence in Wichita. Each of the next three will have their chances to make their case, but I think this will ultimately be top-heavy. Atlantic 10: ACC: 1. Duke 2. UNC 3. Louisville 4. Virginia 5. Florida State 6. NC State 7. Notre Dame 8. Syracuse 9. Miami 10. Pitt 11. Clemson 12. Georgia Tech 13. Boston College 14. Virginia Tech 15. Wake Forest - Three very serious national title contenders and two ol' reliable teams. The depth of this conference will rely on the next three because the expectations are very low for the bottom half. I am glad the media is hyping Notre Dame's return, but I definitely have some question marks there. A-Sun: 1. Liberty 2. North Florida 3. Florida Gulf Coast Big 12: 1. Kansas 2. Baylor 3. Texas Tech 4. Texas 5. West Virginia 6. Oklahoma State 7. Iowa State 8. Oklahoma 9. Kansas State 10. TCU - not my expertise, but is it possible to be underrated Chris Beard still? Baylor has a bit to replace. Top seven could all contend, but likely down to a five bid year. Big East: 1. Seton Hall 2. Villanova 3. Xavier 4. Marquette 5. Providence 6. Georgetown 7. Creighton 8. Butler 9. St. John's 10. DePaul - Seven contenders hope to get at least six bids and perhaps some wins to improve on last year's epic disappointments. Big Sky (Coaches): 1. EWU 2. Montana 3. Weber State - The media picked EWU third. Big South: No poll yet released. Big Ten: 1. Michigan State 2. Maryland 3. Ohio State 4. Purdue 5. Michigan 6. Wisconsin 7. Illinois 8. Iowa 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Minnesota 12. Rutgers 13. Nebraska 14. Northwestern - My spring forecast flipped Minnesota and Wisconsin - I know Wisconsin tends to find hidden gems, but the loss of Happ is enormous - and slotted Iowa four slots higher. I pegged it as an eight bid league at the time, which feels slightly high. I think Illinois can get it done. I am less certain that Penn State is capable should the Illini fail. Big West: 1. UC-Irvine 2. UC-Santa Barbara 3. Cal State-Northridge 4. Hawaii Colonial: 1. Hofstra 2. Charleston 3. Northeastern 4. James Madison 5. Delaware - Hofstra loses their star and plays perhaps too light a schedule. Every game is winnable including UCLA, but I think everyone will take multiple lumps in conference play to prevent an at-large. I see a new winner this year. C-USA: 1. WKU 2. UTSA 3. Louisiana Tech 4A. UTEP 4B. Old Dominion 6. UAB ---- UTEP returns?! KenPom loves them too. I've awaited this for so long! But the story will be if WKU can compete with higher rated Cincinnati, Arkansas, Belmont and URI in order to build a bubbly resume. Horizon: 1. Wright State 2. NKU 3. UIC 4. Oakland 5. Green Bay Ivy: 1. Harvard 2. Penn 3. Yale 4. Princeton - I think they got this right, and I don't think #1 will be particularly close - the Orlando Invitational will be fun to compete against other bubble teams, but I don't think Harvard will leave any doubt. Watch out for Gabe Stefanini and Columbia who could stealthily push for second/third and a coveted spot in Ivy Madness in Cambridge. MAAC: 1. Iona 2. Rider 3. Quinnipiac 4. Monmouth 5. Manhattan 6. Siena - Really hoping this will be Baker Dunleavy's breakout season at QU! He is surrounded by all the traditional powers (save Niagara) plus recent breakout program, Rider though the coaches see this as a two horse race. MAC: No poll yet released. Buffalo is once again considered a big favourite. MEAC: 1. NC Central 2. Bethune-Cookman 3A. Norfolk State 3B. North Carolina A+T - one of the closest votes! MVC: 1. Missouri State 2. Bradley 3. UNI 4. Loyola (IL) - The Ramblers did bring in a nationally ranked recruiting class but will be very young. MWC: 1. Utah State 2. San Diego State 3. New Mexico 4. Nevada 5. Boise State - While most feel Utah State is solidly in, SDSU and New Mexico could spend all season long on the bubble if the hype is actually for real this time. Nevada could fight for a spot but nearly fell behind Boise in the poll, so expectations do not involve a return to the Big Dance. NEC: 1. LIU- OVC: 1. Belmont 2. Murray State 3. Jacksonville State 4. Austin Peay 5. UT-Martin - Belmont had a bit of trouble scheduling tough this year but has road trips to BC, Alabama, Saint Louis and WKU plus their home and home with Lipscomb, but this team is every bit as legit as last year's team. Murray and JSU will certainly continue giving them fits so put them on bubble watch immediately! Pac-12: 1. Oregon 2. Colorado 3. Washington 4. Arizona 5. USC 6. Arizona State 7. Oregon State 8. UCLA 9. Utah 10. Stanford 11. Washington State 12. Cal - Has the turnaround year finally arrived?! The hype says the same thing as I said for the Big 12 - Seven contenders fighting for about five bids though I remain slightly skeptical of Colorado's miraculous growth this quickly. Patriot: 1. Colgate 2. Bucknell 3. American - Second place may be the most interesting race to watch. Colgate got a national AP vote, and it wasn't an accident!! SEC: 1. Kentucky 2. Florida 3. LSU 4. Auburn 5. Tennessee 6. Alabama 7. Mississippi State 8. Ole Miss 9. Georgia 10. South Carolina 11. Arkansas 12. Texas A&M 13. Mizzou 14. Vanderbilt - The SEC is so deep that no team would truly surprise me by making the Tournament, and they may push for 8 bids. Isn't Georgia criminally underrated though? No respect for Tom Crean! SoCon: 1. ETSU 2. UNC-Greensboro 3. Furman 4. Wofford Southland: 1. New Orleans 2. Sam Houston State 3. Abilene Christian 4. Stephen F. Austin SWAC: 1. Prairie View A&M 2. Texas Southern 3. Grambling State 4. Alabama State Summit: 1. North Dakota State 2. South Dakota 3. Oral Roberts 4. Omaha 5. South Dakota State Sun Belt: 1. South Alabama 2. Georgia Southern 3. Texas-Arlington (average of three media polls) WCC: 1. Gonzaga 2. St. Mary's 3. BYU 4. Pepperdine 5. Santa Clara - I think we all know how this conference goes by now :) WAC: 1. New Mexico State 2. Grand Canyon 3. Seattle Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on October 23, 2019, 01:24:25 PM Very pumped for the Illini.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 24, 2019, 12:28:15 PM The preseason AP top 25: 1. Michigan State 2. Kentucky 3. Kansas 4. Duke 5. Louisville 6. Florida 7. Maryland 8. Gonzaga 9. North Carolina 10. Villanova 11. Virginia 12. Seton Hall 13. Texas Tech 14. Memphis 15. Oregon 16. Baylor 17. Utah State 18. Ohio State 19. Xavier 20. Saint Marys (Cal.) 21. Arizona 22. LSU 23. Purdue 24. Auburn 25. VCU https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll The coaches' poll looks very similar, at least at the top: 1 Michigan State (30) 792 2 Kentucky 734 3 Kansas (1) 687 4 Duke (1) 683 5 Louisville 670 6 Florida 619 7 Gonzaga 544 8 Maryland 536 9 Virginia 532 10 Villanova 531 11 North Carolina 503 12 Texas Tech 417 13 Seton Hall 403 14 Oregon 344 15 Memphis 331 16 Ohio State 280 17 Arizona 229 18 Baylor 228 19 Utah State 218 20 Saint Mary's 163 21 Xavier 149 22 Purdue 123 23 Auburn 105 24 LSU 86 25 Tennessee 78 https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-michigan-state-leads-preseason-coaches-poll-ahead-of-kentucky-kansas-duke/ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 27, 2019, 05:45:24 PM The regular season starts a week from tomorrow. Some notable games through the first weekend:
Tuesday, Nov. 5: Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden: 3 Kansas vs 4 Duke, 7:00 pm 1 Michigan St. vs 2 Kentucky, 9:30 pm Others: 5 Louisville @ Miami (FL) 6:30 pm 20 St. Mary's @ Wisconsin 9:00 pm Wednesday, Nov. 6: Notre Dame @ 9 North Carolina, 7:00 pm Cincinnati @ 18 Ohio State, 8:30 pm 11 Virginia @ Syracuse, 9:00 pm Friday, Nov. 8: 24 Auburn @ Davidson, 6:00 pm 16 Baylor @ Washington, 9:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 9: Texas @ 23 Purdue, 7:00 pm Rhode Island @ 7 Maryland 9:00 pm Sunday, Nov. 10: Florida St. @ 6 Florida 1:00 pm Illinois @ 21 Arizona 9:00 pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on October 27, 2019, 09:59:28 PM Alright! Since no one's stepped up yet, I'll inaugurate the pick 'em.
Rules: - I'll pick 25 games a week - Each game equals 1 point, so if you are perfect in a week you will get a total of 25 points - Tournament picks will be handled separately I'll post a slate of games every Sunday evening, which will include games that will be played the subsequent Friday through Sunday — staying away from weekday games for now. n.b. the schedule will start out pretty top-heavy (I'm a Carolina fan and mostly follow the ACC). I'm making a proactive effort to look for interesting matchups in small conferences, but if there's one you think should be highlighted just let me know before Sunday evening. If you want to get a head start, here's the slate for the first weekend (November 8-10) Friday, November 8 #24 Auburn vs. Davidson – 5pm – CBSSN UIC @ #14 Memphis – 6pm – ESPNU Vermont @ St. Bonaventure – 6pm Akron @ West Virginia – 6pm Illinois @ Grand Canyon – 7pm Bowling Green @ #22 LSU – 7pm – SECN Northern Kentucky @ Mizzou – 7pm – SECN UNC Greensboro @ #3 Kansas – 8pm – ESPNU #16 Baylor @ Washington – 8:30pm – ESPN Arizona State vs. Colorado – 9:30pm – ESPN2 Saturday, November 9 Oklahoma vs. Minnesota – TBD – BTN San Diego State @ BYU – TBD Iowa State @ Oregon State – 3:30pm NJIT @ Providence – 3:30pm Texas @ Purdue – 6pm – FS1 UC Irvine @ Pepperdine – 7pm Tulsa @ UT-Arlington – 7pm – ESPN+ Rhode Island @ #7 Maryland – 8pm – FS1 Boise State @ #15 Oregon – 10pm Sunday, November 10 Boston College @ South Florida – 11am – CBSSN Florida State @ #6 Florida – 12pm – ESPN Columbia @ Wake Forest – 1pm Colgate @ Clemson – 2pm UC Santa Barbara @ UCLA – 6pm Illinois @ #21 Arizona – 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on October 27, 2019, 10:10:04 PM Well, we can't be worse than 0-18, so here's to a new season!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 28, 2019, 05:07:55 PM Thanks to sjoyce for volunteering to choose the games!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on October 28, 2019, 08:07:05 PM Oklahoma first preseason game tomorrow hype.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on October 30, 2019, 06:41:41 PM I'm definitely going to play, but will wait until closer to next weekend to post picks.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on October 30, 2019, 10:36:40 PM If you want to get a head start, here's the slate for the first weekend (November 8-10) Friday, November 8 #24 Auburn vs. Davidson 5pm CBSSN UIC @ #14 Memphis 6pm ESPNU Vermont @ St. Bonaventure 6pm Akron @ West Virginia 6pm Illinois @ Grand Canyon 7pm Bowling Green @ #22 LSU 7pm SECN Northern Kentucky @ Mizzou 7pm SECN UNC Greensboro @ #3 Kansas 8pm ESPNU #16 Baylor @ Washington 8:30pm ESPN Arizona State vs. Colorado 9:30pm ESPN2 Saturday, November 9 Oklahoma vs. Minnesota TBD BTN San Diego State @ BYU TBD Iowa State @ Oregon State 3:30pm NJIT @ Providence 3:30pm Texas @ Purdue 6pm FS1 UC Irvine @ Pepperdine 7pm Tulsa @ UT-Arlington 7pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ #7 Maryland 8pm FS1 Boise State @ #15 Oregon 10pm Sunday, November 10 Boston College @ South Florida 11am CBSSN Florida State @ #6 Florida 12pm ESPN Columbia @ Wake Forest 1pm Colgate @ Clemson 2pm UC Santa Barbara @ UCLA 6pm Illinois @ #21 Arizona 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 01, 2019, 03:10:36 PM ^ We're beatin' 'Zona. 8)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on November 04, 2019, 07:40:26 PM Friday, November 8
#24 Auburn vs. Davidson 5pm CBSSN UIC @ #14 Memphis 6pm ESPNU Vermont @ St. Bonaventure 6pm Akron @ West Virginia 6pm Illinois @ Grand Canyon 7pm Bowling Green @ #22 LSU 7pm SECN Northern Kentucky @ Mizzou 7pm SECN UNC Greensboro @ #3 Kansas 8pm ESPNU #16 Baylor @ Washington 8:30pm ESPN Arizona State vs. Colorado 9:30pm ESPN2 Saturday, November 9 Oklahoma vs. Minnesota TBD BTN San Diego State @ BYU TBD Iowa State @ Oregon State 3:30pm NJIT @ Providence 3:30pm Texas @ Purdue 6pm FS1 UC Irvine @ Pepperdine 7pm Tulsa @ UT-Arlington 7pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ #7 Maryland 8pm FS1 Boise State @ #15 Oregon 10pm Sunday, November 10 Boston College @ South Florida 11am CBSSN Florida State @ #6 Florida 12pm ESPN Columbia @ Wake Forest 1pm Colgate @ Clemson 2pm UC Santa Barbara @ UCLA 6pm Illinois @ #21 Arizona 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 04, 2019, 08:59:37 PM Auburn
Memphis Vermont Akron Grand Canyon LSU Missouri Kansas Wazzu Arizona State Minnesota San Diego State Iowa State Providence Purdue UC Irvine UT Arlington Maryland Oregon Boston College Florida Wake Forest Clemson UCLA Arizona Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 04, 2019, 09:10:07 PM My brain doesn't work for basketball yet. Here we go.
Auburn Memphis St. Bonaventure WVU Illinois LSU Mizzou Kansas Baylor Arizona State Minnesota San Diego State Iowa State Providence Texas UC Irvine UT Arlington Maryland Oregon South Florida Florida State Columbia Clemson (barely) UCLA Illinois Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on November 04, 2019, 11:32:59 PM Kind of disappointed we're not doing the Champions Classic tomorrow! The top 4 in the AP Poll are all squaring off- it should be an incredible way to open the season!!
#1 Michigan State vs. #2 Kentucky #3 Kansas vs. #4 Duke Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 05, 2019, 12:09:46 AM Kind of disappointed we're not doing the Champions Classic tomorrow! The top 4 in the AP Poll are all squaring off- it should be an incredible way to open the season!! #1 Michigan State vs. #2 Kentucky #3 Kansas vs. #4 Duke Me too I'm following the lead of the CFB pick em and only choosing Friday-Sunday games to make this run on a regular basis, b/c some people don't check the board every day and I don't want to have a tight turnaround for weekly picks. But the donwside of that is missing out on weekday matchups like this one. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 05, 2019, 08:25:23 AM Just for fun, my picks for the Champions Classic are Michigan State and Duke.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 05, 2019, 12:24:23 PM And the season is underway! Baylor is playing Central Arkansas on ESPN+.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 05, 2019, 01:21:13 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
#24 Auburn vs. Davidson (Annapolis, MD) Illinois-Chicago at #14 Memphis Vermont at St. Bonaventure Akron at West Virginia ILLINOIS at Grand Canyon Bowling Green at #22 LSU Northern Kentucky at Missouri UNC-Greensboro at #3 Kansas #16 Baylor vs. Washington (Anchorage, AK) Arizona State vs. Colorado (Shanghai, China) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th Oklahoma vs. Minnesota (Sioux Falls, SD) San Diego State at BYU #24 Iowa State at Oregon State NJIT at Providence Texas at #23 Purdue UC-Irvine at Pepperdine Tulsa at UT-Arlington Rhode Island at #7 Maryland Boise State at #15 Oregon SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th Boston College at South Florida Florida State at #6 Florida Columbia at Wake Forest Colgate at Clemson UC-Santa Barbara at UCLA ILLINOIS at #21 Arizona Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 05, 2019, 01:50:06 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
#24 Auburn vs. Davidson (Annapolis, MD) Illinois-Chicago at #14 Memphis Vermont at St. Bonaventure Akron at West Virginia Illinois at Grand Canyon Bowling Green at #22 LSU Northern Kentucky at Missouri UNC-Greensboro at #3 Kansas #16 Baylor vs. Washington (Anchorage, AK) Arizona State vs. Colorado (Shanghai, China) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th Oklahoma vs. Minnesota (Sioux Falls, SD) San Diego State at BYU #24 Iowa State at Oregon State NJIT at Providence Texas at #23 Purdue UC-Irvine at Pepperdine Tulsa at UT-Arlington Rhode Island at #7 Maryland Boise State at #15 Oregon SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th Boston College at South Florida Florida State at #6 Florida Columbia at Wake Forest Colgate at Clemson UC-Santa Barbara at UCLA Illinois at #21 Arizona Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 05, 2019, 02:09:34 PM Nothing personal, sjoyce, but I really hope you're not as good at picking basketball as football. ;)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 05, 2019, 04:24:27 PM Nothing personal, sjoyce, but I really hope you're not as good at picking basketball as football. ;) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 05, 2019, 10:11:35 PM QUAKERS! IVY LEAGUE > SEC!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 06, 2019, 01:23:04 AM Kentucky did more than just throw out their governor tonight.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 06, 2019, 10:43:06 AM Yikes, Illinois. Im hoping this is a blessing-in-disguise wake up call before heading out west. Effort like that at Grand Canyon (Ive read that place is a very intense gym), and we lose!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on November 06, 2019, 03:23:43 PM Friday, November 8
#24 Auburn vs. Davidson 5pm CBSSN UIC @ #14 Memphis 6pm ESPNU Vermont @ St. Bonaventure 6pm Akron @ West Virginia 6pm Illinois @ Grand Canyon 7pm Bowling Green @ #22 LSU 7pm SECN Northern Kentucky @ Mizzou 7pm SECN UNC Greensboro @ #3 Kansas 8pm ESPNU #16 Baylor @ Washington 8:30pm ESPN Arizona State vs. Colorado 9:30pm ESPN2 Saturday, November 9 Oklahoma vs. Minnesota TBD BTN San Diego State @ BYU TBD Iowa State @ Oregon State 3:30pm NJIT @ Providence 3:30pm Texas @ Purdue 6pm FS1 UC Irvine @ Pepperdine 7pm Tulsa @ UT-Arlington 7pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ #7 Maryland 8pm FS1 Boise State @ #15 Oregon 10pm Sunday, November 10 Boston College @ South Florida 11am CBSSN Florida State @ #6 Florida 12pm ESPN Columbia @ Wake Forest 1pm Colgate @ Clemson 2pm UC Santa Barbara @ UCLA 6pm Illinois @ #21 Arizona 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 06, 2019, 09:17:42 PM What a debut performance by Cole Anthony!
On the other end of the spectrum, the UVA-Syracuse game is painful to watch so far. EDIT: Under 10 minutes to go in the first half, UVA leads 10-2. Yes, Syracuse has two points in ten minutes. Time to turn it off. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 07, 2019, 03:20:10 PM Yikes, Illinois. Im hoping this is a blessing-in-disguise wake up call before heading out west. Effort like that at Grand Canyon (Ive read that place is a very intense gym), and we lose! The pressure will be very much on, Thomas. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 07, 2019, 04:12:37 PM Auburn vs. Davidson
Illinois-Chicago at Memphis Vermont at St. Bonaventure Akron at West Virginia Illinois at Grand Canyon - the Illini will be in a big hole if they lose this one Bowling Green at LSU Northern Kentucky at Missouri UNC-Greensboro at Kansas Baylor vs. Washington Arizona State vs. Colorado Oklahoma vs. Minnesota San Diego State at BYU Iowa State at Oregon State NJIT at Providence Texas at Purdue UC-Irvine at Pepperdine Tulsa at UT-Arlington Rhode Island at Maryland Boise State at Oregon Boston College at South Florida Florida State at Florida Columbia at Wake Forest Colgate at Clemson UC-Santa Barbara at UCLA Illinois at Arizona Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 08, 2019, 04:54:38 PM If anyone still wants to make picks, just a reminder that the first game (Auburn-Davidson) starts in an hour.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 08, 2019, 08:20:02 PM Auburn beat Davidson 76-66. Memphis up by 40 (not a typo) early second half. LSU trailing Bowling Green mid first half.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 08, 2019, 10:11:48 PM Northwestern lost by 10 at home to Merrimack College, which is in its first D1 season and lost by 20 to Maine in their previous game.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 09, 2019, 04:38:14 AM Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 09, 2019, 10:33:18 AM Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections! Youll see! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 09, 2019, 12:47:19 PM Northwestern lost by 10 at home to Merrimack College, which is in its first D1 season and lost by 20 to Maine in their previous game. Most exciting thing about this time of the season is that you learn about schools that you never knew existed. Also, did you see Utah beat Mississippi Valley State 143-49? that's just cold. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 10, 2019, 05:22:44 PM Nicholls > Pitt > Florida State > #6 Florida
:) Great Week 1! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 10, 2019, 06:08:33 PM Northwestern lost by 10 at home to Merrimack College, which is in its first D1 season and lost by 20 to Maine in their previous game. Most exciting thing about this time of the season is that you learn about schools that you never knew existed. Also, did you see Utah beat Mississippi Valley State 143-49? that's just cold. Miss. Valley State also lost today to Central Michigan 134-78. I think we can safely say they're a bad team. ;) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 11, 2019, 01:34:06 AM Week two:
Friday, November 15 Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 11, 2019, 08:49:30 AM WEEK 1 RESULTS
A big logjam with everybody within 3 games, and a 3-way tie for first followed by a 5-way tie for fourth: 19 dfw, GeorgiaModerate, Sunrise 17 Illiniwek, JGibson, sjoyce, Sprouts, YE 16 RINO Tom There were 9 unanimous picks, all correct except Florida: Memphis-UIC LSU-Bowling Green Missouri-N. Kentukcy Kansas-UNCG Providence-NJIT Maryland-Rhode Island Oregon-Boise State Florida-FSU UCLA-UCSB There were 6 picks with one dissenter: Auburn-Davidson West Virginia-Akron Illinois-Grand Canyon Baylor-Washington (dissenter was correct) Wake Forest-Columbia Clemson-Colgate Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on November 11, 2019, 12:34:31 PM Week two:
Friday, November 15 Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Would love for an upset here as fun fact, I go to UTA :) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 11, 2019, 12:36:55 PM Georgia Southern
WVU Rhode Island Gonzaga UC Irvine Houston Utah Cal Baptist UCLA Northeastern Belmont Tennessee Creighton Wright State Bradley Butler Stanford USC Wisconsin Arizona Florida Seton Hall Ball State Arizona State Oregon Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 11, 2019, 03:15:46 PM Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections! Youll see! Nevermind ... lol. I actually still feel good about Illinois. I think Arizona could be a top ten team by the time their freshman studs continue to develop. On to the next one! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 11, 2019, 04:36:03 PM Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections! Youll see! Nevermind ... lol. I actually still feel good about Illinois. I think Arizona could be a top ten team by the time their freshman studs continue to develop. On to the next one! Next one for alma mater being DePaul - Iowa today. Gonna be a big one for Chicago-boy! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on November 11, 2019, 06:48:42 PM DePaul bout to lay a SMACK DOWN on Iowa.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 11, 2019, 08:34:08 PM DePaul bout to lay a SMACK DOWN on Iowa. Sure looks that way so far! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 11, 2019, 08:39:04 PM This is the single most BEAUTIFUL game of basketball I have ever witnessed. DEPAUL FOR FINAL FOUR! BIG EAST>ALL
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on November 11, 2019, 08:41:25 PM This is the single most BEAUTIFUL game of basketball I have ever witnessed. DEPAUL FOR FINAL FOUR! BIG EAST>ALL I been saying it all year long. Fear the D. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on November 12, 2019, 10:50:11 AM Week two: Friday, November 15 Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 12, 2019, 05:00:46 PM Interesting top 25 game tonight: #13 Memphis with their super-talented freshmen at experienced #14 Oregon (technically a neutral site since it's in Portland, but effectively a home game for Oregon). Oregon is favored by 4.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 12, 2019, 07:52:49 PM Halftime: Evansville 34, #1 Kentucky 30.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 12, 2019, 08:23:34 PM Friday, November 15
Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 To be finalized before Friday. Just in case Edit: Changed out UNLV and NMSU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 12, 2019, 08:49:32 PM You got this, Evansville!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 12, 2019, 08:57:22 PM These announcers are terrible.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 12, 2019, 09:04:49 PM I love college basketball. :)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 12, 2019, 09:40:05 PM You got this, Evansville! Obviously clears the way for DePaul to move up to #1. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 13, 2019, 03:25:45 PM Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+
West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on November 14, 2019, 12:38:38 AM Friday, November 15
Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 14, 2019, 10:21:16 PM Week Two:
Friday, November 15 Radford @ Georgia Southern West Virginia @ Pitt Alabama @ Rhode Island Gonzaga @ Texas A&M UC Irvine @ Boise State BYU @ Houston Minnesota @ Utah Cal Baptist @ Cal UNLV @ UCLA Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern Belmont @ Boston College Washington @ Tennessee Louisiana Tech @ Creighton Kent State @ Wright State UIC @ Bradley Wofford @ Butler Santa Clara @ Stanford Southern Cal @ Nevada Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin New Mexico State @ Arizona Florida @ UConn Seton Hall @ Saint Louis Ball State @ Indiana State Rider @ Arizona State UT-Arlington @ Oregon Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on November 15, 2019, 02:43:50 AM UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Would love for an upset here as fun fact, I go to UTA Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 15, 2019, 02:09:58 PM Friday, November 15
Radford @ Georgia Southern 6pm ESPN+ West Virginia @ Pitt 6pm ESPNU Alabama @ Rhode Island 6:30pm NCBSN #8 Gonzaga @ Texas A&M 8pm SECN UC Irvine @ Boise State 8pm BYU @ Houston 8pm ESPNU Minnesota @ Utah 8pm Pac12 Cal Baptist @ Cal 9pm UNLV @ UCLA 10pm Pac12 Saturday, November 16 Old Dominion @ Northeastern 12pm Belmont @ Boston College 1pm ACCN Washington @ Tennessee 4pm ESPN+ Louisiana Tech @ Creighton 5pm FS2 Kent State @ Wright State 6pm ESPN3 UIC @ Bradley 7pm ESPN3 Wofford @ Butler 7pm FS2 Santa Clara @ Stanford 9pm Southern Cal @ Nevada 10pm CBSSN Sunday, November 17 Marquette @ Wisconsin 12pm FS1 New Mexico State @ #21 Arizona 1pm Pac12 #6 Florida @ UConn 2pm ESPN #12 Seton Hall @ Saint Louis 3pm ESPNU Ball State @ Indiana State 3:30pm ESPN3 Rider @ Arizona State 5pm Pac12 UT-Arlington @ #15 Oregon 7pm Pac12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 15, 2019, 07:51:29 PM Halftime: Duke 36, Georgia State 34.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 15, 2019, 08:58:39 PM At halftime, Northern Arizona 64 American Indian College 9. AIC is actually run by the Assembly of God and is in Phoenix and if Wikipedia is right only has 79 students, so I really don't know what the point of this game was.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 18, 2019, 07:39:38 AM WEEK 2 RESULTS
A dominating performance by YE, who won the week by a 3-game margin! This week: 20 YE 17 RINO Tom, sjoyce, Sunrise 16 dfw 15 Illiniwek, Sprouts 14 GeorgiaModerate 12 JGibson The average score was 15.9, down from 17.6 in week 1. There were seven unanimous picks, of which we missed three: Gonzaga-Texas A&M Northeastern-Old Dominion (wrong) Wright St.-Kent St. (wrong) Butler-Wofford Stanford-Santa Clara Florida-UConn (wrong) Oregon-UTA There were eight games with a single dissenter. The dissenter was wrong in all of them: Georgia Southern-Radford Cal-Cal Baptist UCLA-UNLV Creighton-La. Tech Bradley-UIC Arizona-NM State Seton Hall-St. Louis Ariz. St.-Rider Overall standings: 37 YE 36 Sunrise 35 dfw 34 sjoyce 33 GeorgiaModerate, RINO Tom 32 Illiniwek, Sprouts 29 JGibson Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 18, 2019, 09:05:08 AM Week 3
Friday, November 22 #23 LSU vs #17 Utah State 6pm CBSSN George Mason @ #7 Maryland 6pm BTN Radford @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 Wake Forest vs Davidson 6:30pm ESPN+ Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky 7pm Houston @ #14 Oregon 8pm Pac-12 South Dakota @ Arkansas 8pm SECN Temple @ USC 10pm Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse 11am ACCN DePaul @ Boston College 11am ACCNX Yale @ Penn State 11am Ole Miss @ #13 Memphis 12pm ESPN3 Little Rock @ NC State 12pm ACCNX Charleston @ UCF 1pm ESPN3 Arizona State vs St. John's 1:30pm ESPN3 Oral Roberts @ Wichita State 2pm ESPN+ Penn @ Providence 3pm Belmont @ St. Louis 4pm ESPN+ Rider vs Columbia 4pm ESPN3 Sam Houston State @ San Francisco 7pm SMU @ UNLV 9:30pm Sunday, November 24 #23 LSU vs Rhode Island 1:30pm CBSSN Akron @ #4 Louisville 5pm ACCN TCU vs Clemson 9:30pm ESPN2 San Diego @ #20 Washington 9:30pm Pac-12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on November 18, 2019, 01:16:01 PM Week 3 Friday, November 22 #23 LSU vs #17 Utah State 6pm CBSSN George Mason @ #7 Maryland 6pm BTN Radford @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 Wake Forest vs Davidson 6:30pm ESPN+ Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky 7pm Houston @ #14 Oregon 8pm Pac-12 South Dakota @ Arkansas 8pm SECN Temple @ USC 10pm Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse 11am ACCN DePaul @ Boston College 11am ACCNX Yale @ Penn State 11am Ole Miss @ #13 Memphis 12pm ESPN3 Little Rock @ NC State 12pm ACCNX Charleston @ UCF 1pm ESPN3 Arizona State vs St. John's 1:30pm ESPN3 Oral Roberts @ Wichita State 2pm ESPN+ Penn @ Providence 3pm Belmont @ St. Louis 4pm ESPN+ Rider vs Columbia 4pm ESPN3 Sam Houston State @ San Francisco 7pm SMU @ UNLV 9:30pm Sunday, November 24 #23 LSU vs Rhode Island 1:30pm CBSSN Akron @ #4 Louisville 5pm ACCN TCU vs Clemson 9:30pm ESPN2 San Diego @ #20 Washington 9:30pm Pac-12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on November 18, 2019, 06:03:23 PM Week 3
Friday, November 22 #23 LSU vs #17 Utah State 6pm CBSSN George Mason @ #7 Maryland 6pm BTN Radford @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 Wake Forest vs Davidson 6:30pm ESPN+ Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky 7pm Houston @ #14 Oregon 8pm Pac-12 South Dakota @ Arkansas 8pm SECN Temple @ USC 10pm Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse 11am ACCN DePaul @ Boston College 11am ACCNX Yale @ Penn State 11am Ole Miss @ #13 Memphis 12pm ESPN3 Little Rock @ NC State 12pm ACCNX Charleston @ UCF 1pm ESPN3 Arizona State vs St. John's 1:30pm ESPN3 Oral Roberts @ Wichita State 2pm ESPN+ Penn @ Providence 3pm Belmont @ St. Louis 4pm ESPN+ Rider vs Columbia 4pm ESPN3 Sam Houston State @ San Francisco 7pm SMU @ UNLV 9:30pm Sunday, November 24 #23 LSU vs Rhode Island 1:30pm CBSSN Akron @ #4 Louisville 5pm ACCN TCU vs Clemson 9:30pm ESPN2 San Diego @ #20 Washington 9:30pm Pac-12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 18, 2019, 08:51:45 PM Turn on ESPN2. Kentucky leads Utah Valley by one point with about 3 minutes left.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 18, 2019, 08:53:33 PM Turn on ESPN2. Kentucky leads Utah Valley by one point with about 3 minutes left. Clearly Kentucky doesn't do well when they are a 25 point favorite. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 21, 2019, 11:33:17 AM Week 3
Friday, November 22 LSU vs Utah State George Mason @ Maryland Radford @ Bradley Wake Forest vs Davidson Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky Houston @ Oregon South Dakota @ Arkansas Temple @ USC Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse DePaul @ Boston College Yale @ Penn State Ole Miss @ Memphis Little Rock @ NC State Charleston @ UCF Arizona State vs St. John's Oral Roberts @ Wichita State Penn @ Providence Belmont @ St. Louis Rider vs Columbia Sam Houston State @ San Francisco SMU @ UNLV Sunday, November 24 LSU vs Rhode Island Akron @ Louisville TCU vs Clemson San Diego @ Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 21, 2019, 11:45:18 AM #23 LSU vs #17 Utah State 6pm CBSSN
George Mason @ #7 Maryland 6pm BTN Radford @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 Rad vs. Brad! Wake Forest vs Davidson 6:30pm ESPN+ Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky 7pm Houston @ #14 Oregon 8pm Pac-12 South Dakota @ Arkansas 8pm SECN Temple @ USC 10pm Bucknell @ Syracuse 11am ACCN DePaul @ Boston College 11am ACCNX Yale @ Penn State 11am Ole Miss @ #13 Memphis 12pm ESPN3 Little Rock @ NC State 12pm ACCNX Charleston @ UCF 1pm ESPN3 Arizona State vs St. John's 1:30pm ESPN3 Oral Roberts @ Wichita State 2pm ESPN+ Penn @ Providence 3pm Belmont @ St. Louis 4pm ESPN+ Rider vs Columbia 4pm ESPN3 Sam Houston State @ San Francisco 7pm SMU @ UNLV 9:30pm #23 LSU vs Rhode Island 1:30pm CBSSN Akron @ #4 Louisville 5pm ACCN TCU vs Clemson 9:30pm ESPN2 San Diego @ #20 Washington 9:30pm Pac-12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on November 21, 2019, 01:58:09 PM Week 3
Friday, November 22 #23 LSU vs #17 Utah State 6pm CBSSN George Mason @ #7 Maryland 6pm BTN Radford @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 Wake Forest vs Davidson 6:30pm ESPN+ Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky 7pm Houston @ #14 Oregon 8pm Pac-12 South Dakota @ Arkansas 8pm SECN Temple @ USC 10pm Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse 11am ACCN DePaul @ Boston College 11am ACCNX Yale @ Penn State 11am Ole Miss @ #13 Memphis 12pm ESPN3 Little Rock @ NC State 12pm ACCNX Charleston @ UCF 1pm ESPN3 Arizona State vs St. John's 1:30pm ESPN3 Oral Roberts @ Wichita State 2pm ESPN+ Penn @ Providence 3pm Belmont @ St. Louis 4pm ESPN+ Rider vs Columbia 4pm ESPN3 Sam Houston State @ San Francisco 7pm SMU @ UNLV 9:30pm Sunday, November 24 #23 LSU vs Rhode Island 1:30pm CBSSN Akron @ #4 Louisville 5pm ACCN TCU vs Clemson 9:30pm ESPN2 San Diego @ #20 Washington 9:30pm Pac-12 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 21, 2019, 02:03:37 PM Friday, November 22
LSU vs Utah State George Mason @ Maryland :( Radford @ Bradley Wake Forest vs Davidson Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky Houston @ Oregon South Dakota @ Arkansas Temple @ USC Saturday, November 23 Bucknell @ Syracuse DePaul @ Boston College Yale @ Penn State Ole Miss @ Memphis Little Rock @ NC State Charleston @ UCF Arizona State vs St. John's Oral Roberts @ Wichita State Penn @ Providence Belmont @ St. Louis Rider vs Columbia Sam Houston State @ San Francisco SMU @ UNLV Sunday, November 24 LSU vs Rhode Island Akron @ Louisville TCU vs Clemson San Diego @ Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 21, 2019, 02:22:15 PM Utah State
Maryland Bradley Davidson Western Kentucky Houston Arkansas USC Syracuse DePaul Yale Memphis NC State UCF Arizona State Wichita State Providence Belmont Rider USF SMU LSU Louisville Clemson Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on November 22, 2019, 05:09:25 PM LSU vs Utah State
George Mason @ Maryland Radford @ Bradley :) Go, BU! Wake Forest vs Davidson Bowling Green vs Western Kentucky Houston @ Oregon South Dakota @ Arkansas Temple @ USC Bucknell @ Syracuse DePaul @ Boston College :) Woohoo, I'm a student again! Yale @ Penn State Ole Miss @ Memphis Little Rock @ NC State Charleston @ UCF Arizona State vs St. John's Oral Roberts @ Wichita State Penn @ Providence Belmont @ St. Louis Rider vs Columbia Sam Houston State @ San Francisco SMU @ UNLV LSU vs Rhode Island Akron @ Louisville TCU vs Clemson San Diego @ Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 22, 2019, 09:01:53 PM Terrific game between LSU and Utah State. The Aggies trailed by 19 in the second half but came back to win 80-78.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on November 24, 2019, 01:02:47 AM WE. ARE. DEPAUL. #PlayingPossessed
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on November 24, 2019, 09:49:16 AM There isnt no Gonzaga or Duke with Zion Williams playing great this yr, its gonna be boring until March Madness
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 24, 2019, 03:58:57 PM There isnt no Gonzaga or Duke with Zion Williams playing great this yr, its gonna be boring until March Madness DePaul is 6-0. This is CHI's team! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 24, 2019, 07:18:00 PM UNLV basketball is 2-5 and I am sad.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 25, 2019, 09:08:02 AM WEEK 3 RESULTS
Sprouts took the top spot, edging out RINO Tom: 20 Sprouts 19 RINO Tom 18 Illiniwek, YE 17 dfw, sjoyce 16 GeorgiaModerate, JGibson The average score was 17.6, the best so far. There were 12 unanimous picks, 9 of them correct: Maryland-George Mason Bradley-Radford Western Kentucky-Bowling Green (wrong) Arkansas-San Diego USC-Temple (wrong) Memphis-Ole Miss NC State-Little Rock Wichita State-Oral Roberts Providence-Penn (wrong) LSU-Rhode Island Louisville-Akron Washington-San Diego There were 6 picks with a single dissenter. The dissenter was wrong in all of them: Oregon-Houston Syracuse-Bucknell Penn State-Yale UCF-Charleston Arizona State-San Jose State San Francisco-Sam Houston State Overall standings: 55 YE 52 dfw, RINO Tom, Sprouts 51 sjoyce 50 Illiniwek 49 GeorgiaModerate 45 JGibson 36 Sunrise (did not play this week) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 25, 2019, 10:23:22 AM Week 4
Friday, November 29 DePaul @ Minnesota 2pm Western Kentucky vs. #2 Louisville 4pm #20 Tennessee vs. Florida State 6pm CBSSN UAB @ #9 Kentucky 6pm SECN Missouri State @ LSU 7pm SECN #21 VCU vs. Purdue 8:30pm CBSSN #15 Utah State @ Saint Marys 10:30pm ESPNU San Francisco @ Hawaii 11:00pm Saturday, November 30 UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown 1pm Princeton @ Bucknell 1pm South Dakota @ Northern Arizona 1pm Boston College @ Richmond 1:30pm NBCSN East Tennessee State @ Little Rock 2pm ESPN+ ECU @ James Madison 3pm Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas 4pm SECN Evansville @ IUPUI 6pm ESPN+ St. Francis @ St. Josephs 6pm ESPN+ Tulsa @ Vanderbilt 7pm SECN Green Bay @ Montana State 7pm Belmont @ MTSU 7:30pm Samford @ Louisiana Tech 8pm Sunday, December 1 Rhode Island @ West Virginia 1pm Vermont @ Yale 2pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount 3pm St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on November 25, 2019, 10:44:20 AM Week 3
Friday, November 29 DePaul @ Minnesota 2pm Western Kentucky vs. #2 Louisville 4pm #20 Tennessee vs. Florida State 6pm CBSSN UAB @ #9 Kentucky 6pm SECN Missouri State @ LSU 7pm SECN #21 VCU vs. Purdue 8:30pm CBSSN #15 Utah State @ Saint Marys 10:30pm ESPNU San Francisco @ Hawaii 11:00pm South Dakota vs Northern Arizona Saturday, November 30 UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown 1pm Princeton @ Bucknell 1pm Boston College @ Richmond 1:30pm NBCSN East Tennessee State @ Little Rock 2pm ESPN+ ECU @ James Madison 3pm Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas 4pm SECN Evansville @ IUPUI 6pm ESPN+ St. Francis @ St. Josephs 6pm ESPN+ Tulsa @ Vanderbilt 7pm SECN Green Bay @ Montana State 7pm Belmont @ MTSU 7:30pm Samford @ Louisiana Tech 8pm Sunday, December 1 Rhode Island @ West Virginia 1pm Vermont @ Yale 2pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount 3pm St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 25, 2019, 10:59:45 AM This is actually week 4.
EDIT: It's also only 24 games. Do we just want to go with those or do you want to add one? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 25, 2019, 11:23:10 AM This is actually week 4. EDIT: It's also only 24 games. Do we just want to go with those or do you want to add one? My bad added SD @ Northern AZ on Saturday. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 25, 2019, 07:11:27 PM FINAL: Virginia Tech 71, Michigan State 66.
This is shaping up to be a fun season with plenty of upsets. (Note: Tech was picked 14th in the ACC preseason poll.) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 25, 2019, 07:20:31 PM You got screwed just like Dave Portnoy. Ouch. Good pick though. I am very afraid the 'elite' is just Ohio State and Duke. Maybe Louisville. Maybe Gonzaga. DePaul prayeremoji. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on November 26, 2019, 08:38:45 AM Week 4
Friday, November 29 DePaul @ Minnesota Western Kentucky vs. Louisville Tennessee vs. Florida State UAB @ Kentucky Missouri State @ LSU VCU vs. Purdue Utah State @ Saint Marys San Francisco @ Hawaii Saturday, November 30 UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown Princeton @ Bucknell South Dakota @ Northern Arizona Boston College @ Richmond East Tennessee State @ Little Rock ECU @ James Madison Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas Evansville @ IUPUI St. Francis @ St. Josephs Tulsa @ Vanderbilt Green Bay @ Montana State Belmont @ MTSU Samford @ Louisiana Tech Sunday, December 1 Rhode Island @ West Virginia Vermont @ Yale Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 26, 2019, 10:13:57 PM DePaul is getting pretty cocky, played the first half against Central Michigan blindfolded and still won.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on November 26, 2019, 10:35:41 PM DePaul just had the greatest comeback in the history of basketball... no, SPORTS.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 26, 2019, 11:50:20 PM DePaul wins. Duke loses in Cameron to Some Dead Guy.
God is great. In my bracket, three schools played their way out today, and DePaul is now the last team in. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on November 27, 2019, 12:56:20 AM I know I haven't been making picks (I'll start in conference play), but I'm coming here to note that this was Duke's first home non-conference loss in almost 20 years! And, the way it happened was insane- kind of like how I always imagined the finish of the first 16-over-1 upset, instead of a 20 point final that lacked any real drama!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on November 27, 2019, 02:25:51 AM I know I haven't been making picks (I'll start in conference play), but I'm coming here to note that this was Duke's first home non-conference loss in almost 20 years! And, the way it happened was insane- kind of like how I always imagined the finish of the first 16-over-1 upset, instead of a 20 point final that lacked any real drama! It's a good day in America when Puke loses. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on November 27, 2019, 02:50:48 AM Week 4
Friday, November 29 DePaul @ Minnesota 2pm Western Kentucky vs. #2 Louisville 4pm #20 Tennessee vs. Florida State 6pm CBSSN UAB @ #9 Kentucky 6pm SECN Missouri State @ LSU 7pm SECN #21 VCU vs. Purdue 8:30pm CBSSN #15 Utah State @ Saint Marys 10:30pm ESPNU San Francisco @ Hawaii 11:00pm Saturday, November 30 UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown 1pm Princeton @ Bucknell 1pm South Dakota @ Northern Arizona 1pm Boston College @ Richmond 1:30pm NBCSN East Tennessee State @ Little Rock 2pm ESPN+ ECU @ James Madison 3pm Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas 4pm SECN Evansville @ IUPUI 6pm ESPN+ St. Francis @ St. Josephs 6pm ESPN+ Tulsa @ Vanderbilt 7pm SECN Green Bay @ Montana State 7pm Belmont @ MTSU 7:30pm Samford @ Louisiana Tech 8pm Sunday, December 1 Rhode Island @ West Virginia 1pm Vermont @ Yale 2pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount 3pm St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 27, 2019, 08:26:55 AM Duke was a 27.5 point favorite, making this the largest D1 upset in at least 15 years.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on November 27, 2019, 09:04:28 PM Week 4
Friday, November 29 DePaul @ Minnesota 2pm Western Kentucky vs. #2 Louisville 4pm #20 Tennessee vs. Florida State 6pm CBSSN UAB @ #9 Kentucky 6pm SECN Missouri State @ LSU 7pm SECN #21 VCU vs. Purdue 8:30pm CBSSN #15 Utah State @ Saint Marys 10:30pm ESPNU San Francisco @ Hawaii 11:00pm Saturday, November 30 UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown 1pm Princeton @ Bucknell 1pm South Dakota @ Northern Arizona 1pm Boston College @ Richmond 1:30pm NBCSN East Tennessee State @ Little Rock 2pm ESPN+ ECU @ James Madison 3pm Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas 4pm SECN Evansville @ IUPUI 6pm ESPN+ St. Francis @ St. Josephs 6pm ESPN+ Tulsa @ Vanderbilt 7pm SECN Green Bay @ Montana State 7pm Belmont @ MTSU 7:30pm Samford @ Louisiana Tech 8pm Sunday, December 1 Rhode Island @ West Virginia 1pm Vermont @ Yale 2pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount 3pm St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego 8pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on November 27, 2019, 09:36:51 PM DePaul
Louisville Tennessee Kentucky LSU VCU Utah State USF Georgetown Bucknell Southern Dakokta Richmond ETSU ECU Akransas IUPI St. Joseph's Vanderbilt Green Bay Belmont Louisiana Tech Rhode Island Vermont LMU St Bonaventure Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 28, 2019, 09:53:25 AM DePaul @ Minnesota
Western Kentucky vs. Louisville Tennessee vs. Florida State UAB @ Kentucky Missouri State @ LSU VCU vs. Purdue Utah State @ Saint Marys San Francisco @ Hawaii UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown Princeton @ Bucknell South Dakota @ Northern Arizona Boston College @ Richmond East Tennessee State @ Little Rock ECU @ James Madison Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas Evansville @ IUPUI St. Francis @ St. Josephs (holy war?) Tulsa @ Vanderbilt Green Bay @ Montana State Belmont @ MTSU Samford @ Louisiana Tech Rhode Island @ West Virginia Vermont @ Yale Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 28, 2019, 06:12:01 PM A couple of terrific simultaneous games just about wore out the remote: Gonzaga over Oregon by 1 in OT in a game that went down to the wire, while Memphis (minus Wiseman and another starter) nearly blew a 20-point lead but held on to beat NC State.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 28, 2019, 09:09:35 PM DePaul @ Minnesota
Western Kentucky vs. Louisville Tennessee vs. Florida State UAB @ Kentucky Missouri State @ LSU VCU vs. Purdue Utah State @ Saint Marys San Francisco @ Hawaii UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown Princeton @ Bucknell South Dakota @ Northern Arizona Boston College @ Richmond East Tennessee State @ Little Rock ECU @ James Madison Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas Evansville @ IUPUI -- urgh St. Francis @ St. Josephs Tulsa @ Vanderbilt Green Bay @ Montana State Belmont @ MTSU Samford @ Louisiana Tech Rhode Island @ West Virginia Vermont @ Yale Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on November 28, 2019, 11:39:15 PM DePaul wins. Duke loses in Cameron to Some Dead Guy. God is great. In my bracket, three schools played their way out today, and DePaul is now the last team in. The player who hit the winning shot for Stephen F. Austin, Nathan Bain, is from the Bahamas and he and his family lost everything to Hurricane Dorian. A Go Fund Me had been set up by Stephen F. Austin (which can be done under NCAA rules) to help his family and had a kind of paltry $2,000 before the winning shot, it now has $132,000+, mainly driven by people who like seeing Duke lose. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 29, 2019, 09:40:57 AM DePaul @ Minnesota Western Kentucky vs. Louisville Tennessee vs. Florida State UAB @ Kentucky Missouri State @ LSU VCU vs. Purdue Utah State @ Saint Marys San Francisco @ Hawaii UNC-Greensboro @ Georgetown Princeton @ Bucknell South Dakota @ Northern Arizona Boston College @ Richmond East Tennessee State @ Little Rock ECU @ James Madison Northern Kentucky @ Arkansas Evansville @ IUPUI -- urgh St. Francis @ St. Josephs Tulsa @ Vanderbilt Green Bay @ Montana State Belmont @ MTSU Samford @ Louisiana Tech Rhode Island @ West Virginia Vermont @ Yale Southern Utah @ Loyola-Marymount St. Bonaventure vs. San Diego Our picks are exactly the same except for Princeton-Bucknell. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on November 29, 2019, 09:45:48 AM Our picks are exactly the same except for Princeton-Bucknell. Haha! And LMU where I accidentally selected both. I think it will get more controversial when conference play begins. I was tempted by ECU, IUPUI Green Bay and Tulsa. The little guys outside of the top 2 in their conferences are a lot tougher to watch in basketball. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on November 29, 2019, 10:12:14 AM Our picks are exactly the same except for Princeton-Bucknell. Haha! And LMU where I accidentally selected both. I think it will get more controversial when conference play begins. I was tempted by ECU, IUPUI Green Bay and Tulsa. The little guys outside of the top 2 in their conferences are a lot tougher to watch in basketball. Glad you mentioned the double-pick. I saw Southern Utah bolded and put that in the spreadsheet, and didn't notice LMU was also bolded. General note: I try to double-check all entries (I simply missed the double-pick), but if people omit games from their list, or list a game with no teams bolded, that's considered to be no pick unless they correct it. If anyone finds an incorrect number in the weekly results, let me know and I'll go back and check again. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 01, 2019, 06:35:38 PM Thinking about Loyola Marymount, does anyone else remember the crazy teams they had under coach Paul Westhead in the late 80's and early 90's? Those have to be the most entertaining teams I've ever seen in 50+ years of watching college basketball. Westhead recruited excellent shooters and got them into top physical condition. Their philosophy was to run at top speed the whole game and shoot 3-pointers as quickly as possible; defense was an afterthought. They typically scored well over 100 a game, often in the 140's or 150's, and I recall one game where they scored over 180.
They're most famous for the 1989-1990 season, featuring stars Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble, which was marred by Gathers's tragic death after collapsing during the WCC tournament. That team went to the Elite Eight, losing to eventual champion UNLV. During the tournament they beat defending national champion Michigan, who tried to run with them but lost 149-115. IIRC Michigan shot over 60% for the game, outrebounded LMU by 30...and still lost by 34! That season also featured a nationally televised game with LSU, which had star Chris Jackson and a 17-year-old freshman named Shaquille O'Neal. LSU was one of the few teams athletic enough to keep up with LMU and won 148-141 in OT, in what has to be the most fun game I've ever watched. Replays come up occasionally on the SEC network, and are worth catching. Here's an article about that team and their style: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/03/05/loyola-marymount-hank-gathers-death-25-years-bo-kimble-paul-westhead/24447175/. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 02, 2019, 08:32:27 AM WEEK 4 RESULTS
sjoyce won the week by a 2-game margin and sneaks into the overall lead. 18 sjoyce 16 dfw, Illiniwek 15 Sprouts 13 GeorgiaModerate 12 Jgibson, YE The average score was 14.6, the worst so far. There were 7 unanimous picks, 5 of them correct: Louisville-Western Kentucky Kentucky-UAB Georgetown-UNC Greensboro (wrong) South Dakota-Northern Arizona (wrong) Arkanas-Northern Kentucky Belmont-Middle Tennessee La. Tech-Samford There were 8 picks with a single dissenter: DePaul-Minnesota LSU-Missouri State Richmond-Boston College East Tenn. State-Little Rock St. Francis-St. Joseph's (dissenter was right) Vanderbilt-Tulsa (dissenter was right) West Virginia-Rhode Island Vermont-Yale (dissenter was right) Overall results: 69 sjoyce 68 dfw 67 Sprouts, YE 66 Illiniwek 62 GeorgiaModerate 57 JGibson 52 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 02, 2019, 11:49:52 AM Week 5:
Friday, December 6 #1 Duke @ VA Tech 6pm ACCN Providence @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 USC @ TCU 8pm 8pm Saturday, December 7 #14 Arizona @ #19 Baylor 11am ESPNU Penn State @ #10 Ohio State 11am BTN #24 Florida @ Butler 11am FOX Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11am ACCN WVU @ St. Johns 11am FS1 NC State @ Wake 1pm ACCN Davidson @ Northeastern 3pm Indiana @ Wisconsin 3:30pm BTN Illinois @ #5 Maryland 4pm ESPN2 Cincy @ #25 Xavier 4pm FS1 #21 Colorado @ #4 Kansas 6pm ESPN2 Arkansas @ WKU 6:30pm CBSSN Mizzou @ Temple 6:30pm ESPNU Marquette @ K-State 8pm ESPN2 Georgetown @ SMU 8:30pm ESPNU Sunday, December 8 Houston @ South Carolina 11am ESPNU Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 1pm ESPNU #6 UNC @ #7 UVA 3pm ACCN Dayton vs. Saint Marys 3pm ESPNU LA Tech @ Sam Houston State 4:30pm #8 Gonzaga @ #23 Washington 6pm ESPN2 #13 Seton Hall @ Iowa State 8pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on December 02, 2019, 03:47:35 PM Week 5:
Friday, December 6 #1 Duke @ VA Tech 6pm ACCN Providence @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 USC @ TCU 8pm 8pm Saturday, December 7 #14 Arizona @ #19 Baylor 11am ESPNU Penn State @ #10 Ohio State 11am BTN #24 Florida @ Butler 11am FOX Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11am ACCN WVU @ St. Johns 11am FS1 NC State @ Wake 1pm ACCN Davidson @ Northeastern 3pm Indiana @ Wisconsin 3:30pm BTN Illinois @ #5 Maryland 4pm ESPN2 Cincy @ #25 Xavier 4pm FS1 #21 Colorado @ #4 Kansas 6pm ESPN2 Arkansas @ WKU 6:30pm CBSSN Mizzou @ Temple 6:30pm ESPNU Marquette @ K-State 8pm ESPN2 Georgetown @ SMU 8:30pm ESPNU Sunday, December 8 Houston @ South Carolina 11am ESPNU Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 1pm ESPNU #6 UNC @ #7 UVA 3pm ACCN Dayton vs. Saint Marys 3pm ESPNU LA Tech @ Sam Houston State 4:30pm #8 Gonzaga @ #23 Washington 6pm ESPN2 #13 Seton Hall @ Iowa State 8pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on December 02, 2019, 07:48:56 PM Week 5:
Friday, December 6 #1 Duke @ VA Tech 6pm ACCN Providence @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 USC @ TCU 8pm 8pm Saturday, December 7 #14 Arizona @ #19 Baylor 11am ESPNU Penn State @ #10 Ohio State 11am BTN #24 Florida @ Butler 11am FOX Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11am ACCN WVU @ St. Johns 11am FS1 NC State @ Wake 1pm ACCN Davidson @ Northeastern 3pm Indiana @ Wisconsin 3:30pm BTN Illinois @ #5 Maryland 4pm ESPN2 Cincy @ #25 Xavier 4pm FS1 #21 Colorado @ #4 Kansas 6pm ESPN2 Arkansas @ WKU 6:30pm CBSSN Mizzou @ Temple 6:30pm ESPNU Marquette @ K-State 8pm ESPN2 Georgetown @ SMU 8:30pm ESPNU Sunday, December 8 Houston @ South Carolina 11am ESPNU Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 1pm ESPNU #6 UNC @ #7 UVA 3pm ACCN Dayton vs. Saint Marys 3pm ESPNU LA Tech @ Sam Houston State 4:30pm #8 Gonzaga @ #23 Washington 6pm ESPN2 #13 Seton Hall @ Iowa State 8pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 02, 2019, 09:16:21 PM Almost, but not quite, a Sportscenter moment: Illinois gradually claws back from 27 down against Miami...has the ball down 1 with the shot clock off...player drives for the potential winning shot...and commits a charge (a blatant charge, not a ticky-tack call).
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 03, 2019, 05:38:12 PM ^ Lost faith in our coaching staff last night ... WTF was that effort coming out of the gate in the first half?! All the comeback does is show us how talented we are and how good we should be ... also that last play was just pathetic. That's what we had drawn up?
This team has the pieces, but I am - for the first time - not sold on Underwood being a good hire at all. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 03, 2019, 05:46:50 PM FRIDAY 12/6
#10 Duke at Virginia Tech Providence at Rhode Island USC at TCU SATURDAY 12/7 #12 Arizona at #18 Baylor Penn State at #10 Ohio State #17 Florida at #24 Butler Syracuse at Georgia Tech West Virginia at St. Johns NC State at Wake Forest Davidson at Northeastern Indiana at Wisconsin Illinois at #3 Maryland :( Cincinnati at Xavier #20 Colorado at #2 Kansas Arkansas at Western Kentucky Missouri at Temple Marquette at Kansas State Georgetown at SMU SUNDAY 12/8 Houston at South Carolina Wichita State at Oklahoma State #7 North Carolina at #5 Virginia Dayton vs. Saint Marys Louisiana Tech at Sam Houston State #9 Gonzaga at #23 Washington #16 Seton Hall at Iowa State Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on December 04, 2019, 01:20:39 PM Duke
Providence USC Arizona Ohio State Butler Syracuse West Virginia Wake Forest Davidson Wisconsin Maryland Xavier Kansas Arkansas Missouri Marquette SMU Houston Oklahoma State Virginia Saint Mary's Sam Houston State Gonzaga Seton Hall Boring slate of games this week for me at least. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 04, 2019, 08:28:39 PM Either Purdue is much better or Virginia is much worse than I thought.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 04, 2019, 08:46:06 PM Either Purdue is much better or Virginia is much worse than I thought. Virginia is absolutely garbage (compared to the standard they have set for themselves). I don't see how they could be considered a top 25 team when there is no talent on the roster, just a system defense. I had them 27th entering the day. They'll be fine by virtue of a soft conference. Highly reminiscent of last year's Villanova. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: ON Progressive on December 04, 2019, 10:38:02 PM Utah came back from 16 down in the second half to beat BYU 102-95.
It's always fun watching BYU lose to us, no matter the sport! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 04, 2019, 11:14:15 PM DEPAUL LOCKS UP AN NCAA TOURNAMENT BID IN THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER!
Way to rep the greatest city in the world! Tremendous!! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on December 05, 2019, 12:04:23 AM Week 5:
Friday, December 6 #1 Duke @ VA Tech 6pm ACCN Providence @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 USC @ TCU 8pm 8pm Saturday, December 7 #14 Arizona @ #19 Baylor 11am ESPNU Penn State @ #10 Ohio State 11am BTN #24 Florida @ Butler 11am FOX Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11am ACCN WVU @ St. Johns 11am FS1 NC State @ Wake 1pm ACCN Davidson @ Northeastern 3pm Indiana @ Wisconsin 3:30pm BTN Illinois @ #5 Maryland 4pm ESPN2 Cincy @ #25 Xavier 4pm FS1 #21 Colorado @ #4 Kansas 6pm ESPN2 Arkansas @ WKU 6:30pm CBSSN Mizzou @ Temple 6:30pm ESPNU Marquette @ K-State 8pm ESPN2 Georgetown @ SMU 8:30pm ESPNU Sunday, December 8 Houston @ South Carolina 11am ESPNU Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 1pm ESPNU #6 UNC @ #7 UVA 3pm ACCN Dayton vs. Saint Marys 3pm ESPNU LA Tech @ Sam Houston State 4:30pm #8 Gonzaga @ #23 Washington 6pm ESPN2 #13 Seton Hall @ Iowa State 8pm ESPN2 Majority of my picks are away, lets see how this goes... Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 05, 2019, 12:14:24 AM #1 Duke @ VA Tech
Providence @ Rhode Island USC @ TCU #14 Arizona @ #19 Baylor Penn State @ #10 Ohio State #24 Florida @ Butler Syracuse @ Georgia Tech WVU @ St. Johns NC State @ Wake Davidson @ Northeastern Indiana @ Wisconsin Illinois @ #5 Maryland Cincy @ #25 Xavier #21 Colorado @ #4 Kansas Arkansas @ WKU Mizzou @ Temple Marquette @ K-State Georgetown @ SMU Houston @ South Carolina Wichita State @ Oklahoma State #6 UNC @ #7 UVA Dayton vs. Saint Marys LA Tech @ Sam Houston State #8 Gonzaga @ #23 Washington #13 Seton Hall @ Iowa State - very tough place to play but at least some familiarity Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on December 05, 2019, 12:48:29 AM While I was cleaning the 2020 board, UNLV beat Fresno State in double overtime!!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 05, 2019, 08:50:07 AM Either Purdue is much better or Virginia is much worse than I thought. Virginia is absolutely garbage (compared to the standard they have set for themselves). I don't see how they could be considered a top 25 team when there is no talent on the roster, just a system defense. I had them 27th entering the day. They'll be fine by virtue of a soft conference. Highly reminiscent of last year's Villanova. After the Purdue-Virginia game I was considering switching my pick for UVA-North Carolina. But after the Ohio St.-UNC game, I think they'll both lose. :) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 05, 2019, 11:29:02 AM Duke @ VA Tech 6pm ACCN
Providence @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 USC @ TCU 8pm 8pm Arizona @ Baylor 11am ESPNU Penn State @ #10 Ohio State 11am BTN Florida @ Butler 11am FOX Syracuse @ Georgia Tech 11am ACCN WVU @ St. Johns 11am FS1 NC State @ Wake 1pm ACCN Davidson @ Northeastern 3pm Indiana @ Wisconsin 3:30pm BTN Illinois @ #5 Maryland 4pm ESPN2 Cincy @ #25 Xavier 4pm FS1 Colorado @ #4 Kansas 6pm ESPN2 Arkansas @ WKU 6:30pm CBSSN Mizzou @ Temple 6:30pm ESPNU Marquette @ K-State 8pm ESPN2 Georgetown @ SMU 8:30pm ESPNU Houston @ South Carolina 11am ESPNU Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 1pm ESPNU UNC @ #7 UVA 3pm ACCN Dayton vs. Saint Marys 3pm ESPNU LA Tech @ Sam Houston State 4:30pm Gonzaga @ #23 Washington 6pm ESPN2 Seton Hall @ Iowa State 8pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 06, 2019, 10:24:11 AM Week 5:
Friday, December 6 Duke @ VA Tech Providence @ Rhode Island USC @ TCU Saturday, December 7 Arizona @ Baylor Penn State @ Ohio State Florida @ Butler Syracuse @ Georgia Tech WVU @ St. Johns NC State @ Wake Davidson @ Northeastern Indiana @ Wisconsin Illinois @ Maryland Cincy @ Xavier Colorado @ Kansas Arkansas @ WKU Mizzou @ Temple Marquette @ K-State Georgetown @ SMU Sunday, December 8 Houston @ South Carolina Wichita State @ Oklahoma State UNC @ UVA Dayton vs. Saint Marys LA Tech @ Sam Houston State Gonzaga @ Washington Seton Hall @ Iowa State Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on December 06, 2019, 11:47:28 PM Big time trap game for America's Team on Sunday against a good Buffalo team. If we win though, the haters will have no choice but to #rankDePaul!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 09, 2019, 08:15:53 AM WEEK 5 RESULTS
A tight battle this week, with JGibson eking out the top spot: 17 JGibson 16 RINO Tom, Sprouts, YE 15 dfw, GeorgiaModerate, sjoyce 12 Illiniwek The average score was 15.25, up a bit from last week There were 5 unanimous picks, all correct: Duke-Va. Tech Ohio St.-Penn St. Maryland-Illinois Xavier-Cincinnati Gonzaga-Washington There were 6 picks with a single dissenter: TCU-USC (dissenter was right) Butler-Florida Davidson-Northeastern Kansas-Colorado Okla. St.-Wichita St. (dissenter was right) Seton Hall-Iowa St. (dissenter was right) Overall, it's a very close race: 84 sjoyce 83 dfw, Sprouts, YE 78 Illiniwek 77 GeorgiaModerate 74 JGibson 68 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 09, 2019, 04:28:01 PM Week 6:
Friday, December 13th #24 Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU #10 Oregon @ #5 Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm #13 Memphis @ #19 Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC #12 Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 #22 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN #23 Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm #6 Gonzaga @ #15 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN Wofford @ #17 UNC 3pm ACCN South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 #3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 09, 2019, 04:52:28 PM Seeing UCLA-Notre Dame on the schedule will always remind of this game (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/notre-dame-upset-ucla-88-game-winning-streak-anniversary-college-basketball/5ekvt3dod93s1en5l6o8t4io9) that I watched on live TV. The Irish broke UCLA and Bill Walton's record 88-game winning streak. The Bruins led 70-59 with a little over 3 minutes left, but Notre Dame scored the last 12 points of the game to win 71-70 -- and that was before there was a shot clock or 3-pointer!
Oddly, Notre Dame "book-ended" that streak. They were also the last team to beat UCLA before it started. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on December 09, 2019, 08:25:03 PM Week 6: Friday, December 13th #24 Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU #10 Oregon @ #5 Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm #13 Memphis @ #19 Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC #12 Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 #22 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN #23 Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm #6 Gonzaga @ #15 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN Wofford @ #17 UNC 3pm ACCN South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 #3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 09, 2019, 08:36:03 PM Seeing UCLA-Notre Dame on the schedule will always remind of this game (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/notre-dame-upset-ucla-88-game-winning-streak-anniversary-college-basketball/5ekvt3dod93s1en5l6o8t4io9) that I watched on live TV. The Irish broke UCLA and Bill Walton's record 88-game winning streak. The Bruins led 70-59 with a little over 3 minutes left, but Notre Dame scored the last 12 points of the game to win 71-70 -- and that was before there was a shot clock or 3-pointer! Oddly, Notre Dame "book-ended" that streak. They were also the last team to beat UCLA before it started. Digger is a wimp! That's gonna be quite a duo calling this game. Neither is even within the first 25 teams out of the tournament so it's time to pull out all the gimmicks. Appreciate the history tales from a firsthand source as always! I should have had you write about the Princeton-Rutgers game. As far as modern history, I was extremely triggered by this article entitled Notre Dame's Move To The ACC A Monster Blow For Big East Basketball (https://www.sbnation.com/2012/9/12/3320548/notre-dame-acc-conference-realignment-big-east-basketball). It's crazy how much more often realignment damages the team leaving than the beautiful conference even while they still have iconic coaches. I still wish to welcome back Notre Dame (and Syracuse) with open arms to form a real power conference. Hopefully a quick UConn resurgence gives them inspiration. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 10, 2019, 03:20:24 PM FRIDAY 12/13
#24 Colorado at Colorado State Nebraska at Indiana SATURDAY 12/14 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State (Newark, NJ) #10 Oregon at #5 Michigan Syracuse at Georgetown Alabama at Penn State Illinois-Chicago at DePaul #13 Memphis at #19 Tennessee UCLA at Notre Dame Saint Louis at #12 Auburn (Birmingham, AL) *puke* #22 Seton Hall at Rutgers #23 Xavier at Wake Forest Oklahoma at Wichita State New Mexico State at New Mexico Georgia at Arizona State Liberty at Vanderbilt Utah State vs. BYU (Salt Lake City, UT) #6 Gonzaga at #15 Arizona SUNDAY 12/8 NC State at UNC-Greensboro Oklahoma State at Houston Wofford at #17 North Carolina South Carolina at Clemson Georgia Southern at Bradley #3 Ohio State at Minnesota Missouri State at VCU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 10, 2019, 09:17:51 PM #1 Louisville just lost by 13 to 5-3 Texas Tech, which was without its leading scorer. Meanwhile, #4 Maryland lost to Penn State. Fun season so far!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on December 10, 2019, 10:08:06 PM #1 Louisville just lost by 13 to 5-3 Texas Tech, which was without its leading scorer. Meanwhile, #4 Maryland lost to Penn State. Fun season so far! Penn St was actually a 2 pt favorite, shows how even it is this year. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on December 11, 2019, 07:12:47 PM Week 6:
Friday, December 13th #24 Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU #10 Oregon @ #5 Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm #13 Memphis @ #19 Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC #12 Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 #22 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN #23 Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm #6 Gonzaga @ #15 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN Wofford @ #17 UNC 3pm ACCN South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 #3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 11, 2019, 07:20:13 PM Friday, December 13th
#24 Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU #10 Oregon @ #5 Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm #13 Memphis @ #19 Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC #12 Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 :( #22 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN - so nervous!! #23 Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm - probably wrong but a bit biased #6 Gonzaga @ #15 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN - the recent analytics skyrocket for UH is making me question a lot Wofford @ #17 UNC 3pm ACCN - sneaky game! South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 #3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 11, 2019, 07:42:38 PM Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN
Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU Oregon @ Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm Memphis @ Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm Gonzaga @ Arizona 9pm ESPN2 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN Wofford @ UNC 3pm ACCN South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 11, 2019, 09:53:37 PM At halftime of Illinois-Michigan, Illinois has committed only three fouls, which looks pretty impressive...until you look at Michigan's ONE foul (and that one came with about 2 minutes left; it looked like they might get to halftime unscathed). I don't think I've ever seen a game with so few fouls.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on December 12, 2019, 02:45:31 AM Week 6:
Friday, December 13th #24 Colorado @ Colorado State 7pm CBSSN Nebraska @ Indiana 7pm BTN Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State 10:30am ESPNU #10 Oregon @ #5 Michigan 11am CBS Syracuse @ Georgetown 12pm FOX Alabama @ Penn State 1pm BTN UIC @ DePaul 1pm #13 Memphis @ #19 Tennessee 2pm ESPN UCLA @ Notre Dame 2pm ABC #12 Auburn vs Saint Louis 3pm ESPN2 #22 Seton Hall @ Rutgers 3pm BTN #23 Xavier @ Wake 3pm ACCN Oklahoma @ Wichita State 5pm ESPN2 New Mexico State @ New Mexico 6pm Georgia @ Arizona State 7pm PAC12 Liberty @ Vandy 7pm SECN Utah State vs. BYU 7pm #6 Gonzaga @ #15 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro 2pm ESPN+ Oklahoma State @ Houston 2pm ESPN Wofford @ #17 UNC 3pm ACCN South Carolina @ Clemson 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Southern @ Bradley 4pm ESPN3 #3 Ohio State @ Minnesota 5:30pm BTN Missouri State @ VCU 6pm ESPN+ Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 12, 2019, 03:38:47 PM I-L-L!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 13, 2019, 12:50:17 AM Week 6:
Friday, December 13th Colorado @ Colorado State Nebraska @ Indiana Saturday, December 7 Kansas State vs. Mississippi State Oregon @ Michigan Syracuse @ Georgetown Alabama @ Penn State UIC @ DePaul Memphis @ Tennessee UCLA @ Notre Dame Auburn vs Saint Louis Seton Hall @ Rutgers Xavier @ Wake Oklahoma @ Wichita State New Mexico State @ New Mexico Georgia @ Arizona State Liberty @ Vandy Utah State vs. BYU Gonzaga @ Arizona Sunday, December 8 NC State @ UNC-Greensboro Oklahoma State @ Houston Wofford @ UNC South Carolina @ Clemson Georgia Southern @ Bradley Ohio State @ Minnesota Missouri State @ VCU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 14, 2019, 02:17:37 PM This Michigan game!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 14, 2019, 02:51:51 PM This Michigan game! Terrific game. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 14, 2019, 06:01:34 PM Impressive comeback win for Memphis at Tennessee. I'm starting to believe Penny Hardaway is a pretty good college coach.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on December 15, 2019, 01:37:18 AM Gonzaga beats Arizona. Have now beaten 9 consecutive Pac 12 teams.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 15, 2019, 08:56:22 AM I've seen some dumb basketball plays, but this one is an all-time contender:
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 15, 2019, 05:57:33 PM North Carolina (without an injured Cole Anthony) loses at home to Wofford, 68-64. Oddly enough, two years ago Wofford also won by 4 at UNC.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 15, 2019, 06:01:19 PM I can't believe that stat that flashed on the screen - first team to win back-to-back games in Chapel Hill since Georgia Tech 84-85. Really? Duke never accomplished it? I read three times looking for a 'ranked' or 'unranked' qualifier.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 15, 2019, 06:12:29 PM I can't believe that stat that flashed on the screen - first team to win back-to-back games in Chapel Hill since Georgia Tech 84-85. Really? Duke never accomplished it? I read three times looking for a 'ranked' or 'unranked' qualifier. Looks like you're right and they're wrong. According to sports-reference.com, Duke won in Chapel Hill on 3/7/15 (84-77) and then again on 2/17/16 (74-73). https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/matchup_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1950&year_max=2020&school_id=duke&opp_id=north-carolina&comp_school=le&rank_school=ANY&comp_opp=le&rank_opp=ANY&game_type=A&game_month=&game_location=&game_result=&is_overtime=&order_by=date_game Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 15, 2019, 08:34:53 PM Ohio State loses by 13 to 4-5 Minnesota. Home teams are now 13-0 this season in Big 10 conference games.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 15, 2019, 09:07:43 PM WEEK 6 RESULTS (all the games finished at a reasonable time for once)
RINO Tom eked out a win, thanks to the upsets by Rutgers and Oklahoma State (he was the only person to pick either of them). 17 RINO Tom 16 dfw, GeorgiaModerate, sjoyce, Sprouts 14 Jgibson 13 Illiniwek The average score was 15.4, up just a bit from last week. There were 10 unanimous picks, 7 of them correct: Colorado-Colo. State Indiana-Nebraska Penn State-Alabama DePaul-UIC Xavier-Wake Forest (wrong) Wichita State-Oklahoma New Mexico-N.M. State North Carolina-Wofford (wrong) Ohio State-Minnesota (wrong) VCU-Missouri State There were 6 picks with a single dissenter: Michigan-Oregon (dissenter was right) Tennessee-Memphis (dissenter was right) Auburn-St. Louis Seton Hall-Rutgers (dissenter was right) N.C. State-UNCG Houson-Oklahoma State (dissenter was right) Overall results: 100 sjoyce 99 dfw, Sprouts 93 GeorgiaModerate 91 Illiniwek 88 JGibson 85 RINO Tom 83 YE 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 16, 2019, 12:24:40 PM Bart Torvik now has UNC as 11% chance of receiving an NCAA Tournament bid. Insanity. I don't buy that, and another source still has it at 73%, but I think it's definitely between those two, but probably at least 40-50% depending on injury timeframe. They are #95 in the NET Rankings released today, so maybe I am too bullish!
NC State (#50) is simply lucky to have gotten their first Q1 win yesterday. They still have realistic opportunities @Syracuse, @UNC, and vs. Florida State/Duke/Louisville, but the schedule is only slightly more difficult than last year. Four absolutely dreadful wins on there. NET Rankings Out! Some notables: #3 San Diego State #4 Butler #5 Baylor #9 Stanford (Similar to Erik Haslam, unsurprisingly) #10 Dayton #19 Liberty #20 Duquesne #22 Richmond #43 DePaul Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 16, 2019, 02:56:02 PM Penn State in the top 25. Kind of bummed the Illini don't even have a vote in the AP Poll yet (we do have some in the Coaches' Poll), but I guess it's understandable. Just keep winnin'. :)
On a side note, even though it is for some inexplicable reason on the SEC Network this year, Illinois-Missouri is this Saturday in St. Louis. To my knowledge, it's one of the very few rivalries in college basketball that uses a Texas-Oklahoma or Florida-Georgia setup with the crowd split 50/50. It has lost a BIT of its appeal over the last several years, but it is routinely one of my favorite sporting events of the year, and it is a truly unique atmosphere. I must admit, it's often my "super bowl" of the non-conference, and I'd say it's very likely Missouri is our "biggest rival." Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 16, 2019, 04:50:41 PM Week 7:
Friday, December 20th SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Saturday, December 21st #1 Kansas @ #18 Villanova 11am FOX Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. Missouri 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. #17 Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 #13 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. #22 Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on December 16, 2019, 05:30:37 PM Surprised I am hanging in there with Sjoyce and Smilo lol
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 16, 2019, 06:05:27 PM Some really interesting games this week.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on December 17, 2019, 11:25:33 AM Week 7: Friday, December 20th SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Saturday, December 21st #1 Kansas @ #18 Villanova 11am FOX Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. MIZNOZ 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. #17 Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 #13 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. #22 Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 17, 2019, 12:28:27 PM A hilarious look at the Big Ten standings right now (after conference record, I sorted by AP ranking, overall record and then alphabetically):
#15 Michigan State: 1-0 (7-3) #5 Ohio State: 1-1 (9-1) #7 Maryland: 1-1 (10-1) #14 Michigan: 1-1 (8-3) #23 Penn State: 1-1 (9-2) Indiana: 1-1 (10-1) Illinois: 1-1 (8-3) Iowa: 1-1 (8-3) Rutgers: 1-1 (8-3) Purdue: 1-1 (6-4) Minnesota: 1-1 (5-5) Wisconsin: 1-1 (5-5) Nebraska: 1-1 (5-6) Northwestern: 0-1 (5-4) No home team has lost a game yet, though I predict that streak to come to an end on Wednesday when MSU visits Northwestern, but ... honestly, who knows?? That game wraps up Big Ten play until the new year, and it would be absolutely hilarious to have every single team tied at 1-1, haha. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on December 17, 2019, 11:02:01 PM A hilarious look at the Big Ten standings right now (after conference record, I sorted by AP ranking, overall record and then alphabetically): #15 Michigan State: 1-0 (7-3) #5 Ohio State: 1-1 (9-1) #7 Maryland: 1-1 (10-1) #14 Michigan: 1-1 (8-3) #23 Penn State: 1-1 (9-2) Indiana: 1-1 (10-1) Illinois: 1-1 (8-3) Iowa: 1-1 (8-3) Rutgers: 1-1 (8-3) Purdue: 1-1 (6-4) Minnesota: 1-1 (5-5) Wisconsin: 1-1 (5-5) Nebraska: 1-1 (5-6) Northwestern: 0-1 (5-4) No home team has lost a game yet, though I predict that streak to come to an end on Wednesday when MSU visits Northwestern, but ... honestly, who knows?? That game wraps up Big Ten play until the new year, and it would be absolutely hilarious to have every single team tied at 1-1, haha. A 14 way tie for first in the Big Ten Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on December 18, 2019, 02:34:40 PM Week 7:
Friday, December 20th SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Saturday, December 21st #1 Kansas @ #18 Villanova 11am FOX Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. Missouri 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. #17 Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 #13 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. #22 Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on December 18, 2019, 11:17:11 PM Alonzo Verge in his first season at ASU had a career night, scoring 43 points, as ASU proceeded to lose to St. Mary's 96-56. Only two other players scored for ASU and ASU had their full roster available.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on December 19, 2019, 01:33:48 AM In a game I nearly went to in person, Kentucky losses to Utah. Wacky CBB season continues.
Though I am going to the Kentucky/Ohio State and UCLA/UNC double header on Saturday. Considering I've been to every Oklahoma home game this year as well, I may have a shot (pun intended) at a personal record for college basketball games I attend in a single season. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on December 19, 2019, 01:37:31 AM UGA
South Dakota Villanova Indiana Wichita State Illinois Providence Butler Utah State Belmont Kentucky Oklahoma State Dayton Saint Lious Creighton Iowa LSU Arizona Saint Mary's Davidson Clemson TCU Georgia Tech UDub Hawaii Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 19, 2019, 01:41:58 AM In a game I nearly went to in person, Kentucky losses to Utah. Wacky CBB season continues. Haslam had Utah by 1! Kenneth was right that the lying media is too stupid to rank teams so they'd rather call this season 'crazy' than admit to being so completely ignorant of the 2018-19 incarnation of certain schools. Kentucky is rightfully ranked outside the top 40 at respectable outlets. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 19, 2019, 01:51:11 AM Friday, December 20th
SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Saturday, December 21st #1 Kansas @ #18 Villanova 11am FOX Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN - two completely abysmal teams from what I have viewed. Don't make me choose. VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. Missouri 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. #17 Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 - cheering on the Aggies bigly! Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN - hopefully Belmont, but they have not beaten even a semi-respectable team to date #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 #13 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 - urgh, very bad feeling, but I'll stick up for someone in our conference Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. #22 Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 19, 2019, 03:50:48 PM SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN
Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Kansas @ Villanova 11am FOX Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. Missouri 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN Ohio State vs. Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 19, 2019, 04:01:07 PM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on December 19, 2019, 06:53:38 PM Week 7:
Friday, December 20th SMU @ UGA 6pm SECN Northern Colorado @ South Dakota 7pm ESPN+ Saturday, December 21st #1 Kansas @ #18 Villanova 11am FOX (watch the #1 curse) Indiana vs. Notre Dame 11am ESPN VCU @ Wichita State 11am ESPN2 Illinois vs. Missouri 12pm SECN Texas @ Providence 1pm FOX Purdue vs. #17 Butler 1:30pm BTN Utah State vs. Florida 1:30pm FS1 Belmont vs. Alabama 2:30pm SECN #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky 4:15pm CBS Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State 4:30pm ESPN2 #13 Dayton vs. Colorado 5:30pm CBSSN Saint Louis vs. Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Creighton @ Arizona State 7:30pm Pac-12 Cincinnati vs. Iowa 8pm BTN LSU vs. USC 8pm FS1 St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona 9pm ESPN2 Nevada vs. Saint Marys 11pm ESPNU Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago 2pm ESPN+ Yale @ Clemson 3pm ACCN Xavier @ TCU 4pm ESPN2 Georgia Tech vs. Boise State 4pm ESPNU Ball State vs. #22 Washington 8:30pm ESPN2 UTEP @ Hawaii 10:30pm ESPN2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 19, 2019, 11:36:34 PM Week 7:
Friday, December 20th SMU @ UGA Northern Colorado @ South Dakota Saturday, December 21st Kansas @ Villanova Indiana vs. Notre Dame VCU @ Wichita State Illinois vs. Missouri Texas @ Providence Purdue vs. Butler Utah State vs. Florida Belmont vs. Alabama Ohio State vs. Kentucky Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State Dayton vs. Colorado Saint Louis vs. Kansas State Creighton @ Arizona State Cincinnati vs. Iowa LSU vs. USC St. Johns vs. Arizona Nevada vs. Saint Marys Sunday, December 22nd Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago Yale @ Clemson Xavier @ TCU Georgia Tech vs. Boise State Ball State vs. Washington UTEP @ Hawaii Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 20, 2019, 09:14:03 PM Georgia-SMU heading to double OT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 20, 2019, 09:35:01 PM Dogs win 87-85 in 2OT! For a while it seemed like neither team really wanted to win.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on December 20, 2019, 10:54:56 PM I knew I forgot something today ... damn.
FRIDAY 12/20 SATURDAY 12/21 #1 Kansas at #18 Villanova Indiana vs. Notre Dame (Indianapolis, IN) VCU at Wichita State ILLINOIS vs. Missouri (St. Louis, MO) ... braggin' rights are our birth right. Texas at Providence Purdue vs. #17 Butler (Indianapolis, IN) Utah State vs. Florida (Sunrise, FL) Belmont vs. Alabama (Huntsville, AL) #5 Ohio State vs. #6 Kentucky (Paradise, NV) Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State (Tulsa, OK) #13 Dayton vs. Colorado (Chicago, IL) Saint Louis vs. Kansas State (Kansas City, MO) Creighton at Arizona State Cincinnati vs. Iowa (Chicago, IL) LSU vs. USC (Los Angeles, CA) St. Johns vs. #16 Arizona (San Francisco, CA) Saint Marys vs. Nevada (San Francisco, CA) SUNDAY 12/22 Davidson at Loyola-Chicago Yale at Clemson Xavier at TCU Georgia Tech vs. Boise State (Honolulu, HI) Ball State vs. #22 Washington (Honolulu, HI) UTEP at Hawaii Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 21, 2019, 02:05:02 PM The #1 curse takes down Kansas, which blew it in the last minute and lost to Villanova 56-55.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 21, 2019, 05:32:51 PM The Big East's decision to purify will go down as one of the four most morally upright decisions in the history of Western Civilization. The Big East is truly greater than ever before. God has blessed his chosen people too much. Too much blessings! I can't take it any more!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 21, 2019, 10:53:55 PM DePaul never makes it easy!! Finish non-conference play at 12-1. The 7-11 conference forecast would likely leave them just off the bubble without 2 BET wins. I think they need 8, but Iowa, TTU, and Minnesota wins all keep looking better.
St. John's is even more surprising with the lead over Arizona at the half. Could be yet another undefeated Saturday for the Big East which is very difficult to believe. I don't even mind not taking this one though when Zona inevitably makes it a game. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on December 22, 2019, 12:36:24 AM DePaul win!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on December 22, 2019, 01:46:04 AM Will San Diego State jump to #1 next week?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 22, 2019, 05:04:02 PM Virginia is absolutely garbage (compared to the standard they have set for themselves). I don't see how they could be considered a top 25 team when there is no talent on the roster, just a system defense. I had them 27th entering the day. They'll be fine by virtue of a soft conference. Highly reminiscent of last year's Villanova. I will now accept my accolades. Losing at JPJ? OUCH! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 22, 2019, 06:25:14 PM Virginia is absolutely garbage (compared to the standard they have set for themselves). I don't see how they could be considered a top 25 team when there is no talent on the roster, just a system defense. I had them 27th entering the day. They'll be fine by virtue of a soft conference. Highly reminiscent of last year's Villanova. I will now accept my accolades. Losing at JPJ? OUCH! The ACC this year is really...not good. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 22, 2019, 06:30:52 PM Will San Diego State jump to #1 next week? Warren Nolan took until this late hour to publish the new official NET rankings. San Diego State did take the top spot there, and it wasn't particularly close since Kansas tumbled to #7. Only the failed media are keeping San Diego State out of the top 5 since analytics love them and the results validate it. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 23, 2019, 07:30:57 AM WEEK 7 RESULTS
YE won the week, thanks to Utah State and Georgia Tech (he was the only one to pick them): 15 YE 14 Sprouts 13 RINO Tom 12 dfw, JGibson 11 sjoyce 9 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek We had a rough week overall, with an average score of only 11.9 (by far the worst this season). There were 8 unanimous picks, half of them correct: Georgia-SMU South Dakota-Northern Colorado (wrong) Wichita State-VCU Illinois-Missouri (wrong) Dayton-Colorado (wrong) Arizona-St. John's (wrong) St. Mary's-Nevada Washington-Ball State There were 5 picks with a single dissenter: Indiana-Notre Dame Florida-Utah State (dissenter was right) Oklahoma State-Minnesota (dissenter was right) Iowa-cincinnati Boise State-Georgia Tech (dissenter was right) Overall results: 113 Sprouts 111 dfw, sjoyce 102 GeorgiaModerate 100 Illiniwek, JGibson 98 RINO Tom, YE 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 23, 2019, 03:07:49 PM Week 8:
Saturday, December 28th Central Michigan @ Purdue 12pm BTN Wisconsin @ Tennessee 1:30pm CBS Northeastern @ Towson 2pm Toledo @ Bradley 2pm ESPN+ Eastern Michigan @ UNLV 3pm #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky 3:45pm CBS FIU @ Minnesota 4pm BTN Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm Oral Roberts @ BYU 9pm Pacific @ UC-Irvine 10pm Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State 12pm FS1 Liberty @ LSU 1:30pm SECN Lafayette @ Sacred Heart 2pm Iona @ Colorado 2pm Pac-12 Duquesne vs. Marshall 2:30pm #5 Kansas @ Stanford 3pm ABC Sam Houston State @ Rice 3pm App State @ NC State 4pm Loyola (MD) @ VCU 5pm FAU @ USF 5pm ESPN3 SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha 5:30pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Indiana 6pm BTN Tulsa @ Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Harvard @ Cal 6pm Pac-12 Richmond @ Alabama 6:30pm SECN No Friday games this week, also kind of a weird schedule. Merry Christmas and all that Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on December 23, 2019, 03:13:54 PM Week 8: Saturday, December 28th Central Michigan @ Purdue 12pm BTN Wisconsin @ Tennessee 1:30pm CBS Northeastern @ Towson 2pm Toledo @ Bradley 2pm ESPN+ Eastern Michigan @ UNLV 3pm #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky 3:45pm CBS FIU @ Minnesota 4pm BTN Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm Oral Roberts @ BYU 9pm Pacific @ UC-Irvine 10pm Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State 12pm FS1 Liberty @ LSU 1:30pm SECN Lafayette @ Sacred Heart 2pm Iona @ Colorado 2pm Pac-12 Duquesne vs. Marshall 2:30pm #5 Kansas @ Stanford 3pm ABC Sam Houston State @ Rice 3pm App State @ NC State 4pm Loyola (MD) @ VCU 5pm FAU @ USF 5pm ESPN3 SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha 5:30pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Indiana 6pm BTN Tulsa @ Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Harvard @ Cal 6pm Pac-12 Richmond @ Alabama 6:30pm SECN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 24, 2019, 04:02:10 PM Week 8:
Saturday, December 28th Central Michigan @ Purdue Wisconsin @ Tennessee Northeastern @ Towson Toledo @ Bradley Eastern Michigan @ UNLV #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky FIU @ Minnesota Belmont @ Western Kentucky Oral Roberts @ BYU Pacific @ UC-Irvine Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State Liberty @ LSU Lafayette @ Sacred Heart Iona @ Colorado Duquesne vs. Marshall #5 Kansas @ Stanford Sam Houston State @ Rice App State @ NC State Loyola (MD) @ VCU FAU @ USF SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha Arkansas @ Indiana Tulsa @ Kansas State Harvard @ Cal Richmond @ Alabama Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on December 25, 2019, 03:54:59 PM Saturday, December 28th
Central Michigan @ Purdue 12pm BTN Wisconsin @ Tennessee 1:30pm CBS - This weeks "yikes" game following IU-ND last week. Northeastern @ Towson 2pm Toledo @ Bradley 2pm ESPN+ Eastern Michigan @ UNLV 3pm #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky 3:45pm CBS FIU @ Minnesota 4pm BTN Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm - game of the weekend! Why can't we watch! Oral Roberts @ BYU 9pm Pacific @ UC-Irvine 10pm Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State 12pm FS1 Liberty @ LSU 1:30pm SECN Lafayette @ Sacred Heart 2pm Iona @ Colorado 2pm Pac-12 Duquesne vs. Marshall 2:30pm #5 Kansas @ Stanford 3pm ABC Sam Houston State @ Rice 3pm - who could predict which version of these teams show up?! App State @ NC State 4pm Loyola (MD) @ VCU 5pm FAU @ USF 5pm ESPN3 SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha 5:30pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Indiana 6pm BTN Tulsa @ Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Harvard @ Cal 6pm Pac-12 Richmond @ Alabama 6:30pm SECN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 25, 2019, 04:41:15 PM Central Michigan @ Purdue
Wisconsin @ Tennessee Northeastern @ Towson Toledo @ Bradley Eastern Michigan @ UNLV Louisville @ Kentucky FIU @ Minnesota Belmont @ Western Kentucky Oral Roberts @ BYU Pacific @ UC-Irvine WVU vs Ohio State Liberty @ LSU Lafayette @ Sacred Heart Iona @ Colorado Duquesne vs. Marshall Kansas @ Stanford Sam Houston State @ Rice App State @ NC State Loyola (MD) @ VCU FAU @ USF SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha Arkansas @ Indiana Tulsa @ Kansas State Harvard @ Cal Richmond @ Alabama Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on December 25, 2019, 09:24:11 PM Week 8:
Saturday, December 28th Central Michigan @ Purdue 12pm BTN Wisconsin @ Tennessee 1:30pm CBS Northeastern @ Towson 2pm Toledo @ Bradley 2pm ESPN+ Eastern Michigan @ UNLV 3pm #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky 3:45pm CBS FIU @ Minnesota 4pm BTN Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm Oral Roberts @ BYU 9pm Pacific @ UC-Irvine 10pm Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State 12pm FS1 Liberty @ LSU 1:30pm SECN Lafayette @ Sacred Heart 2pm Iona @ Colorado 2pm Pac-12 Duquesne vs. Marshall 2:30pm #5 Kansas @ Stanford 3pm ABC Sam Houston State @ Rice 3pm App State @ NC State 4pm Loyola (MD) @ VCU 5pm FAU @ USF 5pm ESPN3 SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha 5:30pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Indiana 6pm BTN Tulsa @ Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Harvard @ Cal 6pm Pac-12 Richmond @ Alabama 6:30pm SECN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on December 26, 2019, 06:18:51 AM Week 8:
Saturday, December 28th Central Michigan @ Purdue 12pm BTN Wisconsin @ Tennessee 1:30pm CBS Northeastern @ Towson 2pm Toledo @ Bradley 2pm ESPN+ Eastern Michigan @ UNLV 3pm #3 Louisville @ #19 Kentucky 3:45pm CBS FIU @ Minnesota 4pm BTN Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm Oral Roberts @ BYU 9pm Pacific @ UC-Irvine 10pm Sunday, December 29th #22 WVU vs #2 Ohio State 12pm FS1 Liberty @ LSU 1:30pm SECN Lafayette @ Sacred Heart 2pm Iona @ Colorado 2pm Pac-12 Duquesne vs. Marshall 2:30pm #5 Kansas @ Stanford 3pm ABC Sam Houston State @ Rice 3pm App State @ NC State 4pm Loyola (MD) @ VCU 5pm FAU @ USF 5pm ESPN3 SDSU @ Nebraska-Omaha 5:30pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Indiana 6pm BTN Tulsa @ Kansas State 6pm ESPN+ Harvard @ Cal 6pm Pac-12 Richmond @ Alabama 6:30pm SECN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on December 26, 2019, 09:26:09 AM Belmont @ Western Kentucky 7:30pm - game of the weekend! Why can't we watch! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on December 29, 2019, 08:32:56 PM WEEK 8 RESULTS
Only six people played this week. The result was a tight battle featuring a 2-way tie for first, with 3 others a game behind. 17 Illiniwek, Sprouts 16 dfw, GeorgiaModerate, sjoyce 14 JGibson The average score was 16, a big improvement over last week. Oddly, sjoyce and I had an identical slate of picks. There were 11 unanimous picks, 8 of them correct: Purdue-Central Michigan Louisville-Kentucky (wrong) Minnesota-FIU Western Kentucky-Belmont (wrong) BYU-Oral Roberts UC Irvine-Pacific Ohio State-West Virginia (wrong) N.C. State-App State VCU-Loyola Chicago South Florida-FAU Alabama-Richmond There were 7 games with a single dissenter: Bradley-Toledo UNLV-Eastern Michigan LSU-Liberty Duquesne-Marshall (dissenter was right) Kansas-Stanford Indiana-Arkansas (dissenter was right) Kansas State-Tulsa Overall results: 130 Sprouts 127 dfw, sjoyce 118 GeorgiaModerate 117 Illiniwek 114 JGibson 98 RINO Tom, YE 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 01, 2020, 03:40:03 PM Week 9:
Friday, January 3rd Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Apologies for the late post this week, I've been traveling Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 01, 2020, 03:59:53 PM Friday, January 3rd
Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 01, 2020, 06:33:44 PM Some tough picks this week.
Friday, January 3rd Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm - Have a hunch about this one. #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm - I've seen USU on TV a couple times and been impressed. Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 01, 2020, 09:20:20 PM I think Villanova will more likely lose to Creighton than Marquette in their next two. Should be 3 point dogs in both, but if we steal one, Marquette looks easier to shut down. Creighton has better guards and a much better home court advantage. Of course, we could just lose both! I've never loved the Big East more than this season. Every game is close to a toss-up.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 02, 2020, 12:04:21 PM Week 9: Friday, January 3rd Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on January 02, 2020, 02:13:50 PM Week 9:
Friday, January 3rd Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on January 02, 2020, 07:55:59 PM Week 9:
Friday, January 3rd Wisconsin @ #5 Ohio State 6pm Toledo @ Ball State 6pm UCF @ Houston 6pm Rutgers @ Nebraska 7pm Georgetown @ Seton Hall 8pm Kent St. @ Bowling Green 8pm Temple @ Tulsa 8pm Saturday, January 4th Oklahoma State @ #22 Texas Tech 11am LSU @ Tennessee 11am NC State @ Clemson 11am #18 Florida State @ #7 Louisville 1pm #10 Villanova @ Marquette 1pm #23 Iowa vs. #21 Penn State 1pm #8 Auburn @ Miss St. 3pm #16 WVU @ #3 Kansas 3pm #13 San Diego State @ Utah State 9pm Sunday, January 5th Richmond @ Rhode Island 11am VCU @ GMU 11am #12 Michigan @ #14 Michigan State 12:30pm Davidson @ Duquesne 1pm St. Johns @ Xavier 3:30pm Oregon State @ Colorado 5pm Northwestern @ Minnesota 6:30pm Purdue @ Illinois 7pm USC @ Washington 9pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 03, 2020, 01:34:27 AM Ohio State
Toledo Houston Rutgers Seton Hall Kent State Temple Texas Tech LSU Clemson Florida State Villanova Iowa Miss State Kansas Utah State Rhode Isand George Mason Michigan State Duquesne Xavier Colorado Minnesota Purdue Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 03, 2020, 01:07:08 PM Wisconsin @ Ohio State
Toledo @ Ball State UCF @ Houston Rutgers @ Nebraska Georgetown @ Seton Hall Kent St. @ Bowling Green Temple @ Tulsa Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech LSU @ Tennessee NC State @ Clemson Florida State @ Louisville Villanova @ Marquette #Iowa vs. Penn State Auburn @ Miss St. WVU @ Kansas San Diego State @ Utah State Richmond @ Rhode Island VCU @ GMU Michigan @ Michigan State Davidson @ Duquesne St. Johns @ Xavier Oregon State @ Colorado Northwestern @ Minnesota Purdue @ Illinois USC @ Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 03, 2020, 04:17:11 PM I'm surprised you didn't include today's Battles of the Pollsters on the list. :)
Monmouth at Siena Quinnipiac at Marist Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 03, 2020, 09:12:08 PM Wisconsin just knocked off Ohio State in Columbus. Everyone picked OSU.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on January 03, 2020, 09:14:30 PM Wisconsin just knocked off Ohio State in Columbus. Everyone picked OSU. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 04, 2020, 03:06:06 PM Huge win for Georgia at Memphis!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 04, 2020, 05:00:29 PM So, Jay Wright has elected the option to get swept on this road trip :) The ticky tack first half officiating prevented this from being an interesting game by preventing Saddiq Bey, Markus Howard and Sacar Anim from playing large chunks of this game. And when all three went out, they finally decided to let the game be free flowing and enjoyable! The only problem is that left us without many offensive weapons, and Marquette's stellar defense turned it into no offense - great effort! Jay Wright better realize soon that Collin Gillespie is not a starting point guard for any respectable team and make Justin Moore the starter. Gillespie's defense will not hold up against serious competition.
DePaul's first two Big East games have been by far had the highest quality of play of the first nine Big East games. Devastating to come out of this 0-2. Absolutely heartbreaking today. They'll start winning soon, but I am getting concerned. The next four game stretch is brutal, so if they can't start it with a win in Madison Square Garden, things may start sinking for such a talented team and fast. Power Rankings Tier 1 1. Butler - They have a lot to learn about finishing, but I went into the conference season thinking they were a tad overrated. That is no longer the case. This team could win 13-14 games and deserves to be in the Final Four discussion. Blech. 2. Seton Hall - To think they are playing without MAMU! I think the defense is sneakily even better than Butler (and that's Butler's calling card!) The offense is a bit too chaotic. Tier 2 3. Creighton - Clearly the best (only?) offense in the conference. I question whether they can win away from Omaha limiting their potential to perhaps an 11-7 team. Tier 3 4. DePaul - I have some depth concerns, and I think they will struggle against very structured and coached teams like Villanova, Butler and perhaps Xavier whether there is a talent advantage or not. The chaotic style is fun but not build to win championships. 5. Providence - I went into the year thinking they had the most talent and most veteran talent. I don't know why it took so long to finally begin to show it - I thought having transfers practicing for a year would make for a smooth transition. Their shooting percentage has still been woeful, but they look a bit faster to the ball showing a sense of urgency...finally. You don't know exactly who is going to beat you on any given night, but Diallo, Duke and Watson all need more consistency if this team wants to finish in the top half. 6. Villanova - No defense whatsoever. No senior leaders. Only Swider, Bey and Moore are natural shooting threats. Very impressed with development of Samuels but he doesn't fit into the offense. Winning largely depends on the other team taking bad, quick shots. 7. Marquette - Very average on aggregate at just about everything. They can defend against smaller teams, and the offense is even streakier and focused on a single player than Seton Hall. 8. Xavier - The next week is going to be very telling given that they will have #2 and #3 in Cintas. You have to think they need to take at least one to build some semblance of a resume. The bench is a little thin, but they seem like they will grind out more than a few low-scoring games. Tier 4 9. St. John's - Long Jumper Figueroa is making strides without Shamorie Ponds there - and he actually plays elite defense unlike the prior focal point of the team! I am still uncertain if this team could be for real or if they can beat any Big East team on the road - we'll find out in the next four days! The schedule starts easy, yet they could easily go 1-8/2-7 on the easier half despite taking the top team to the wire. 10. Georgetown - I was so optimistic. Yurtseven should be first team All Conference. Patrick Ewing keeps getting elite big men and no adequate support for them. Very sad. And now the Oklahoma State road win might mean almost nothing. Should've beat Duke. Shoulda, coulda, woulda had a win worth talking about. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 04, 2020, 08:08:07 PM North Carolina gets clobbered by Georgia Tech at home. Unless there's a drastic turnaround after Cole Anthony comes back, I don't think UNC will make the tournament.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 04, 2020, 11:56:17 PM #1 Gonzaga needs a miraculous last-second block to hold on against Pepperdine
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 05, 2020, 01:18:01 AM Pacific beat Saint Marys in a 4OT classic.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 05, 2020, 08:29:53 AM Since Friday night, four AP top 10 teams lost (#5 Ohio State, #7 Louisville, #9 Memphis, #10 Villanova) -- the first three at home.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 05, 2020, 09:03:34 AM San Diego State is favored by at least 10 in their next 13 games. They will only be favored by 4 in their season finale in Reno.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 05, 2020, 07:59:25 PM After trailing by 11 with 8 minutes left, Oregon State finished on a 24-5 run to upset Colorado.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 06, 2020, 08:42:48 AM WEEK 9 RESULTS
Sprouts pulled out the victory at the end thanks to Illinois beating Purdue, extending his overall lead. 17 Sprouts 16 GeorgiaModerate 15 dfw, Jgibson, sjoyce 14 YE 13 Illiniwek The average score was 15, down a bit from last week. Unanimous picks: Ohio State-Wisconsin (wrong) Houston-UCF Rutgers-Nebraska Texas Tech-Oklahoma State Rhode Island-Richmond (wrong) Xavier-St. John's Minnesota-Northwestern Washington-USC Games with one dissenter: Ball State-Toledo Georgetown-Seton Hall N.C. State-Clemson (dissenter was right) Louisville-Florida State (dissenter was right) Auburn-Miss. State Kansas-West Virginia VCU-George Mason Colorado-Oregon State (dissenter was right) Overall standings: 147 Sprouts 142 dfw, sjoyce 134 GeorgiaModerate 130 Illiniwek 129 JGibson 112 YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 06, 2020, 12:46:24 PM Week 10:
Friday, January 10th Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 07, 2020, 03:52:16 AM Week 10: Friday, January 10th Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 08, 2020, 04:47:22 PM Princeton
Iowa Butler Ohio State Kentucky Villanova DePaul UCF Baylor Louisville William and Mary TCU Xavier Virginia Tech Houston Clemson Arkansas Missouri Michigan State Wichita State Michigan Mommouth Memphis Utah Arizona Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on January 09, 2020, 12:35:12 AM Since Im reduced to random comments due to missing some weeks ... I-L-L! Massive win tonight.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 09, 2020, 01:46:58 AM Oklahoma beats Texas improving to 2-0 in the Big 12. Guys are actually stepping up as of late too.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: FairBol on January 09, 2020, 03:45:08 PM Welp, UConn's going nowhere fast. Guess that Dan Herley hire wasn't the greatest idea in the world.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 09, 2020, 04:08:53 PM Friday, January 10th
Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 09, 2020, 04:23:46 PM Friday, January 10th
Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 (margin of error +/- 3) #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on January 10, 2020, 02:04:37 AM Week 10:
Friday, January 10th Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on January 10, 2020, 06:31:05 AM Week 10:
Friday, January 10th Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 10, 2020, 11:10:01 AM Friday, January 10th
Penn @ Princeton 5pm ESPNU #15 Maryland @ #23 Iowa 7pm FS1 #11 Butler @ Providence 9pm FS1 Saturday, January 11th #11 Ohio State @ Indiana 12pm FOX Alabama @ #14 Kentucky 12pm ESPN Georgetown @ #16 Villanova 12pm FS1 DePaul @ St. Johns 12pm Cincinnati @ UCF 12pm ESPN2 #4 Baylor @ #3 Kansas 1pm CBS #13 Louisville @ Notre Dame 2pm ESPN Charleston @ William & Mary 2pm Oklahoma State @ TCU 2pm ESPN2 Creighton @ Xavier 2pm FOX NC State @ Virginia Tech 2pm ACCNX Houston @ Tulsa 4pm ESPN2 Clemson @ UNC 4:30pm ACCNX Arkansas @ Ole Miss 6pm SECN Florida @ Missouri 8:30pm SECN Sunday, January 12th #8 Michigan State @ Purdue 12pm CBS #23 Wichita St @ UConn 12pm CBSSN #19 Michigan @ Minnesota 1pm BTN Monmouth @ Quinnipiac 2pm ESPN3 #21 Memphis @ USF 4pm ESPN2 Utah @ #25 Colorado 6pm ESPNU #24 Arizona @ Oregon State 10pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 10, 2020, 08:49:27 PM Note to self: don't pick against good Big Ten teams at home.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 11, 2020, 10:52:16 AM I hate to second guess myself (because I usually end up regretting it), but I'm changing my pick in Ohio State-Indiana to Indiana.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 11, 2020, 03:26:32 PM I hate to second guess myself (because I usually end up regretting it), but I'm changing my pick in Ohio State-Indiana to Indiana. Nice change of heart! So the home court thing works for bad Big Ten teams too! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 11, 2020, 04:27:39 PM I hate to second guess myself (because I usually end up regretting it), but I'm changing my pick in Ohio State-Indiana to Indiana. Nice change of heart! So the home court thing works for bad Big Ten teams too! OTOH, Penn State lost by 9 at home to Wisconsin. Glad that wasn't on the list! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Terry the Fat Shark on January 11, 2020, 04:53:46 PM Ugh I hate Baylor
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: heatcharger on January 11, 2020, 06:03:29 PM This years Virginia is more offensively challenged than any Bennett team of recent memory. Just absolutely no threats to score.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 11, 2020, 06:27:56 PM Clemson-North Carolina in OT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 11, 2020, 06:40:05 PM Clemson-North Carolina in OT. And NC loses. Hello, NIT. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 11, 2020, 06:40:10 PM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 12, 2020, 12:35:06 PM It's looking like I should have changed the Michigan State pick too.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 12, 2020, 02:25:40 PM Wichita State, which has looked great this season, is now going to OT with UConn, which has looked awful this season.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 13, 2020, 12:23:34 AM Clemson-North Carolina in OT. And NC loses. Hello, NIT. Would UNC even agree to play the NIT? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 13, 2020, 12:42:28 AM Clemson-North Carolina in OT. And NC loses. Hello, NIT. Would UNC even agree to play the NIT? Its impossible for teams to decline NIT invites IIRC (pre-2005 when it wasn't run by the NCAA, it was a different story). Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 13, 2020, 08:07:24 AM WEEK 10 RESULTS
My change of heart on Indiana paid off as I won the week by a single game. 17 GeorgiaModerate 16 Illiniwek, sjoyce 15 YE 13 JGibson 12 Sprouts 10 dfw The average score was 14.1, down a bit from last week. 17 was the top score for the 3rd straight week, and 5 of the last 6. Unanimous picks: Kentucky-Alabama Villanova-Georgetown Louisville-Notre Dame TCU-Okla. State Mich. State-Purdue (wrong) Wichita State-UConn Memphis-USF Arizona-Oregon State (wrong) Games with a single dissenter: Butler-Providence Ohio State-Indiana (dissenter was right) Xavier-Creighton (dissenter was right) Houston-Tulsa (dissenter was right) Arkansas-Ole Miss Florida-Missouri (dissenter was right) Overall standings: 159 Sprouts 158 sjoyce 152 dfw 151 GeorgiaModerate 146 Illiniwek 142 JGibson 127 YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 13, 2020, 10:45:11 AM Week 11:
Friday, January 17th Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 13, 2020, 04:51:34 PM Week 11: Friday, January 17th Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 14, 2020, 09:16:37 PM Duke loses at Clemson, while Louisville is in OT at Pitt.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 14, 2020, 09:25:29 PM Duke loses at Clemson, while Louisville is in OT at Pitt. Clemson beats UNC and Duke back to back and they aren't anywhere near a tourney team. Though in the ACC this year, who knows? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on January 15, 2020, 02:32:16 AM Zags and Mich st are always my team, despite them checking just like the Dodgers
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 15, 2020, 11:24:57 AM DePaul really has no choice but to wring off three consecutive home wins against Butler, Creighton and St. Johns. Two will keep them in it, but it would be hard to see more than 7 conference wins. Three absolutely heartbreaks already.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 15, 2020, 08:38:53 PM #5 Butler loses at home to Seton Hall.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on January 16, 2020, 12:40:13 AM It's time to accept that, one year after making history as the first SEC team in more than half a century to go winless in conference, we're going to do just that again.
The SEC losing streak stands at 23 and counting, back to the 2018 SEC Tournament. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 16, 2020, 12:44:35 AM It's time to accept that, one year after making history as the first SEC team in more than half a century to go winless in conference, we're going to do just that again. The SEC losing streak stands at 23 and counting, back to the 2018 SEC Tournament. LOL! You are actually favoured in the final game of the season by 0.1 vs. South Carolina! Apparently 3% chance of one win or less. 0-18 would be an incredible accomplishment given the (terrible) quality of the SEC this year. You have four home opportunities against terrible teams to avoid it. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 16, 2020, 01:48:38 AM It's time to accept that, one year after making history as the first SEC team in more than half a century to go winless in conference, we're going to do just that again. The SEC losing streak stands at 23 and counting, back to the 2018 SEC Tournament. LOL! You are actually favoured in the final game of the season by 0.1 vs. South Carolina! Apparently 3% chance of one win or less. 0-18 would be an incredible accomplishment given the (terrible) quality of the SEC this year. You have four home opportunities against terrible teams to avoid it. Does that take into account Nesmith being shutdown? Between that and SC beating UK I can't imagine Vandy being a favorite in any system. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on January 16, 2020, 02:50:15 AM Week 11:
Friday, January 17th Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 16, 2020, 11:19:42 AM Friday, January 17th
Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on January 16, 2020, 12:12:07 PM I saw somewhere that Big Ten home teams are still 37-6 at home, and one third of those losses are from Northwestern, haha. So, the other 13 teams are 36-4 in B1G play, with these being the only road victories:
Illinois winning at Wisconsin Rutgers winning at Nebraska Wisconsin winning at #5 Ohio State Wisconsin winning at #20 Penn State Ironically, those three teams (UI, RU and UW) are tied for second place, one game out of first right now. :) Though Big Ten fans are obviously the best in the nation in my mind (I believe we've led the nation in attendance for like 40 straight years?), this stat is likely - and unfortunately - indicative of how absolutely atrocious the refereeing has been in favor of home teams. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 16, 2020, 03:30:35 PM Friday, January 17th
Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on January 16, 2020, 04:59:22 PM It's time to accept that, one year after making history as the first SEC team in more than half a century to go winless in conference, we're going to do just that again. The SEC losing streak stands at 23 and counting, back to the 2018 SEC Tournament. LOL! You are actually favoured in the final game of the season by 0.1 vs. South Carolina! Apparently 3% chance of one win or less. 0-18 would be an incredible accomplishment given the (terrible) quality of the SEC this year. You have four home opportunities against terrible teams to avoid it. Does that take into account Nesmith being shutdown? Between that and SC beating UK I can't imagine Vandy being a favorite in any system. I agree. After the close loss at Auburn, I expected to win 4-5 SEC games, but Nesmith's injury drastically changes things. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 16, 2020, 07:00:08 PM Friday, January 17th
Wisconsin @ #8 Michigan State 6pm FS1 #15 Dayton @ Saint Louis 6pm ESPN2 Furman @ Wofford 6pm ESPNU #19 Michigan @ Iowa 8pm FS1 Saturday, January 18th #4 Baylor @ Oklahoma State 11am #11 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State 11am Seton Hall @ St. Johns 11am FOX #10 Florida State @ Miami 12pm ACCN #5 Auburn @ Florida 12:30pm CBS TCU @ Oklahoma 1pm ESPN+ Marquette @ Georgetown 1pm FS1 #25 Colorado @ #24 Arizona 1:30pm Richmond @ George Mason 1:30pm #9 Oregon @ Washington 2:45pm CBS #14 Kentucky @ Arkansas 3pm ESPN Houston @ #23 Wichita State 3pm North Texas @ Louisiana Tech 4pm ESPN+ #13 Louisville @ #2 Duke 5pm ESPN Northern Iowa @ Bradley 5pm Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 5pm SECN East Tennessee State @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN+ BYU @ #1 Gonzaga 9pm ESPN2 Utah State @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 19th Minnesota @ Rutgers 12pm BTN Boston College @ Wake Forest 5pm ACCN Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 16, 2020, 09:13:43 PM The rough play in the sport is just getting out of hand. I watched the Cincinnati-Memphis game on ESPN and it's surprising there weren't body parts left on the court.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 18, 2020, 09:04:47 AM Terrific comeback by Dayton on the road. They were down 13 in the 2nd half, came back to force OT, fell behind again, and hit a 3-pointer with 0.1 left in OT to win by 2. Obi Toppin is a heck of a player.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on January 18, 2020, 08:45:46 PM As if this season couldn't get any worse, against our biggest rivals tonight, we lost our 1,080 game streak of making a 3-pointer, dating back to the introduction of the 3 point line. We went 0-25 from the line and have now lost 24 straight SEC games, including the SEC Tournament.
Now, UNLV and Princeton are the last two schools that have made at least one 3 in every game since the introduction of the 3 point line. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 19, 2020, 01:35:15 AM Both Oklahoma and UNLV get epic home wins. With the Lakers also winning, a personal 3-0 on the day.
5 top 25 teams go down today to unranked teams or something like that. Also Boise State rallies from 18 down with 3 mins left to beat Utah State. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 19, 2020, 09:29:09 AM Both Oklahoma and UNLV get epic home wins. With the Lakers also winning, a personal 3-0 on the day. 5 top 25 teams go down today to unranked teams or something like that. Also Boise State rallies from 18 down with 3 mins left to beat Utah State. This turn of events cost me sole first place in this week's pick'em. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 19, 2020, 08:07:54 PM WEEK 11 RESULTS
We only had five players this week, and the result was a tie between Illiniwek and me. Also, it's officially over between me and Utah State. 18 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek 17 Sprouts 16 sjoyce 12 JGibson The average score was 16.2, which is the second highest to date. There were 12(!) unanimous picks (I think that's a record): Michigan State-Wisconsin Baylor-Okla. State Seton Hall-St. John's Florida State-Miami (FL) Oklahoma-TCU Georgetown-Marquette (wrong) Wichita State-Houston (wrong) La. Tech-North Texas (wrong) Duke-Louisville (wrong) Gonzaga-BYU Rutgers-Minnesota Wake Forest-Boston College Games with one dissenter: Dayton-St. Louis Furman-Wofford (the only one where the dissenter was right) Iowa-Michigan Richmond-George Mason Oregon-Washington East Tenn. State-W. Carolina Overall results: 176 Sprouts 174 sjoyce 169 GeorgiaModerate 164 Illiniwek 154 JGibson 152 dfw 127 YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 20, 2020, 01:18:16 PM Trying to do a fun one this week, getting as much conference variation as I could enjoy!
Week 12: Friday, January 24th Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 20, 2020, 01:34:23 PM Trying to do a fun one this week, getting as much conference variation as I could enjoy! Week 12: Friday, January 24th Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on January 21, 2020, 01:19:05 AM Oklahoma misses a wide open 3 that would have taken down #1 Baylor with a few seconds left :(.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 21, 2020, 01:20:04 PM Oklahoma misses a wide open 3 that would have taken down #1 Baylor with a few seconds left :(. Oklahoma's Q1 record is going to look dreadful by season end at this rate. Huge missed opportunity. I'm not sure a respectable Q2 record will make up for 10-12 Q1 losses, but Mississippi State is going to be a must-win. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on January 21, 2020, 09:44:58 PM Come at us, Big Ten.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 23, 2020, 01:08:59 AM Wut Memphis?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on January 23, 2020, 05:46:55 AM Week 12:
Friday, January 24th Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 23, 2020, 08:11:53 AM Biggest loss ever by a ranked team to an unranked team. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 23, 2020, 09:05:06 AM Week 12:
Friday, January 24th Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 23, 2020, 10:50:09 AM Friday, January 24th
Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU :( Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ - There is no predicting either one of these teams, especially the Owls Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm - meh, Go State St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ :( Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 23, 2020, 11:01:15 AM Friday, January 24th
Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am - Thinking this is the time when UNC rights the ship #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ - Coin flip Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN - Memphis will bounce back from last night's debacle, right? Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX - Tech is an enigma Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU - I'll give them one more chance. Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX Bonus upset pick: Tennessee over Kansas Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on January 23, 2020, 05:28:19 PM Go Zags
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 23, 2020, 08:52:53 PM Liberty loses their second game of the season, 71-70 to North Florida.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 23, 2020, 09:06:38 PM Friday, January 24th Kent State @ Buffalo 5:30pm CBSSN Northern Kentucky @ Wright State 8pm ESPNU :( Saturday, January 25th Miami @ UNC 11am #9 Villanova @ Providence 12pm CBS LSU @ Texas 1pm ESPN Temple @ Penn 1pm ESPN+ - There is no predicting either one of these teams, especially the Owls Mississippi State @ Oklahoma 1pm - meh, Go State St. Johns @ DePaul 1pm FS1 Bradley @ Indiana State 1pm ESPN+ :( Rhode Island @ St. Bonaventure 2pm Louisiana Tech @ UAB 2pm ESPN+ SMU @ #20 Memphis 3pm CBSSN Towson @ William & Mary 3pm NC State @ Georgia Tech 3pm ACCNX Belmont @ Austin Peay 3:30pm ESPN+ BYU @ San Francisco 4pm Georgia State @ Georgia Southern 4pm ESPN+ Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 4:05pm #15 Kentucky @ #18 Texas Tech 5pm ESPN Wofford @ Western Carolina 6pm ESPN3 #1 Baylor @ Florida 7pm ESPN #22 Arizona @ Arizona State 8:30pm Pac-12 Colorado State @ Utah State 9pm ESPNU Sunday, January 26th #17 Maryland @ Indiana 12pm CBS #11 Michigan State @ Minnesota 2pm FOX You forgot to pick Bradley Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 23, 2020, 09:17:16 PM So, how many bids will the Big 10 get? I've seen brackets that have them with 12 right now. I think by law a conference with "10" in the conference name should only be able to get 10 bids max. Ohio St. is fading badly but it's hard to tell the rest apart.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 24, 2020, 04:30:05 PM Your B1G First Place ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI has a damn good ring to it.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 24, 2020, 05:04:55 PM So, how many bids will the Big 10 get? I've seen brackets that have them with 12 right now. I think by law a conference with "10" in the conference name should only be able to get 10 bids max. Ohio St. is fading badly but it's hard to tell the rest apart. Ohio State is miraculously not even going to miss the tournament even at 7-13, or so it appears based on NET forecasting. They are still a 6/7 seed in spite of all this and the awful Q1 record because the efficiency numbers have held up their NET. Sorry for letting you guys down earlier this year :( Michigan is the likelier candidate to be held out (in spite of the superior Gonzaga win!) and has dropped to 9/10 seed territory due to their similar skid. Also have to assume Purdue is out - that scary schedule is more of a curse than a blessing in the race to stay more than a game over .500. I think 9.5 or slightly fewer feels like the safe projection. Minnesota could be in a heap of trouble with a loss this weekend. As could tOSU if it gets really bad. Disappointed that Indiana appears to be on track now in spite of the minefield in front of them. Guess the SEC and ACC benefit from this when the A-10 bubble takes bad losses. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 25, 2020, 03:47:33 PM I tuned into the LSU-Texas game with LSU leading 50-34. They now trail 56-58.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 25, 2020, 06:06:16 PM Memphis led SMU 70-59 with about 5 minutes left, and never scored again. They lost 74-70.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 25, 2020, 08:11:37 PM Kentucky-Texas Tech going to OT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 26, 2020, 10:15:53 AM With two games left in this week's pick'em, the five of us playing managed to pick all four possible combinations (Indiana + Michigan State was the one picked twice).
Sprouts is guaranteed at least a tie for first, but if the Ind/MichSt combo hits I'll catch up to him. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 26, 2020, 11:46:54 AM Memphis led SMU 70-59 with about 5 minutes left, and never scored again. They lost 74-70. Game like that hurts way more than losing one by 40 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 26, 2020, 11:51:08 AM Memphis led SMU 70-59 with about 5 minutes left, and never scored again. They lost 74-70. Game like that hurts way more than losing one by 40 At home, too. I watched a lot of it, and they were playing well until that point and then just disintegrated. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 26, 2020, 05:40:44 PM WEEK 12 RESULTS
Sprouts took the week and extended his overall lead: 15 Sprouts 13 GeorgiaModerate, JGibson 12 sjoyce 10 Illinwek The average score was 12.6, which is pretty bad. Unanimous picks: Wright State-Northern Kentucky Oklahoma-Miss. State Belmont-Austin Peay (wrong) Texas Tech-Kentucky (wrong) Baylor-Florida Arizona-Arizona State (wrong) Utah State-Colo. State Games with a single dissenter: Buffalo-Kent State (dissenter was right) North Carolina-Miami Temple-Penn (dissenter was right) La. Tech-UAB Memphis-SMU (dissenter was right) Towson-William & Mary (dissenter was right) N.C. State-Georgia Tech (dissenter was right) BYU-San Francisco (dissenter was right) E. Washington-Southern Utah W. Carolina-Wofford Overall standings: 191 Sprouts 186 sjoyce 182 GeorgiaModerate 174 Illiniwek 167 JGibson 152 dfw 127 YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 28, 2020, 11:30:32 AM Week 13:
Friday, January 31st Harvard @ Penn 4pm ESPNU Akron @ Kent State 5:30pm CBSSN VCU @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ #8 Villanova 11am FS1 WKU @ FIU 11am Indiana @ Ohio State 11am ESPN #14 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 12pm FOX #6 Louisville @ NC State 1pm ESPN DePaul @ Marquette 1pm #2 Gonzaga @ San Francisco 3pm #5 FSU @ VA Tech 3pm ACCNX #25 Rutgers vs. Michigan 3:30pm BTN #11 Oregon @ Stanford 5pm PAC12 #13 Kentucky @ #17 Auburn 5pm ESPN #21 Houston @ Cincinnati 5pm ESPN2 #23 Wichita State @ Tulsa 5pm ESPNU Arkansas @ Alabama 5pm SECN Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 5:30pm ESPN3 #9 Duke @ Syracuse 7pm ESPN Clemson @ Wake 7pm ACCN Nevada @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU St. Marys @ BYU 9pm ESPN2 #20 Colorado @ Southern Cal 9:30pm FS1 Sunday, February 2nd #19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa 12pm FS1 Georgetown @ St. Johns 12pm CBS Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 28, 2020, 11:49:58 AM Week 13: Friday, January 31st Harvard @ Penn 4pm ESPNU Akron @ Kent State 5:30pm CBSSN VCU @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ #8 Villanova 11am FS1 WKU @ FIU 11am Indiana @ Ohio State 11am ESPN #14 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 12pm FOX #6 Louisville @ NC State 1pm ESPN DePaul @ Marquette 1pm #2 Gonzaga @ San Francisco 3pm #5 FSU @ VA Tech 3pm ACCNX #25 Rutgers vs. Michigan 3:30pm BTN #11 Oregon @ Stanford 5pm PAC12 #13 Kentucky @ #17 Auburn 5pm ESPN #21 Houston @ Cincinnati 5pm ESPN2 #23 Wichita State @ Tulsa 5pm ESPNU Arkansas @ Alabama 5pm SECN Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 5:30pm ESPN3 #9 Duke @ Syracuse 7pm ESPN Clemson @ Wake 7pm ACCN Nevada @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU St. Marys @ BYU 9pm ESPN2 #20 Colorado @ Southern Cal 9:30pm FS1 Sunday, February 2nd #19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa 12pm FS1 Brutal. This is the kind of game you lose even if you win every other game the rest of the year. I have to pick the home team, but I'm ready for my boys to prove me wrong! Georgetown @ St. Johns 12pm CBS Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on January 28, 2020, 11:51:28 AM So sad I cant make it back home to Iowa City to go to the Illinois/Iowa game with some friends, but I have an exam on Monday and wouldnt want to be driving during the Super Bowl. If it were Saturday, Id think about it. Its hard to believe Illinois could be playing for EIGHT in a row in this years Big Ten, assuming they can take care of business vs. Minnesota at home. Iowa is super tough when theyre hitting threes.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on January 28, 2020, 04:59:48 PM So sad I cant make it back home to Iowa City to go to the Illinois/Iowa game with some friends, but I have an exam on Monday and wouldnt want to be driving during the Super Bowl. If it were Saturday, Id think about it. Its hard to believe Illinois could be playing for EIGHT in a row in this years Big Ten, assuming they can take care of business vs. Minnesota at home. Iowa is super tough when theyre hitting threes. I'm probably looking at going to C-U for Senior Night (lol our only seniors are Kipper (blah), Underwood (lol Coach's son), and Oladimeji (?)) against Iowa. In reality it should be Ayo and maybe Kofi's final home game. I really think there is no tougher team left on our schedule than Iowa. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 28, 2020, 09:12:38 PM Virginia just finished the game on an 8-0 run to take down #5 Florida State, 61-56.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on January 29, 2020, 03:12:56 PM Week 13:
Friday, January 31st Harvard @ Penn 4pm ESPNU Akron @ Kent State 5:30pm CBSSN VCU @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ #8 Villanova 11am FS1 WKU @ FIU 11am Indiana @ Ohio State 11am ESPN #14 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 12pm FOX #6 Louisville @ NC State 1pm ESPN DePaul @ Marquette 1pm #2 Gonzaga @ San Francisco 3pm #5 FSU @ VA Tech 3pm ACCNX #25 Rutgers vs. Michigan 3:30pm BTN #11 Oregon @ Stanford 5pm PAC12 #13 Kentucky @ #17 Auburn 5pm ESPN #21 Houston @ Cincinnati 5pm ESPN2 #23 Wichita State @ Tulsa 5pm ESPNU Arkansas @ Alabama 5pm SECN Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 5:30pm ESPN3 #9 Duke @ Syracuse 7pm ESPN Clemson @ Wake 7pm ACCN Nevada @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU St. Marys @ BYU 9pm ESPN2 #20 Colorado @ Southern Cal 9:30pm FS1 Sunday, February 2nd #19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa 12pm FS1 Georgetown @ St. Johns 12pm CBS Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 29, 2020, 07:16:54 PM At the half, Vanderbilt leads Kentucky at Rupp, 35-28. This is not a typo. :)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on January 29, 2020, 07:34:13 PM WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON??
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on January 29, 2020, 09:06:52 PM WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?? nothing Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 30, 2020, 08:52:47 PM Friday, January 31st
Harvard @ Penn 4pm ESPNU Akron @ Kent State 5:30pm CBSSN VCU @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ #8 Villanova 11am FS1 WKU @ FIU 11am Indiana @ Ohio State 11am ESPN #14 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 12pm FOX #6 Louisville @ NC State 1pm ESPN DePaul @ Marquette 1pm #2 Gonzaga @ San Francisco 3pm #5 FSU @ VA Tech 3pm ACCNX #25 Rutgers vs. Michigan 3:30pm BTN #11 Oregon @ Stanford 5pm PAC12 #13 Kentucky @ #17 Auburn 5pm ESPN #21 Houston @ Cincinnati 5pm ESPN2 #23 Wichita State @ Tulsa 5pm ESPNU Arkansas @ Alabama 5pm SECN Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 5:30pm ESPN3 #9 Duke @ Syracuse 7pm ESPN Clemson @ Wake 7pm ACCN Nevada @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU St. Marys @ BYU 9pm ESPN2 #20 Colorado @ Southern Cal 9:30pm FS1 Sunday, February 2nd #19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa 12pm FS1 Georgetown @ St. Johns 12pm CBS Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on January 30, 2020, 09:21:55 PM Week 13:
Friday, January 31st Harvard @ Penn 4pm ESPNU - revenge for last year's coaching failure! Akron @ Kent State 5:30pm CBSSN VCU @ Rhode Island 6pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ #8 Villanova 11am FS1 WKU @ FIU 11am Indiana @ Ohio State 11am ESPN #14 Michigan State @ Wisconsin 12pm FOX #6 Louisville @ NC State 1pm ESPN DePaul @ Marquette 1pm #2 Gonzaga @ San Francisco 3pm #5 FSU @ VA Tech 3pm ACCNX #25 Rutgers vs. Michigan 3:30pm BTN #11 Oregon @ Stanford 5pm PAC12 #13 Kentucky] @ #17 Auburn 5pm ESPN #21 Houston @ Cincinnati 5pm ESPN2 #23 Wichita State @ Tulsa 5pm ESPNU Arkansas @ Alabama 5pm SECN Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 5:30pm ESPN3 #9 Duke @ Syracuse 7pm ESPN Clemson @ Wake 7pm ACCN Nevada @ Boise State 9pm ESPNU St. Marys @ BYU 9pm ESPN2 #20 Colorado @ Southern Cal 9:30pm FS1 Sunday, February 2nd #19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa 12pm FS1 Georgetown @ St. Johns 12pm CBS Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on January 31, 2020, 12:58:10 AM Week 13:
Friday, January 31st Harvard @ Penn Akron @ Kent State VCU @ Rhode Island Saturday, February 1st Creighton @ Villanova WKU @ FIU Indiana @ Ohio State Michigan State @ Wisconsin Louisville @ NC State DePaul @ Marquette Gonzaga @ San Francisco FSU @ VA Tech Rutgers vs. Michigan Oregon @ Stanford Kentucky @ Auburn Houston @ Cincinnati Wichita State @ Tulsa Arkansas @ Alabama Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State Duke @ Syracuse Clemson @ Wake Nevada @ Boise State St. Marys @ BYU Colorado @ Southern Cal Sunday, February 2nd Illinois @ Iowa Georgetown @ St. Johns Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on January 31, 2020, 08:37:03 PM Two games down and everyone has at least one loss already. Looks like it's going to be one of those weeks.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 01, 2020, 01:38:03 AM Villanova
Western Kentucky Ohio State Michigan State Louisville Marquette Gonzaga Florida State Rutgers Oregon Kentucky Cincinnati Tulsa Alabama SFA Duke Clemson Boise State BYU USC Illinois St John's Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Mr. Illini on February 01, 2020, 11:28:18 AM Hey my Illini are doing pretty well eh :) Let's keep it up
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 01, 2020, 12:51:01 PM At the half, Villanova trails by 12 at home to Creighton.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 01, 2020, 04:14:22 PM What the heck is going on in the Big East? Their three ranked teams (Villanova, Butler, and Seton Hall) all lost at home to unranked opponents.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 01, 2020, 04:24:31 PM DePaul yet again finds a way to lose a Q1 (Q1A no less) game despite a lead at the U4. The strength of resume allowed me to keep them "First Four Out" until today but no longer :/
Xavier takes their place in the First Four Out but their resume is still hideous excluding a big 1A road win. But I move from most optimistic about DePaul being the sixth bid to Providence. Creighton @ Providence will be hugely consequential this week. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 01, 2020, 08:09:14 PM A Houston player just got tossed for biting a Cincinnati player on the leg.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 02, 2020, 02:13:17 PM With the new NET Rankings as of Super Bowl Sunday, this is about where the bubble stands. I think about five of these final eight are trending downward and will play their way out.
Last Four Byes: #41 Florida #40 Rhode Island - Excellent shape with a solid resume. Just need to avoid slip ups. #48 Oklahoma - As of today because they always intentionally build up a strong non-conference resume. Not very likely they take two of four from WVU/TTU, and they could lose one of their final two against non-tournament teams to knock them out. (Auto Bid: #43 Northern Iowa) #58 Virginia - Blech. The losses no longer look bad, and FSU is a better win than nearly anyone has. If ASU keeps winning, they might have a third Q1 win. If they win in Blacksburg, I don't think they will be left out. Last Four In: #36 VCU - Very thin resume based on efficiency in close losses. Need to take 2/3 @Richmond, @SLU, vs. Dayton without any slip ups to feel good. #47 Xavier - Resume is close to Virginia, but TCU is trending the wrong direction so they may lose their second Q1 win. #44 Minnesota #39 Mississippi State - Louisiana Tech and perhaps New Mexico State losses could move to Q2 if they win their conferences. But they really need to finish no worse than 8-2. First Four Out: 1) #37 Purdue - Ranking as of today. Future looks bleak. 2) #42 Alabama - If they can also beat Mississippi State on the road on 2/25 (or if State's losses look worse), they will overtake State and make up for the early season losses. 3) #50 Memphis - UT is trending down fast and they could lose their only Q1 win through no fault of their own. 4) #61 Virginia Tech - MSU will keep them floating around but there are no resume building opportunities for three weeks. Hosting Virginia could turn into a play-in game if they don't lose to a bottom feeder. Next Four: 5) #46 Cincinnati - ZERO and four against Q1. A single Q2-A win will likely not make up for a 5-3 record in Q3 games (a record buoyed by two OT wins!). They will need to win @Wichita or @Houston. Do not want to take an 0-6 Q1 record into the AAC Tournament. 6) #59 DePaul - They have the wins, but the winning percentage in quality games is dropping (.333). Need to close out games and finish 6-3. 7) #56 Richmond - The rest of the schedule is garbage except for a Q2 game with VCU. Two great wins yet it seems for naught. Need too many teams in front of them to suffer losses. (Auto-Bid: #54 ETSU) 8) #57 Utah State - Computers actually put them in...I don't see it and going forward, I don't think a win @CSU can be a difference maker. Unimpressive Q2/3 losses. Eight More Realistic Candidates: 9) #51 Georgetown - Mac McClung out today in a must win road game. They just can't win away from Verizon Center. We're just about done here. 10) #66 Syracuse - Interesting resume full of road wins and home losses against all ACC bubble teams. I don't think those road wins continue @FSU or @Louisville, so last night may have been the nail in the coffin. 11) #55 Arizona State - NET figure seems inflated due to winning against Quade-less UW, but I still think the Sun Devils will jump to First Four out sooner rather than later. Raw quadrant records look like a team that could sneak in. 12) #69 NC State - Unlike other ACC teams, they have reasonable and helpful opportunities in front of them, but they have dropped 20 ranks exceptionally fast. 13) #64 Providence - Survived their toughest remaining game, but like DePaul still need to go at least 6-3 to have a chance (and they close the season with each other!). Hosting Creighton and going to Xavier this week will tell us how realistic that is. 14) #70 Tennessee - Every remaining game is an opportunity to prove that they can compete without Turner, but they are on the edge. 15) #73 St. John's - Two strong Q1-A wins. Too many Q4 wins may hold them back. The NET needs to move up about 15 spots. Unfortunately, the schedule in front of them may be more menacing than Purdue's. 16) #60 Tulsa - Zero and two against Q1. Better Q2 wins than Cincinnati but also two bad losses and worse metrics. Like Cincinnati, has two Q1 opportunities @Houston and @Wichita. Long Shots: #74 Utah; #68 Saint Louis; #71 UNCG; #75 South Carolina; #62 Texas; #65 Notre Dame; #78 Pitt; #72 SMU Off the "Bubble": #79 Oregon State; #53 Washington; #67 TCU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 02, 2020, 02:46:50 PM Nice job. Are you going to post updates regularly?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 02, 2020, 03:25:11 PM WEEK 13 RESULTS
A tight battle for first this week, with sjoyce winning by a hair. 17 sjoyce 16 GeorgiaModerate 15 Illiniwek, Sprouts 13 JGibson 11 YE (didn't pick Friday games) The average score was 14.5, not great but a lot better than last week. Unanimous picks: Rhode Island-VCU Villanova-Creighton (wrong) Ohio State-Indiana Louisvile-N.C. State Gonzaga-San Francisco Floria State-Va. Tech Duke-Syracuse St. John's-Georgetown (wrong) Games with one dissenter: Akron-Kent State (dissenter was right) Michigan State-Wisconsin (dissenter was right) Marquette-DePaul Alabama-Arkansas (dissenter was right) Boise State-Nevada Overall results: 206 Sprouts 203 sjoyce 198 GeorgiaModerate 189 Illiniwek 180 JGibson 152 dfw 138 YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 03, 2020, 02:17:14 PM There are five weeks left in the regular season. I assume that will be the end of the current pick'em game. After that...
Picking the conference tournaments seems to be too difficult. We'd probably just have to pick the winner for each conference (or the top 25 conferences) in advance. This would require getting picks in very early in the week, because some of the conferences start super early. So I think we should skip this week in the contest, although I might post my tournament picks for fun. Then we come to the NCAA's. Any thoughts on running a bracket contest? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 04, 2020, 11:23:49 PM Xavier putting up an outstanding road performance again to strengthen their bubble position even further while seemingly knocking out DePaul. Texas Tech's win is the bare minimum needed to keep them off the bubble while knocking Oklahoma down a rung on our 'As of Today' bracketology. The Torvik T-Cast already had them out on the full season forecast, so this definitely won't help. They really need to win Saturday or else they will need to beat TTU in the Big XII Tournament rematch and sweat.
Alabama and Virginia Tech took brutal losses tonight. Tennessee still needs a lot of help. Tomorrow night is the big night for the bubble this week.
Four teams with home games they should win will be noteworthy to watch, but they all have different circumstances. Saint Louis (67%) hosts Duquesne hoping to stay alive. Memphis (79%) cannot afford a loss to cratering Temple. Virginia (76%) would fall out with a loss to Clemson at JPJ. Florida (83%) is looking to retain their bye hosting the Anthony Edwards show. Odds are one will lose! Utah State is also in action. I think they are surging double digit home favourites over UNLV. I'll be interested in how their ratings are impacted by performance. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 05, 2020, 09:36:37 AM sjoyce, are you going to post a slate of games for this week?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on February 05, 2020, 12:20:29 PM My girlfriend and I are driving down Friday morning to Champaign for the battle for first place!!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 05, 2020, 05:31:38 PM Nice! I am hoping to get down for at least one more game, but its going to be tough considering how the prices are skyrocketing for weekend games. Might have to find a way to go down for a weeknight game. But expensive Illini tickets certainly means something is going right and that is a good problem to have!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 05, 2020, 06:33:58 PM Since sjoyce hasn't done it, I'll post a list of 25 games for this week. No Friday games since it's already Wednesday.
WEEK #14 (Times EST) Saturday, Feb. 8: #18 LSU @ #11 Auburn 12:00 ESPN #16 Michigan State @ Michigan 12:00 Fox Depaul @ Georgetown 12:00 SMU @ Temple 12:00 #15 Kentucky @ Tennessee 1:00 CBS Texas A&M @ South Carolina 1:00 SECN St. Louis @ #6 Dayton 2:00 CBSSN Florida @ Ole Miss 2:00 ESPN2 #13 West Virginia @ Oklahoma 2:00 ESPNU #12 Seton Hall @ #10 Villanova 2:30 Fox St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 3:00 Texas Tech @ Texas 4:00 ESPN2 Sam Houston State @ Nicholls 4:00 Alabama @ Georgia 6:00 SECN #7 Duke @ North Carolina, 6:00 ESPN Stanford @ #24 Colorado 6:00 PAC12 Kansas State @ Iowa State 8:00 ESPN2 #2 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10:00 ESPN #14 Oregon @ Oregon State 10:30 PAC12 Sunday, Feb. 9: #19 Butler @ Marquette 12:00 FS1 Cincinnati @ Connecticut 12:00 CBSSN Ohio State @ Wisconsin 1:00 CBS Wichita State @ #25 Houston 3:00 ESPN Notre Dame @ Clemson 6:00 ACCN Washington @ Washington State 6:00 ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 05, 2020, 07:51:03 PM At the half, Purdue leads Iowa 61-36. Big Ten teams don't usually score 61 in a full game. :)
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on February 05, 2020, 10:12:14 PM As if this season couldn't get any worse, against our biggest rivals tonight, we lost our 1,080 game streak of making a 3-pointer, dating back to the introduction of the 3 point line. We went 0-25 from the line and have now lost 24 straight SEC games, including the SEC Tournament. Now, UNLV and Princeton are the last two schools that have made at least one 3 in every game since the introduction of the 3 point line. Somebody named Maxwell Evans went 5-7 from 3pt line in the first half and has scored 25 pts as Vandy leads LSU 52-47 at the half. Still wouldn't get too excited yet. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on February 05, 2020, 11:11:53 PM As if this season couldn't get any worse, against our biggest rivals tonight, we lost our 1,080 game streak of making a 3-pointer, dating back to the introduction of the 3 point line. We went 0-25 from the line and have now lost 24 straight SEC games, including the SEC Tournament. Now, UNLV and Princeton are the last two schools that have made at least one 3 in every game since the introduction of the 3 point line. Somebody named Maxwell Evans went 5-7 from 3pt line in the first half and has scored 25 pts as Vandy leads LSU 52-47 at the half. Still wouldn't get too excited yet. Now you can get excited Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on February 05, 2020, 11:49:30 PM As if this season couldn't get any worse, against our biggest rivals tonight, we lost our 1,080 game streak of making a 3-pointer, dating back to the introduction of the 3 point line. We went 0-25 from the line and have now lost 24 straight SEC games, including the SEC Tournament. Now, UNLV and Princeton are the last two schools that have made at least one 3 in every game since the introduction of the 3 point line. Somebody named Maxwell Evans went 5-7 from 3pt line in the first half and has scored 25 pts as Vandy leads LSU 52-47 at the half. Still wouldn't get too excited yet. Now you can get excited I didn't even watch the game because I had plans tonight, but imagine my shock when I checked my phone and saw the score! Particularly against a team who was undefeated in the SEC. Sports are weird sometimes! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 06, 2020, 01:30:43 PM WEEK #14 (Times EST) Saturday, Feb. 8: #18 LSU @ #11 Auburn 12:00 ESPN #16 Michigan State @ Michigan 12:00 Fox Depaul @ Georgetown 12:00 SMU @ Temple 12:00 #15 Kentucky @ Tennessee 1:00 CBS Texas A&M @ South Carolina 1:00 SECN St. Louis @ #6 Dayton 2:00 CBSSN Florida @ Ole Miss 2:00 ESPN2 #13 West Virginia @ Oklahoma 2:00 ESPNU #12 Seton Hall @ #10 Villanova 2:30 Fox St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 3:00 Texas Tech @ Texas 4:00 ESPN2 Sam Houston State @ Nicholls 4:00 Alabama @ Georgia 6:00 SECN #7 Duke @ North Carolina, 6:00 ESPN Stanford @ #24 Colorado 6:00 PAC12 Kansas State @ Iowa State 8:00 ESPN2 #2 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10:00 ESPN #14 Oregon @ Oregon State 10:30 PAC12 Sunday, Feb. 9: #19 Butler @ Marquette 12:00 FS1 Cincinnati @ Connecticut 12:00 CBSSN Ohio State @ Wisconsin 1:00 CBS Wichita State @ #25 Houston 3:00 ESPN Notre Dame @ Clemson 6:00 ACCN Washington @ Washington State 6:00 ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 06, 2020, 02:36:55 PM Saturday, Feb. 8:
#18 LSU @ #11 Auburn 12:00 ESPN #16 Michigan State @ Michigan 12:00 Fox DePaul @ Georgetown 12:00 SMU @ Temple 12:00 #15 Kentucky @ Tennessee 1:00 CBS Texas A&M @ South Carolina 1:00 SECN St. Louis @ #6 Dayton 2:00 CBSSN Florida @ Ole Miss 2:00 ESPN2 - Please Ole Miss! Please drop 'em! #13 West Virginia @ Oklahoma 2:00 ESPNU #12 Seton Hall @ #10 Villanova 2:30 Fox St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 3:00 Texas Tech @ Texas 4:00 ESPN2 Sam Houston State @ Nicholls 4:00 Alabama @ Georgia 6:00 SECN - potentially the most critical game of the weekend #7 Duke @ North Carolina, 6:00 ESPN Stanford @ #24 Colorado 6:00 PAC12 Kansas State @ Iowa State 8:00 ESPN2 #2 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10:00 ESPN #14 Oregon @ Oregon State 10:30 PAC12 - I'm going to regret taking a gutsy risk against what the data says! Sunday, Feb. 9: lol, no way all home teams pull this off but.... #19 Butler @ Marquette 12:00 FS1 Cincinnati @ Connecticut 12:00 CBSSN Ohio State @ Wisconsin 1:00 CBS Wichita State @ #25 Houston 3:00 ESPN Notre Dame @ Clemson 6:00 ACCN Washington @ Washington State 6:00 ESPNU - See Civil War comment Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on February 06, 2020, 03:08:48 PM Saturday, Feb. 8:
#18 LSU @ #11 Auburn 12:00 ESPN #16 Michigan State @ Michigan 12:00 Fox Depaul @ Georgetown 12:00 SMU @ Temple 12:00 #15 Kentucky @ Tennessee 1:00 CBS Texas A&M @ South Carolina 1:00 SECN St. Louis @ #6 Dayton 2:00 CBSSN Florida @ Ole Miss 2:00 ESPN2 #13 West Virginia @ Oklahoma 2:00 ESPNU #12 Seton Hall @ #10 Villanova 2:30 Fox St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 3:00 Texas Tech @ Texas 4:00 ESPN2 Sam Houston State @ Nicholls 4:00 Alabama @ Georgia 6:00 SECN #7 Duke @ North Carolina, 6:00 ESPN Stanford @ #24 Colorado 6:00 PAC12 Kansas State @ Iowa State 8:00 ESPN2 #2 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10:00 ESPN #14 Oregon @ Oregon State 10:30 PAC12 Sunday, Feb. 9: #19 Butler @ Marquette 12:00 FS1 Cincinnati @ Connecticut 12:00 CBSSN Ohio State @ Wisconsin 1:00 CBS Wichita State @ #25 Houston 3:00 ESPN Notre Dame @ Clemson 6:00 ACCN Washington @ Washington State 6:00 ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 07, 2020, 07:53:35 PM #18 LSU @ #11 Auburn 12:00 ESPN
#16 Michigan State @ Michigan 12:00 Fox Depaul @ Georgetown 12:00 SMU @ Temple 12:00 #15 Kentucky @ Tennessee 1:00 CBS Texas A&M @ South Carolina 1:00 SECN St. Louis @ #6 Dayton 2:00 CBSSN Florida @ Ole Miss 2:00 ESPN2 #13 West Virginia @ Oklahoma 2:00 ESPNU #12 Seton Hall @ #10 Villanova 2:30 Fox St. Bonaventure @ Duquesne 3:00 Texas Tech @ Texas 4:00 ESPN2 Sam Houston State @ Nicholls 4:00 Alabama @ Georgia 6:00 SECN #7 Duke @ North Carolina, 6:00 ESPN Stanford @ #24 Colorado 6:00 PAC12 Kansas State @ Iowa State 8:00 ESPN2 #2 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's 10:00 ESPN #14 Oregon @ Oregon State 10:30 PAC12 #19 Butler @ Marquette 12:00 FS1 Cincinnati @ Connecticut 12:00 CBSSN Ohio State @ Wisconsin 1:00 CBS Wichita State @ #25 Houston 3:00 ESPN Notre Dame @ Clemson 6:00 ACCN Washington @ Washington State 6:00 ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 07, 2020, 11:55:54 PM LSU
Michigan DePaul Temple Tennessee SouthCar Dayton Ole Miss West Virginia Villanova Duquesne Texas Tech Nicholls State Alabama Duke Colorado Iowa State St. Mary's Oregon Butler Uconn Wisconsin Houston Clemson Washington Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 08, 2020, 02:21:38 PM Temple was down 17 at the half but came back to beat SMU in OT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 08, 2020, 06:47:44 PM This tweet is exactly how I've felt for weeks at this point except that it excludes Memphis from a team that will 'fall out' (I've already had them out). Oklahoma picked up a shocking win today so that may no longer be completely true. Florida may replace them on the list! Arizona State, however, may come at the expense of USC. Big data point coming soon! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 08, 2020, 06:55:34 PM This tweet is exactly how I've felt for weeks at this point except that it excludes Memphis from a team that will 'fall out' (I've already had them out). Oklahoma picked up a shocking win today so that may no longer be completely true. Florida may replace them on the list! Arizona State, however, may come at the expense of USC. Big data point coming soon! Memphis is certainly out after today. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 08, 2020, 08:21:18 PM Duke-UNC going to OT after a furious Duke comeback to tie it at the end of regulation.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 08, 2020, 08:50:17 PM Duke, with a huge assist from the refs, beats UNC 98-96 in OT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 08, 2020, 10:20:46 PM Between Oklahoma easily winning a fun game against a ranked WVU team and UNLV getting a thriller win against Fresno State, good day for my teams.
That aside, I also got to watch two absolute thrillers. Auburn/LSU and Duke/UNC. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on February 09, 2020, 02:50:31 AM Can't decide if Auburn's many close wins means it's battle ready for the tourney or that it's wildly overrated.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 09, 2020, 04:25:58 PM The bubble is thinning quickly! Purdue moves to safe territory by securing a dominating win AND (finally) a road win. Texas Tech also cleared two of the most dangerous teams in their path, and its difficult to see them failing to qualify. And Wisconsin has proven their cred without Kobe King in the line up.
Not So Safe Yet!: #35 Rhode Island The ticket could be punched this week @Dayton, but its very unlikely they will need to take either game against Dayton with the resume they have built up. Forecast: Likely IN. #38 Arkansas A tumultuous week with two OT losses to take a bad Q2 loss and miss a Q1 deal sealer. The schedule ahead is treacherous, and every remaining game is expected to be close. Solely carried by wins in Bloomington and Tuscaloosa, which may look a lot worse soon. Forecast: Lean IN coming down to the wire. Metrics like the Hogs, but the resume is not good. Two SEC bubble games this week in Knoxville (Q1) and hosting Mississippi State (Q2) which could significantly alter positioning. (#36 Northern Iowa) The remaining road games are not harmful, but the existing losses are costly. Best not to call them safe but the state of the bubble should make them feel okay. Forecast: Likely IN #61 Indiana Four losses in a row! Every remaining game is against a tournament team and may be underdogs in the next six (all Q1 games). Hosting Iowa before traveling to Ann Arbor. Three of the best bubble wins will boost them for now but many losses will severely dilute the record. Forecast: Deeply endangered (with opportunities ahead). Probably OUT. #30 Stanford Losing 5 of 6, but the win was Oregon and they murdered Oklahoma. Unless they cant stop losing, this may come down to the wire, and it wouldnt be surprising to see them keep splitting each weekends games down the stretch. Forecast: Ask me in one week. I want to see how the Arizona homestand goes. Getting swept will knock them pretty far out, but a sweep will put them in very comfortable position. Last Four Byes: #43 Wichita State Wins against VCU and Oklahoma came at home but are buoying them just above that level of the bubble for now. Going to UCF next week is a Q2 game but a big risk nonetheless. If they survive, they may coast on the in side for a couple weeks before a dangerous final stretch. Forecast: Likely to be bumped OUT due to late road games at other AAC bubble teams/SMU. #48 Oklahoma (Up 1) Signature win secured! Forecast: Probably IN. Hard to see them missing unless they drop far off road games in Stillwater AND Fort Worth (where they start out as slight underdogs!) Next week is uneventful. #45 Xavier (Up 3) I want to put them behind UF based on neutral H2H, but they have snuck ahead on a better signature win and a much better Q2 record after this successful week. Forecast: Lean IN. They just need to take one of the two road games (Butler/SJU) this week to stay in position for a bid. #47 Florida (Down 3) They saved themselves from a disastrous Q3 loss only to lose to a worse (albeit Q2) team! So much talent but trending in the wrong direction (especially the defense). Forecast: Tilt OUT. Uneventful week ahead. The question will be if they can beat either Arkansas or LSU in Gainesville while cleaning up the road act to stay narrowly on the straight path. I dont think so. Last Four In: #40 Minnesota (Up 2) Five outstanding wins albeit in 15 opportunities. This would be what DePaul would look like without the bad losses, but being one game over .500 makes it hard to keep them in. Forecast: Probably IN. They have both Northwestern and Nebraska to improve the record. They are the Big Tens best home team and have a full week to prep for hosting Iowa. Road games are do-able. I think you will see them on a CBS affiliate. #32 VCU (Down 1) No change from last week even as the NET ranking rises. They really need to win a road game and sweep Richmond on Saturday but their hopes arent dead without that. Forecast: Lean IN but could be cannibalized by a bid stealer. #51 Virginia (Down 3) It may no longer come down to VA Tech as I alluded to last week, but they have four road games all projected within two points. Can they win two? Does defense travel? The first of those challenges will be as a slight underdog in Chapel Hill (not to overlook a bubble date with Notre Dame in Charlottesville). Forecast: Tilt IN assuming they win both next week #50 USC Brutal missed opportunities and Stanfords tanking costs them one of their two quality wins toppling them overnight. The next week should be a breeze for any bubble team. Afterwards, they have rematches with each of the four expansion teams that caused their 1-3 slide. They will need to come out of it 3-1 to feel good, but they could be underdogs in all of them. Forecast: Probably OUT. First Four Out: 1) #53 Arizona State (Up 12) Single spectacular home win and now adding one against a solid bubble team. The neutral H2H loss to UVA is rather unideal as it currently stands. I like the remaining schedule, and I think they could all but secure if they defeat Stanford on the road this week, but Im not sure they can punch their ticket before the return trip to SoCal. Forecast: Lean IN. 2) #41 Mississippi State (Down 2) The easiest remaining power conference schedule you can draw up. Picking up a Q1 win in Fayetteville may put them in comfortable position. Fail, and it will be an iffy case Forecast: Lean IN. 3) #49 Utah State (Up 5) Continuing their trend towards last team in territory when others falter. Forecast: Tilt IN. (#54 ETSU) Skeptical due to the result of another loss. Well discuss it when necessary. 4) #46 Cincinnati (Up 1) Finally a Q1 win but still not a quality win. There is clearly an upward trend, but unless they win the auto-bid, I cant see the resume getting them any better than Dayton. Forecast: Lean IN. Next Four: 5) #57 Providence (Up 8) So close to passing Cincinnati based on similarity of resume, but need one more Q1 win due to the Q4 stain. The four most competitive games are all over the next two weeks, and they likely need to go 3-1 (@SJU / SHU / @Georgetown / Marquette). Very doable. Forecast: Lean IN (Bold prediction). Next week may very well move them in! 6) #42 Alabama (Down 4) The record is abysmal for an SEC school including the Q2 record. Only a single quality win without the secondary wins of a Virginia-type resume. Positioned as they are due to the H2H over Richmond with similar resume and better metrics. Getting swept this week (@Auburn / LSU) may finish them but I can re-evaluate. Forecast: Likely OUT. 7) #55 Richmond (No change) Very doubtful that a home win over VCU will be enough to be more than a spoiler but they will hover around. Forecast: Probably OUT. 8) #52 Georgetown (Up 1) Similar resume to Alabama, buoyed by a home win against a top 20 team but the second order wins dont complement it like they do for ASU or UVA. The remaining schedule is brutal. Three impossible road games. Unlikely to even win two home games. Losing to Seton Hall was time to give up hope. Forecast: Definitely OUT. Still Alive but I dont believe: 9) #60 Memphis (Two road trips this week could knock them even further off the bubble); 10) #66 Texas (Purdue win looking better but Texas just blew their best chance in conference); 11) #62 NC State (First of four Q1 opportunities this week @Syracuse); 12) #65 Syracuse (The Q2 record remains unforgivable and the opportunities just arent there); 13) #64 UNC Greensboro (Just keep winning to remain a longshot ); 14) #67 Tennessee (Two Q2 games this week to keep hanging on by a thread); 15) #56 Notre Dame (Still no resume, and I dont think @UVA this week will create one); 16) #68 Oregon State (Completely absurd resume even surpassing DePauls but they show up to big games and have a more reasonable schedule) Indiana, Arkansas/Stanford, Wichita State, Florida and USC are expected to trend out in favor of the top five bubble teams. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 09, 2020, 05:22:40 PM The AAC contenders (except Houston, which is pretty much a lock) have not had a good weekend.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 09, 2020, 06:38:18 PM The AAC contenders (except Houston, which is pretty much a lock) have not had a good weekend. I don't know why I associate you with Memphis fandom for basketball. Do you have a mid-major team given the state of Georgia and Tech basketball? The really evil side of me really wants UConn to steal a bid one last time in place of all three/four of the bubble contenders. The summer Twitter war of AAC fans saying that their conference was about to overtake the Big East as a conference this year (as a proof of UConn's stupidity) justly infuriated me. (You are obviously a lot more reasonable and logical person than those Ultras, but I just want the conference to start to be overtaken by the depth of the A-10 and have more in common with the WCC - no harm/offense to you). UConn has the money, desire, fans and coach to be successful. And very soon they will have the conference and conference mates. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 09, 2020, 07:16:56 PM The AAC contenders (except Houston, which is pretty much a lock) have not had a good weekend. I don't know why I associate you with Memphis fandom for basketball. Do you have a mid-major team given the state of Georgia and Tech basketball? The really evil side of me really wants UConn to steal a bid one last time in place of all three/four of the bubble contenders. The summer Twitter war of AAC fans saying that their conference was about to overtake the Big East as a conference this year (as a proof of UConn's stupidity) justly infuriated me. (You are obviously a lot more reasonable and logical person than those Ultras, but I just want the conference to start to be overtaken by the depth of the A-10 and have more in common with the WCC - no harm/offense to you). UConn has the money, desire, fans and coach to be successful. And very soon they will have the conference and conference mates. Among mid-majors, I like Georgia State and Kennesaw State (as well as being local, I have family ties to both). Regarding Memphis (State), I've followed them in basketball on and off for decades. I have many relatives in the city and spent a lot of time there when I was young, although I haven't visited it in the last 25 or 30 years. I became a fan during the Larry Finch era (when he was a player, not coach!) when they had a superb team that lost in the national championship game to UCLA and Bill Walton's legendary 44-point performance. Over the subsequent years, I loved their intense rivalry with Louisville that carried through several conferences. It's too bad the two schools eventually went separate ways. This year, they're obviously a disappointment compared to expectations, but given the Wiseman situation and the injuries they've sustained it's not surprising. It's also quite obvious that Penny Hardaway is still learning as a coach. I think he has the potential to be a very good college coach, but it's going to take at least a few more years. But yes, it's certainly true that the AAC < Big East, and this would have been true even if Memphis had lived up to the preseason hype. UConn's decision was a good one for them, given their relative priority of football and basketball. In the long run, it's probably good for AAC football as well, if the conference can find a decent replacement. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 09, 2020, 08:22:20 PM WEEK 14 RESULTS
JGibson had a 3-game lead after yesterday, but Sprouts swept today (except for Notre Dame, which everybody missed) to pull into a tie. 16 JGibson, Sprouts 14 GeorgiaModerate, YE 12 Illiniwek The average score was 14.4, down a hair from last week. Unanimous picks: South Carolina-Texas A&M West Virginia-Oklahoma (wrong) Duke-North Carolina Colorado-Stanford Iowa State-Kansas State Wisconsin-Ohio State Clemson-Notre Dame (wrong) Games with one dissenter: LSU-Auburn (dissenter was right) Georgetown-DePaul Kentucky-Tennessee Dayton-St. Louis Villanova-Seton Hall (dissenter was right) Texas Tech-Texas Nicholls-Sam Houston State Oregon-Oregon State (dissenter was right) Houston-Wichita State Washington-Washington State (dissenter was right) Overall results: 222 Sprouts 212 GeorgiaModerate 203 sjoyce 201 Illiniwek 196 JGibson 152 dfw, YE 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 10, 2020, 03:57:33 PM Apologies for going awol for a week, been unexpectedly busy. Thanks to GA Moderate for filling in!
Week 15: Friday, February 14th Akron @ Central Michigan 6pm ESPNU Monmouth @ Canisius 6pm ESPN3 Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State 11am FOX #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 12pm CBS Little Rock @ UT Arlington 2pm ESPN+ Western Kentucky @ UTSA 2pm #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor 3pm ESPN+ #25 LSU @ Alabama 3pm ESPN2 VCU @ Richmond 3pm CBSSN #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN #9 Maryland @ Michigan State 5pm ESPN2 #20 Houston @ SMU 5pm ESPNU UNLV @ New Mexico 5pm CBSSN Yale @ Penn 5pm ESPN+ #10 Seton Hall @ Providence 7pm CBSSN Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago 7pm ESPN2 Towson @ James Madison 7pm Virginia @ North Carolina 7pm ESPN #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine 9pm #16 Colorado @ Oregon State 9pm S1 Washington @ UCLA 9pm Eastern Washington @ Portland State 9:05pm Arizona @ Stanford 9:30pm PAC12 UC Irvine @ Hawaii 11pm ESPN2 Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota 12pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 11, 2020, 10:44:35 AM Week 15:
Friday, February 14th Akron @ Central Michigan 6pm ESPNU Monmouth @ Canisius 6pm ESPN3 Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State 11am FOX #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 12pm CBS Little Rock @ UT Arlington 2pm ESPN+ Western Kentucky @ UTSA 2pm #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor 3pm ESPN+ #25 LSU @ Alabama 3pm ESPN2 VCU @ Richmond 3pm CBSSN #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN Sports are the worst. #9 Maryland @ Michigan State 5pm ESPN2 #20 Houston @ SMU 5pm ESPNU UNLV @ New Mexico 5pm CBSSN Yale @ Penn 5pm ESPN+ #10 Seton Hall @ Providence 7pm CBSSN Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago 7pm ESPN2 Towson @ James Madison 7pm Virginia @ North Carolina 7pm ESPN #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine 9pm #16 Colorado @ Oregon State 9pm S1 Washington @ UCLA 9pm Eastern Washington @ Portland State 9:05pm Arizona @ Stanford 9:30pm PAC12 UC Irvine @ Hawaii 11pm ESPN2 Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota 12pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 11, 2020, 01:30:33 PM #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN Big game. Have to take care of business if we want to compete for the conference. There's a 5-point penalty for each additional effect, so Illinois needs to win by 15. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 11, 2020, 08:05:20 PM Vandy leads Kentucky by 9 at the half. Somebody check on Extreme.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Green Line on February 11, 2020, 08:34:06 PM DePaul is going for a good pick in the lottery. We'll be back once we've fired Leitao and JLP.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 12, 2020, 12:03:53 AM Just had to watch Illinois season end. After storming back from down 20 in the second half, Illinois drives up the floor with 6 seconds and down 1. Our best player is about to take a shot to win the game, and blows out his knee slipping on a wet spot on the floor. Likely ACL tear.
Sports pain me. P.s. changing my pick above to Rutgers. No way Illinois can beat Rutgers without Ayo. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 12, 2020, 10:09:50 AM Week 15:
Friday, February 14th Akron @ Central Michigan 6pm ESPNU Monmouth @ Canisius 6pm ESPN3 Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State 11am FOX #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 12pm CBS Little Rock @ UT Arlington 2pm ESPN+ Western Kentucky @ UTSA 2pm #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor 3pm ESPN+ #25 LSU @ Alabama 3pm ESPN2 VCU @ Richmond 3pm CBSSN #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN #9 Maryland @ Michigan State 5pm ESPN2 - the epic comeback team vs the epic collapse team! #20 Houston @ SMU 5pm ESPNU UNLV @ New Mexico 5pm CBSSN Yale @ Penn 5pm ESPN+ #10 Seton Hall @ Providence 7pm CBSSN Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago 7pm ESPN2 Towson @ James Madison 7pm Virginia @ North Carolina 7pm ESPN #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine 9pm #16 Colorado @ Oregon State 9pm S1 Washington @ UCLA 9pm Eastern Washington @ Portland State 9:05pm Arizona @ Stanford 9:30pm PAC12 UC Irvine @ Hawaii 11pm ESPN2 Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota 12pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on February 12, 2020, 12:51:55 PM Just had to watch Illinois season end. After storming back from down 20 in the second half, Illinois drives up the floor with 6 seconds and down 1. Our best player is about to take a shot to win the game, and blows out his knee slipping on a wet spot on the floor. Likely ACL tear. Sports pain me. P.s. changing my pick above to Rutgers. No way Illinois can beat Rutgers without Ayo. That ending took a LOT out of me last night. Sports can be cruel. Praying for Ayo; that kid has such a bright future. :( Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 12, 2020, 07:49:08 PM Just had to watch Illinois season end. After storming back from down 20 in the second half, Illinois drives up the floor with 6 seconds and down 1. Our best player is about to take a shot to win the game, and blows out his knee slipping on a wet spot on the floor. Likely ACL tear. Sports pain me. P.s. changing my pick above to Rutgers. No way Illinois can beat Rutgers without Ayo. That ending took a LOT out of me last night. Sports can be cruel. Praying for Ayo; that kid has such a bright future. :( MRI came back with no structural/ligament damage. Ayo dodged a bullet there. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 12, 2020, 08:55:50 PM Creighton won at Seton Hall. The Big East has just been crazy this year.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 13, 2020, 11:43:14 AM Akron
Canisius Ohio State Texas Tech Arkansas Little Rock UTSA West Virginia LSU Richmond Rutgers Maryland SMU New Mexico Yale Seton Hall Northern Iowa Towson Virginia Gonzaga Colorado Washington Portland State Arizona UC Irvine Minnesota Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 13, 2020, 12:26:41 PM Akron Canisius Ohio State Texas Tech Arkansas Little Rock UTSA West Virginia LSU Richmond Rutgers Maryland SMU New Mexico Yale Seton Hall Northern Iowa Towson Virginia Gonzaga Colorado Washington Portland State Arizona Eastern Washington Minnesota You've got both teams in Portland State-E. Washington listed (and neither from UCI-Hawaii). Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 13, 2020, 01:00:35 PM Fixed, thanks.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on February 13, 2020, 04:31:35 PM Week 15:
Friday, February 14th Akron @ Central Michigan 6pm ESPNU Monmouth @ Canisius 6pm ESPN3 Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State 11am FOX #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 12pm CBS Little Rock @ UT Arlington 2pm ESPN+ Western Kentucky @ UTSA 2pm #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor 3pm ESPN+ #25 LSU @ Alabama 3pm ESPN2 VCU @ Richmond 3pm CBSSN #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN #9 Maryland @ Michigan State 5pm ESPN2 #20 Houston @ SMU 5pm ESPNU UNLV @ New Mexico 5pm CBSSN Yale @ Penn 5pm ESPN+ #10 Seton Hall @ Providence 7pm CBSSN Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago 7pm ESPN2 Towson @ James Madison 7pm Virginia @ North Carolina 7pm ESPN #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine 9pm #16 Colorado @ Oregon State 9pm S1 Washington @ UCLA 9pm Eastern Washington @ Portland State 9:05pm Arizona @ Stanford 9:30pm PAC12 UC Irvine @ Hawaii 11pm ESPN2 Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota 12pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 14, 2020, 11:17:56 AM Week 15:
Friday, February 14th Akron @ Central Michigan Monmouth @ Canisius Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State Little Rock @ UT Arlington Western Kentucky @ UTSA #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor #25 LSU @ Alabama VCU @ Richmond #22 Illinois @ Rutgers #9 Maryland @ Michigan State #20 Houston @ SMU UNLV @ New Mexico Yale @ Penn #10 Seton Hall @ Providence Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago Towson @ James Madison Virginia @ North Carolina #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine #16 Colorado @ Oregon State Washington @ UCLA Eastern Washington @ Portland State Arizona @ Stanford UC Irvine @ Hawaii Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 14, 2020, 11:54:26 AM Friday, February 14th
Akron @ Central Michigan 6pm ESPNU Monmouth @ Canisius 6pm ESPN3 Saturday, February 15th Purdue @ Ohio State 11am FOX #24 Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State 12pm CBS Little Rock @ UT Arlington 2pm ESPN+ Western Kentucky @ UTSA 2pm #14 West Virginia @ #1 Baylor 3pm ESPN+ #25 LSU @ Alabama 3pm ESPN2 VCU @ Richmond 3pm CBSSN #22 Illinois @ Rutgers 3:30pm BTN #9 Maryland @ Michigan State 5pm ESPN2 #20 Houston @ SMU 5pm ESPNU UNLV @ New Mexico 5pm CBSSN Yale @ Penn 5pm ESPN+ #10 Seton Hall @ Providence 7pm CBSSN Northern Iowa @ Loyola Chicago 7pm ESPN2 Towson @ James Madison 7pm Virginia @ North Carolina 7pm ESPN #2 Gonzaga @ Pepperdine 9pm #16 Colorado @ Oregon State 9pm S1 Washington @ UCLA 9pm Eastern Washington @ Portland State 9:05pm Arizona @ Stanford 9:30pm PAC12 UC Irvine @ Hawaii 11pm ESPN2 Sunday, February 16th #21 Iowa @ Minnesota 12pm FS1 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 14, 2020, 01:51:32 PM This is going to be an interesting week. With five players so far, we only have two unanimous picks (Gonzaga and Texas Tech).
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 15, 2020, 05:23:36 PM Georgetown won today on the road at Butler without either of their only two half decent players (Mac McClung and Omer Yurtseven). I believe that means that they only had five healthy scholarship players since four players left the school earlier this year.
Butler too was playing without their Point Guard, but they have been playing without him for some time and managed to pull off a few wins in spite of that since he is more of a game manager. Georgetown moves in for now almost as soon as I pre-emptively removed them from my watch list. However, the path ahead is extremely daunting. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 15, 2020, 10:45:53 PM Providence (14-12) barely holds off #10 Seton Hall (18-7). As it currently stands, the Friars are about the sixth team out again. (Yes, the analytics did have them losing to St. John's and tied with Seton Hall so not totally unexpected results in spite of the wild swings). The biggest obstacle in the way of their fate is a trip to the nation's capital on Wednesday for a date with Georgetown (now second to last team in), where they are three point underdogs. Providence took Round 1 by a score of 76-60 to kick off the conference slate when Georgetown was without Mac McClung. Yurtseven will probably be back for Georgetown, but Mac McClung seems genuinely questionable again.
If Providence can supplant the Hoyas, the path ahead includes three reasonable home games. How much do the five seniors want it? Alpha Diallo showed just how much he did tonight. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 16, 2020, 02:34:19 AM A pair of heartbreaking losses for Carolina over the past two games — D*ke won at the buzzer, UVA with 0.3 on the clock tonight, both at home. It's been a down year, but this team's been snakebit.
I did get to finish the night with a pair of unique delights: Bill Walton calling a UCLA game (he made bear noises at one point) and a CSU-Fullerton–Cal Poly game that I started watching in 2OT and finished as a 105-101 Fullerton win in quadruple overtime. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 16, 2020, 10:00:49 AM I did get to finish the night with a pair of unique delights: Bill Walton calling a UCLA game (he made bear noises at one point) The moose noises were extremely disturbing too Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 16, 2020, 03:14:18 PM WEEK 15 RESULTS
JGibson won the week, in large part due to being the sole correct picker on three games. 17 JGibson 15 Illiniwek 12 Sprouts, YE 11 GeorgiaModerate (Oregon State? What was I thinking?) There were only two unanimous picks: Texas Tech-Oklahoma State (wrong) Gonzaga-Pepperdine Games with a single dissenter (asterisk = dissenter was right): Akron-Central Michigan Canisius-Monmouth (*) Ohio State-Purdue Western Kentucky-UTSA Baylor-West Virginia Richmond-VCU Rutgers-Illinois Houston-SMU (*) New Mexico-UNLV (*) Seton Hall-Providence (*) Towson-James Madison Colorado-Oregon State Portland State-Eastern Washington (*) Hawaii-UC Irvine (*) The average score was 13.4, not one of our better weeks. Overall standings: 234 Sprouts 223 GeorgiaModerate 216 Illiniwek 213 JGibson 203 sjoyce 164 YE 152 dfw 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 16, 2020, 07:46:34 PM Despite a lot of success from bubble teams this week, I don't think anyone solidified their positioning just yet. I have marked 34 locks (similar to Lunardi's definition of >80% certainty given that St. Mary's has a 10% chance to loser next week plus face a lot chaos), so I will continue with my 'Last 12 In' format while watching out for five potential bid stealers.
Safe for now: #45 Oklahoma - They are underdogs in both games next week including at suddenly hot Oklahoma State. It's possible they lose the next four. Hosting Texas Tech on February 25 with revenge on the mind will determine just how much of a nailbiter this becomes. #32 Rhode Island - Slight underdog at suddenly hot Davidson on Saturday, but they have a week to get ready to clear the biggest remaining hurdle (#39 Northern Iowa - One tough road trip to Indiana State to clear on Thursday night but they are very close to 'safe') #57 Indiana - I continue to have them higher than anyone based on existing resume, but today's blowout loss gives me no illusions. I still think they close 1-5 and find themselves in the NIT. #41 Xavier - Continue to be carried by the best Q1 win (@SHU) plus a stellar Q2 record compared to other teams in this territory. They need to finish 3-3 but are underdogs at St. John's this week before being favored against Villanova. Either will give them a second Q1 win (because DePaul will no longer be one soon) Last Four Byes #36 Florida - Like Xavier but with a more dire Q2 record still, but they too need to close 3-3 against a very tough schedule to feel comfortable. The easiest comes first vs. Arkansas on Tuesday before the first of two Kentucky games. #51 Arizona State - Re-evaluating them upward on the strength of the best bubble home win and lack of bad losses. They will probably be fine if they lose to Oregon this week despite being a slight favorite. The So Cal road trip remains the only serious danger where they will be underdogs in both games. #50 Wichita State - First of three Q1 road games comes in Cincinnati on Saturday. They really just need one (unless chaos occurs), and this is the most difficult one. A win here strengthens the case to avoid the First Four with a marquee win (only tournament team beaten is Oklahoma at home though this may not change that). #55 Virginia - The Hoos travel to Pittsburgh for the first and easiest of three road games where they are favored by a single point. They will need to take two to really even think about the field, but the luckiest team keeps getting luckier. That might put them in Dayton. Last Four In #46 Georgetown - Other losers have bumped them up to fourth to last team in thanks to their five Q1 wins (only two really good ones), and Torvik agrees! Start the week favored vs. Providence before traveling to Chicago hoping to avoid victim to DePaul. Winning both leaves them in solid position though I really think they need another Q1-A win at Creighton or Marquette much more than both of these games. #49 USC - Lunardi's USC obsession on the strength of Q2 record makes no sense to me. LSU and Stanford wins are losing shine. Washington and Oregon State are falling apart. I'd say they need to finish 3-2, but one of those three wins may just need to be at Colorado this Thursday (19%) chance or Arizona the following week. Home vs. Arizona State doesn't make the resume sexier. (#43 ETSU - A road win at LSU without the dearth of Q1 losses that USC has will be still enough to keep the resume in the discussion, but there is one more bad loss than USC. The Buccs may finally take the division lead from Furman on Wednesday.) #42 Utah State - The NET ranking keeps inflating with wins. Our third straight bubble team carried by an LSU win. Most metrics love them and they will need to put a hurt on Wyoming this week. Only New Mexico could conceivably knock them out in 13 days. The middling resume will sit in purgatory to see if others steal bids. #48 Cincinnati - I relent...for now. Looking to go to 7-0 in Q2 games on Saturday against Wichita. But they will deservedly continue to sweat even with a win. First Four Out #35 Alabama - I really think bracketologists need to give this resume another look thanks to yet another bubble team beating LSU. The remaining schedule is bare so they may need 5-1 to overtake someone, which is doable. But the toughest - a road trip to Starkville at the end of the month needs to be in the win column #47 Richmond - The toughest opponent has been cleared and avenged this week. They definitely need at least 5-1 with a very tough road trip in tow to face the Bonnies on Saturday. #52 Mississippi State - Another team that likely needs to go to 5-1 though 4-2 could cut it close! Four-point favorites in both games this week. They will continue to be repeated 'slight favorites' and the luck seems destined to run out. #40 Minnesota - Down to .500 after losing a game they desperately needed. A 3-3 finish is most likely, but I'm not even sure 4-2 gets them in. The resume would be no different than Indiana's. Next Four Out: #37 Stanford - Winning the three remaining February games will be enough to keep them in the discussion, but they will subsequently need to take two of three very tough March games. Not looking good. #62 Providence - The NET rank took a hit this week despite a Q1-A win. They now have four of those marquee wins to counter their four bad losses. Need to close 4-1. Two Q1 games await this week @Georgetown and Marquette where they look to finish the season sweep against both. One keeps them in the conversation, but both would put them in prime positioning. #61 NC State - Best pure Q1 record on the bubble, but the Q2 record is not good, and they have bad losses. They are still alive because they have two Q1-A home opportunities this week, but they may take a third Q3 loss before the end of the day. Don't expect to see them next week. #44 Arkansas - How far they have fallen and so quick, but there is not really a win to write home about on this resume as Indiana continues to falter. Winning in Tuscaloosa was not enough. I think this is another team dependent upon a 5-1 finish, which probably requires a good performance in Gainesville on Tuesday. Still alive?: #63 Tennessee (1-8 vs. Q1! Suspect they will barely stick around for a while due to the big final week opponents); #53 VCU (Probably done without a sweep this week of Dayton/@Saint Louis. Another resume of just LSU but significantly worse than the others); #60 Memphis (Another lost opportunity today!); #54 UNC Greensboro (Metrics remain overwhelmingly mediocre); #64 South Carolina (Like Providence but the SEC does not afford any Q1-A win opportunities); #66 SMU (Finally a good win but a little too late) Indiana and USC are probably going to fall out in favor of Richmond and potentially the Alabama/Mississippi State winner. Georgetown is also a likely candidate to fall out while Virginia and Oklahoma have difficult paths and one will likely lose a couple. I don't have obvious candidates to replace them since all other currently out teams need to finish perfectly. My best bet is a bid stealer (American/MVC/SoCon/UCLA/A-10) could take the place of one or both of them rather than Cincinnati's spot. Minnesota/Providence/Stanford/Arkansas could also make a crazy run though! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 17, 2020, 09:17:27 PM A pair of heartbreaking losses for Carolina over the past two games — D*ke won at the buzzer, UVA with 0.3 on the clock tonight, both at home. It's been a down year, but this team's been snakebit. Anyway: Week 15: Friday, February 21st Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ St. Louis Saturday, February 22nd #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU Sunday, February 23rd #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 18, 2020, 08:49:11 PM Penn State, playing its first game as a Top 10 team since 1996, lost at home to Illinois, which had lost its previous four games.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on February 18, 2020, 08:55:30 PM Penn State, playing its first game as a Top 10 team since 1996, lost at home to Illinois, which had lost its previous four games. Meh, we weathered the storm. AYO, baby!! Illini 'bout to go on a roll! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 19, 2020, 12:22:07 AM I was definitely pre-emptive in calling Purdue an 80 percent lock. It was probably more like 70 percent and with today's third consecutive loss, they are now under 50 percent. On the bright side they have three winnable home games. You get the feeling that this Saturday vs. Michigan will dictate if they need a Big Ten tournament win (over a contender).
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 19, 2020, 11:58:58 AM Week 15: Friday, February 21st Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ St. Louis Saturday, February 22nd #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU Sunday, February 23rd #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 19, 2020, 09:43:02 PM Incredible finish in UCF-Cincinnati. UCF was up by 2 in double OT on the road, but Cincinnati's Jarron Cumberland hit a shot from beyond half-court...just AFTER the buzzer. UCF with the upset!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 19, 2020, 09:46:05 PM I took UCF +500 live betting. That was the most exhausting finish I could have endured.
I ran the simulator earlier to see just how many Cincinnati needed to win, and the answer was 3-2. With both Wichita and Houston still remaining, this is an absolutely dreadful result for them as it could have nearly clinched (but probably deserved). Four Q3 losses and 2-5 Q1 record Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on February 20, 2020, 05:56:31 PM Friday, February 21st
Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ St. Louis Saturday, February 22nd #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU Sunday, February 23rd #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 20, 2020, 07:05:02 PM Friday, February 21st
Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ St. Louis Saturday, February 22nd #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU Sunday, February 23rd #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 21, 2020, 01:38:56 AM Penn
St. Louis Kansas Providence Houston Purdue Villanova Loyala Florida State Oklahoma State Davidson Florida Delaware LSU Texas Tech Alabama Arizona Georgetown BYU Penn State Cincinnati Wisconsin Ohio State Butler USC Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 21, 2020, 09:41:26 AM Week 15:
Friday, February 21st Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ Saint Louis - It's SAINT Louis, please. It's not stylized Loyola (CHI). It's not stylized N. Iowa. Show some respect for Louis IX - Please! Saturday, February 22nd #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola Chicago @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware - This conference tournament is going to be thrilling! LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU Sunday, February 23rd #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 21, 2020, 10:09:23 AM VCU @ Saint Louis - It's SAINT Louis, please. It's not stylized Loyola (CHI). It's not stylized N. Iowa. Show some respect for Louis IX - Please! I dunno, it's hard to show much respect for a school with a funny-looking imaginary mascot. ;) WEEK 16 (not 15) Penn @ Dartmouth VCU @ Louis IX #3 Kansas @ #1 Baylor #19 Marquette @ Providence #22 Houston @ Memphis - Quentin Grimes is hurt and doubtful to play, so taking a chance here Michigan @ Purdue #12 Villanova @ Xavier Loyola @ Missouri State #8 FSU @ NC State Oklahoma @ OK State Rhode Island @ Davidson Florida @ #10 Kentucky Hofstra @ Delaware LSU @ South Carolina Texas Tech @ Iowa State Alabama @ Mississippi #14 Oregon @ #24 Arizona - What's happened to Oregon? Georgetown @ DePaul #2 Gonzaga @ #23 BYU #9 Penn State @ Indiana Wichita State @ Cincinnati Rutgers @ Wisconsin #7 Maryland @ Ohio State #21 Butler @ #15 Creighton USC @ Utah Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 21, 2020, 09:06:18 PM It figures. The one time I pick Penn to win, they lose to 9-14 Dartmouth.
On the plus side, everybody else picked Penn too, so it doesn't make much difference. :) Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 22, 2020, 09:38:15 AM Thursday night...
With 11:30 left in the game, Murray State led Eastern Illinois 50-23. Final: Eastern Illinois 63, Murray State 60. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28747528/eastern-illinois-erases-27-point-second-half-deficit-win-buzzer Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 22, 2020, 01:46:35 PM What a game between Kansas and Baylor so far. Kansas had led most of the way, but Baylor is on a comeback and trails by 3 with 3+ minutes left.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 22, 2020, 02:55:42 PM It appears that Bad Purdue has shown up today.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 22, 2020, 04:07:13 PM Providence was preseason #22 on Torvik and has worked their way back from #96 on December 20 to #35 now. If you only include games since December 20, they are #18 (almost exactly tied with Big Ten champion Maryland).
I had been hyping Maryland as my sleeper for the title behind Zaga/Kansas, but I really think Creighton may need more love in spite of mediocre defense. In this same timeframe, their offense has powered them to #6!!! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 22, 2020, 08:30:52 PM At halftime, undefeated San Diego State is down by 12 at home to 14-14 UNLV.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 22, 2020, 11:03:26 PM Go Rebels! No undefeateds in college basketball! Not bad considering we've IIRC lost to them more than any two college basketball team have lost to each other the last seven years!!! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on February 23, 2020, 01:26:57 AM fun day watching college basketball.
BYU puts on a clinic in an upset over #2 Gonzaga. Rhode Island losing a thriller to Dayton. Arizona losing to Oregon in a wild finish. And of course Kansas-Baylor living up to the billing. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 23, 2020, 09:00:35 AM Good job picking BYU, YE. I really thought about it (especially given my home team bias) but chickened out in the end.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 23, 2020, 12:05:48 PM After thinking the bubble was stronger than the past couple years, it is now looking equally hideous.
Oklahoma, URI, Cincinnati, Stanford - pick your two teams that probably don't belong anyway. Maybe ETSU will let a bid be stolen. Purdue, Mississippi State, and Georgetown (and South Carolina?) proved yesterday that they don't belong so UCLA may be the next most viable choice. I see banter that they may only need to win two of three given the teams. Unreal. Great coaching job, Mick Cronin. Coach circles around Sean Miller again next week! I don't know what I'll do if USC loses today. Indiana and Xavier also don't have particularly kind remaining schedules, but they are 11th and 8th to last teams in. Someone's going to have to actively unseat them while the mid-majors at the cut line can't have yet another slip up. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 23, 2020, 01:03:01 PM Sprouts, do you think Memphis has any shot at an at-large bid at this point?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 23, 2020, 01:39:30 PM Sprouts, do you think Memphis has any shot at an at-large bid at this point? Easily with Houston the schedule and the lack of quality teams. I put them 8th out this morning in the same area as SC/Bama/Ark but behind teams with quality wins that will surely falter down the stretch. There's so little gap in every resume after Stanford. The problem is that they are dogs in three of the remaining four including by 9.5 at Houston. If they beat Wichita twice and win at SMU it will be extremely close but lean out. The game in Houston matters a ton. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 23, 2020, 05:39:59 PM I already had Creighton on the 2 seed line to start the day, but they were in the same tier at Hall, FSU, Nova and Louisville. No longer. This massacre is enough to convince me they belong in the Duke and Dayton tier (and likely much better than either of those teams).
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 23, 2020, 08:16:30 PM WEEK 16 RESULTS
I went worst-to-first this week by being the only correct picker in three games (Indiana, Memphis, Missouri State) and made a dent in Sprouts's overall lead. 15 GeorgiaModerate 14 YE 13 Illiniwek 11 sjoyce,Sprouts 8 JGibson The average score was 12.0, which is almost the worst of the season. There were three unanimous picks, only one of which was correct! Penn-Dartmouth (wrong) Saint Louis-VCU Delaware-Hofstra (wrong) Games with a single dissenter (asterisk = dissenter was right): Houston-Memphis (*) Purdue-Michigan (*) Loyola-Missouri State (*) Kentucky-Florida Texas Tech-Iowa State Gonzaga-BYU (*) Penn State-Indiana (*) Wisconsin-Rutgers Creighton-Butler Overall standings: 245 Sprouts 238 GeorgiaModerate 229 Illiniwek 221 JGibson 214 sjoyce 178 YE 152 dfw 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 24, 2020, 01:40:54 AM Week 17:
Friday, February 28th Wright State @ Northern Kentucky 6pm ESPNU Texas State @ UT-Arlington 8pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 29th #9 Penn State @ #20 Iowa 11am BTN #8 Florida State @ Clemson 1pm ACCNX Florida @ Tennessee 1pm Akron @ Buffalo 1pm ESPN3 #16 Seton Hall @ #19 Marquette 1:30pm FOX Oklahoma @ #17 West Virginia 3pm ESPN2 Notre Dame @ Wake 3pm ACCNX UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga 3:30pm ESPN+ #6 Duke @ Virginia 5pm ESPN Penn @ Brown 5pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Georgia 5pm SECN Loyola @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 #4 San Diego State @ Nevada 7pm Michigan State @ #7 Maryland 7pm ESPN South Carolina @ Alabama 7:30pm SECN Saint Marys @ #2 Gonzaga 9pm Frankly think its kind of ridiculous that you cant watch the #2 or the #4 team in the country (even if those are both gonna fall pretty rapidly after both lost) on national TV as each faces one of their best conference opponents, but I dont make the rules Sunday, March 1st #15 Creighton @ St. Johns 11am FS1 Xavier @ Georgetown 1pm CBS Saint Louis @ Rhode Island 1pm ESPNU Michigan @ #25 Ohio State 3pm CBS Wichita State @ SMU 3pm ESPNU #18 Colorado @ Stanford 5pm ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on February 25, 2020, 10:25:30 AM Week 17:
Friday, February 28th Wright State @ Northern Kentucky 6pm ESPNU Texas State @ UT-Arlington 8pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 29th #9 Penn State @ #20 Iowa 11am BTN #8 Florida State @ Clemson 1pm ACCNX Florida @ Tennessee 1pm Akron @ Buffalo 1pm ESPN3 #16 Seton Hall @ #19 Marquette 1:30pm FOX Oklahoma @ #17 West Virginia 3pm ESPN2 Notre Dame @ Wake 3pm ACCNX UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga 3:30pm ESPN+ #6 Duke @ Virginia 5pm ESPN Penn @ Brown 5pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Georgia 5pm SECN Loyola @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 #4 San Diego State @ Nevada 7pm Michigan State @ #7 Maryland 7pm ESPN South Carolina @ Alabama 7:30pm SECN Saint Marys @ #2 Gonzaga 9pm Sunday, March 1st #15 Creighton @ St. Johns 11am FS1 Xavier @ Georgetown 1pm CBS Saint Louis @ Rhode Island 1pm ESPNU Michigan @ #25 Ohio State 3pm CBS Wichita State @ SMU 3pm ESPNU #18 Colorado @ Stanford 5pm ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on February 27, 2020, 06:54:54 PM Week 17:
Friday, February 28th Wright State @ Northern Kentucky 6pm ESPNU Texas State @ UT-Arlington 8pm ESPN2 Saturday, February 29th #9 Penn State @ #20 Iowa 11am BTN #8 Florida State @ Clemson 1pm ACCNX Florida @ Tennessee 1pm Akron @ Buffalo 1pm ESPN3 #16 Seton Hall @ #19 Marquette 1:30pm FOX Oklahoma @ #17 West Virginia 3pm ESPN2 Notre Dame @ Wake 3pm ACCNX UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga 3:30pm ESPN+ #6 Duke @ Virginia 5pm ESPN Penn @ Brown 5pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Georgia 5pm SECN Loyola @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 #4 San Diego State @ Nevada 7pm Michigan State @ #7 Maryland 7pm ESPN South Carolina @ Alabama 7:30pm SECN Saint Marys @ #2 Gonzaga 9pm Sunday, March 1st #15 Creighton @ St. Johns 11am FS1 Xavier @ Georgetown 1pm CBS Saint Louis @ Rhode Island 1pm ESPNU Michigan @ #25 Ohio State 3pm CBS Wichita State @ SMU 3pm ESPNU #18 Colorado @ Stanford 5pm ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 27, 2020, 07:15:20 PM I've just now gotten around to setting up the spreadsheet (it's been one of those weeks), and noticed there are only 24 games on the list.
ETA: JGibson, you have a game with both teams picked. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 27, 2020, 07:57:40 PM Friday, February 28th
Wright State @ Northern Kentucky 6pm ESPNU - I think Wright State will win but no risk homer pick! Texas State @ UT-Arlington 8pm ESPN2 - WHERE DID TEXAS STATE COME FROM Saturday, February 29th #9 Penn State @ #20 Iowa 11am BTN #8 Florida State @ Clemson 1pm ACCNX Florida @ Tennessee 1pm Akron @ Buffalo 1pm ESPN3 #16 Seton Hall @ #19 Marquette 1:30pm FOX Oklahoma @ #17 West Virginia 3pm ESPN2 Notre Dame @ Wake 3pm ACCNX - Childress had me tearing up. Want Wake to be over .500 like nothing else! UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga 3:30pm ESPN+ #6 Duke @ Virginia 5pm ESPN Penn @ Brown 5pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Georgia 5pm SECN Loyola @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 #4 San Diego State @ Nevada 7pm Michigan State @ #7 Maryland 7pm ESPN South Carolina @ Alabama 7:30pm SECN Saint Marys @ #2 Gonzaga 9pm Sunday, March 1st #15 Creighton @ St. Johns 11am FS1 Xavier @ Georgetown 1pm CBS - No faith in Georgetown's health but very scary game here! Saint Louis @ Rhode Island 1pm ESPNU Michigan @ #25 Ohio State 3pm CBS Wichita State @ SMU 3pm ESPNU #18 Colorado @ Stanford 5pm ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on February 27, 2020, 11:59:20 PM I am completely dumbfounded how either Miller brother continues to hold a top 15 coaching job, especially Sean. Just a complete and total waste of player talent (well, talent he purchased) that is ruined by awful coaching yet again. Stone Gettings' transfer year wasted. Zeke's year is wasted. Nico Mannion had a chance to go to so many better programs. His Xavier teams were some of my favorites but I was such a naive child then. Arizona can and must do much better.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on February 28, 2020, 12:43:29 PM Week 17:
Friday, February 28th Wright State @ Northern Kentucky Texas State @ UT-Arlington Saturday, February 29th Penn State @ #20 Iowa Florida State @ Clemson Florida @ Tennessee Akron @ Buffalo Seton Hall @ Marquette Oklahoma @ West Virginia Notre Dame @ Wake Forest UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga Duke @ Virginia Penn @ Brown Arkansas @ Georgia Loyola @ Bradley San Diego State @ Nevada Michigan State @ Maryland South Carolina @ Alabama Saint Marys @ Gonzaga Sunday, March 1st Creighton @ St. Johns Xavier @ Georgetown Saint Louis @ Rhode Island Michigan @ Ohio State Wichita State @ SMU Colorado @ Stanford Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 28, 2020, 01:34:16 PM I'll pick Northern Kentucky and Texas State for now, will do the others later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 29, 2020, 08:50:46 AM The rest of my picks:
#9 Penn State @ #20 Iowa 11am BTN #8 Florida State @ Clemson 1pm ACCNX Florida @ Tennessee 1pm Akron @ Buffalo 1pm ESPN3 #16 Seton Hall @ #19 Marquette 1:30pm FOX Oklahoma @ #17 West Virginia 3pm ESPN2 Notre Dame @ Wake 3pm ACCNX UNC-Greensboro @ Chattanooga 3:30pm ESPN+ #6 Duke @ Virginia 5pm ESPN Penn @ Brown 5pm ESPN+ Arkansas @ Georgia 5pm SECN Loyola @ Bradley 6pm ESPN3 #4 San Diego State @ Nevada 7pm Michigan State @ #7 Maryland 7pm ESPN South Carolina @ Alabama 7:30pm SECN Saint Marys @ #2 Gonzaga 9pm #15 Creighton @ St. Johns 11am FS1 Xavier @ Georgetown 1pm CBS Saint Louis @ Rhode Island 1pm ESPNU Michigan @ #25 Ohio State 3pm CBS Wichita State @ SMU 3pm ESPNU #18 Colorado @ Stanford 5pm ESPNU Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on February 29, 2020, 01:53:20 PM I've done amateur Bracketology for many years (since I was a kid). Tomorrow, I'm going to do my initial projections and will post them here, if y'all like!
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 29, 2020, 01:56:29 PM I've done amateur Bracketology for many years (since I was a kid). Tomorrow, I'm going to do my initial projections and will post them here, if y'all like! Go for it. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 29, 2020, 02:45:53 PM Two Top 25 teams (Villanova and Texas Tech) have already lost at home to underdogs today.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on February 29, 2020, 04:00:32 PM Florida St and Baylor both in big trouble on the road. Kind of funny if Clemson beats Duke, Louisville and FSU, but has no chance at a bid unless they run the tourney (meaning probably beating two of them again).
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 29, 2020, 04:17:18 PM Florida St and Baylor both in big trouble on the road. Kind of funny if Clemson beats Duke, Louisville and FSU, but has no chance at a bid unless they run the tourney (meaning probably beating two of them again). FSU and Baylor both lost. Lots of close ones today. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on February 29, 2020, 08:56:33 PM Chaos continues. Duke and West Virginia also lost. San Diego State is down 9 at the half on the road.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on March 01, 2020, 03:32:45 AM UCLA now in front of the Pac 12 and Im finding it hard not to root for them. And I normally hate UCLA but given how chaotic their coaching search was and their slow start, Cronins squad is a few good story.
Also Smilo with Texas, Virginia, UCLA, Oklahoma all winning and Utah State losing the bubble wasnt exactly static this weekend. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 01, 2020, 09:38:29 AM I'll see what ER comes up with and may share my bubble after. The Top 4 seed chaos is even more demotivating because we thought we had it all figured out. Can't wait to see what Warren Nolan shows when it loads properly. We all did turrible this week.
Maryland somehow still remains a 2 seed even though they have long been almost assured of blowing a 3 game conference lead for a week and a half now. I don't know if this can possibly last. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 01, 2020, 10:18:43 AM One thing that's clear is that we've done a lot worse picking basketball than football. Is basketball just inherently more variable? Or maybe particularly so this year?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 01, 2020, 01:56:25 PM St. John's making a late push for the NIT by shooting 70% from 3 to extend their lead to 20 over Creighton. This game is at Carnesecca not MSG (and 95 year old Luigi Carnesecca is attendance). It's a 12 foot drop to storm the court from the student risers, which would be even crazier than the court in Provo. I can't imagine that is remotely possible but I'm hoping for it. If I were a student I would try! Some AAC hack was ragging on UConn for having to play St. John's next year, but I think LJ Figueroa as a senior will be better than Shamorie Ponds and that Mike Anderson's first recruiting class will have this team back very quickly and likely a top contender in the Big East.
Back to this season, they will be favored here against Marquette too in a what will be a senior day to remember. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 01, 2020, 06:13:14 PM What the heck happened in Wichita State-SMU? The last score I saw had Wichita down 50-26, then then ended up winning 66-62.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 01, 2020, 07:57:29 PM One of my favourite matters to track this week - especially as part of St. Francis (Brooklyn)'s diehard Terrier fanbase - is that of that longest NCAA Tournament droughts. This week there is a rather decent probability that the Forgotten Four become the Tortured Three (The Terriers would only be joined by military academies :().
William & Mary is the 2-seed in the Colonial bracket, and they drew just about the weakest 3-seed imaginable (avoiding Charleston and Delaware in favor of Towson). This will be their 82nd chance to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, and they hope to finally break the curse. Good luck to the Tribe! I track droughts exceeding 15 years, and the #1 seed in this bracket is Hofstra. Despite last year being terrific for Hofstra, they failed to win the Colonial Tournament meaning they have missed 18 consecutive NCAA Tournaments. This was supposed to be the rebuild year, so it would be nice vengeance for the remaining players to end this streak short of 20! (e: KenPom does not like W&M's chances and loves Northeastern as the 6-seed! 12.6% chance for the Tribe. 29.6% chance for Hofstra.) Of course this season's darling is Rutgers, who last made the tournament 29 years ago. But they share the distinction of 34th longest drought with three others who standing a fighting chance. Towson, the 3 seed from the aforementioned Colonial would also be a streakbreaker, but I am most optimistic for #2 St. Francis (PA) who per KenPom is a slight favourite in the NEC despite having a potential road championship game against their neighbor to look forward to. The final member of the classic 1991 tournament is Louisiana Tech, who is likely to be the 3 seed in Conference-USA. However, they have an uphill battle having lost to the 2-seed twice already. Some other teams positioned to break the streak are: Bowling Green - They have the third longest drought among teams who have once tasted the joys of March - way back in 1968 (tell us about it, GM - they lost to the team that lost to the team that lost to the team that lost to the team that won the national title so I'm sure it was a memorable game :P)! Akron may be most beloved in the NET, but Bowling Green may just wind up as the 1-seed in the MAC Tournament with a week to go. Furman - the drought may hit 40 years as they are once again the 2-seed in a super strong SoCon but have proven to be every bit ETSU's equal throughout the season. I watched Round 2 between these foes, and I hope we get a Round 3 in the SoCon title. If they lose this year, I don't think it will last much longer with a very dedicated Athletics Department. There are about eight teams looking for their first bid who are the 3 seed or 4 seed in their conference, but most seem rather unlikely candidates. The only "returning" team from this range would be Duquesne from the Class of 1977 who had a nice season but has way too much competition. I think someone like Saint Louis could beat Dayton; but Duquesne sounds like a gift for UD. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 01, 2020, 08:40:26 PM Sorry, the only thing I remember from the 67-68 season was the famous Astrodome game in which Houston and Elvin Hayes broke a 47-game winning streak by UCLA (featuring Lew Alcindor, before he was Kareem). UCLA later avenged this loss in the Final Four.
I vaguely remember the '69 tournament, and definitely the 1970 one featuring the championship game between UCLA (now led by Sidney Wicks, Alcindor having gone to the Bucks) over Artis Gilmore's Jacksonville. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 01, 2020, 08:42:36 PM WEEK 17 RESULTS
JGibson won the week, while Sprouts likely sewed up the overall title. 14 JGibson 12 GeorgiaModerate, Sprouts 11 sjoyce 9 Illiniwek (only 24 games this week) The average score was 11.6, which in percentage terms is about the same as the last couple weeks. Unanimous picks: Northern Kentucky-Wright State (wrong) Texas State-UTA FSU-Clemson (wrong) Marquette-Seton Hall (wrong) Duke-Virginia (wrong) Penn-Brown San Diego State-Nevada Gonzaga-St. Mary's Creighton-St. John's (wrong) Games with one dissenter (asterisk = dissenter was right): UNC Greensboro-Chattanooga (*) Georgia-Arkansas Alabama-South Carolina Ohio State-Michigan Overall standings, with one week to go: 257 Sprouts 250 GeorgiaModerate 238 Illiniwek 235 JGibson 225 sjoyce 178 YE 152 dfw 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on March 01, 2020, 08:52:10 PM Good God, Minnesota.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on March 02, 2020, 01:45:26 PM Week 18:
Friday, March 6 Buffalo @ Bowling Green State 5pm ESPNU Richmond @ Duquesne 6pm ESPN+ #6 Missouri State vs. #3 Indiana State [MVC tournament] 8:30pm ESPN+ Saturday, March 7 #14 Villanova @ Georgetown 11am FOX #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana 11am Marquette @ St. Johns 11am #4 Baylor @ West Virginia 12pm ESPN+ #6 Kentucky @ Florida 12pm CBS #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech 1pm ESPN #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton 1:30pm FOX #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer [SoCon tournament] 1:30pm ESPN+ Alabama @ Missouri 1:30pm SEC UCLA @ USC 2:15pm CBS #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia 3pm ESPN North Carolina @ #12 Duke 5pm ESPN Yale @ Harvard 6pm ESPN+ SMU @ South Florida 6pm ESPN3 Western Kentucky @ Florida International 6pm Butler @ Xavier 7:30pm FS1 Stanford @ #13 Oregon 10pm FS1 Sunday, March 8 #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland 11am FOX #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State 3:30pm CBS #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois 6pm BTN #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts [Summit League tournament] 6pm ESPN+ #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson [CAA tournament] 7:30pm There are gonna be a lot of great games in the championship bracket that we just dont know yet look out for ETSU playing the Western CarolinaMercer winner on Sunday afternoon and a potential UNC-GreensboroFurman matchup that evening, as well as the possibility of UNI vs Bradley and Loyola vs Indiana State on Saturday (and a championship game on Sunday). The Mountain West championship game will also be on Saturday. I picked a handful of conference championship games, but I cant include the best of them and still get this up before the weekend. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: 15 Down, 35 To Go on March 02, 2020, 06:54:31 PM 2020 First Crack Bracketology:
Projected conference champs in bold and projected First Four participants in italics. 1 Seeds: Kansas, Gonzaga, Baylor, San Diego State 2 Seeds: Florida State, Dayton, Kentucky, Duke 3 Seeds: Seton Hall, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State 4 Seeds: Creighton, Villanova, Oregon, Arizona 5 Seeds: Ohio State, Auburn, Colorado, Penn State 6 Seeds: BYU, Butler, Iowa, Wisconsin 7 Seeds: Marquette, Houston, West Virginia, Michigan 8 Seeds: Illinois, Texas Tech, Saint Mary's, LSU 9 Seeds: Stanford, Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma 10 Seeds: Providence, Northern Iowa, Indiana, Rutgers 11 Seeds: ETSU, Arizona State, USC, Utah State/Wichita State 12 Seeds: Xavier/NC State, Liberty, UCLA, Yale 13 Seeds: Vermont, Stephen F. Austin, Akron, North Texas 14 Seeds: Belmont, New Mexico State, Colgate, UC-Irvine 15 Seeds: Hofstra, North Dakota State, Wright State, Eastern Washington 16 Seeds: Little Rock, Winthrop, Prairie View/Siena, Robert Morris/North Carolina A&T Last Four Byes: Indiana Rutgers Arizona State USC Last Four In: Utah State Wichita State Xavier NC State First Four Out: Richmond Cincinnati Purdue Mississippi State Next Four Out: Texas Rhode Island Alabama Arkansas Third Four Out: South Carolina Minnesota Clemson Memphis Bids By Conference: Big Ten: 10 Pac-12: 7 Big East: 7 Big 12: 5 ACC: 5 SEC: 4 WCC: 3 American: 2 MWC: 2 Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Illiniwek on March 03, 2020, 10:33:36 AM Week 18: Friday, March 6 Buffalo @ Bowling Green State 5pm ESPNU Richmond @ Duquesne 6pm ESPN+ #6 Missouri State vs. #3 Indiana State [MVC tournament] 8:30pm ESPN+ Saturday, March 7 #14 Villanova @ Georgetown 11am FOX #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana 11am Marquette @ St. Johns 11am #4 Baylor @ West Virginia 12pm ESPN+ #6 Kentucky @ Florida 12pm CBS #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech 1pm ESPN #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton 1:30pm FOX #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer [SoCon tournament] 1:30pm ESPN+ Alabama @ Missouri 1:30pm SEC UCLA @ USC 2:15pm CBS #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia 3pm ESPN North Carolina @ #12 Duke 5pm ESPN Yale @ Harvard 6pm ESPN+ SMU @ South Florida 6pm ESPN3 Western Kentucky @ Florida International 6pm Butler @ Xavier 7:30pm FS1 Stanford @ #13 Oregon 10pm FS1 Sunday, March 8 #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland 11am FOX #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State 3:30pm CBS #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois 6pm BTN Revenge game! #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts [Summit League tournament] 6pm ESPN+ #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson [CAA tournament] 7:30pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on March 04, 2020, 10:25:57 AM Not only were the primaries a disaster, Oklahoma lost to Texas in a heartbreaker. Really ugly and defensively fought game but we missed 2 FT's (despite shooting 21/29 from the line on the game and getting 27 more FT attempts than Texas) late and Matt Coleman sunk the game winning 3 with .4 seconds :(
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 04, 2020, 11:24:02 AM Not only were the primaries a disaster, Oklahoma lost to Texas in a heartbreaker. Really ugly and defensively fought game but we missed 2 FT's (despite shooting 21/29 from the line on the game and getting 27 more FT attempts than Texas) late and Matt Coleman sunk the game winning 3 with .4 seconds :( Texas had only two FT attempts? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: JGibson on March 04, 2020, 03:57:56 PM Week 18:
Friday, March 6 Buffalo @ Bowling Green State 5pm ESPNU Richmond @ Duquesne 6pm ESPN+ #6 Missouri State vs. #3 Indiana State [MVC tournament] 8:30pm ESPN+ Saturday, March 7 #14 Villanova @ Georgetown 11am FOX #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana 11am Marquette @ St. Johns 11am #4 Baylor @ West Virginia 12pm ESPN+ #6 Kentucky @ Florida 12pm CBS #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech 1pm ESPN #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton 1:30pm FOX #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer [SoCon tournament] 1:30pm ESPN+ Alabama @ Missouri 1:30pm SEC UCLA @ USC 2:15pm CBS #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia 3pm ESPN North Carolina @ #12 Duke 5pm ESPN Yale @ Harvard 6pm ESPN+ SMU @ South Florida 6pm ESPN3 Western Kentucky @ Florida International 6pm Butler @ Xavier 7:30pm FS1 Stanford @ #13 Oregon 10pm FS1 Sunday, March 8 #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland 11am FOX #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State 3:30pm CBS #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois 6pm BTN #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts [Summit League tournament] 6pm ESPN+ #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson [CAA tournament] 7:30pm Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 04, 2020, 09:23:19 PM Just want to give some recognition to Buzz Williams - never a coach I loved because he abandoned an historic school in the Big East for an ACC doormat. I thought he merely carried on thanks to Tom Crean's coattails for the Golden Eagles, but I couldn't be further off. The sweet spot of the third to fifth years coaching Virginia Tech led to back-to-back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances at a place with no basketball culture. And yet he elects to leave that for an even more ambitious project - an SEC school without a Final Four appearance yet a rather grand budget. He started off the non-conference schedule with a P6 team rated in the analytics outside the top 300 and on pace to be the worst power team of all-time. He transformed this lackluster team to a team that could comfortably win on the road against a top 25 team. This may be the coach that eventually brings a Final Four banner to College Station.
Now, I don't have much respect for this incarnation of Auburn, but I hope this home loss confirms them for the last 6/top 7 seed that their analytics say they deserve rather than the 4/5 the media keeps trying to give them. - Butler on the other hand with all three injured starters looking healthy tonight should be back in the top 5 seed discussion once again. The defense is back. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 04, 2020, 10:37:14 PM Myles Powell's senior night may be one of those classic games between two giants that define this era of the New Big East. What a slugfest between two of the nation's most elite teams - one the titan of the last decade that sets the bar and one the more talented team trying to shed its painful history, change the guard atop of the conference, and avenge a few close calls against that giant in the 2017 and 2019 Big East Tournaments.
This is definitely up there with the 2018 overtime thriller for the title in Madison Square Garden where Ed Cooley split his pants. The teams are more evenly matched here. If the Pirates fall to Creighton and miss their chance at an outright title, it will greatly impact how we remember it as a missed opportunity as perhaps one of the games with the most bragging rights associated with it. I really hope Myles Powell makes the most of his chance in the Big Dance and may we not run into him again too soon! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 04, 2020, 10:49:48 PM WHAT - A - FINISH! WOW!
It just means more! Georgetown is no longer our top rivalry game. Really blessed that we just get to maul them and have so many iconic games against our nearby neighbor. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on March 05, 2020, 03:04:29 PM Week 18:
Friday, March 6 Buffalo @ Bowling Green State Richmond @ Duquesne #6 Missouri State vs. #3 Indiana State Saturday, March 7 #14 Villanova @ Georgetown #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana Marquette @ St. Johns #4 Baylor @ West Virginia #6 Kentucky @ Florida #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer Alabama @ Missouri UCLA @ USC #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia North Carolina @ #12 Duke Yale @ Harvard SMU @ South Florida Western Kentucky @ Florida International Butler @ Xavier Stanford @ #13 Oregon Sunday, March 8 #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 06, 2020, 08:06:44 AM Picks for tonight: Bowling Green, Duquesne, and Indiana State. I'll do the others later or tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on March 06, 2020, 11:25:27 AM It's extremely hard to pay attention to an election cycle and basketball and have a day job this time of year. I gotta remember to just take March off every 4 years.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on March 06, 2020, 11:31:06 AM Buffalo
Duquesne Indiana State Villanova Wisconsin St John's West Virginia Kentucky Kansas Creighton Mercer Alabama USC Louisville Duke Yale SMU FIU Xavier Oregon Maryland Michigan State Illinois Nebraska-Omaha Townson Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 06, 2020, 05:23:45 PM Friday, March 6
Buffalo @ Bowling Green State Richmond @ Duquesne #6 Missouri State vs. #3 Indiana State Saturday, March 7 #14 Villanova @ Georgetown #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana Marquette @ St. Johns #4 Baylor @ West Virginia #6 Kentucky @ Florida #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer Alabama @ Missouri UCLA @ USC #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia - The luck just doesn't run out North Carolina @ #12 Duke Yale @ Harvard SMU @ South Florida Western Kentucky @ Florida International Butler @ Xavier Stanford @ #13 Oregon Sunday, March 8 #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on March 07, 2020, 01:17:08 AM And 1,2 and 3 are out in the Valley tourney(UNI, Loyola and ISU). Don't think UNI gets an at large. Final 4 are Bradley, Valpo, Mo St. and Drake.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 07, 2020, 08:16:59 AM Well, I've started out a sterling 0-3 (at least I'm not the only one). Here are the rest of my picks:
#14 Villanova @ Georgetown #24 Wisconsin @ Indiana Marquette @ St. Johns #4 Baylor @ West Virginia #6 Kentucky @ Florida #1 Kansas @ Texas Tech #8 Seton Hall @ #11 Creighton #5 Western Carolina vs. #4 Mercer Alabama @ Missouri UCLA @ USC #10 Louisville @ #22 Virginia North Carolina @ #12 Duke Yale @ Harvard SMU @ South Florida Western Kentucky @ Florida International Butler @ Xavier Stanford @ #13 Oregon #25 Michigan @ #9 Maryland #19 Ohio State @ #16 Michigan State #18 Iowa @ #23 Illinois #4 Nebraska-Omaha vs #5 Oral Roberts #6 Northeastern vs. #3 Towson Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on March 07, 2020, 11:58:52 AM And 1,2 and 3 are out in the Valley tourney(UNI, Loyola and ISU). Don't think UNI gets an at large. Final 4 are Bradley, Valpo, Mo St. and Drake. I wanted to sit down and pick which conferences would have outsiders (of the tourney) win them and the Valley was high on my list. The American is on the list too, but it hard to tell who's in and out on a daily basis in that conference, plus i was shocked to realize Tulsa was still the 1st place team in the league, and they would be an outsider if they actually won the conference tourney, which i would be double shocked if they did. Super Tuesday pretty much dissolved my efforts. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 07, 2020, 02:43:45 PM I was really dreaming of a Bradley-Loyola final. Sad, but go Braves!
I still feel really strongly that UConn is among the best teams in the American and deserves to be at least co-favourites, but their fans seem a bit delusional about their hot streak by counting wins over USF and ECU and ignoring losses to Temple because OT. Bouknight has legitimately come on strong as a freshman though. The A-10 is also a place where people anticipate havoc. Saint Louis as the 4 seed is a popular pick to cause match-up problems for Dayton. Davidson was hot until they got manhandled by Richmond, who could be their opponent in the 2-7 game. I also love this Bonnies team, but I don't see them stopping Dayton if they get past Saint Louis - they are young, so next year will be their time. Richmond over Saint Louis would be my pick. C-USA, CAA and Sun Belt are also probably some of the ones I am seriously looking out for a handful of 4 or lower seeds though that's not necessarily uncommon. For a shock, maybe the Big West. Irvine has been merely ok against a bunch of very mediocre teams so I would't be shocked if they slip up Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 07, 2020, 03:15:55 PM Kentucky, down 18 at Florida with 12 minutes left, came back to win 71-70.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 07, 2020, 03:44:53 PM Review of Preseason Polls time! Some of the worst picks singled out.
Quote American: 1A. Houston 1B. Memphis 3. Cincinnati 4. Wichita State 5. USF 6. UConn 7. Temple 8. SMU 9. UCF 10. Tulsa 11. ECU 12. Tulane - Three very serious Final Four contenders and a highly thought of team returning to prominence in Wichita. Each of the next three will have their chances to make their case, but I think this will ultimately be top-heavy. TULSA got no respect! In such a weak conference. The most unlikely of champions! The analytics still like Houston; Memphis was harmed by eligibility. Cincinnati's coaching change went far from seamlessly early on. Quote Atlantic 10: 1. VCU 2. Davidson 3. Dayton 4. Rhode Island 5. St. Bonnies 6. Richmond 7. Saint Louis 8. Duquesne 9. George Mason 10. La Salle 11. UMass 12. George Washington 13. St. Joseph's 14. Fordham VCU LOL. Davidson playing to their true potential all season long would probably make this look OK, but they are predicting results not final talent. Move those two behind Duquesne, and we wouldn't feel like idiots. Quote ACC: 1. Duke 2. UNC 3. Louisville 4. Virginia 5. Florida State 6. NC State 7. Notre Dame 8. Syracuse 9. Miami 10. Pitt 11. Clemson 12. Georgia Tech 13. Boston College 14. Virginia Tech 15. Wake Forest - Three very serious national title contenders and two ol' reliable teams. The depth of this conference will rely on the next three because the expectations are very low for the bottom half. I am glad the media is hyping Notre Dame's return, but I definitely have some question marks there. UNC is going to be dead last, which is public knowledge. But just as bad is Georgia Tech pulling out a sneaky fifth place finish despite being ineligible for postseason play and picked 12th. Just Pastner's luck... Quote Big East: 1. Seton Hall 2. Villanova 3. Xavier 4. Marquette 5. Providence 6. Georgetown 7. Creighton 8. Butler 9. St. John's 10. DePaul - Seven contenders hope to get at least six bids and perhaps some wins to improve on last year's epic disappointments. It's not an awful pick because the conference just wound up being much better than expected, but Creighton in 7th and potentially winning the conference today (or at least third place) is a big miss. Butler is also a miss given that they are fighting for a four seed in the NCAA Tournament but as not far off from the final conference placement. Quote Big Ten: 1. Michigan State 2. Maryland 3. Ohio State 4. Purdue 5. Michigan 6. Wisconsin 7. Illinois 8. Iowa 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Minnesota 12. Rutgers 13. Nebraska 14. Northwestern - My spring forecast flipped Minnesota and Wisconsin - I know Wisconsin tends to find hidden gems, but the loss of Happ is enormous - and slotted Iowa four slots higher. I pegged it as an eight bid league at the time, which feels slightly high. I think Illinois can get it done. I am less certain that Penn State is capable should the Illini fail. Purdue is really the worst you can fault here if they finish 10th by losing to Rutgers today. We expected the conference to be deep, and it was deeper than ever thought possible. I am more embarrassed by my own preseason love for Minnesota and failing to believe in co-champion Wisconsin. So bundled that the coaches picks are largely right. Quote Colonial: 1. Hofstra 2. Charleston 3. Northeastern 4. James Madison 5. Delaware - Hofstra loses their star and plays perhaps too light a schedule. Every game is winnable including UCLA, but I think everyone will take multiple lumps in conference play to prevent an at-large. I see a new winner this year. I can't fault them given the depth, but leaving Wiliam & Mary out of the top five looks rough in hindsight when JAMES MADISON (2-16) got included. I will accept my accolades on UCLA being ripe for Hofstra's picking, but I deny that I ever said a new (regular season) champion would arise this season. :P Quote C-USA: 1. WKU 2. UTSA 3. Louisiana Tech 4A. UTEP 4B. Old Dominion 6. UAB ---- UTEP returns?! KenPom loves them too. I've awaited this for so long! But the story will be if WKU can compete with higher rated Cincinnati, Arkansas, Belmont and URI in order to build a bubbly resume. I will not criticize the UTEP pick given that there were chemistry and discipline issues that prevented greatness, but they are tied for 10th with UTSA, which I never understood! North Texas wound up being the good Texas team!! (At least they knew Rice would be bad.) Charlotte also shocked us by being back ahead of schedule. Quote MAAC: 1. Iona 2. Rider 3. Quinnipiac 4. Monmouth 5. Manhattan 6. Siena - Really hoping this will be Baker Dunleavy's breakout season at QU! He is surrounded by all the traditional powers (save Niagara) plus recent breakout program, Rider though the coaches see this as a two horse race. No respect for ultimate champion Siena and even less respect for St. Peter's who finished a close second. Iona was down in sixth. They picked the wrong traditional programs in first and sixth! Quote MVC: 1. Missouri State 2. Bradley 3. UNI 4. Loyola (IL) - The Ramblers did bring in a nationally ranked recruiting class but will be very young. Naturally Missouri State, the sixth seed, will probably be in the MVC championship. I think they are talented but just underperformed and that the other three are clearly the cream of the crop. Quote Patriot: 1. Colgate 2. Bucknell 3. American - Second place may be the most interesting race to watch. Colgate got a national AP vote, and it wasn't an accident!! Bucknell was awful finishing seventh but naturally beat American to reach the PL Semifinals. Watch them reach the finale.... Quote Pac-12: 1. Oregon 2. Colorado 3. Washington 4. Arizona 5. USC 6. Arizona State 7. Oregon State 8. UCLA 9. Utah 10. Stanford 11. Washington State 12. Cal - Has the turnaround year finally arrived?! The hype says the same thing as I said for the Big 12 - Seven contenders fighting for about five bids though I remain slightly skeptical of Colorado's miraculous growth this quickly. UCLA, picked eight, goes for the conference title tonight. No criticizing Washington due to the ineligibility of Quade Green. Was expecting Arizona to be an underperformer but they came out right on target. Stanford barely overperformed (similar to Oklahoma). Quote Southland: 1. New Orleans 2. Sam Houston State 3. Abilene Christian 4. Stephen F. Austin Perhaps the worst conference pick of all is...drumroll please... New Orleans which enters the day tied for 12th!!!!! Nicholls eventually joined the others in the top four and Stephen F. Austin ran away with it. Quote Sun Belt: 1. South Alabama 2. Georgia Southern 3. Texas-Arlington (average of three media polls) South Alabama was a really good pick, but a complete WHIFF on Little Rock which was largely picked 11th/12th. This surpasses Tulsa for the most impressive overperformance and may even surpass New Orleans for most spectacular overall miss as well. Fewer complaints on the below conferences: Quote America East: 1. Vermont 2. UMBC 3. Stony Brook 4. Albany - Vermont is a heavy favourite but is not expected to compete for an at-large. A-Sun: 1. Liberty 2. North Florida 3. Florida Gulf Coast Big Sky (Coaches): 1. EWU 2. Montana 3. Weber State - The media picked EWU third. Big 12: 1. Kansas 2. Baylor 3. Texas Tech 4. Texas 5. West Virginia 6. Oklahoma State 7. Iowa State 8. Oklahoma 9. Kansas State 10. TCU - not my expertise, but is it possible to be underrated Chris Beard still? Baylor has a bit to replace. Top seven could all contend, but likely down to a five bid year. Big West: 1. UC-Irvine 2. UC-Santa Barbara 3. Cal State-Northridge 4. Hawaii Horizon: 1. Wright State 2. NKU 3. UIC 4. Oakland 5. Green Bay Ivy: 1. Harvard 2. Penn 3. Yale 4. Princeton - I think they got this right, and I don't think #1 will be particularly close - the Orlando Invitational will be fun to compete against other bubble teams, but I don't think Harvard will leave any doubt. Watch out for Gabe Stefanini and Columbia who could stealthily push for second/third and a coveted spot in Ivy Madness in Cambridge. MEAC: 1. NC Central 2. Bethune-Cookman 3A. Norfolk State 3B. North Carolina A+T - one of the closest votes! MWC: 1. Utah State 2. San Diego State 3. New Mexico 4. Nevada 5. Boise State - While most feel Utah State is solidly in, SDSU and New Mexico could spend all season long on the bubble if the hype is actually for real this time. Nevada could fight for a spot but nearly fell behind Boise in the poll, so expectations do not involve a return to the Big Dance. NEC: 1. LIU-Brooklyn 2. Sacred Heart 3. St. Francis (PA) - RMU picked fifth. You could almost reverse the order of these teams! OVC: 1. Belmont 2. Murray State 3. Jacksonville State 4. Austin Peay 5. UT-Martin - Belmont had a bit of trouble scheduling tough this year but has road trips to BC, Alabama, Saint Louis and WKU plus their home and home with Lipscomb, but this team is every bit as legit as last year's team. Murray and JSU will certainly continue giving them fits so put them on bubble watch immediately! SEC: 1. Kentucky 2. Florida 3. LSU 4. Auburn 5. Tennessee 6. Alabama 7. Mississippi State 8. Ole Miss 9. Georgia 10. South Carolina 11. Arkansas 12. Texas A&M 13. Mizzou 14. Vanderbilt - The SEC is so deep that no team would truly surprise me by making the Tournament, and they may push for 8 bids. Isn't Georgia criminally underrated though? No respect for Tom Crean! SoCon: 1. ETSU 2. UNC-Greensboro 3. Furman 4. Wofford SWAC: 1. Prairie View A&M 2. Texas Southern 3. Grambling State 4. Alabama State Summit: 1. North Dakota State 2. South Dakota 3. Oral Roberts 4. Omaha 5. South Dakota State WCC: 1. Gonzaga 2. St. Mary's 3. BYU 4. Pepperdine 5. Santa Clara - I think we all know how this conference goes by now :) WAC: 1. New Mexico State 2. Grand Canyon 3. Seattle I will defend my Columbia (1-13) comment by saying that Gabe Stefanini had a season ending injury before the season even began. Yes, one player made that much difference :) Mike Smith couldn't do it alone. I have no excuse for criticizing the media for having Georgia too low. I will never bet on Tom Crean again. Anthony Edwards was great fun to watch. This is all in jest, and I do think the coaches did better than me, but more reason to let the games be played. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 07, 2020, 07:35:13 PM Utah State wins the MWC final on a 3-pointer by Sam Merrill with 2.6 seconds left. USU trailed by 16 in the first half.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: DINGO Joe on March 07, 2020, 11:00:22 PM Utah State wins the MWC final on a 3-pointer by Sam Merrill with 2.6 seconds left. USU trailed by 16 in the first half. Utah St. might have still got in without the win, but that locks it, obviously. In a way, SDSU might prefer to be the West #2 instead of #1 East. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 08, 2020, 11:33:09 AM Watching the Houston-Memphis game on CBS, which was reported as a sellout but has quite a few empty seats. People staying away because of the virus?
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 09, 2020, 07:19:24 AM *** FINAL PICK'EM RESULTS *** Sprouts finished off his winning season with a dominant performance in the final week: 18 Sprouts 15 JGibson, sjoyce 14 YE 13 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek The average score was a respectable 14.7, the best in several weeks. Unanimous picks: Missouri State-Indiana State (wrong) Villanova-Georgetown Kansas-Texas Tech Creighton-Seton Hall Duke-North Carolina Oregon-Stanford Illinois-Iowa Games with one dissenter (asterisk = dissenter was right): Bowling Green-Buffalo (*) Baylor-West Virginia (*) Xavier-Butler (*) Maryland-Michigan Michigan State-Ohio State Oral Roberts-Omaha Final overall standings (449 total games): 275 Sprouts 263 GeorgiaModerate 251 Illiniwek 250 JGibson 240 sjoyce 192 YE 152 dfw 98 RINO Tom 36 Sunrise The best weekly performance was 20-5 (Sprouts and YE). The worst was 8-16. Sprouts was also the most frequent weekly winner (six times), followed by JGibson and me with four each. That was fun! Thanks to those who stuck with it through the long season. Now, is anyone going to run an NCAA tournament contest? Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 10, 2020, 11:46:37 AM Quote The Ivy League canceled its men's and women's basketball conference tournaments Tuesday because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. The four-team tournaments were scheduled to be played Friday through Sunday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge. The Ivy League instead will award its automatic NCAA Tournament bids to the regular-season champions, the Princeton women and Yale men. The tournaments are the first at the Division I basketball level to be canceled by the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28877858/ivy-league-cancels-conference-basketball-tournaments-coronavirus Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 10, 2020, 03:51:37 PM There has been no one in the history of Ivy League basketball treated more unfairly the AJ Brodeur, who will go down as one of the greats. We can only hope he rightfully is awarded Ivy Player of the Year (last year's award was a farce). It's a close three horse race with Paul Atkinson as the frontunner because of who he plays for. But no one's impact is as great as Brodeur who run the whole inside-out offense from down-low. Mike Smith from Columbia is valuable and gets pity votes because his stats are harmed due to what he is surrounded with, but I think he will be third.
Fun Fact: Jim Boeheim's son Jimmy has a very strong chance to make first team All Ivy right behind this trio. Syracuse fans were furious that Buddy did not even receive votes for third team all ACC, and I think they have a point. Good chance he will get there next year. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on March 10, 2020, 08:04:33 PM Hofstra avenges Northeastern and breaks the 19 year drought which is looking like it may be one of the longest droughts ended this season via auto-bid.
The Hartford Hawks have never been to the NCAA Tournament. For just the second time in their 33 year history, they will advance to the conference title game after defeating Stony Brook. In 2008, they were defeated by UMBC in a battle between bidless teams. In 2020, they will have to dethrone Vemont, the king of the conference. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 11, 2020, 02:50:02 PM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 11, 2020, 03:34:07 PM Deleted earlier tweet suggesting the tournament would be canceled entirely.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 11, 2020, 06:32:29 PM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 12, 2020, 04:41:45 PM It's official. The tournament has been canceled, and the season is over.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on March 13, 2020, 10:00:21 AM Too bad, this was the yr of the Zags and now they cant win, bad luck.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 14, 2020, 04:01:37 PM Anyone else feeling really dispirited about no basketball today?
On the plus side, I've gotten a lot done around the house. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on March 14, 2020, 05:56:16 PM Rick Pitino to Iona.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on March 20, 2020, 10:52:11 AM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on April 01, 2020, 02:17:05 PM I really wish they would have ceremoniously announced the field that made the Tournament. I say that not only as an Illini fan that wanted to see our uncharacteristically long drought (since 2013) come to an end but also as a fan very sympathetic to a program like Rutgers and how much they deserved a bid/how meaningful it would be to hang that banner in their arena.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Donerail on April 01, 2020, 02:22:34 PM I really wish they would have ceremoniously announced the field that made the Tournament. I say that not only as an Illini fan that wanted to see our uncharacteristically long drought (since 2013) come to an end but also as a fan very sympathetic to a program like Rutgers and how much they deserved a bid/how meaningful it would be to hang that banner in their arena. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on April 03, 2020, 09:52:03 AM Zags, lose it again, but this time on a pandemic
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on June 12, 2020, 02:59:00 PM Alerting Smilo
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on June 12, 2020, 05:00:17 PM Thank you, YE. If you have ever transgressed against me, that is now forgiven because this is the news I have been waiting for my entire life (well since the Highlanders went D1). What a perfect fit! This is even more interesting given the recent news of the Atlantic Sun looking to have its members form a new conference while leaving the shell of the Atlantic Sun for other random deep south teams. I think NJIT was an important part of that announcement since it required seven teams who have played together for so many seasons. Now that dream may be dead.
Of course, the move of FAMU from the MEAC to the SWAC was just as monumental. The MEAC is left with just Bethune-Cookman and NC Central as its powerhouse teams (who might be able and, for BCC, eager to join their old rivals in the SWAC and Big South, respectively), South Carolina State* and Howard (who have enough status to latch on somewhere) and five complete retreads who are actually geographically close but cannot be a conference on their own. Norfolk State has the most memorable success of those five basketball programs (Coppin State also pulled off a much less memorable 2-15 long ago), but there is a strong possibility of their demise after so much hope of a budding rivalry with Hampton :( I really hope they do not drop down to D2 CIAA because they are homeless, but this looks like a very possible scenario. Definitely a fan of what NSU built. Delaware State, Coppin State, UMES and Morgan State have largely been terrible (except a couple one-off years for Morgan State in football), and I would not be surprised if they drop to D2. The CIAA is actually a pretty good fit for most of them. As they are all publics, there was some discussion of them joining up with the America East as well. A "Southern" division with UMBC, Stony Brook and now NJIT would limit the number of trips up to Maine and Vermont. But the two football programs are nowhere near good enough to compete in the Colonial with Maine, SBU, UNH and Albany and might have to be cancelled. Even then, the basketball programs are barely good enough to absorb all at once and with struggling finances, I'm not sure those programs would be long for this world in an arrangement no better than the status quo when the CIAA is calling with fewer sports requirements and less travel. Delaware State is financially the healthiest so NEC might have interest. Coppin State with the worst financial state and no football to offer looks to be worst positioned. Keep your eyes on the MEAC and Atlantic Sun! Lots of news is sure to come. *While South Carolina State has been a successful athletic program and is capable of competing with most other conferences, their financial state is rather dire as well, and the CIAA is a very logical geographic fit. They could make a willing choice to move down. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on June 12, 2020, 05:33:33 PM More relevant for basketball:
Robert Morris announced yesterday that they are leaving the NEC for the Horizon League. As an SFC fan, I am ecstatic about no more long trips to the perennial power in Moon Township. They'll go from the best program in the NEC to about the third or fourth best program in the Horizon so hooray for competition and better regionalization! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on June 13, 2020, 06:51:23 AM I've had a warm feeling for Robert Morris ever since the year they knocked off defending national champion Kentucky in the first round of the NIT.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on June 14, 2020, 12:17:04 AM Fantasy Leagues are going bust during a Pandemic and no end in sight
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on June 20, 2020, 10:04:29 AM "Oh my goodn- GOODNESS GRACIOUS! Of all the dramatic thi- Of all the dramatic things, I've ever seen, Bethune Cookman in the middle of a pandemic convening the Board of Trustees announcing they want to leave the MEAC! Bethune-Cookman might be a SWAC school!" -
Well, at least HBCU GameDay heavily implies SWAC preference. It might be Atlantic Sun, which would be really great for travel but not nearly as fun for football. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Orwell on July 01, 2020, 06:06:24 PM I am still depressed over both Josh Christopher and Isiah Todd breaking my heart
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on July 05, 2020, 02:16:07 PM I just started watching basketball and baseball on Sportscenter, it does suck without crowd noise
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers on July 09, 2020, 05:59:19 AM Ivy League schools shutting down sports for the fall, ths put a pall on Fantasy Sports League
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on August 01, 2020, 08:08:42 AM WOW, I hope we can have some type of season ... Illinois will be knocking at the door of a preseason top 10 ranking if Kofi Cockburn announces hes returning (along with Ayo) today...
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on August 01, 2020, 10:06:44 AM My guess right now is that there will be a season, but it won't start until January.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: YE on August 02, 2020, 02:32:59 PM Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: GeorgiaModerate on August 02, 2020, 04:46:02 PM The Big 10 looks loaded this year.
Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on August 05, 2020, 10:54:34 AM The Big 10 looks loaded this year. Jon Rothstein's updated "Rothstein 45" (B1G teams only): 3. Iowa 5. Wisconsin 7. Illinois 11. Michigan State 21. Rutgers 24. Indiana 26. Ohio State 37. Michigan 42. Purdue That would be NINE Big Ten teams clearly in the NCAA Tournament, and you know another Bubble team or two are squeaking in. This Big Ten is going to be the toughest it's been since the glory days of the '80s, IMO. As an Illini fan, that preseason ranking feels surreal ... it's the highest we have had since I was in seventh grade, haha (2004-05). GOD, I hope there is a season! Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: NewYorkExpress on August 05, 2020, 01:23:29 PM My guess right now is that there will be a season, but it won't start until January. There really shouldn't be a season at all. Especially at the college ranks, having a season would put student-athletes's lives at risk for profit. I was opposed to having professional sports before a vaccine was developed and distributed to the general population, and I am very much opposed to college sports having any season of any kind before a vaccine is developed and distributed to the general public. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: RINO Tom on August 05, 2020, 03:09:37 PM My guess right now is that there will be a season, but it won't start until January. There really shouldn't be a season at all. Especially at the college ranks, having a season would put student-athletes's lives at risk for profit. I was opposed to having professional sports before a vaccine was developed and distributed to the general population, and I am very much opposed to college sports having any season of any kind before a vaccine is developed and distributed to the general public. Pausing life until a vaccine is administered to more than 50% of the population is nothing short of naive. IF and when there is a vaccine, there should be an immediate shelter-in-place order for anyone over a certain age (say, 70?) or with any pre-existing conditions ... everyone else should be told to wash their hands, be careful and return to daily life. Period. If someone who doesn't fit those descriptions is worried and would like to stay home, they are more than welcome to ... and they can kindly shut up about everyone else. Otherwise, we will spend the next two years continuing to destroy our economy and conflate the non-physical-health side effects of this pandemic. Title: Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread Post by: Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ on August 31, 2020, 09:34:10 AM RIP John Thompson, who has passed away at just age 78, two days shy of his birthday and three years and a day after Rollie Massimino. I sure hope the remaining members of the brotherhood are able to get together to celebrate his incredible life.
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