2021-22 College Basketball Thread

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https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle/status/1475509962164125697
She's such an idiot.  I'm sure every sportswriter would rather be covering an actual sporting event than reporting that it isn't happening.

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NYE, you didn't pick VCU-Dayton and Michigan State-Michigan.

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Wednesday's pick'em game Marquette-St. John's is postponed.

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Tomorrow's pick-em game Florida-Ole Miss has been postponed due to COVID issue in the Gators program.

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https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1476000580338429957

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Changing my pick in Tennessee-Alabama to the Crimson Tide.

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Tomorrow's pick'em game Dayton @ Rhode Island is off.

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Tonight's Washington-Washington State game is off too.  At this point it looks like 5 6 of tonight's 13 pick'em games have been canceled:

Duke @ Clemson 2:00 PM ACC  
DePaul @ Butler 5:00 PM
Florida @ Ole Miss 5:00 PM SEC
LSU @ Auburn 7:00 PM ESPNU
Seton Hall @ Providence 7:00 PM
Wichita State @ East Carolina 7:00 ESPN+
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina 7:00 PM ESPN2  
Marquette @ St. John's 8:00 PM
Wake Forest @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC
Tennessee @ Alabama 9:00 PM ESPN2
Arkansas @ Mississippi State 9:00 SEC
NC State @ Miami(FL) 9:00 PM ESPNU
Washington @ Washington State 11:00 PM ESPNU

EDIT: Wichita State-East Carolina is canceled too.

And two of tomorrow's three:

Michigan @ UCF 7:00 PM ESPN2
Dayton @ Rhode Island 7:00 PM
Arizona @ UCLA 9:00 PM ESPN2

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Another sterling performance by Georgia, which loses by 17 at home to Gardner-Webb.  Sigh.

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Additional cancellations in this week's pick'em:

Tomorrow:

James Madison @ Towson

Saturday:

Butler @ UConn
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech
BYU @ Portland

Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

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Tomorrow's San Francisco-St. Mary's pick'em game is off.

ETA: So is Sunday's St. Bonaventure-Dayton.

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Today's Baylor @ Iowa State game is only the fourth since 1980 between two Division 1 teams with 12-0 or better unbeaten records.  The previous three:

16-0 Duke @ 17-0 UNC (1986)
15-0 Wake Forest @ 16-0 Clemson (2009)
13-0 Villanova @ 13-0 Creighton (2016)

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Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

Not one of my better decisions.  Memphis continues to be the most puzzling team in the country.  They lost to Tulane last time out and were down two starters due to injury today, but ran Wichita State out of their own gym.

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Creighton hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to a second OT.  I will never understand why defending teams don't foul when up 3 in that situation.

ETA: Creighton won in 2OT.  Not fouling at the end of OT cost Marquette the game (and serves them right IMO).

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Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

Not one of my better decisions.  Memphis continues to be the most puzzling team in the country.  They lost to Tulane last time out and were down two starters due to injury today, but ran Wichita State out of their own gym.

If I had the room and desire to do so, every Memphis game would be in the pick'em, just to keep messing with everyone.

That Memphis loss at Tulane (by 1 point with three starters out) suddenly looks a lot better, as Tulane just went into Cincinnati and beat the Bearcats easily.  They led by 23 at the half and held on to win by 8.

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DePaul @ St John's 6:30 PM
Alabama @ Florida 7:00 PM
Ole Miss @ Tennessee 7:00 PM SEC
VCU @ Dayton 7:00 PM
Chattanooga @ Wofford 7:00 PM ESPN+
Creighton @ Villanova 8:30 PM
Texas Tech @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPNU
North Carolina @ Notre Dame 9:00 PM ESPN2
Fresno State @ San Diego State 10:30 PM

Ohio State @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Maryland @ Illinois 7:00 PM ESPN2
Iowa @ Wisconsin 9:00 PM
SMU @ Cincinnati 9:00 PM
Washington State @ Colorado 9:00 PM
Saint Mary's @ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ESPNU

Marquette @ Georgetown 6:30 PM
Brown @ Harvard 7:00 PM ESPN+
Xavier @ Butler 8:30 PM
Colorado State @ Boise State 10:30 PM

St. John's @ Providence TBD
Villanova @ DePaul TBD
Wyoming @ Fresno State TBD
Wichita State @ Houston 12:00 PM
UConn @ Seton Hall 12:00 PM
Virginia @ North Carolina 1:00 PM ESPN
Arkansas @ Texas A&M SEC
Texas @ Oklahoma State 2:00 PM
Kansas State @ West Virginia 2:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+
Rhode Island @ Davidson 2:00 PM ESPN+
Michigan State @ Michigan 2:30 PM
Kansas @ Texas Tech 4:00 PM ESPN2
Baylor @ TCU 5:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+
Iowa State @ Oklahoma 6:00 PM
Tennessee @ LSU 6:00 PM
Saint Mary's @ BYU 10:00 PM

Northwestern @ Ohio State TBD
Wisconsin @ Maryland TBD
Minnesota @ Indiana 12:00 PM
Yale @ Harvard 2:00 PM
Iona @ Monmouth 2:00 PM
Cincinnati @ Memphis 3:30 PM ESPN3

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WEEK 8 RESULTS

I'm sure half of these are gonna be canceled too but whatever

That was a pretty good prediction, as exactly half of the games (15 of 30) were canceled.  

I won the week at 10-5, while PA was 9-6.  Illiniwek and NYE were 8-7. 

Year to date (147 games):

101 GeorgiaModerate   
100 Pessimistic Antineutrino   
94 Illiniwek   
89 NYE   
67 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

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The cancellations for this week have begun.  Wednesday's Fresno State-San Diego State is off.

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Sunday's pick'em game Iona-Monmouth game is off.

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Wisconsin, which was a 12.5-point underdog, just won at #3 Purdue 74-69.

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Switching to North Carolina over Notre Dame tomorrow.

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Terrific game between Kentucky and LSU, won by the Tigers 65-60.

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Saturday's pick'em Wyoming-Fresno State is off.

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Ole Miss and Tennessee heading to OT tied at 51 in a game that's been kind of fascinating to watch, in a train-wreck sense.

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Switching to North Carolina over Notre Dame tomorrow.

I really need to stick with my first opinions.  I've lost more than I gained by switching.