2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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. John’s vs. Arizona
Nevada vs. Saint Mary’s

Sunday, December 22nd
Davidson @ Loyola-Chicago
Yale @ Clemson
Xavier @ TCU      
Georgia Tech vs. Boise State
Ball State vs. Washington
UTEP @ Hawai’i

[GeorgiaModerate]

Georgia-SMU heading to double OT.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Dogs win 87-85 in 2OT!  For a while it seemed like neither team really wanted to win.

[RINO Tom]

I knew I forgot something today ... damn.

FRIDAY 12/20
SMU at Georgia
Northern Colorado at South Dakota

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. John’s vs. #16 Arizona (San Francisco, CA)
Saint Mary’s 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

[GeorgiaModerate]

The #1 curse takes down Kansas, which blew it in the last minute and lost to Villanova 56-55.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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!

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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.

[Green Line]

DePaul win!

[DINGO Joe]

Will San Diego State jump to #1 next week?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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!

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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

[Illiniwek]

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

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[JGibson]

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

[Terry the Fat Shark]

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

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

Belmont @ Western Kentucky – 7:30pm - game of the weekend! Why can't we watch!

You can if you'll be in Bowling Green on Saturday, which I might...

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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. John’s @ 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

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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. John’s @ Xavier – 3:30pm
Oregon State @ Colorado – 5pm
Northwestern @ Minnesota – 6:30pm
Purdue @ Illinois – 7pm
USC @ Washington – 9pm

[GeorgiaModerate]

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. John’s @ Xavier – 3:30pm
Oregon State @ Colorado – 5pm
Northwestern @ Minnesota – 6:30pm
Purdue @ Illinois – 7pm
USC @ Washington – 9pm