2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

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!

[GeorgiaModerate]

Clemson-North Carolina in OT.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Clemson-North Carolina in OT.

And NC loses.  Hello, NIT.

[GeorgiaModerate]

It's looking like I should have changed the Michigan State pick too.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wichita State, which has looked great this season, is now going to OT with UConn, which has looked awful this season.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

Duke loses at Clemson, while Louisville is in OT at Pitt.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#5 Butler loses at home to Seton Hall.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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. John’s – 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

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wut Memphis?

Biggest loss ever by a ranked team to an unranked team.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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. John’s @ 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

[GeorgiaModerate]

Liberty loses their second game of the season, 71-70 to North Florida.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I tuned into the LSU-Texas game with LSU leading 50-34.  They now trail 56-58.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Memphis led SMU 70-59 with about 5 minutes left, and never scored again.  They lost 74-70.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Kentucky-Texas Tech going to OT.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

Virginia just finished the game on an 8-0 run to take down #5 Florida State, 61-56.

[GeorgiaModerate]

At the half, Vanderbilt leads Kentucky at Rupp, 35-28.  This is not a typo.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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. Mary’s @ BYU – 9pm – ESPN2
#20 Colorado @ Southern Cal – 9:30pm – FS1

Sunday, February 2nd
#19 Illinois @ #18 Iowa – 12pm – FS1
Georgetown @ St. John’s – 12pm – CBS