2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

And the season is underway!  Baylor is playing Central Arkansas on ESPN+.

[RINO Tom]

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

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

Nothing personal, sjoyce, but I really hope you're not as good at picking basketball as football.

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

Nothing personal, sjoyce, but I really hope you're not as good at picking basketball as football.

Whiffed on my last two March brackets, if that's any comfort

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

QUAKERS! IVY LEAGUE > SEC!

[YE]

Kentucky did more than just throw out their governor tonight.

[The Sun Also Rises]

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

[RINO Tom]

Yikes, Illinois.  I’m hoping this is a blessing-in-disguise wake up call before heading out west.  Effort like that at Grand Canyon (I’ve read that place is a very intense gym), and we lose!

[JGibson]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Yikes, Illinois.  I’m hoping this is a blessing-in-disguise wake up call before heading out west.  Effort like that at Grand Canyon (I’ve read that place is a very intense gym), and we lose!

The pressure will be very much on, Thomas.

https://twitter.com/totally_t_bomb/status/1191965300037758976?s=19

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

If anyone still wants to make picks, just a reminder that the first game (Auburn-Davidson) starts in an hour.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Auburn beat Davidson 76-66.  Memphis up by 40 (not a typo) early second half.  LSU trailing Bowling Green mid first half.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections!

[RINO Tom]

Switching my Sunday picks to Florida, Wake and Arizona after some very basic re evaluation. Shameful selections!

You’ll see!

[DINGO Joe]

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.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Nicholls > Pitt > Florida State > #6 Florida



Great Week 1!

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[Gulf Coastal Elite]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[Terry the Fat Shark]

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

[YE]

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