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GeorgiaModerate
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2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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
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.
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GeorgiaModerate
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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
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GeorgiaModerate
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October 22, 2019, 11:40:58 AM »
The
AP preseason All-America team
:
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
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GeorgiaModerate
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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October 24, 2019, 12:28:15 PM »
Quote from: 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
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/
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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
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GeorgiaModerate
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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October 28, 2019, 05:07:55 PM »
Thanks to sjoyce for volunteering to choose the games!
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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October 30, 2019, 06:41:41 PM »
I'm definitely going to play, but will wait until closer to next weekend to post picks.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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November 05, 2019, 08:25:23 AM »
Just for fun, my picks for the Champions Classic are Michigan State and Duke.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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November 05, 2019, 12:24:23 PM »
And the season is underway! Baylor is playing Central Arkansas on ESPN+.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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November 05, 2019, 02:09:34 PM »
Nothing personal, sjoyce, but I really hope you're not as good at picking basketball as football.
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November 06, 2019, 09:17:42 PM »
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Edited:
November 06, 2019, 09:24:41 PM
by
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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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Reply #11 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
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GeorgiaModerate
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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November 10, 2019, 06:08:33 PM »
Quote from: DINGO Joe on November 09, 2019, 12:47:19 PM
Quote from: 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.
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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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November 11, 2019, 08:34:08 PM »
Quote from: Green Line on November 11, 2019, 06:48:42 PM
DePaul bout to lay a SMACK DOWN on Iowa.
Sure looks that way so far!
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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Reply #18 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.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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Reply #19 on:
November 12, 2019, 07:52:49 PM »
Halftime: Evansville 34, #1 Kentucky 30.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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Reply #20 on:
November 12, 2019, 08:57:22 PM »
These announcers are terrible.
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November 12, 2019, 09:04:49 PM »
I love college basketball.
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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
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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Reply #23 on:
November 15, 2019, 07:51:29 PM »
Halftime: Duke 36, Georgia State 34.
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Re: 2019-2020 College Basketball Discussion and Pick 'em Thread
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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
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