2020-21 College Basketball Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

A quick programming note. Week Fifteen, the last week of the Regular Season, will be the last week of the Pick'em.

We will not be picking Conference Tournaments, and while your picks for the NCAA tournament should be posted here, those are merely for bragging rights only (but by all means, make them anyways.)

[Donerail]

West Virginia
Oregon
Louisville
UConn
Texas
Tennessee
Iowa
Alabama
Arkansas
Villanova
UNC
Loyola-Chicago

Texas Tech @ Baylor and Louisville @ Virginia Tech have been canceled

[GeorgiaModerate]

Texas Tech @ Baylor
Oklahoma @ West Virginia
Oregon @ Arizona
Louisville @ Virginia Tech
UConn @ Xavier
TCU @ Texas
Tennessee @ LSU
Iowa @ Michigan State
Georgia @ Alabama
Arkansas @ Missouri    A tough one.
Villanova @ Creighton  Another tough one.
North Carolina @ Virginia
Loyola Chicago @ Drake

[NewYorkExpress]

Week-Fifteen-The Final Week

Monday, March 1

North Carolina @ Syracuse 7:00 PM

Tuesday, March 2

Wisconsin @ Purdue TBD

Ohio @ Kent State TBD

Akron @ Buffalo TBD

Auburn @ Alabama 7:00 PM

Duke @ Georgia Tech 7:00 PM

Kentucky @ Mississippi 9:00 PM

Wednesday, March 3

Creighton @ Villanova TBD

UConn @ Seton Hall TBD

VCU @ Dayton TBD

Abilene Christian @ Stephen F. Austin TBD

Louisville @ Virginia Tech TBD

Richmond @ UMass 6:00 PM

Missouri @ Florida 6:30 PM

Thursday, March 4

Iowa @ Michigan TBD

Saint Peter's @ Iona TBD

Idaho State @ Eastern Washington 9:05 PM

Friday, March 5

Old Dominion @ Western Kentucky 8:00 PM

Georgia Tech @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM

UAB @ North Texas 8:00 PM

Saturday, March 6

Illinois @ Ohio State TBD

USC @ UCLA TBD

Indiana @ Purdue TBD

Rutgers @ Minnesota TBD

Seton Hall @ St. John's TBD

Oregon @ Oregon State TBD

Colorado @ Utah TBD

Pittsburgh @ Clemson 12:00 PM

Virginia Tech @ NC State 2:00 PM

Duke @ North Carolina 6:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 6:00 PM

Sunday, March 7

Michigan @ Michigan State TBD

Wisconsin @ Iowa TBD

Houston @ Memphis 12:00 PM

[YE]

West Virginia
Oregon
Xavier
TCU
Tennessee
Iowa
Alabama
Missouri
Villanova
Virginia
Loyala Chicago

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ohio State is just obliterating Indiana right now.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Vanderbilt leads Mississippi State by 15 at halftime on the road.  Someone check on ExtremeRepublican.

[NewYorkExpress]

Upset Alert!

With 3:05 left, Wake Forest leads #17 Florida State 72-71.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Michigan and Maryland tomorrow.  Memphis-Houston was postponed.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Close ones breaking against me today, making up for earlier in the week.

[Donerail]

Michigan & Minnesota for today

[YE]

Wisconsin
Minnesota

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 12 RESULTS

The schedule had a very rough week with over a third of our games postponed or canceled.  I won the week at 17-7, a game ahead of Illiniwek.  Full results:

17 GeorgiaModerate
16 Illiniwek
15 Donerail
13 NY Express, COVID-19
12 YE

In the overall standings, I gained two games on Donerail and now lead by six.  Year to date (348 games):

230 GeorgiaModerate
224 Donerail
207 NY Express
171 Illiniwek
80 JGibson
45 YE
34 CraneHusband
27 dfw

[Donerail]

Week Thirteen

Monday, February 15th
Virginia @ Florida State
East Tennessee State @ Chattanooga
Wichita State @ SMU
Baylor @ West Virginia

Tuesday, February 16th
Xavier @ St. John's
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina
Missouri @ Georgia
Florida @ Arkansas
Miami (OH) @ Toledo
Texas @ Oklahoma

Wednesday, February 17th
VCU @ Richmond
Syracuse @ Louisville

Thursday, February 18th

Rutgers @ Michigan
Iowa @ Wisconsin
Arizona @ UCLA
Colorado @ Oregon
West Virginia @ Baylor
Memphis @ Wichita State
Jacksonville State @ Belmont
Saint Mary's @ Gonzaga

Friday, February 19th
Utah State @ Boise State
Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina
Saint Louis @ Dayton
Old Dominion @ UAB
Western Kentucky @ North Texas
CSU Bakersfield @ UC Santa Barbara

Saturday, February 20th
Oklahoma State @ Baylor
UConn @ Villanova
Illinois @ Minnesota
Arizona @ USC
Colorado State @ Nevada
Louisville @ North Carolina
Navy @ Army
Virginia Tech @ Florida State
Texas Tech @ Kansas
Furman @ Mercer
West Virginia @ Texas
Georgia @ Florida

Sunday, February 21st
Michigan @ Ohio State
Clemson @ Pittsburgh

[GeorgiaModerate]

FSU and Chattanooga today.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tomorrow's Texas-Oklahoma game has been moved to Wednesday (it will remain in the pick'em list).

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

Week-Fifteen-The Final Week

Monday, March 1

North Carolina @ Syracuse 7:00 PM

Tuesday, March 2

Wisconsin @ Purdue TBD

Ohio @ Kent State TBD

Akron @ Buffalo TBD

Auburn @ Alabama 7:00 PM

Duke @ Georgia Tech 7:00 PM

Kentucky @ Mississippi 9:00 PM

Wednesday, March 3

Creighton @ Villanova TBD

UConn @ Seton Hall TBD

VCU @ Dayton TBD

Abilene Christian @ Stephen F. Austin TBD

Louisville @ Virginia Tech TBD

Richmond @ UMass 6:00 PM

Missouri @ Florida 6:30 PM

Thursday, March 4

Iowa @ Michigan TBD

Saint Peter's @ Iona TBD

Idaho State @ Eastern Washington 9:05 PM

Friday, March 5

Old Dominion @ Western Kentucky 8:00 PM

Georgia Tech @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM

UAB @ North Texas 8:00 PM

Saturday, March 6

Illinois @ Ohio State TBD Win the damn conference!

USC @ UCLA TBD

Indiana @ Purdue TBD

Rutgers @ Minnesota TBD

Seton Hall @ St. John's TBD

Oregon @ Oregon State TBD

Colorado @ Utah TBD

Pittsburgh @ Clemson 12:00 PM

Virginia Tech @ NC State 2:00 PM

Duke @ North Carolina 6:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 6:00 PM

Sunday, March 7

Michigan @ Michigan State TBD

Wisconsin @ Iowa TBD

Houston @ Memphis 12:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

A heartbreaker for East Tennessee State.  Chattanooga went up by 3 with 7 seconds left and fouled with 4.8 left to prevent a tying 3-pointer.  ETSU made the first FT, deliberately missed the second, got the offensive rebound, and kicked it out for an apparent game-winning 3.  Everything went perfectly...except that the coach had called a timeout as soon as they got the rebound, so the 3-pointer was waved off.  ETSU got another inbound with 2.6 left and had a decent look at a 3, but it bounced off.  Chattanooga wins by 2.

[NewYorkExpress]

Week-Fifteen-The Final Week

Monday, March 1

North Carolina @ Syracuse 7:00 PM

Tuesday, March 2

Wisconsin @ Purdue TBD

Ohio @ Kent State TBD

Akron @ Buffalo TBD

Auburn @ Alabama 7:00 PM

Duke @ Georgia Tech 7:00 PM

Kentucky @ Mississippi 9:00 PM

Wednesday, March 3

Creighton @ Villanova TBD

UConn @ Seton Hall TBD

VCU @ Dayton TBD

Abilene Christian @ Stephen F. Austin TBD

Louisville @ Virginia Tech TBD

Richmond @ UMass 6:00 PM

Missouri @ Florida 6:30 PM

Thursday, March 4

Iowa @ Michigan TBD

Saint Peter's @ Iona TBD

Idaho State @ Eastern Washington 9:05 PM

Friday, March 5

Old Dominion @ Western Kentucky 8:00 PM

Georgia Tech @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM

UAB @ North Texas 8:00 PM

Saturday, March 6

Illinois @ Ohio State TBD

USC @ UCLA TBD

Indiana @ Purdue TBD

Rutgers @ Minnesota TBD

Seton Hall @ St. John's TBD

Oregon @ Oregon State TBD

Colorado @ Utah TBD

Pittsburgh @ Clemson 12:00 PM

Virginia Tech @ NC State 2:00 PM

Duke @ North Carolina 6:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin @ Sam Houston State 6:00 PM

Sunday, March 7

Michigan @ Michigan State TBD

Wisconsin @ Iowa TBD

Houston @ Memphis 12:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

Xavier @ St. John's
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina
Missouri @ Georgia
Florida @ Arkansas
Miami (OH) @ Toledo

Texas @ Oklahoma
VCU @ Richmond
Syracuse @ Louisville

[GeorgiaModerate]

Texas-Oklahoma has been pushed back another day (to Thursday) due to inclement weather.

[NewYorkExpress]

Texas-Oklahoma has been pushed back another day (to Thursday) due to inclement weather.

At this point they might as well cancel it. The weather isn't supposed good today there either.

[YE]

VCU
Louisville

[Orwell]

If Michigan wins out do they win the Big Ten? I remember reading that they had not played enough games or something. I think they're obviously they're the best team in the Big Ten and it isn't particularly close.

[GeorgiaModerate]

If Michigan wins out do they win the Big Ten? I remember reading that they had not played enough games or something. I think they're obviously they're the best team in the Big Ten and it isn't particularly close.

If the postponed games are rescheduled and they win out, Michigan will win the conference because they have only one conference loss and everyone else has at least three.  If not all games are played, then it depends on what the Big Ten decides to do in case of an unequal schedule.  If they go by winning percentage and Michigan wins out, they win.  Some conferences have announced they're doing this (it's the most logical way to handle it), but I couldn't find anything from the Big Ten on a quick search.  OTOH, if they go by games above .500, the outcome is less certain; using that scheme, they are currently tied with Illinois (9-1 and 11-3 respectively).