2020-21 College Basketball Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

Week Three

Monday, December 7
Old Dominion @ James Madison

Tuesday, December 8
Creighton @ Kansas
Purdue @ Miami (FL)
North Carolina @ Iowa
Ohio State @ Notre Dame
Vanderbilt @ SMU
Illinois @ Duke

Wednesday, December 9
Maryland @ Clemson
Providence @ TCU
Louisville @ Wisconsin
NC State @ Michigan
Oklahoma @ Xavier
Michigan State @ Virginia
Indiana @ Florida State

Thursday, December 10
San Diego State @ Arizona State
Wofford @ South Carolina

Friday, December 11
Villanova @ Georgetown
Nebraska @ Creighton
St. John's @ UConn
Iowa State @ Iowa
Marquette @ UCLA

Saturday, December 12
Illinois @ Missouri
Cincinnati @ Tennessee
Florida @ Florida State
Syracuse @ Boston College
Notre Dame @ Kentucky
Mississippi State @ Dayton
TCU @ Texas A&M
Oklahoma State @ Wichita State

Sunday, December 13
Penn State @ Michigan
Richmond @ Kansas
Texas @ Baylor

And reupping:

1. You have 45 32 games this week.  That's a lot, and starting from Monday leaves little time to get picks in.  I suggest that in future weeks, you limit it to 25 games (same as the football pick'ems) and skip the early part of the week.  That is, start selecting games for the upcoming week from the upcoming Sunday and work backward through the week until you have 25.

2. That format makes for some very long posts.  How about using a more compact listing

First off, the Monday game got canceled, so we're actually at 31 (assuming no more cancellations)

In this case, the large number of games, is more so we actually have 25 games played this week.

As for the format, I can experiment with another format next week (which given it is finals week for most schools/beginning of Winter Break, should have a somewhat smaller schedule.)

[GeorgiaModerate]

Make that 27 games, and counting:

Vandy-SMU is canceled.

Louisville-Wisconsin is postponed.

N.C. State-Michigan is postponed.

St. John's-UConn is postponed.

[Donerail]

As for the format, I can experiment with another format next week (which given it is finals week for most schools/beginning of Winter Break, should have a somewhat smaller schedule.)

It's more an issue of timing than anything — tough to only have a day or two of turnaround on these.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Tuesday, December 8

5:00 PM

Creighton @ Kansas

5:00 PM

Purdue @ Miami (FL)

7:30 PM

North Carolina @ Iowa

7:30 PM

Ohio State @ Notre Dame

8:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ SMU

9:30 PM

Illinois @ Duke

[GeorgiaModerate]

Creighton @ Kansas
Purdue @ Miami (FL)
North Carolina @ Iowa
Ohio State @ Notre Dame
Vanderbilt @ SMU  canceled
Illinois @ Duke

[Ancestral Republican]

Tuesday, December 8
Creighton @ 🏀Kansas
Purdue @ 🏀Miami (FL)
🏀North Carolina @ Iowa
🏀Ohio State @ Notre Dame
Vanderbilt @ 🏀SMU
Illinois @ 🏀Duke

Wednesday, December 9
🏀Maryland @ Clemson
🏀Providence @ TCU
🏀Louisville @ Wisconsin
NC State @ 🏀Michigan
Oklahoma @ 🏀Xavier
Michigan State @🏀Virginia
🏀Indiana @ Florida State

Thursday, December 10
🏀San Diego State @ Arizona State
Wofford @ 🏀South Carolina

Friday, December 11
🏀Villanova @ Georgetown
Nebraska @ 🏀Creighton
🏀St. John's @ UConn
🏀Iowa State @ Iowa
🏀Marquette @ UCLA

Saturday, December 12
🏀Illinois @ Missouri
Cincinnati @ 🏀Tennessee
🏀Florida @ Florida State
🏀Syracuse @ Boston College
Notre Dame @ 🏀Kentucky
Mississippi State @ 🏀Dayton
🏀TCU @ Texas A&M
Oklahoma State @ 🏀Wichita State

Sunday, December 13
Penn State @ 🏀Michigan
Richmond @ 🏀Kansas
Texas @ 🏀Baylor

[GeorgiaModerate]

The Creighton-Kansas game has been terrific so far.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Miami was down by 20 to Purdue but came all the way back to win by 4.

[Mr. Illini]

I L L !

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

THE ILLINI GO INTO DUKE AND WIN. Watch out America this team is legit this year. Illinois is back!


Ugh I can't get used this schedule for picking these games missed week 1 and now seven games...

Wednesday, December 9

5:00 PM

Maryland @ Clemson

5:00 PM

Providence @ TCU

7:15 PM

Louisville @ Wisconsin


8:00 PM

Oklahoma @ Xavier



9:15 PM

Indiana @ Florida State



Thursday, December 10

TBD

San Diego State @ Arizona State



Friday, December 11



5:00 PM

Villanova @ Georgetown

7:00 PM

Nebraska @ Creighton

7:00 PM

St.John's @ UConn

9:00 PM

Iowa State @ Iowa

9:30 PM

Marquette @ UCLA


Saturday, December 12

TBD

Illinois @ Missouri

TBD

Cincinnati @ Tennesee

TBD

Florida @ Florida State

TBD

Syracuse @ Boston College

12:00 PM

Notre Dame @ Kentucky

12:00 PM

Mississippi State @ Dayton

2:00 PM

TCU @ Texas A&M

3:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Wichita State



Sunday, December 13

TBD

Penn State @ Michigan

1:00 PM

Richmond @ Kansas

3:00 PM

Texas @ Baylor

[GeorgiaModerate]

Today's games:

Maryland @ Clemson   This should be an ACC conference game.
Providence @ TCU
Louisville @ Wisconsin   canceled
NC State @ Michigan   canceled
Oklahoma @ Xavier
Michigan State @ Virginia   canceled
Indiana @ Florida State

[GeorgiaModerate]

Kansas State was clobbered at home by Division II Fort Hays State.  It was the first time in 20 years that a non-DI school beat a major conference team on the road.

[RINO Tom]

I've been having a crazy winter so far, so I missed the boat on this...

... but GO ILLINI!  Feels good to be back, baby.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wofford-South Carolina has been canceled.  I'll pick Arizona State in tonight's other game.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Just FWIW I'm dropping out, don't have time for this pick em and I am just not nearly as into CBB as I am CFB and NFL, sorry

[NewYorkExpress]

Just FWIW I'm dropping out, don't have time for this pick em and I am just not nearly as into CBB as I am CFB and NFL, sorry

Thanks for letting us know.

[GeorgiaModerate]

For today:

Villanova @ Georgetown
Nebraska @ Creighton
St. John's @ UConn canceled
Iowa State @ Iowa
Marquette @ UCLA

[NewYorkExpress]

By popular request, this upcoming week's schedule is coming out earlier, to allow for more time to make picks.

Week Four

Monday, December 14

6:00 PM
Rutgers @ Maryland

9:00 PM
Marquette @ Creighton

Tuesday, December 15

7:00 PM
Minnesota @ Illinois

Wednesday, December 16


1:00 PM

Richmond @ Vanderbilt

6:00 PM

Pittsburgh @ Miami (FL)

7:00 PM

Butler @ Villanova

7:00 PM

NC State @ Louisville

9:00 PM

Duke @ Notre Dame

9:00 PM

TCU @ Oklahoma State

Thursday, December 17

5:00 PM"

Creighton @ St. John's

7:00 PM

Kansas @ Texas Tech

7:00 PM

UConn @ Providence

Friday, December 18

TBD

Xavier @ DePaul

5:00 PM

BYU @ San Diego State


9:00 PM

Iowa State @ West Virginia


Saturday, December 19

TBD

Cincinnati @ Georgia

TBD

Notre Dame @ Purdue (in Indianapolis)

TBD

Arizona @ Stanford

11:30 AM

Butler @ Indiana (in Indianapolis, neutral site)

12:00 PM

Iowa @ Gonzaga (in Sioux Falls)

12:00 PM

Virginia @ Villanova (in Manhattan, New York)

2:00 PM

UCLA @ Kentucky (in Cleveland)



4:15 PM

Ohio State @ North Carolina

Sunday, December 20

TBD

Colorado @ Washington (in Las Vegas)

12:00 PM

Creighton @ UConn

1:00 PM

Illinois @ Rutgers

2:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Texas


8:30 PM

Saint Louis @ Minnesota

[GeorgiaModerate]

Illinois @ Missouri
Cincinnati @ Tennessee
Florida @ Florida State
Syracuse @ Boston College
Notre Dame @ Kentucky
Mississippi State @ Dayton
TCU @ Texas A&M
Oklahoma State @ Wichita State

[GeorgiaModerate]

So everyone picked Kentucky, which is not looking too great right now (33-11 Notre Dame, 9 minutes left in first half).

[DINGO Joe]

Florida's star player, Keyontae Johnson, collapsed during the first TV timeout and is in critical but stable condition at a Tallahassee hospital

[NewYorkExpress]

So everyone picked Kentucky, which is not looking too great right now (33-11 Notre Dame, 9 minutes left in first half).

If Kentucky doesn't come back against Notre Dame, maybe then we can start talking about John Calipari's job status.

[Alben Barkley]

Well, this is quite possibly the worst Kentucky team of my life. Worst of the Calipari era at least, including the NIT team.

[Alben Barkley]

So everyone picked Kentucky, which is not looking too great right now (33-11 Notre Dame, 9 minutes left in first half).

If Kentucky doesn't come back against Notre Dame, maybe then we can start talking about John Calipari's job status.

He’s still a Hall of Fame coach, still has brought us a lot of success and I’m not sure who could replace him anyway. UNC sucked last year but no one called for the head of Roy Williams. I’ll give him a pass for now, but I hope next year he focuses more recruiting players who can actually shoot and play basketball well rather than just getting the most “athletic” guys he can find. Some of these guys might improve and stick around too; this year is the first time in a while we have effectively NO returning players. So I still have hope that next year we can pull a quality team together. But yeah I’ve pretty much given up on this year already.

How bad this is just makes me even sadder March Madness 2020 got canceled though. Our team was peaking at the right time to make a great run.

[Alben Barkley]

You know, I might have spoken too soon. We’ve shaved a 20+ point deficit to just 6! Hell of a run in the second half. Not sure what Cal said in the locker room at halftime, but must have worked.