2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

The ACC's OOC woes continue as NC State falls to Richmond 83-74 at a neutral(ish) site (Charlotte).  This wasn't an upset, though; Richmond is a solid team and was a 1.5-point favorite.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#9 Villanova trailed Creighton 56-54 with about 8:30 left, but went incredibly cold and scored only five points the rest of the way, losing 79-59.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Three more of tomorrow's pick'em games have been canceled: Penn State-VCU, DePaul-Northwestern, and UCF-Florida State.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tennessee-Memphis has also been canceled.

[GeorgiaModerate]

The NCAA needs to start enforcing some consistency in COVID responses.  Tennessee-Memphis has been canceled due to COVID protocols in the Tigers' program.  Rumors are that no player or staff member has tested positive, but some were exposed within the last couple days to a person who subsequently tested positive.  However, Pittsburgh-St. John's is still on despite the fact that St. John's forward Julian Champagnie tested positive yesterday.  He won't play, of course, but the game is still on even though the rest of the team has clearly been exposed.

EDIT: it's subsequently been announced by the school that two Memphis players tested positive, one who woke up sick this morning and his roommate.

[I’m not Stu]

What kind of conference doesn’t televise every game where it has home broadcast rights? No live stream? Can’t the Atlantic 10 do better than this?

[GeorgiaModerate]

In the continuing ACC OOC saga, Louisville just lost to Western Kentucky 82-72.  This was not a horrible loss (on the road to a solid mid-major team) but was at least a mild upset.

However, this was offset by Pittsburgh finally pulling one out, upsetting St. John's 59-57 at MSG.  St. John's was without its star player Julian Champagnie due to COVID.

[I’m not Stu]

Another loss in the ACC OOC saga. Georgia Tech lost to USC 67-53.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Another loss in the ACC OOC saga. Georgia Tech lost to USC 67-53.

That one at least wasn't surprising.  USC is good and Tech is meh.

[I’m not Stu]

Another loss in the ACC OOC saga. Georgia Tech lost to USC 67-53.

That one at least wasn't surprising.  USC is good and Tech is meh.

It wasn’t an upset. Were any ACC losses upsets?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Another loss in the ACC OOC saga. Georgia Tech lost to USC 67-53.

That one at least wasn't surprising.  USC is good and Tech is meh.

It wasn’t an upset. Were any ACC losses upsets?

Within the last week, at least these ACC losses were upsets:

Syracuse to Georgetown
FSU to South Carolina
Virginia Tech to Dayton
BC (a 15.5-point favorite) to Albany
Louisville to Western Kentucky

If Clemson loses to South Carolina they would join the list.  Clemson leads by 6 at the half.

[I’m not Stu]

Georgia is losing to George Mason by more than 10. Who’s favored?

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Week Eight

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Duke @ Clemson 2:00 PM ACC

DePaul @ Butler 5:00 PM

Florida @ Ole Miss 5:00 PM SEC

LSU @ Auburn 7:00 PM ESPNU

Seton Hall @ Providence 7:00 PM

Wichita State @ East Carolina 7:00 ESPN+

Virginia Tech @ North Carolina 7:00 PM ESPN2

Marquette @ St. John's 8:00 PM

Wake Forest @ Louisville 8:00 PM ACC

Tennessee @ Alabama 9:00 PM ESPN2

Arkansas @ Mississippi State 9:00 SEC

NC State @ Miami(FL) 9:00 PM ESPNU

Washington @ Washington State 11:00 PM ESPNU

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Michigan @ UCF 7:00 PM ESPN2

Dayton @ Rhode Island 7:00 PM

Arizona @ UCLA 9:00 PM ESPN2

Friday, December 31, 2021

James Madison @ Towson 2:00 PM

Saturday, January 1, 2022

West Virginia @ Texas 12:00 PM ESPNU

Memphis @ Wichita State 12:00 PM

Creighton @ Marquette 12:00 PM

Baylor @ Iowa State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Villanova @ Seton Hall 2:00 PM

Providence @ DePaul 2:00 PM

Butler @ UConn 4:00 PM

Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech 4:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+

San Francisco @ St. Mary's 8:00 PM

BYU @ Portland 10:00 PM

Sunday, January 2, 2022

St. Bonaventure @ Dayton 12:00 PM

Michigan State @ Northwestern 2:00 PM

Arizona @ USC 5:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

Georgia is losing to George Mason by more than 10. Who’s favored?

Georgia was favored by 2.  We suck at basketball.  The Memphis win was an aberration.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Some highly ranked teams in a little (or a lot of) trouble tonight.  Kansas leads Stephen F Austin by only 4 with about 5 minutes left.  Arkansas is about to lose to Hofstra.  Alabama leads Jacksonville State by only 1 at the half.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Switching my pick in San Francisco-Arizona State to the Sun Devils.

[NewYorkExpress]

Some highly ranked teams in a little (or a lot of) trouble tonight.  Kansas leads Stephen F Austin by only 4 with about 5 minutes left.  Arkansas is about to lose to Hofstra.  Alabama leads Jacksonville State by only 1 at the half.

Kyle Keller has put together an excellent program at Stephen F. Austin, and I wouldn't be shocked if he got a better job in the not-too-distant future (maybe the vacancy at Maryland?).

[I’m not Stu]

The Arkansas-Hofstra game wasn’t televised. I couldn’t see Hofstra win.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Terrific comeback by Auburn, which trailed St. Louis 60-47 with 9 minutes left but won 74-70.

[Alben Barkley]

Yesterday was a VERY good day!

[GeorgiaModerate]

Yesterday was a VERY good day!

I expected Kentucky to win, but that was just an embarrassing performance by North Carolina.  Based on performances so far, the ACC looks like a 2-bid league (Duke and VT), although I'm sure that will change as the season goes on.

[I’m not Stu]

For the January 13 Oregon State @ USC game, what are the odds of seldom used USC centers Harrison Hornery (third string) and Boubacar Coulibaly (fourth string) making appearances late in the second half?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Switching my pick in San Francisco-Arizona State to the Sun Devils.

A bad decision as it turned out.  USF won 66-65.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 6 RESULTS

I won the week at 16-6, a game ahead of Illiniwek.  Seven games were canceled due to COVID.  Full results:

16 GeorgiaModerate
15 Illiniwek
14 Pessimistic Antineutrino
13 NYE
10 JGibson

PA's overall lead shrinks to one game.  Year to date (123 games):

85 Pessimistic Antineutrino   
84 GeorgiaModerate   
80 Illiniwek   
74 NYE   
61 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Schedule for Week Seven

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Army @ South Carolina 3:00 PM ESPN/SEC+

Drake @ St. Louis 3:00 PM (in Las Vegas)

Louisville @ Kentucky 6:00 PM ESPN

Murray State @ Auburn 6:00 PM SEC

Boston College @ Wake Forest 6:00 PM ACC

Arizona @ Tennessee 7:00 PM ESPN2

Middle Tennessee @ Chattanooga 7:00 PM ESPN+

Brown @ Rhode Island 7:00 PM ESPN+

Boise State @ Washington State 8:00 PM

Clemson @ Virginia 8:00 PMACC

Virginia Tech @ Duke 9:00 PM ESPN2

Illinois @ Missouri 9:00 PM (in St. Louis)

Thursday December 23, 2021

Howard @ Yale 2:00 PM ESPN+

Fresno State @ Weber State 6:00 PM ESPN+

Butler @ St. John's 6:30 PM

Seton Hall @ DePaul 8:30 PM