2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

Not one of my better decisions.  Memphis continues to be the most puzzling team in the country.  They lost to Tulane last time out and were down two starters due to injury today, but ran Wichita State out of their own gym.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Creighton hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to a second OT.  I will never understand why defending teams don't foul when up 3 in that situation.

ETA: Creighton won in 2OT.  Not fouling at the end of OT cost Marquette the game (and serves them right IMO).

[NewYorkExpress]

Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

Not one of my better decisions.  Memphis continues to be the most puzzling team in the country.  They lost to Tulane last time out and were down two starters due to injury today, but ran Wichita State out of their own gym.

If I had the room and desire to do so, every Memphis game would be in the pick'em, just to keep messing with everyone.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Also, I'm changing my pick in Saturday's Memphis-Wichita State game to Wichita.

Not one of my better decisions.  Memphis continues to be the most puzzling team in the country.  They lost to Tulane last time out and were down two starters due to injury today, but ran Wichita State out of their own gym.

If I had the room and desire to do so, every Memphis game would be in the pick'em, just to keep messing with everyone.

That Memphis loss at Tulane (by 1 point with three starters out) suddenly looks a lot better, as Tulane just went into Cincinnati and beat the Bearcats easily.  They led by 23 at the half and held on to win by 8.

[GeorgiaModerate]

DePaul @ St John's 6:30 PM
Alabama @ Florida 7:00 PM
Ole Miss @ Tennessee 7:00 PM SEC
VCU @ Dayton 7:00 PM
Chattanooga @ Wofford 7:00 PM ESPN+
Creighton @ Villanova 8:30 PM
Texas Tech @ Iowa State 9:00 PM ESPNU
North Carolina @ Notre Dame 9:00 PM ESPN2
Fresno State @ San Diego State 10:30 PM

Ohio State @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Maryland @ Illinois 7:00 PM ESPN2
Iowa @ Wisconsin 9:00 PM
SMU @ Cincinnati 9:00 PM
Washington State @ Colorado 9:00 PM
Saint Mary's @ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ESPNU

Marquette @ Georgetown 6:30 PM
Brown @ Harvard 7:00 PM ESPN+
Xavier @ Butler 8:30 PM
Colorado State @ Boise State 10:30 PM

St. John's @ Providence TBD
Villanova @ DePaul TBD
Wyoming @ Fresno State TBD
Wichita State @ Houston 12:00 PM
UConn @ Seton Hall 12:00 PM
Virginia @ North Carolina 1:00 PM ESPN
Arkansas @ Texas A&M SEC
Texas @ Oklahoma State 2:00 PM
Kansas State @ West Virginia 2:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+
Rhode Island @ Davidson 2:00 PM ESPN+
Michigan State @ Michigan 2:30 PM
Kansas @ Texas Tech 4:00 PM ESPN2
Baylor @ TCU 5:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+
Iowa State @ Oklahoma 6:00 PM
Tennessee @ LSU 6:00 PM
Saint Mary's @ BYU 10:00 PM

Northwestern @ Ohio State TBD
Wisconsin @ Maryland TBD
Minnesota @ Indiana 12:00 PM
Yale @ Harvard 2:00 PM
Iona @ Monmouth 2:00 PM
Cincinnati @ Memphis 3:30 PM ESPN3

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Week Ten

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Villanova @ Xavier 6:30 PM

Duke @ Wake Forest 7:00 PM ACC

Minnesota @ Michigan State 7:00 PM

LSU @ Florida 7:00 PM

Memphis @ UCF 7:00 PM ESPN+

East Carolina @ Cincinnati 7:00 PM ESPN+

St. John's @ UConn 8:30 PM

Virginia Tech @ Virginia 9:00 PM ESPN2

TCU @ Kansas State 9:00 PM ESPNU

Maryland @ Northwestern 9:00 PM

San Diego State @ Wyoming 10:00 PM

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Seton Hall @ DePaul 5:00 PM FS1

Ohio State @ Wisconsin 7:00 PM ESPN2

Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech 7:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

Indiana @ Iowa 9:00 PM

BYU @ Gonzaga 11:00 PM

Colorado @ Arizona 11:00 PM

Friday, January 14, 2022

VCU @ St. Bonaventure 7:30 ESPN2

Davidson @ Richmond 9:00 PM ESPNU

Michigan @ Illinois 9:00 PM

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Northwestern @ Michigan State 12:00 PM

Seton Hall @ Marquette 12:00 PM

Creighton @ Xavier 12:00 PM

Texas Tech @ Kansas State 12:00 PM ESPN2

Tennessee @ Kentucky 1:00 PM ESPN

Florida @ South Carolina 1:00 PM SEC

West Virginia @ Kansas 1:30 PM

Texas @ Iowa State 2:00 PM Big Twelve/ESPN+

Arkansas @ LSU 2:00 PM ESPN2

UConn @ Providence 2:00 PM

Oklahoma @ TCU 4:00 PM ESPN2

Wake Forest @ Virginia 4:30 PM ACCNX

Oklahoma State @ Baylor 5:00 PM ESPN

Murray State @ Belmont 5:00 PM ESPN+

Alabama @ Mississippi State 6:00 PM SEC

Auburn @ Ole Miss 8:30 SEC

BYU @ San Francisco 11:00 PM

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Iowa @ Minnesota TBD

Butler @ Villanova 12:00 PM

Cincinnati @ Wichita State 1:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 8 RESULTS

I'm sure half of these are gonna be canceled too but whatever

That was a pretty good prediction, as exactly half of the games (15 of 30) were canceled.  

I won the week at 10-5, while PA was 9-6.  Illiniwek and NYE were 8-7. 

Year to date (147 games):

101 GeorgiaModerate   
100 Pessimistic Antineutrino   
94 Illiniwek   
89 NYE   
67 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

[GeorgiaModerate]

The cancellations for this week have begun.  Wednesday's Fresno State-San Diego State is off.

[I’m not Stu]

Is anybody other than myself going to watch Sacramento State @ Oregon State at 6:00 PM ET?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Sunday's pick'em game Iona-Monmouth game is off.

[I’m not Stu]

Sacramento State at Oregon State is off.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wisconsin, which was a 12.5-point underdog, just won at #3 Purdue 74-69.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Switching to North Carolina over Notre Dame tomorrow.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Terrific game between Kentucky and LSU, won by the Tigers 65-60.

[NewYorkExpress]

Marquette crushing #16 Providence, leading 88-51 with two minutes left.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Saturday's pick'em Wyoming-Fresno State is off.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ole Miss and Tennessee heading to OT tied at 51 in a game that's been kind of fascinating to watch, in a train-wreck sense.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Switching to North Carolina over Notre Dame tomorrow.

I really need to stick with my first opinions.  I've lost more than I gained by switching.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tonight's pick'em game between St. Mary's and Santa Clara is off.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tomorrow's Colorado State-Boise State pick'em game is off.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wow, Georgetown is really terrible.

[NewYorkExpress]

Wow, Georgetown is really terrible.

I'd question if Patrick Ewing's job is in danger, but I'm not sure Georgetown could actually get a better coach. They really aren't a better job than Butler, Providence or DePaul at this point.

[NewYorkExpress]

With the exception of their football and rifle program, Murray State has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference,

[GeorgiaModerate]

With the exception of their football and rifle program, Murray State has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference,

Interesting.  According to the article, they were the last founding member of the OVC still in the conference.  I didn't know that Louisville was once a member.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

It is exceptionally likely that Racer football is expected to move to the MVFC - it's just a separate application process.
UND was a pretty mediocre program when they made the move, and they are competing quite well now. Though I don't think the same dynamics are as play in Kentucky. It's okay, everyone needs a bottomfeeder that brings basketball legacy.