2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

#12 LSU led Arkansas 56-48 with 9 minutes left but scored only 2 points the rest of the way, losing 65-58.

[GregTheGreat657]

Florida State just beat Syracuse 76-71 on the road. I'm tired of this team losing and by such small margins each time.

[NewYorkExpress]

I might have to take a short leave of absence from the pick'em, as my mother just tested positive for COVID, and I likely will any day now.

We are a week or so ahead in terms of the schedule, but if I am absent longer than expected, GeorgiaModerate is authorized to make the schedule for Week Thirteen.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Baylor loses another game at home, 61-54 to Oklahoma State.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I am getting killed in the close games this week.

[NewYorkExpress]

Schedule for Week Twelve

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Florida @ Tennessee 6:00 PM ESPN2

Providence @ Xavier 6:30 PM CBSSN

Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ACC

UCF @ Wichita State 8:00 PM ESPN+

Oklahoma @ West Virginia 8:00 PM ESPN2

VCU @ Davidson 8:30 PM CBSSN/ESPN+

Texas A&M @ LSU 9:00 PM SEC

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Ohio State @ Minnesota 7:00 PM ESPN2

Purdue @ Iowa 9:00 PM FS1

East Carolina @ Memphis 9:00 PM ESPN2

Stanford @ USC 11:00 PM

BYU @ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ESPNU

Friday, January 28, 2022

Rhode Island @ Dayton 7:00 PM ESPN2

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Duke @ Louisville 12:00 PM

LSU @ TCU 12:00 PM ESPN2

Michigan @ Michigan State 12:30 PM CBS

Oklahoma @ Auburn 2:00 PM

Missouri @ Iowa State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Xavier @ Creighton 2:00 PM

NC State @ North Carolina 2:00 PM ACC

West Virginia @ Arkansas 2:00 PM

Arizona State @ Arizona 2:30 PM CBS

Indiana @ Maryland 2:30 PM FOX

Virginia Tech @ Florida State 3:00 PM ABC

Baylor @ Alabama 4:00 PM

Kansas State @ Ole Miss 4:00 PM ESPNU

VCU @ Richmond 4:00 PM CBSSN

St. John's @ Villanova 4:30 PM

Marquette @ Providence 4:30 PM

Illinois @ Northwestern 4:30 PM

Kentucky @ Kansas 6:00 PM ESPN

Mississippi State @ Texas Tech 6:00 PM ESPN2

Houston @ UCF 8:00 PM ESPN2

Tennessee @ Texas 8:00 PM ESPN

South Carolina @ Texas A&M 8:30 PM SEC

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Ohio State @ Purdue 12:00 PM CBS

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 1:00 PM

Loyola Chicago @ Drake 2:00 PM ESPN2

[GeorgiaModerate]

St. John's @ Villanova 4:30 PM

No pick.  Oddly, that's the second week in a row you've done that with a St. John's game.  Do you have something against them?

[NewYorkExpress]

St. John's @ Villanova 4:30 PM

No pick.  Oddly, that's the second week in a row you've done that with a St. John's game.  Do you have something against them?

I'm picking Villanova.

FYI, I probably have COVID, so the Week Thirteen Schedule probably won't be out on time.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 10 RESULTS

COVID's effect on the schedule continued to recede, as we only lost 2 out of 40 games this week.  Illinwek took first place at 25-13, a game ahead of NYE.  Full results:

25 Illiniwek
24 NYE
23 Pessimistic Antineutrino
21 GeorgiaModerate
20 JGibson

Overall, the round-robin at the top continues as PA moved in front by two games.  Year to date (219 games):

149 Pessimistic Antineutrino   
147 GeorgiaModerate   
145 Illiniwek   
130 NYE   
87 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

[GeorgiaModerate]

An oddity in this week's AP poll: the #1 team did not receive the most first-place votes, by a significant margin.  Gonzaga got 25 first-place votes to 36 for #2 Auburn, but edged out the Tigers in total points 1486-1482.

IMO Auburn has a slightly better resume, and I would have put them first if I were an AP voter.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#4 Purdue won at #17 Illinois in double OT, 96-88.

[JGibson]

Schedule for Week Eleven

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Mississippi State @ Florida 6:30 PM SEC

LSU @ Alabama 7:00 PM ESPN2

Wichita State @ Temple 7:00 PM ESPN+

St. John's @ Creighton 7:00 PM

Marquette @ Villanova 8:00 PM

TCU @ Oklahoma State 8:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

Kentucky @ Texas A&M 8:30 PM SEC

Iowa @ Rutgers 8:30 PM

Xavier @ DePaul 9:00 PM

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Purdue @ Indiana 7:00 PM

SMU @ Memphis 7:00 PM ESPN2

USC @ Colorado 7:30 PM

Arizona @ Stanford 11:00 PM ESPNU

Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's 11:00 PM

Friday, January 21, 2022

Illinois @ Maryland 7:00 PM

Michigan State @ Wisconsin 9:00 PM

Saturday, January 22

Kentucky @ Auburn TBD

Seton Hall @ St. John's 12:00 PM

West Virginia @ Texas Tech 12:00 PM

Rutgers @ Minnesota 12:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ Florida 1:00 PM SEC

Colorado State @ Air Force 2:00 PM

Florida State @ Miami(FL) 2:00 PM

Baylor @ Oklahoma 3:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

Missouri State @ Loyola Chicago 3:30 PM

Kansas @ Kansas State 4:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

TCU @ Iowa State 4:00 PM

Notre Dame @ Louisville 4:00 PM

Ole Miss @ Mississippi State 4:00 PM

East Carolina @ Houston 6:00 PM

LSU @ Tennessee 6:00 PM

North Carolina @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM ACC

Texas A&M @ Arkansas 8:30 PM SEC

UCLA @ Colorado 9:00 PM

Boise State @ San Diego State 9:30 PM

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Butler @ Providence 12:00 PM

Northwestern @ Purdue 1:00 PM

Xavier @ Marquette 2:00 PM

Wichita State @ SMU 5:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tomorrow's pick'em game between Wichita State and Temple is off.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

The way the ACC is playing, barring a shocker in ACC Conference tournament they are a three bid league come March (Duke, North Carolina and Louisville, though Louisville is squarely on the bubble right now.)

Are you forgetting Miami?  They're 13-3 with losses against Alabama, Dayton, and UCF (nothing terrible there), 5-0 in the ACC, and now have a signature win at Duke.

"If the season ended today," sure. But they are #80 NET, #81 BT, #82 KP (not to mention #100 EH!) even after the win. The two bid forecasting systems peg them at 5% and 27% to make the tournament even with a very stellar resume today.

Ironically, it's 8-6 Virginia Tech that has the third best odds in the ACC despite having a resume of absolutely nothing. Both VT and Wake Forest (cemented by their win over VT) made Lunardi's cut line today. Absurd, but the bubble will clear itself up when someone gets signature wins.

How wrong the analytics were!

Virginia Tech's odds have evaporated leaving just three ACC teams over 20% probability (Wake being the third).

Until tonight(?) Miami 27 point domination vs. UNC (Average lead 17.1 points - Season best!) catapults them to #58 in both live rankings. 6-1 with wins against all three tournament teams and only a 1 point loss at FSU, who currently leads Duke. Looking forward to seeing the odds update.

Charlie Moore had a fantastic career at DePaul, but only after transferring to the ACC is he going to lead a team to the NCAA Tournament.

Congrats GA Moderate on the great eye test! A 32 point loss to Alabama tainted the data, but the lrest of the non-conference wasn't exactly pretty either....

And congrats to Jim Larranaga just as I presumed his career was approaching an unflattering end as he went into retirement with a whisper.

[NewYorkExpress]

A couple of shockers last night.

Kansas State stunned #23 Texas 66-65, and Florida State might have gotten the signature win they needed to be part of the NCAA Tournament bubble conversation, as they stunned #6 Duke 79-78 in Overtime.

Also, #15 Iowa State is falling apart in the Big Twelve, losing 72-60 to #18 Texas Tech.

[GeorgiaModerate]

A couple of shockers last night.

Kansas State stunned #23 Texas 66-65, and Florida State might have gotten the signature win they needed to be part of the NCAA Tournament bubble conversation, as they stunned #6 Duke 79-78 in Overtime.

Also, #15 Iowa State is falling apart in the Big Twelve, losing 72-60 to #18 Texas Tech.

Trivia: Florida State has now won their last thirteen OT games (going back over four years), which is an all-time NCAA record.

[GeorgiaModerate]

For tonight (I'll do the rest later):

Mississippi State @ Florida 6:30 PM SEC
LSU @ Alabama 7:00 PM ESPN2
Wichita State @ Temple 7:00 PM ESPN+
St. John's @ Creighton 7:00 PM
Marquette @ Villanova 8:00 PM
TCU @ Oklahoma State 8:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+
Kentucky @ Texas A&M 8:30 PM SEC
Iowa @ Rutgers 8:30 PM
Xavier @ DePaul 9:00 PM

[NewYorkExpress]

A couple of ranked teams lost yesterday.

Marquette beat #11 Villanova 57-54, and Alabama continues to be the most confusing team in the SEC, as they defeat #13 LSU 70-67.

[GeorgiaModerate]

The rest of my picks:

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Purdue @ Indiana 7:00 PM
SMU @ Memphis 7:00 PM ESPN2
USC @ Colorado 7:30 PM
Arizona @ Stanford 11:00 PM ESPNU
Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's 11:00 PM

Friday, January 21, 2022

Illinois @ Maryland 7:00 PM
Michigan State @ Wisconsin 9:00 PM

Saturday, January 22

Kentucky @ Auburn TBD
Seton Hall @ St. John's 12:00 PM
West Virginia @ Texas Tech 12:00 PM
Rutgers @ Minnesota 12:00 PM
Vanderbilt @ Florida 1:00 PM SEC
Colorado State @ Air Force 2:00 PM
Florida State @ Miami(FL) 2:00 PM
Baylor @ Oklahoma 3:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+
Missouri State @ Loyola Chicago 3:30 PM
Kansas @ Kansas State 4:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+
TCU @ Iowa State 4:00 PM
Notre Dame @ Louisville 4:00 PM
Ole Miss @ Mississippi State 4:00 PM
East Carolina @ Houston 6:00 PM
LSU @ Tennessee 6:00 PM
North Carolina @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM ACC
Texas A&M @ Arkansas 8:30 PM SEC
UCLA @ Colorado 9:00 PM
Boise State @ San Diego State 9:30 PM

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Butler @ Providence 12:00 PM
Northwestern @ Purdue 1:00 PM
Xavier @ Marquette 2:00 PM
Wichita State @ SMU 5:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

Sunday's pick'em game Wichita State @ SMU is off.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Missed a day, dang. RIP my lead.

Schedule for Week Eleven


Thursday, January 20, 2022

Purdue @ Indiana 7:00 PM

SMU @ Memphis 7:00 PM ESPN2

USC @ Colorado 7:30 PM

Arizona @ Stanford 11:00 PM ESPNU

Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's 11:00 PM

Friday, January 21, 2022

Illinois @ Maryland 7:00 PM

Michigan State @ Wisconsin 9:00 PM

Saturday, January 22

Kentucky @ Auburn TBD

Seton Hall @ St. John's 12:00 PM

West Virginia @ Texas Tech 12:00 PM

Rutgers @ Minnesota 12:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ Florida 1:00 PM SEC

Colorado State @ Air Force 2:00 PM

Florida State @ Miami(FL) 2:00 PM

Baylor @ Oklahoma 3:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

Missouri State @ Loyola Chicago 3:30 PM

Kansas @ Kansas State 4:00 PM Big 12/ESPN+

TCU @ Iowa State 4:00 PM

Notre Dame @ Louisville 4:00 PM

Ole Miss @ Mississippi State 4:00 PM

East Carolina @ Houston 6:00 PM

LSU @ Tennessee 6:00 PM

North Carolina[/i] @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM ACC

Texas A&M @ Arkansas 8:30 PM SEC

UCLA @ Colorado 9:00 PM

Boise State @  9:30 PM San Diego State
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Butler @ Providence 12:00 PM

Northwestern @ Purdue 1:00 PM

Xavier @ Marquette 2:00 PM

Wichita State @ SMU 5:00 PM

[GeorgiaModerate]

North Carolina @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM ACC

I'm assuming that's a UNC pick and you just hit the wrong button.

[Illiniwek]

Schedule for Week Twelve

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Florida @ Tennessee 6:00 PM ESPN2

Providence @ Xavier 6:30 PM CBSSN

Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ACC

UCF @ Wichita State 8:00 PM ESPN+

Oklahoma @ West Virginia 8:00 PM ESPN2

VCU @ Davidson 8:30 PM CBSSN/ESPN+

Texas A&M @ LSU 9:00 PM SEC

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Ohio State @ Minnesota 7:00 PM ESPN2

Purdue @ Iowa 9:00 PM FS1

East Carolina @ Memphis 9:00 PM ESPN2

Stanford @ USC 11:00 PM

BYU @ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ESPNU

Friday, January 28, 2022

Rhode Island @ Dayton 7:00 PM ESPN2

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Duke @ Louisville 12:00 PM

LSU @ TCU 12:00 PM ESPN2

Michigan @ Michigan State 12:30 PM CBS

Oklahoma @ Auburn 2:00 PM

Missouri @ Iowa State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Xavier @ Creighton 2:00 PM

NC State @ North Carolina 2:00 PM ACC

West Virginia @ Arkansas 2:00 PM

Arizona State @ Arizona 2:30 PM CBS

Indiana @ Maryland 2:30 PM FOX

Virginia Tech @ Florida State 3:00 PM ABC

Baylor @ Alabama 4:00 PM

Kansas State @ Ole Miss 4:00 PM ESPNU

VCU @ Richmond 4:00 PM CBSSN

St. John's @ Villanova 4:30 PM

Marquette @ Providence 4:30 PM

Illinois @ Northwestern 4:30 PM

Kentucky @ Kansas 6:00 PM ESPN

Mississippi State @ Texas Tech 6:00 PM ESPN2

Houston @ UCF 8:00 PM ESPN2

Tennessee @ Texas 8:00 PM ESPN

South Carolina @ Texas A&M 8:30 PM SEC

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Ohio State @ Purdue 12:00 PM CBS

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 1:00 PM

Loyola Chicago @ Drake 2:00 PM ESPN2

[GeorgiaModerate]

Memphis is playing so badly it makes my eyes hurt.  SMU leads 16-2 with 11 minutes left in the first half.

[NewYorkExpress]

Pretty big Game in the Ohio Valley Conference going on now. Morehead State leads Belmont 47-35 early in the second half. Belmont is 4-1 in conference, a half game behind both Morehead State and Murray State, who is about to get started against Eastern Illinois.