Pick per Day for 01-02-10 - Day 52

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Rick Mons

Rick Mons

The former MN Snowman
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Today's games and spreads -- please remember that picks due by tip-off or 5 PM, whichever is earlier.
Notre Dame at CONNECTICUT -7 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Old Dominion at GEORGE MASON 3.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Baylor at S CAROLINA -2.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Uab at ARKANSAS 4.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Gonzaga vs ILLINOIS -3 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Arizona at UCLA -5 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Rider at LOYOLA-MD -5.5 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Oklahoma St vs RHODE ISLAND PK ( 2:00 PM EST)
St Bonaventure at MARSHALL -7.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Unc-Wilmington at VA COMMONWEALTH -9.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Drexel at DELAWARE 5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Princeton at ST JOSEPHS -7.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Wi-Milwaukee at BUTLER -14 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Iona vs NIAGARA -7 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Ga Southern at AUBURN -16.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Southern Miss at VANDERBILT -13 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Colorado at TULSA -8.5 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Louisville at KENTUCKY -7.5 ( 3:30 PM EST)
Villanova at MARQUETTE -1 ( 3:30 PM EST)
Minnesota at IOWA 10 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Wm & Mary at HOFSTRA -1 ( 4:00 PM EST)
James Madison at NORTHEASTERN -10.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Wright St at IL-CHICAGO 7.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Detroit at LOYOLA-IL 1 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Georgia at MISSOURI -15.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Fla International at NEW ORLEANS -4 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Fairfield at CANISIUS 2 ( 4:30 PM EST)
Oregon at WASHINGTON -12 ( 5:00 PM EST)
Ark-Little Rock at LA-MONROE -1.5 ( 5:30 PM EST)
Kansas at TEMPLE 6.5 ( 5:30 PM EST)
Towson St at GEORGIA ST -8 ( 6:00 PM EST)
Michigan St at NORTHWESTERN 4.5 ( 6:30 PM EST)
Saint Louis at BOWLING GREEN PK ( 7:00 PM EST)
Cleveland St at YOUNGSTOWN ST -1 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Georgia Tech at CHARLOTTE 2.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
S Alabama at FLA ATLANTIC -1 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Stanford at CALIFORNIA -13 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Oregon St at WASHINGTON ST -7 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Jacksonville St at E ILLINOIS -4 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Tennessee St at E KENTUCKY -11 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Seton Hall vs VIRGINIA TECH 4 ( 7:30 PM EST)
Manhattan at MARIST 4.5 ( 7:30 PM EST)
Cincinnati at RUTGERS 5 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Wi-Green Bay at VALPARAISO -2 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Utah at LSU -4 ( 8:00 PM EST)
N Texas at ARKANSAS ST PK ( 8:00 PM EST)
La-Lafayette at MIDDLE TENN ST -5.5 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Nevada at LOUISIANA TECH -3 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Rice at TCU -7 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Denver at TROY -4 ( 8:30 PM EST)
N Colorado at N ARIZONA 4 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Tennessee Tech at SE MISSOURI ST 2.5 ( 8:45 PM EST)
Austin Peay at MOREHEAD ST -5.5 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Montana at WEBER ST -4 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Boise St at FRESNO ST -5.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Cs-Northridge at PACIFIC -10.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Uc-Santa Barbara at UC-IRVINE -1.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Cs-Fullerton at CAL DAVIS PK ( 10:00 PM EST)
Long Beach St at UC-RIVERSIDE 2 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Sacramento St at PORTLAND ST -12.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Arizona St at USC -1.5 ( 10:30 PM EST) **
Utah St at NEW MEXICO ST 6 ( 11:00 PM EST) **
Idaho at HAWAII PK ( 11:59 PM EST) **
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** (if picked, standings will likely be delayed to following day)
Home team is in CAPS; "vs" indicates a neutral court. Spreads courtesy of OpenSports.comHere are the lines:
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PPD Standings after 12/31/09 Games

  • The spread on the Duke-Penn game was 36.5. Did that extra half point really make a difference to wagerers?! Duke won by 59 (114-59).
  • MKE_Gopher picked UW-Milwaukee +1 and got the push.
  • Michigan favored by 4.5 but loses by 6. They were the consensus pick.
  • Today's Picks: 11 wins, 15 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.423 Won-Loss ratio.
  • YTD Picks: 736 wins, 704 losses and 26 pushes for a 0.511 record
  • Consensus Pick is MIchigan (-4.5) picked by 4 for the loss.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 28 wins, 29 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.491 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (32-17-0) - 0.653
. 2 - rccola889 (24-16-1) - 0.600
. 3 - MKE_Gopher (23-17-1) - 0.575
. 4 - koreangopher (20-15-0) - 0.571
. 5 - Chadypu (26-20-1) - 0.565
. 6 - Jike Spingleton (27-23-0) - 0.540
. 7 - Radio Badger (23-20-0) - 0.535
. 8 - Rick Mons (26-23-1) - 0.531
. 9 - Go31 (19-17-1) - 0.528
10 - Notorious PLD (20-18-0) - 0.526
11 - Ski U Mah Gopher (23-21-2) - 0.523
12 - Selection Sunday (17-16-1) - 0.515
13 - Gopher In Qatar (25-24-1) - 0.510
14 - gopherfan10 (18-18-0) - 0.500
15 - Southpaw (25-25-0) - 0.500
16 - Gopherholefan (22-23-0) - 0.489
17 - Plinnius (23-24-2) - 0.489
18 - Zales04 (22-23-1) - 0.489
19 - SaturnSweater (20-21-1) - 0.488
20 - Josh087 (21-24-0) - 0.467
21 - Alltimetwinsfan (17-20-2) - 0.459
22 - vaporboy (16-19-1) - 0.457
23 - Dr.Don (20-24-0) - 0.455
24 - RoyalGO4 (16-20-3) - 0.444
25 - Art Vandelay (21-27-2) - 0.438
26 - GopherRock (14-21-2) - 0.400
27 - kapps014 (16-26-2) - 0.381
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Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-2-0) - 0.778
. 2 - Juicer (14-8-0) - 0.636
. 3 - mom8pop (12-7-0) - 0.632
. 4 - GopherKev (20-13-0) - 0.606
. 5 - Gold Out (13-11-0) - 0.542
. 6 - XMan (13-12-0) - 0.520
. 7 - ncgo4 (14-14-0) - 0.500
. 8 - RW+RW=Our W's (12-12-0) - 0.500
. 9 - TheSportsAce (16-17-0) - 0.485
10 - Gopherlady (7-8-0) - 0.467
11 - Ski-U-Mah24 (2-3-0) - 0.400
12 - gopherfan3 (1-2-0) - 0.333
13 - howeda7 (2-4-0) - 0.333
Retired -
Gophers09 (0-1-0) -
Jeshurun (0-1-0) -
Lefty’s Righty (0-1-0) -
Maroon Shower (1-0-0) -
The Big L (0-1-0) -
JimmyJamesMD (1-1-0) -
TubbyTownUSA (5-6-0) -
Down with Goldy (3-5-1)
GopherHarvey (3-3-0)
Alan Shore (2-1-0)
ChemEGopher (2-1-0)
Dice (0-2-0)
USTGopher (10-6-0)​
Faithful Five (picked every game)

1 - Jike Spingleton (27-23-0) - 0.540
2 - Rick Mons (26-23-1) - 0.531
3 - Gopher In Qatar (25-24-1) - 0.510
4 - Southpaw (25-25-0) - 0.500
5 - Art Vandelay (21-27-2) - 0.438
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PPD Results for December, 2009

These are the results for the 29 dates available in December:

December Picks: 410 wins, 424 losses and 12 pushes for a 0.492 record
December Consensus Picks: 16 wins, 18 losses and 0 pushes for a 0.471 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - Southpaw (18-11-0) - 0.621
. 2 - rccola889 (17-11-0) - 0.607
. 3 - Jike Spingleton (17-12-0) - 0.586
. 4 - rrjack (17-12-0) - 0.586
. 5 - gopherfan10 (13-10-0) - 0.565
. 6 - MKE_Gopher (13-11-1) - 0.542
. 7 - Chadypu (15-13-1) - 0.536
. 8 - Rick Mons (15-13-1) - 0.536
. 9 - Notorious PLD (11-11-0) - 0.500
10 - Plinnius (14-14-1) - 0.500
11 - Zales04 (14-14-0) - 0.500
12 - Gopher In Qatar (14-15-0) - 0.483
13 - Ski U Mah Gopher (13-14-1) - 0.481
14 - Selection Sunday (11-12-0) - 0.478
15 - Go31 (10-11-1) - 0.476
16 - Gopherholefan (13-15-0) - 0.464
17 - Radio Badger (12-14-0) - 0.462
18 - SaturnSweater (11-13-1) - 0.458
19 - Alltimetwinsfan (9-12-1) - 0.429
20 - TheSportsAce (9-12-0) - 0.429
21 - GopherRock (9-13-0) - 0.409
22 - Dr.Don (11-16-0) - 0.407
23 - kapps014 (9-14-1) - 0.391
24 - RoyalGO4 (9-14-1) - 0.391
25 - Art Vandelay (10-18-1) - 0.357
26 - Josh087 (9-17-0) - 0.346​
Faithful Five (picked every game)

1 - Southpaw (18-11-0) - 0.621
2 - Jike Spingleton (17-12-0) - 0.586
3 - Rick Mons (15-13-1) - 0.536
4 - Gopher In Qatar (14-15-0) - 0.483
5 - Art Vandelay (10-18-1) - 0.357
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Others who picked every game in December

rrjack (17-12-0) - 0.586
Chadypu (15-13-1) - 0.536
Plinnius (14-14-1) - 0.500
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PPD Standings after 01/01/10 Games

  • Drake is +14 vs Wichita State and manages to score a measly 38 points. Good Lord, I can't stand it.
  • And my brother's Salukis are looking good with a 5 point win vs Bradley (-3). Just can't wait for them to meet each other ... might as well mail the check now and get it over with.
  • Today's consensus is Purdue ... they rolled over West Virginia in the second half. Oh boy, we get to play them on Tuesday (gulp)
  • Today's Picks: 10 wins, 15 losses and 0 pushes for a 0.4 Won-Loss ratio.
  • YTD Picks: 746 wins, 719 losses and 26 pushes for a 0.509 record
  • Consensus Pick is Purdue (-4) picked by 7 for the win.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 29 wins, 29 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.5 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (32-18-0) - 0.640
. 2 - rccola889 (24-16-1) - 0.600
. 3 - koreangopher (21-15-0) - 0.583
. 4 - MKE_Gopher (23-17-1) - 0.575
. 5 - Chadypu (26-21-1) - 0.553
. 6 - Rick Mons (27-23-1) - 0.540
. 7 - Jike Spingleton (27-24-0) - 0.529
. 8 - Notorious PLD (20-18-0) - 0.526
. 9 - Radio Badger (23-21-0) - 0.523
10 - Gopher In Qatar (26-24-1) - 0.520
11 - Go31 (19-18-1) - 0.514
12 - Ski U Mah Gopher (23-22-2) - 0.511
13 - gopherfan10 (18-18-0) - 0.500
14 - Plinnius (24-24-2) - 0.500
15 - Selection Sunday (17-17-1) - 0.500
16 - TheSportsAce (17-17-0) - 0.500
17 - Southpaw (25-26-0) - 0.490
18 - Gopherholefan (22-24-0) - 0.478
19 - Zales04 (22-24-1) - 0.478
20 - SaturnSweater (20-22-1) - 0.476
21 - Alltimetwinsfan (18-20-2) - 0.474
22 - Josh087 (21-24-0) - 0.467
23 - RoyalGO4 (17-20-3) - 0.459
24 - vaporboy (16-19-1) - 0.457
25 - Dr.Don (20-25-0) - 0.444
26 - Art Vandelay (21-28-2) - 0.429
27 - GopherRock (14-22-2) - 0.389
28 - kapps014 (16-27-2) - 0.372
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Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-2-0) - 0.778
. 2 - Juicer (15-8-0) - 0.652
. 3 - mom8pop (12-7-0) - 0.632
. 4 - GopherKev (20-13-0) - 0.606
. 5 - Gold Out (13-11-0) - 0.542
. 6 - XMan (14-12-0) - 0.538
. 7 - ncgo4 (15-14-0) - 0.517
. 8 - RW+RW=Our W's (12-12-0) - 0.500
. 9 - Gopherlady (7-8-0) - 0.467
10 - Ski-U-Mah24 (2-3-0) - 0.400
11 - gopherfan3 (1-2-0) - 0.333
12 - howeda7 (2-4-0) - 0.333
Retired -
Gophers09 (0-1-0) -
Jeshurun (0-1-0) -
Lefty’s Righty (0-1-0) -
Maroon Shower (1-0-0) -
The Big L (0-1-0) -
JimmyJamesMD (1-1-0) -
TubbyTownUSA (5-6-0) -
Down with Goldy (3-5-1)
GopherHarvey (3-3-0)
Alan Shore (2-1-0)
ChemEGopher (2-1-0)
Dice (0-2-0)
USTGopher (10-6-0)​
Faithful Five (picked every game)

1 - Rick Mons (27-23-1) - 0.540
2 - Jike Spingleton (27-24-0) - 0.529
3 - Gopher In Qatar (26-24-1) - 0.520
4 - Southpaw (25-26-0) - 0.490
5 - Art Vandelay (21-28-2) - 0.429
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Summary of Picks

Rick Mons: Gonzaga +3
GopherRock: Utah +4
Jike Spingleton: USC -1.5
TheSportsAce: USC -1.5
XMan: Michigan State -4.5
Gopher In Qatar: South Carolina -2.5
Chadypu: Iowa +10
Southpaw: South Carolina -2.5
Ncgo4: Charlotte +2.5
MKE_Gopher: Michigan St. -4.5
Josh087: Iowa +10
Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -13
Art Vandelay: Kentucky -7.5
rrjack: Michigan St -4.5
Pinnius: Kentucky -7.5
kapps014: Iowa +10
rccola889: Butler -14
Juicer: Arizona State +1.5
gopherfan10; kansas -6.5
GopherKev: Kentucky -7.5
 




TheSportsAce: USC -1.5

I found this on the same site the other guys used...hope it works. Rick, as of now there was still nothing up on your linked site.

Go Gophers!
 

XMan: Michigan State -4.5
 




















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