Pick per Day for 01-03-10 - Day 53

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.
Maryland at UNC-GREENSBORO 15.5 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Wisconsin at PENN ST 4.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Georgetown at DEPAUL 10 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Houston at IOWA ST -5.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Missouri St at N IOWA -6.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Bradley at WICHITA ST -10.5 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Creighton at EVANSVILLE 5 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Utep at TEXAS TECH -2 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Florida at NC STATE - Pick ( 3:00 PM EST)
Montana St at IDAHO ST -2.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Ohio St at MICHIGAN -1 ( 4:30 PM EST)
Providence at ST JOHNS -4.5 ( 5:30 PM EST)
Xavier at WAKE FOREST -4 ( 5:30 PM EST)
Miami at PEPPERDINE 13 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Indiana St at DRAKE 1 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Clemson at DUKE -9.5 ( 7:45 PM EST)
S Illinois at ILLINOIS ST -4.5 ( 8:00 PM EST)


** (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:
 

Standings after 1/2/10 Games

Sorry this is late. I was having a devil of a time getting a connection with GopherHole and keeping the broadband going. Does anyone else have problems with Comcast in cold weather?

  • USC only scores 47 points ... but Arizona State only scores 37 (on 24% shooting and 22% from the 3-point line). USC shot 36% but only 14% from "downtown."
  • From the LA Times blog:
Calling this a defensive struggle is like calling ocean wet.

The teams came into the game tied for third nationally in scoring defense (55.8 points allowed per game), so it wasn't a major surprise that the Trojans and Sun Devils posted season-low point totals.

After the Trojans led, 23-16, at halftime, it seemed a stretch that either team would break 50.​
  • Butler is -14 and wins by only 13 against UW-Milw.
  • Today's Picks: 12 wins, 8 losses and 0 pushes for a 0.6 Won-Loss ratio.
  • YTD Picks: 758 wins, 727 losses and 26 pushes for a 0.51 record
  • Consensus Picks are Iowa, Michigan State and Kentucky with three picks apiece. Iowa (+10) needed more points; Kentucky covered and Michigan State piled on to cover.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 31 wins, 30 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.508 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (33-18-0) - 0.647
. 2 - MKE_Gopher (24-17-1) - 0.585
. 3 - rccola889 (24-17-1) - 0.585
. 4 - koreangopher (21-15-0) - 0.583
. 5 - Rick Mons (28-23-1) - 0.549
. 6 - Chadypu (26-22-1) - 0.542
. 7 - Jike Spingleton (28-24-0) - 0.538
. 8 - Notorious PLD (20-18-0) - 0.526
. 9 - Radio Badger (23-21-0) - 0.523
10 - Go31 (19-18-1) - 0.514
11 - gopherfan10 (19-18-0) - 0.514
12 - TheSportsAce (18-17-0) - 0.514
13 - Ski U Mah Gopher (23-22-2) - 0.511
14 - Gopher In Qatar (26-25-1) - 0.510
15 - Plinnius (25-24-2) - 0.510
16 - Selection Sunday (17-17-1) - 0.500
17 - Alltimetwinsfan (19-20-2) - 0.487
18 - Southpaw (25-27-0) - 0.481
19 - Gopherholefan (22-24-0) - 0.478
20 - Zales04 (22-24-1) - 0.478
21 - SaturnSweater (20-22-1) - 0.476
22 - RoyalGO4 (17-20-3) - 0.459
23 - Josh087 (21-25-0) - 0.457
24 - vaporboy (16-19-1) - 0.457
25 - Dr.Don (20-25-0) - 0.444
26 - Art Vandelay (22-28-2) - 0.440
27 - GopherRock (15-22-2) - 0.405
28 - kapps014 (16-28-2) - 0.364
Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-2-0) - 0.778
. 2 - mom8pop (12-7-0) - 0.632
. 3 - Juicer (15-9-0) - 0.625
. 4 - GopherKev (21-13-0) - 0.618
. 5 - XMan (15-12-0) - 0.556
. 6 - Gold Out (13-11-0) - 0.542
. 7 - ncgo4 (15-15-0) - 0.500
. 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 (28-23-1) - 0.549
2 - Jike Spingleton (28-24-0) - 0.538
3 - Gopher In Qatar (26-25-1) - 0.510
4 - Southpaw (25-27-0) - 0.481
5 - Art Vandelay (22-28-2) - 0.440
 

Summary of Picks

Rick Mons: Creighton -5
Ski U Mah Gopher: Drake +1
Art Vandelay: Duke -9.5
Selection Sunday: Duke -9.5
gopherfan10: Duke -9.5
Jike Spingleton: Iowa State -5.5
MKE_Gopher: Duke -9.5
Josh087: Michigan -1
koreangopher: Pepperdine +13
Gopher In Qatar: Michigan -1
rrjack: Wisconsin -4.5
RoyalGO4: Iowa State -5.5
GopherRock: Ohio State +1
TheSportsAce: Wisconsin -4.5
Gopherholefan: Wisconsin -4.5
Chadypu: Ohio St +1
Zales04: Ohio St +1
XMan: Wisconsin -4.5
Southpaw: Wake Forest -4
GopherKev: Florida Pick
Plinnius: Duke -9.5
kapps014: Clemson +9.5
Go31: Indiana St -1
Alltimetwinsfan: Texas Tech -2
Radio Badger: Duke -9.5
Dr.Don: Ohio State +1
 










Josh087: Michigan -1
 












XMan: Wisconsin -4.5
 












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