Pick per Day for 01-04-10 - Day 54

Rick Mons

The former MN Snowman
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Deadline for Picks is tipoff time or 5 PM -- whichever is earlier
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Today's games and spreads -- please remember that picks due by tip-off or 5 PM, whichever is earlier.
Northeastern at VA COMMONWEALTH -6 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Pittsburgh at CINCINNATI -4 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Drexel at GEORGIA ST -2.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Old Dominion at TOWSON ST 12 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Hofstra at GEORGE MASON -5.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Delaware at JAMES MADISON -10 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Unc-Wilmington at WM & MARY -9 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Alabama at TOLEDO 14.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Fairfield at NIAGARA -6.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Siena at LOYOLA-MD 6 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Iona at CANISIUS 2.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Marist at ST PETERS -9.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Rider at MANHATTAN -2.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
N Carolina at COLL OF CHARLESTON 14.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Samford at DAVIDSON -11.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Austin Peay at E KENTUCKY -4 ( 7:30 PM EST)
Tennessee St at MOREHEAD ST -14 ( 7:30 PM EST)
Utah St at LOUISIANA TECH -2 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Tennessee Tech at E ILLINOIS -4 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Tenn-Martin at MURRAY ST -22 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Jacksonville St at SE MISSOURI ST 2 ( 8:45 PM EST)
Mississippi St at W KENTUCKY 7 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Middle Tenn St at VANDERBILT -18.5 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Cs-Northridge at CAL DAVIS 1 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Idaho at SAN JOSE ST -1 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Uc-Santa Barbara at UC-RIVERSIDE -4 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Cal Poly-Slo at UC-IRVINE -8 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Harvard at SANTA CLARA 6 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Nevada at NEW MEXICO ST 4 ( 11:00 PM EST) **
Boise St at HAWAII -1.5 ( 11:59 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.com
 

PPD Standings after 01/03/10 Games

  • Michigan pulls a mild upset of Ohio State ... were they looking ahead when they lost to Indiana the game before?
  • Wake Forest (-4) beats Xavier by 4 in double OT for the push.
  • Wisconsin is -4.5 and easily covers with the 17-point win over Penn State
  • Drake continues its slide to ignominy ... visiting Indiana State wins by 14 and Drake only scores 46 points.
  • Today's Picks: 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.72 Won-Loss ratio.
  • YTD Picks: 776 wins, 734 losses and 27 pushes for a 0.514 record
  • Consensus Pick is Duke (-9.5) picked by six for the win.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 32 wins, 30 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.516 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (34-18-0) - 0.654
. 2 - MKE_Gopher (25-17-1) - 0.595
. 3 - rccola889 (24-17-1) - 0.585
. 4 - koreangopher (21-16-0) - 0.568
. 5 - Rick Mons (29-23-1) - 0.558
. 6 - Jike Spingleton (29-24-0) - 0.547
. 7 - Radio Badger (24-21-0) - 0.533
. 8 - Chadypu (26-23-1) - 0.531
. 9 - TheSportsAce (19-17-0) - 0.528
10 - Go31 (20-18-1) - 0.526
11 - gopherfan10 (20-18-0) - 0.526
12 - Notorious PLD (20-18-0) - 0.526
13 - Plinnius (26-24-2) - 0.520
14 - Gopher In Qatar (27-25-1) - 0.519
15 - Selection Sunday (18-17-1) - 0.514
16 - Alltimetwinsfan (20-20-2) - 0.500
17 - Ski U Mah Gopher (23-23-2) - 0.500
18 - Gopherholefan (23-24-0) - 0.489
19 - Southpaw (25-27-1) - 0.481
20 - SaturnSweater (20-22-1) - 0.476
21 - RoyalGO4 (18-20-3) - 0.474
22 - Josh087 (22-25-0) - 0.468
23 - Zales04 (22-25-1) - 0.468
24 - vaporboy (16-19-1) - 0.457
25 - Art Vandelay (23-28-2) - 0.451
26 - Dr.Don (20-26-0) - 0.435
27 - GopherRock (15-23-2) - 0.395
28 - kapps014 (16-29-2) - 0.356
Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-2-0) - 0.778
. 2 - mom8pop (12-7-0) - 0.632
. 3 - GopherKev (22-13-0) - 0.629
. 4 - Juicer (15-9-0) - 0.625
. 5 - XMan (16-12-0) - 0.571
. 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 (29-23-1) - 0.558
2 - Jike Spingleton (29-24-0) - 0.547
3 - Gopher In Qatar (27-25-1) - 0.519
4 - Southpaw (25-27-1) - 0.481
5 - Art Vandelay (23-28-2) - 0.451
 

Summary of Picks

Rick Mons: Wm & Mary -9
Art Vandelay: Cincinnati -4
Chadypu: Cincinnati -4
vaporboy: Cincinnati -4
koreangopher: VA Commonwealth -6
RoyalGO4: Manhattan -2.5
Gopher In Qatar: St. Peter's -9.5
rrjack: VA COMMONWEALTH -6
Southpaw: Virginia Commonwealth -6
Selection Sunday: VCU -6
Juicer: New Mexico St -4
TheSportsAce: W Kentucky +7
Gopherholefan: W Kentucky +7
GopherRock: VA Commonwealth -6
SaturnSweater: Siena -6
Radio Badger: Cincinnati -4
Jike Spingleton: Boise State +1.5
GopherKev: William & Mary -9
rccola889: George Mason -5.5
Dr.Don: Alabama -14.5
mom8pop: N Carolina -14.5Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -18.5
howeda7: VCU -6
Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -18.5
Ski U Mah Gopher: VCU -6
XMan: MANHATTAN -2.5
Plinnius: Murray State -22
Notorious PLD: Alabama -14.5
 
























Dr.Don: Alabama -14.5


I need to get past Art V. so I can get ranked into the Top 25.
 


Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -18.5

Riding the hot streak through Nashville yet again...
 



XMan: MANHATTAN -2.5
 






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