Pick per Day for 4/01/09 - A New Month & Day 130

Please submit your picks by 9PM Wednesday. This is the second CBI Championship game ... and UTEP is favored heavily. I'll likely wait until Thursday to post the standings given the game time, etc.
We have four for-sure Pick per Days left this season, including the Wednesday pick, and a fifth if UTEP wins tomorrow:

• Thursday's pick will be the NIT Championship game.
• If the CBI goes to a third game (UTEP must win), Friday's pick will be that final game.
• Picks for Saturday's Final Four games will be posted early on Friday.
• No picks on Sunday and the last pick will the NCAA Championship game on Monday.

Rules can be found here. Sorry, but we're not taking new participants -- maybe next year.

Summary of Picks for 4/1/09

MNSnowman: Oregon State +9.5

PPD Standings after 3/31/09 Games

NOTES

• Consensus Pick: 6 picked Bradley (-1.5) which lost to Old Dominion by 4.
• Penn State (+4) beats Notre Dame outright.
• Baylor (-1) covers and beats San Diego by 14.

Today's Results Cumulative Record Consensus Picks Individual Standings
Steady Selectors
.. 1 - rrjack ( 57 - 41 - 3 ) - 0.582
.. 2 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 52 - 40 - 2 ) - 0.565
.. 3 - USTGopher ( 54 - 42 - 3 ) - 0.563
.. 4 - Goldy 1966 ( 65 - 55 - 3 ) - 0.542
.. 5 - GopherRock ( 61 - 54 - 4 ) - 0.530
.. 6 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 51 - 48 - 2 ) - 0.515
.. 7 - GopherHarvey ( 50 - 47 - 2 ) - 0.515
.. 8 - Gopherholefan ( 57 - 54 - 1 ) - 0.514
.. 9 - RoyalGO4 ( 51 - 53 - 4 ) - 0.490
10 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 56 - 59 - 1 ) - 0.487
11 - Jike Spingleton ( 58 - 70 - 1 ) - 0.453
12 - MNSnowman ( 56 - 71 - 2 ) - 0.441
13 - Gopher In Qatar ( 55 - 74 - 0 ) - 0.426
14 - Zales04 ( 47 - 66 - 4 ) - 0.416
Mildly Addicted
.. 1 - TheSportsAce ( 20 - 9 - 2 ) - 0.690
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 19 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.679
.. 3 - SaturnSweater ( 49 - 32 - 2 ) - 0.605
.. 4 - OSUfan ( 31 - 27 - 0 ) - 0.534
.. 5 - Ilovethebarn ( 25 - 22 - 1 ) - 0.532
.. 6 - grunkiejr ( 17 - 16 - 0 ) - 0.515
.. 7 - gopherfan10 ( 39 - 38 - 3 ) - 0.506
.. 8 - GoldenFuture5 ( 33 - 34 - 1 ) - 0.493
.. 9 - mom8pop ( 31 - 33 - 1 ) - 0.484
10 - soneillumn ( 28 - 30 - 1 ) - 0.483
11 - NemosGold ( 33 - 36 - 0 ) - 0.478
12 - MinnMarchDTF ( 18 - 20 - 2 ) - 0.474
13 - The Big L ( 37 - 43 - 2 ) - 0.463
14 - Xman ( 31 - 36 - 1 ) - 0.463
Retired (no picks in last 3-4 weeks) - Alan Shore, CoolhandGopher, From The Barn, Gopher07, GopherJim, GopherKev, Howeda7 JMGIII, LloydBraun, Mikie S, and NateDawgUM

Today's Picks
MNSnowman: Bradley -1.5
SaturnSweater: Bradley -1.5
Zales04: Bradley -1.5
Gopher In Qatar: Notre Dame -4
Alltimetwinsfan: Baylor -1
Jike Spingleton: Bradley -1.5
MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Notre Dame -4
USTGopher: BRADLEY -1.5
rrjack: Penn St +4
Ski U Mah Gopher: San Diego St +1
GopherHarvey: Bradley -1.5
Gopherholefan: San Diego St +1
GOLDY1966: Penn State +4
GopherRock: Penn State +4

Zales04: Oregon State +9.5

GopherHarvey: Oregon St +9.5

Ski U Mah Gopher: Oregon St. +9.5

GopherRock: Oregon State +9.5

Gopher In Qatar: Oregon State +9.5

PPD Standings for the Regular Season

Here are the Pick per Day standings for the Regular Season (through 3/15/09):

NOTES

• As a whole, the board was 9 games below .500
• Three of us have made picks every day the competition was available (me, Jike and Gopher in Qatar). All of us are also below .500 .....
• MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed led the "Steady Selectors" (those who picked at least 2/3rds of the time). Saturn Sweater would have passed him by if he'd made one more pick before 3/16.
• Goldy 1966 has the most winning picks (56) with GopherRock in 2nd place (52 wins) and two of us tied for 3rd with 51 wins (Gopherholefan and MNSnowman).

Board's Cumulative Record Consensus Picks Individual Standings
Steady Selectors
.. 1 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 45 - 33 - 2 ) - 0.577
.. 2 - USTGopher ( 50 - 38 - 3 ) - 0.568
.. 3 - GopherHarvey ( 45 - 37 - 2 ) - 0.549
.. 4 - Goldy 1966 ( 56 - 49 - 3 ) - 0.533
.. 5 - rrjack ( 45 - 40 - 3 ) - 0.529
.. 6 - GopherRock ( 52 - 49 - 4 ) - 0.515
.. 7 - Gopherholefan ( 51 - 51 - 1 ) - 0.500
.. 8 - RoyalGO4 ( 50 - 51 - 4 ) - 0.495
.. 9 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 43 - 44 - 2 ) - 0.494
10 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 47 - 54 - 1 ) - 0.465
11 - The Big L ( 37 - 43 - 2 ) - 0.463
12 - MNSnowman ( 51 - 61 - 2 ) - 0.455
13 - Jike Spingleton ( 49 - 65 - 0 ) - 0.430
14 - Gopher In Qatar ( 48 - 66 - 0 ) - 0.421
15 - Zales04 ( 41 - 61 - 4 ) - 0.402
Mildly Addicted
.. 1 - TheSportsAce ( 17 - 7 - 2 ) - 0.708
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 15 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.652
.. 3 - SaturnSweater ( 45 - 29 - 1 ) - 0.608
.. 4 - grunkiejr ( 17 - 14 - 0 ) - 0.548
.. 5 - OSUfan ( 31 - 27 - 0 ) - 0.534
.. 6 - Ilovethebarn ( 25 - 22 - 1 ) - 0.532
.. 7 - gopherfan10 ( 35 - 35 - 3 ) - 0.500
.. 8 - GoldenFuture5 ( 33 - 34 - 1 ) - 0.493
.. 9 - NemosGold ( 33 - 36 - 0 ) - 0.478
10 - mom8pop ( 30 - 33 - 1 ) - 0.476
11 - MinnMarchDTF ( 18 - 20 - 2 ) - 0.474
12 - Xman ( 30 - 34 - 1 ) - 0.469
13 - soneillumn ( 25 - 30 - 1 ) - 0.455
Retired
.… GopherJim ( 7 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.875
.… NateDawgUM ( 18 - 12 - 0 ) - 0.600
.… CoolHand ( 11 - 9 - 1 ) - 0.550
.… Mikie S ( 11 - 12 - 1 ) - 0.478
.… Gopher07 ( 12 - 14 - 0 ) - 0.462
.… Alan Shore ( 8 - 11 - 0 ) - 0.421
.… From the Barn ( 3 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.300
.… GopherKev ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
.… Howeda7 ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
.… JMGIII ( 0 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.000
.… LloydBraun ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000

PPD Standings for the Month of March

Here are the standings for the month of March. As a group the board did fairly well with a 0.531 winning record ... but March picks really confounded me! .....

Cumulative Record Consensus Picks Individual Standings
Steady Selectors (needed at least 20 picks; picks were available for 30 days with 3/16 off)
.. 1 - rrjack ( 13 - 6 - 1 ) - 0.684
.. 2 - Goldy 1966 ( 18 - 11 - 1 ) - 0.621
.. 3 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 12 - 8 - 1 ) - 0.600
.. 4 - GopherHarvey ( 16 - 13 - 1 ) - 0.552
.. 5 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 16 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.552
.. 6 - Gopherholefan ( 13 - 11 - 0 ) - 0.542
.. 7 - Jike Spingleton ( 15 - 14 - 1 ) - 0.517
.. 8 - GopherRock ( 14 - 14 - 1 ) - 0.500
.. 9 - Gopher In Qatar ( 14 - 16 - 0 ) - 0.467
10 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 13 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.464
11 - USTGopher ( 10 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.435
12 - Zales04 ( 10 - 14 - 1 ) - 0.417
13 - MNSnowman ( 12 - 18 - 0 ) - 0.400
Mildly Addicted
.. 1 - TheSportsAce ( 7 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.778
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 6 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.750
.. 3 - grunkiejr ( 7 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.636
.. 4 - soneillumn ( 8 - 5 - 1 ) - 0.615
.. 5 - gopherfan10 ( 9 - 7 - 2 ) - 0.563
.. 6 - SaturnSweater ( 6 - 5 - 1 ) - 0.545
.. 7 - RoyalGO4 ( 8 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.533
.. 8 - mom8pop ( 3 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.500
.. 9 - The Big L ( 5 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.500
10 - Xman ( 5 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.500
11 - GoldenFuture5 ( 2 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.400

SaturnSweater: UTEP -9.5

rrjack: Oregon St. +9.5

Gopherholefan: Oregon St +9.5

USTGopher: UTEP -9.5

Alltimetwinsfan: Oregon St +9.5

Jike Spingleton: Oregon State +9.5

GOLDY1966: Oregon St +9.5