Pick per Day for 12/20/08 - Day 37

[MNSnowman]

CLOSED - Pick per Day for 12/20/08 - Day 37

Only four picks were available Friday -- today there are over 60. Saturday's deadline for picks is 12 Noon. (Score projections are due by 10AM if you haven't made a guess-timate as yet in the other thread)

Good luck with your picks!

miami ohio at west virginia -7.5 (12:00 PM EST)
temple at kansas -9 (2:30 PM EST)
unc -27 vs valparaiso (2:00 PM EST)
michigan state vs texas -6 (2:00 PM EST)
new mexico at texas tech -3.5 (1:00 PM EST)
la salle at cornell -1.5 (2:00 PM EST)
troy at uab -20.5 (2:00 PM EST)
minnesota u vs louisville -9.5 (2:00 PM EST)
rice at duquesne -12 (1:00 PM EST)
xavier vs duke -6 (2:00 PM EST)
arizona at unlv -2 (3:00 PM EST)
va commonwealth vs oklahoma -13 (10:00 PM EST)
connecticut vs gonzaga -3.5 (4:00 PM EST)
providence at boston college -5 (4:00 PM EST)
st. bonaventure at eastern michigan -2.5 (4:00 PM EST)
iowa at drake Pick (4:00 PM EST)
cal santa barb at san diego state -13 (4:00 PM EST)
hofstra at massachusetts -7.5 (4:00 PM EST)
auburn at virginia -4 (4:00 PM EST)
byu vs arizona state -5 (4:30 PM EST)
lsu vs texas a&m -1.5 (5:00 PM EST)
georgia tech -14 at pepperdine (5:00 PM EST)
loyola chicago -2.5 at no illinois (6:00 PM EST)
saint mary's ca -5 vs so illinois (6:30 PM EST)
nevada at california -9 (6:00 PM EST)
central florida at florida -15 (6:30 PM EST)
colorado state -2 at denver u (6:30 PM EST)
houston u -7 at toledo (7:00 PM EST)
south alabama -6 at florida intl (7:30 PM EST)
rhode island vs oklahoma state -3.5 (7:30 PM EST)
detroit at illinois -18 (8:00 PM EST)
syracuse at memphis u -7.5 (6:00 PM EST)
portland u at oregon -10 (8:00 PM EST)
tulsa -13 at loyola marymount (10:00 PM EST)
bradley at wisc milwaukee -1 (8:00 PM EST)
illinois chicago at illinois state -5.5 (8:00 PM EST)
arkansas state at arkansas lr -4.5 (8:00 PM EST)
new mexico state at utep -7 (9:00 PM EST)
northwestern at stanford -6 (10:00 PM EST)
santa clara at pacific -2.5 (10:30 PM EST)
murray state vs south florida -1.5 (3:00 PM EST)
oral roberts -2.5 at wright state (5:30 PM EST)
virginia tech -16 vs columbia (2:00 PM EST)
marist at st. john's -14.5 (4:30 PM EST)
cal irvine vs middle tenn st -9.5 (6:30 PM EST)
norfolk st at missouri st -24.5 (9:00 PM EST)
iona at ohio state -16 (12:00 PM EST)
appalachian st vs kentucky -15 (12:00 PM EST)
wofford at georgia -12.5 (2:00 PM EST)
sacramento state at wyoming -16.5 (4:00 PM EST)
davidson vs purdue -5 (4:00 PM EST)
the citadel at south carolina -24 (5:00 PM EST)
weber state at utah u -14 (6:00 PM EST)
montana state at long beach state -8 (6:00 PM EST)
tennessee tech at vanderbilt -14 (6:00 PM EST)
northern colorado at san jose state -6.5 (6:00 PM EST)
eastern kentucky at cincinnati -12.5 (6:30 PM EST)
nc greensboro at dayton -23 (8:00 PM EST)
northern arizona at wichita state -9.5 (8:00 PM EST)
utah state -4.5 at idaho state (9:00 PM EST)
jacksonville st at iowa state -6 (9:00 PM EST)
e. washington at washington u -17.5 (10:00 PM EST)
montana at portland state -9 (10:00 PM EST)

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Small Print

If you'd like to participate but haven't done so before, please send
me a Private Message (PM) by clicking on my screen-name.
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Here's the way Pick-per-Day (PPD) works:

1. You make one pick per day by selecting a team and the point spread that's offered.
For example, if Florida is favored by 22.5 points versus Toledo and you choose Florida, you pick Florida -22.5
If instead you think that spread is too generous, you pick Toledo +22.5

2. The pick must be in required format (see#5 below) and submitted by that day's deadline.

3. I always identify the deadlines for picks (picks on weekdays are usually due at 5:00 while picks on weekends and holidays will usually be due at 12 noon.) If you don't make the published deadline, I'll still try to include your pick if I can, but no promises and it largely depends on how busy I am around the deadline time or after I edit the summary.

4. Please verify your pick was recorded when the posting is Closed and please check the next days tally to make sure I correctly credited you with the win or loss. Mistakes will happen and I'm more than happy to go back a day or two and figure out what went wrong and then make any corrections. But I really don't want to go back a couple of weeks and try to recalculate the wins and losses.

5. All picks must be entered using this format:

Moniker: Team and Spread
(e.g. MNSnowman: Minnesota +1)
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Picks that are submitted after the deadline without making prior arrangements or do not use this format will not be counted in that days tally

6. If you want to change your pick, please add a new post rather than editing your original pick and please note it's a change in the header. (It's easier to pick up and make the change this way.

7. Every now and then, the provider of the Lines has a strange point spread. I reserve the right to scratch games where the spread exceeds normal expectations or if the picks are subsequently corrected, the correction is substantially different than the first pick and the original spread gives a participant an unfair advantage.

In other words, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

8. We now have two divisions ... one for the seriously addicted (must have made picks 2/3rds of the time) and the other for the more leisurely, laid-back participants. You'll move to the "upper" division if you make frequent picks over time ... the divisions are calculated each night. Because I round off the required minimum number of games, you may bounce back and forth between divisions from one night to another if you're close to the cut-off.

9. If you don't make a pick for 3-4 weeks, I'll probably "retire" you. If you want to participate after you've retired, please let me know via PM.

 

[MNSnowman]

Summary of 12/20 Picks

MNSnowman: Drake - pick
Ski U Mah Gopher: UConn +3.5
Gopher In Qatar: Iowa pick
goldenfuture5: Cincinnati -12.5
GOLDY1966: St. Mary's CA -5
Jike Spingleton: Cornell -1.5
OSUfan: Minnesota +9.5
Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -14
Coolhand: UConn +3.5
rrjack: kansas -9
RoyalGO4: Cornell -1.5
nemosgold: iowa pick
Gopher07: UConn +3.5
soneillumn: Minnesota +9.5
GopherRock: Kansas -9
Zales04: Iowa Pick
MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Valparaiso +27
GopherHarvey: Minnesota +9.5
Gopherholefan: St. Mary's -5
mom8pop: louisville -9.5
Alan Shore: Arizona +2
USTGopher: Minnesota +9.5

 

[MNSnowman]

PPD Standings after 12/19

Today was the worse day this season for PPD -- only one of 21 picks was a winner. And it's Jike! Yes, Jike is the genius … not the goat … picking Richmond +8. Wake is -8 and wins only by 7 -- 18 of us picked 'em and go down in flames. Just to round it out,

• Marquette is -17.5 and wins by only 17. That was the 19th losing pick.
• The 20th losing pick came when New Orleans -- a one-point favorite -- loses.

Leading the Seriously Addicted division is GopherRock and OSUFan as SaturnSweater didn't pick today and slipped back to the other division. I'm safely at the end.

The ugly summary:

1 - Wins
20 - Losses
0 - Pushes
0.048 - Winning pctge
21 - Participants
Consensus Pick: Wake Forest
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Cumulative Record

403 - Wins
380 - Losses
8 - Pushes
0.515 - Winning pctge
791 - Number of Picks
36 - Number of Days​

Consensus Picks

30 - Wins
16 - Losses
1 - Pushes
0.652 - Winning pctge​

Individual Standings
Seriously Addicted
.. 1 - GopherRock ( 18 - 11 - 1 ) - 0.621
.. .... OSUfan ( 18 - 11 - 0 ) - 0.621
.. 3 - The Big L ( 14 - 11 - 1 ) - 0.560
.. 4 - rrjack ( 15 - 12 - 0 ) - 0.556
.. 5 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 18 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.545
.. 6 - Ilovethebarn ( 13 - 11 - 0 ) - 0.542
.. 7 - Gopher In Qatar ( 19 - 17 - 0 ) - 0.528
.. 8 - Goldy 1966 ( 17 - 16 - 0 ) - 0.515
.. 9 - RoyalGO4 ( 15 - 16 - 1 ) - 0.484
10 - MinnMarchDTF ( 13 - 14 - 1 ) - 0.481
11 - Mikie S ( 11 - 12 - 1 ) - 0.478
12 - Gopherholefan ( 13 - 17 - 1 ) - 0.433
13 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 13 - 18 - 0 ) - 0.419
14 - Jike Spingleton ( 15 - 21 - 0 ) - 0.417
15 - Zales04 ( 13 - 19 - 0 ) - 0.406
16 - MNSnowman ( 13 - 23 - 0 ) - 0.361

Dallyin' Dilettantes
.. 1 - GopherJim ( 7 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.875
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 7 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.778
.. 3 - SaturnSweater ( 15 - 7 - 1 ) - 0.682
.. 4 - USTGopher ( 13 - 8 - 1 ) - 0.619
.. .. .. gopherfan10 ( 13 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.619
.. 6 - NateDawgUM ( 12 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.600
.. .. .. GoldenFuture5 ( 9 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.600
.. 8 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 8 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.571
.. 9 - mom8pop ( 13 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.565
.. .. .. NemosGold ( 13 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.565
11 - Xman ( 10 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.526
12 - soneillumn ( 10 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.500
.. .. .. Gopher07 ( 9 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.500
.. .. .. CoolHand ( 5 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.500
15 - GopherHarvey ( 5 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.455
16 - Alan Shore ( 8 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.444
17 - grunkiejr ( 5 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.385
18 - From the Barn ( 3 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.300
19 - JMGIII ( 0 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.000
One & Apparently Done (all 0 - 1 - 0 ) - GopherKev, Howeda7 and LloydBraun

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ski U Mah Gopher: UConn +3.5

I'm glad I overslept on Friday, or else I would have joined the losers.

 

[Gopher in Qatar]

Gopher In Qatar: Iowa pick

 

[goldenfuture5]

goldenfuture5: Cincinnati -12.5

 

[GOLDY1966]

GOLDY1966: St. Mary's CA -5

 

[Jike Spingleton]

Jike Spingleton: Cornell -1.5

Watched the last 2-3 minutes of the Wake/Richmond game. Looked like Wake was going to use free throws from closing-minute fouling to get the cover, but Richmond buried a deep three with about 10 seconds left to get within 5, and the two ensuing free throws weren't enough for Wake to cover. Feels good to end the losing skid....

 

[OSUfan]

OSUfan: Minnesota +9.5

I am cautiously optimistic that the Gophers will win the game, but 9.5 points is about 4 or 5 points too high anyway.

 

[alltimetwinsfan]

Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt -14

 

[coolhandgopher]

Coolhand: UConn +3.5

 

[rrjackIII]

rrjack: kansas -9

 

[RoyalGO4]

RoyalGO4: Cornell -1.5

 

[nemosgold]

nemosgold: iowa pick

 

[Gopher07]

Gopher07: UConn +3.5

 

[soneillumn]

soneillumn: Minnesota +9.5

 

[GopherRock]

GopherRock: Kansas -9

 

[Zales04]

Zales04: Iowa Pick

 

[MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed]

MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Valparaiso +27

 

[GopherHarvey]

GopherHarvey: Minnesota +9.5

 

[Gopherholefan]

Gopherholefan: St. Mary's -5

 

[mom8pop]

mom8pop: louisville -9.5

Very much hope to be wrong.

 

[Alan Shore]

Alan Shore: Arizona +2

 

[USTGopher]

USTGopher: Minnesota +9.5

 

[Gopher07]

Why oh why didn't I take Duke -6...they're up by 31 at half against Xavier!