2023-24 Pick'Em, Final Standings!!

[kyjeff1]

Jeff, wouldn't know smart if it grabbed you spun you around and then kicked you in your butt.

Oh trust me, 'smart' has kicked my butt many times through the years.

 

[dukedevilz]

Okay, here are the games...

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis


5 neutral court games this week - and then Clemson plays at Memphis. I really struggled to find a 6th game for this week. I decided to go with a Georgia Tech-Penn State neutral court matchup. Both teams have come off recent big wins. Penn State beat Ohio State on Saturday, and Georgia Tech took down Miss State and Duke in the first week of December.

I also considered KU at Indiana, Alabama at Creighton, Baylor v Michigan State, Texas A&M vs Houston (semi-home), but I was worried we'd see too much uniformity with those matchups.

 

[dukedevilz]

6- UConn
5- Memphis
4- Ohio State
3- Purdue
2- Penn State
1- Kentucky

 

[dukedevilz]

Ugh! The Arizona-Purdue matchup is on Peacock. No me gustó.

 

[ThePhog08]

Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 - Purdue
5 - Gonzaga
4 - UCLA
3 - Penn state
2 - Kentucky
1 - Clemson

 

[della]

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington) 5
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN) 4
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA) 3
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA) 6
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY) 2
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis 1

 

[kyjeff1]

6- UConn
5- Arizona
4- Ohio State
3- Georgia Tech
2- Memphis
1- Kentucky

 

[boilerzz]

Ugh! The Arizona-Purdue matchup is on Peacock. No me gustó.

I have Peacock but I hate anything associated with a Peacock....

 

[PA_Panther]

Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6. UConn
5. Clemson
4. Georgia Tech
3. UCLA
2. Arizona
1. Kentucky

 

[AWilli6995]

6- Memphis
5- Purdue
4- UConn
3- UNC
2- Ohio St.
1- Penn St.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Ugh! The Arizona-Purdue matchup is on Peacock. No me gustó.

you should remove it from the poll. Goes along with my strategy of simply ignoring any games on streaming services and pretending they don't exist and never happened.

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 uconn
5 kentucky
4 Purdue
3 Memphis
2 ucla
1 Georgia tech

 

[mikeinknoxville]

Gonzaga 6
Purdue 5
Ohio State 4
North Carolina 3
Penn State 2
Memphis 1

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 UConn
5 UK
4 Memphis
3 GT
2 UCLA
1 Purdue

 

[boilerzz]

I'm a little surprised how many people are picking Purdue. Arizona looks frighteningly good so far.

 

[della]

I'm a little surprised how many people are picking Purdue. Arizona looks frighteningly good so far.

The game is in Indy.

 

[kyjeff1]

The game is in Indy.

Eh, they weren't bothered one bìt in Cameron when they took duke out.
Arizona has the bigs to tangle with Edey and they have better guards.
Should be a great game.

 

[boilerzz]

Eh, they weren't bothered one bìt in Cameron when they took duke out.
Arizona has the bigs to tangle with Edey and they have better guards.
Should be a great game.

Agreed. I don't know how hostile the venue will be for Arizona either. Purdue will have a good crowd but it's not like the game is in Mackey. It's the Saturday of Finals week so I don't know how many students will stick around to go to the game prior to going home for the holidays.

 

[dukedevilz]

I'm a little surprised how many people are picking Purdue. Arizona looks frighteningly good so far.

Arizona is really, really good. In my book, these are the two best teams in the country right now. On a true neutral court, I'd give a slight edge to Arizona. But, this is Semi-Away game for Arizona. Purdue is a much taller task than Duke. We got bullied inside. Will be harder to do that against Purdue. You all have a great inside-out game. But, I do collectively like Zona's guards a little more. Should be a close one.

 

[coryfly]

Congrats to @coryfly on winning Week 5 with a perfect score of 21! He moves from 11th to 5th place. Feel free to select a game this week. There really aren't any bigtime matchups until the weekend. That might save you a few minutes, if you're wanting to pick a game. I'll post the complete Pick'Em matchups tomorrow morning.

And the @ThePhog08 is now atop the leaderboard with 79 points. Quite a range in scores from Week 5 - 21 points all the way down to 2. Love to see it when we don't have uniform picks.

Week 5 Scores
coryfly- 21
mikeinknoxville- 16
ThePhog08- 16
IUfanBorden- 16
GE Nole- 15
Kevin Bryan- 14
PA_Panther- 14
WeAreDePaul- 14
AWilli6995- 13
ExitFlagger- 12
JimboBBN- 12
rockycard- 11
Necessary Roughness- 11
dukedevilz- 10
boilerzz- 10
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 10
duckboy33- 10
kyjeff1- 10
della- 9
KisteK- 8
BScott22- 7
lurkeraspect84- 5
Noahtogo24- 2

Cumulative Scores
@ThePhog08- 79
@AWilli6995- 78
@Kevin Bryan- 77
@duckboy33- 75
@kyjeff1- 74
@coryfly- 74
@GE Nole- 73
@della- 72
@boilerzz- 72
@lurkeraspect84- 69
@mikeinknoxville- 68
@Necessary Roughness- 67
@IUfanBorden- 67
@ExitFlagger- 62
@rockycard- 61
@JimboBBN- 61
@BScott22- 59
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 57
@WeAreDePaul- 57
dukedevilz- 55
@KisteK- 55
@PA_Panther- 53
@Noahtogo24- 40

6-UCLA
5-Penn State
4-Gonzaga
3-North Carolina
2-Clemson
1-Purdue

 

[ExitFlagger]

6 Memphis
5 GT
4 UConn
3 UCLA
2 UNC
1 Purdue

 

[IUfanBorden]

6-ARIZONA
5-Uconn
4-Memphis
3-UCLA
2- PSU
1- Kentucky

 

[duckboy33]

Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

UConn - 6
Ohio State - 5
North Carolina - 4
Memphis - 3
Penn State - 2
Purdue - 1

 

[kyjeff1]

Agreed. I don't know how hostile the venue will be for Arizona either. Purdue will have a good crowd but it's not like the game is in Mackey. It's the Saturday of Finals week so I don't know how many students will stick around to go to the game prior to going home for the holidays.

Yeah, it's going to be played in a bigger venue and it won't be as intimidating.
It’s probably going to come down to the last possession, it should be a fun watch.

 

[boilerzz]

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 UConn
5 OSU
4 Memphis
3 Georgia Tech
2 Kentucky
1 Purdue

 

[lurkeraspect84]

6 - Memphis
5 - Ohio State
4 - Arizona
3 - UConn
2 - Penn State
1 - Kentucky

 

[Necessary Roughness]

6 UConn
5 Arizona
4 Kentucky
3 Ohio State
1 Penn State
2 Memphis

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Okay, here are the games...

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 - UCLA
5 - Arizona
4 - G Tech
3 - UCONN
2 - UNC
1 - Memphis

 

[BScott22]

UConn - 6
Arizona - 1
UNC - 3
Ohio State - 5
Penn State - 4
Memphis - 2

 

[KisteK]

Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga 6
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue 3
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina 4
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State 5
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State 2
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis 1

 

[dukedevilz]

The first game tips off in less than 3 hours. @GE Nole @JimboBBN @rockycard @Noahtogo24

 

[rockycard]

6 UConn
5 Kentucky
4 GT
3 Memphis
2 Purdue
1 UCLA

 

[rockycard]

I’m definitely getting my 5 points 😀

 

[GE Nole]

Okay, here are the games...

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis


5 neutral court games this week - and then Clemson plays at Memphis. I really struggled to find a 6th game for this week. I decided to go with a Georgia Tech-Penn State neutral court matchup. Both teams have come off recent big wins. Penn State beat Ohio State on Saturday, and Georgia Tech took down Miss State and Duke in the first week of December.

I also considered KU at Indiana, Alabama at Creighton, Baylor v Michigan State, Texas A&M vs Houston (semi-home), but I was worried we'd see too much uniformity with those matchups.

6. Kentucky
5. Ohio State
4. UConn
3. Georgia Tech
2. Arizona
1. Clemson

 

[JimboBBN]

6 Kentucky
5 UConn
4 Arizona
3 Memphis
2 UCLA
1 Georgia Tech

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Week 6
Friday: UConn vs Gonzaga (Seattle, Washington)
Saturday: Arizona vs Purdue (Indianpolis, IN)
Saturday: Kentucky vs North Carolina (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: UCLA vs Ohio State (Atlanta, GA)
Saturday: Georgia Tech vs Penn State (New York, NY)
Saturday: Clemson at Memphis

6 UConn
5 OSU
4 Memphis
3 Georgia Tech
2 Kentucky
1 Purdue

 

[boilerzz]

Even with so little faith in my Boilermakers!

 

[dukedevilz]

Congrats to @boilerzz on winning the week with a perfect score of 21!

I'll give you a few hours if you want to pick one of the games for the upcoming week. And I'll post the scores and matchups later on today.

 

[boilerzz]

Congrats to @boilerzz on winning the week with a perfect score of 21!

I'll give you a few hours if you want to pick one of the games for the upcoming week. And I'll post the scores and matchups later on today.

I’ll pick the Braggin’ Rights game; Illinois vs Missouri in St Louis.

 

[dukedevilz]

Mostly solid scores across the board. @boilerzz was the only one with a perfect score, however. @Kevin Bryan has retaken the lead, with the narrowest of margins.

Not the biggest matchups this week. But, we'll take what we can get.

Week 6 Scores
boilerzz- 21
rockycard- 20
dukedevilz- 19
Kevin Bryan- 19
della- 18
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 18
GE Nole- 18
AWilli6995- 17
kyjeff1- 16
ExitFlagger- 16
duckboy33- 15
lurkeraspect84- 15
Necessary Roughness- 15
KisteK- 15
JimboBBN- 15
BScott22- 13
PA_Panther- 11
mikeinknoxville- 10
IUfanBorden- 10
ThePhog08- 8
WeAreDePaul- 8
coryfly- 1

Cumulative Scores
@Kevin Bryan- 96
@AWilli6995- 95
@boilerzz- 93
@GE Nole- 91
@duckboy33- 90
@kyjeff1- 90
@della- 90
@ThePhog08- 87
@lurkeraspect84- 84
@Necessary Roughness- 82
@rockycard- 81
@ExitFlagger- 78
@mikeinknoxville- 78
@IUfanBorden- 77
@JimboBBN- 76
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 75
@coryfly- 75
dukedevilz- 74
@BScott22- 72
@KisteK- 70
@WeAreDePaul- 65
@PA_Panther- 64
@Noahtogo24- 40

Week 7 Games
Tuesday: Florida vs Michigan (Charlotte, NC)
Wednesday: Oklahoma vs North Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
Wednesday: Baylor vs Duke (New York, NY)
Wednesday: Xavier at St. John's
Thursday: Boise State at Washington State
Friday: Illinois vs Missouri (St. Louis, MO)