2023-24 Pick'Em, Final Standings!!

[della]

I'd also like Tennessee for Maui

I thought you were a Kansas fan? I'm sure I look like a CBB expert and compared to most of these knuckleheads I am, but you need to read this disclaimer at the bottom before weighing the merit of my pick on this occasion.


*Disclaimer: I would pick Chaminade to win Maui if I were a Chaminade fan.

 

[della]

Do you two really have to go back and forth in every thread? Give it a rest.

You're right Kevin if they can't say anything nice they should stop. I can easily say something nice about Kansas/Kentucky.

Kansas is a great place for elderly people. There are probably no steps anywhere for miles cause it's very flat. Those old folks can just tool around all day long with no impediments.

Kentucky shares a longest border with Tennessee. Just think how envious all those other states must be.

See, that was easy!

 

[kyjeff1]

I’ve only lived in the Lawrence/KC area. Sure, western KS is boring. But at least they can afford dental premiums.

It’s so bad, even the first few hundred miles of Colorado is flat. The boringness of Kansas is so powerful, it flattened mountains.

 

[kyjeff1]

You're right Kevin if they can't say anything nice they should stop. I can easily say something nice about Kansas/Kentucky.

Kansas is a great place for elderly people. There are probably no steps anywhere for miles cause it's very flat. Those old folks can just tool around all day long with no impediments.

Kentucky shares a longest border with Tennessee. Just think how envious all those other states must be.

See, that was easy!

😂

 

[WeAreDePaul]

watching people from Kansas and Kentucky argue about which State is better is like watching two people argue about what tastes better, a plate of dogshit or a bowl of dogshit.

 

[della]

watching people from Kansas and Kentucky argue about which State is better is like watching two people argue about what tastes better, a plate of dogshit or a bowl of dogshit.

I think it is more about texture, smooth or crunchy.

 

[boilerzz]

watching people from Kansas and Kentucky argue about which State is better is like watching two people argue about what tastes better, a plate of dogshit or a bowl of dogshit.

When my wife and I moved to Cincinnati 28 years ago, we were looking at apartments. I said maybe we should look in northern Kentucky since it appeared to be closer to downtown and rents were cheaper. Her response; “We can’t live in Kentucky! They make fun of people from kentucky!”.

 

[della]

When my wife and I moved to Cincinnati 28 years ago, we were looking at apartments. I said maybe we should look in northern Kentucky since it appeared to be closer to downtown and rents were cheaper. Her response; “We can’t live in Kentucky! They make fun of people from kentucky!”.

She sounds like a keeper.

 

[kyjeff1]

When my wife and I moved to Cincinnati 28 years ago, we were looking at apartments. I said maybe we should look in northern Kentucky since it appeared to be closer to downtown and rents were cheaper. Her response; “We can’t live in Kentucky! They make fun of people from kentucky!”.

Hey now, I'm in NKY and it is an awesome place to be. Ohio sucks balls, they all drive slow in the left lane.

Been in almost every state in the country, loved Colorado, loved Michigan, loved Utah, like Tennessee, like Vermont, loved Arizona, had a lot of memorable times in Texas, but Kentucky just does it for me. I love bourbon, so that helps.

 

[kyjeff1]

She sounds like someone that needs to get kicked to the curb.

Got that right.

 

[ExitFlagger]

watching people from Kansas and Kentucky argue about which State is better is like watching two people argue about what tastes better, a plate of dogshit or a bowl of dogshit.

I've never denied that Kansas is a boring state in general. I'll take the KC area over anything in KY though. I rarely venture west of Lawrence unless I'm driving to CO.

 

[ExitFlagger]

I thought you were a Kansas fan? I'm sure I look like a CBB expert and compared to most of these knuckleheads I am, but you need to read this disclaimer at the bottom before weighing the merit of my pick on this occasion.


*Disclaimer: I would pick Chaminade to win Maui if I were a Chaminade fan.

Not everyone picks their team to win every game, della.

That said, I'll probably end up picking KU here. Why bet against #1?

 

[della]

Not everyone picks their team to win every game, della.

That said, I'll probably end up picking KU here. Why bet against #1?

I know that, but it needed to be said.

 

[dukedevilz]

Congrats to @Kevin Bryan on winning Week 2! He now sits atop the leaderboard. Feel free to pick a game to include for Week 3 (any game that falls between Tuesday-Sunday). As a side note, I think every Kentucky fan picked Washington to beat Xavier. Everyone else, except for maybe 1 other poster, picked Xavier. Of course, Washington has Keion Brooks and Sahvir Wheeler, so I'm sure it's pretty easy for Kentucky fans to root for UW.

Also, I apparently suck really bad at Pick'Em. Not only have I finished DFL two weeks in a row - but, there have been posters each week that finished ahead of me after they forfeited their 6 point and 5 point games because they posted too late lol.

Week 2 Scores
Kevin Bryan- 20
ThePhog08- 19
Necessary Roughness- 15
kyjeff1- 15
mikeinknoxville- 15
BScott22- 15
GE Nole- 15
AWilli6995- 14
WeAreDePaul- 14
rockycard- 14
boilerzz- 13
della- 15
JimboBBN- 13
ExitFlagger- 12
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 11
duckboy33- 11
IUfanBorden- 11
PA_Panther- 11
lurkeraspect84- 9
KisteK- 9
Noahtogo24- 9
coryfly- 7
dukedevilz- 6

Cumulative Scores
@Kevin Bryan - 35
@ThePhog08 - 32
@della - 31
@kyjeff1 - 30
@GE Nole - 30
@boilerzz - 29
@Necessary Roughness - 29
@AWilli6995 - 27
@BScott22 - 26
@rockycard - 25
@lurkeraspect84 - 25
@mikeinknoxville - 25
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller - 24
@duckboy33 - 23
@coryfly - 22
@Noahtogo24 - 21
@PA_Panther - 21
@IUfanBorden - 20
@KisteK - 20
@ExitFlagger - 19
@JimboBBN - 19
@WeAreDePaul - 19
dukedevilz - 11

Also, here's what I've got for the Maui Picks, so far:

MAUI Champion Prediction (6 point bonus)
Marquette: kyjeff1, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, AWilli6995
Purdue: boilerzz, Kevin Bryan, WeAreDePaul
Kansas: lurkeraspect84, Necessary Roughness, IUfanBorden
Tennessee: mikeinknoxville, coryfly, della, KisteK

 

[GE Nole]

Give me Tennessee for Maui @dukedevilz

 

[della]

Congrats to @Kevin Bryan on winning Week 2! He now sits atop the leaderboard. Feel free to pick a game to include for Week 3 (any game that falls between Tuesday-Sunday). As a side note, I think every Kentucky fan picked Washington to beat Xavier. Everyone else, except for maybe 1 other poster, picked Xavier. Of course, Washington has Keion Brooks and Sahvir Wheeler, so I'm sure it's pretty easy for Kentucky fans to root for UW.

Also, I apparently suck really bad at Pick'Em. Not only have I finished DFL two weeks in a row - but, there have been posters each week that finished ahead of me after they forfeited their 6 point and 5 point games because they posted too late lol.

Week 2 Scores
Kevin Bryan- 20
ThePhog08- 19
Necessary Roughness- 15
kyjeff1- 15
mikeinknoxville- 15
BScott22- 15
GE Nole- 15
AWilli6995- 14
WeAreDePaul- 14
rockycard- 14
boilerzz- 13
della- 15
JimboBBN- 13
ExitFlagger- 12
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 11
duckboy33- 11
IUfanBorden- 11
PA_Panther- 11
lurkeraspect84- 9
KisteK- 9
Noahtogo24- 9
coryfly- 7
dukedevilz- 6

Cumulative Scores
@Kevin Bryan - 35
@ThePhog08 - 32
@della - 31
@kyjeff1 - 30
@GE Nole - 30
@boilerzz - 29
@Necessary Roughness - 29
@AWilli6995 - 27
@BScott22 - 26
@rockycard - 25
@lurkeraspect84 - 25
@mikeinknoxville - 25
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller - 24
@duckboy33 - 23
@coryfly - 22
@Noahtogo24 - 21
@PA_Panther - 21
@IUfanBorden - 20
@KisteK - 20
@ExitFlagger - 19
@JimboBBN - 19
@WeAreDePaul - 19
dukedevilz - 11

Also, here's what I've got for the Maui Picks, so far:

MAUI Champion Prediction (6 point bonus)
Marquette: kyjeff1, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, AWilli6995
Purdue: boilerzz, Kevin Bryan, WeAreDePaul
Kansas: lurkeraspect84, Necessary Roughness, IUfanBorden
Tennessee: mikeinknoxville, coryfly, della, KisteK

Why do you have me milling around with these 13's when I'm a 15?

 

[dukedevilz]

Why do you have me milling around with these 13's when I'm a 15?

Haha, that's funny.

Just forgot to hit cut and paste your score back up with the leaders. It happens.

 

[della]

Haha, that's funny.

Just forgot to hit cut and paste your score back up with the leaders. It happens.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

watching people from Kansas and Kentucky argue about which State is better is like watching two people argue about what tastes better, a plate of dogshit or a bowl of dogshit.

Well... which is it?

 

[Kevin Bryan]

When my wife and I moved to Cincinnati 28 years ago, we were looking at apartments. I said maybe we should look in northern Kentucky since it appeared to be closer to downtown and rents were cheaper. Her response; “We can’t live in Kentucky! They make fun of people from kentucky!”.

I'm from NKY, born in Cincy. What part of Cincy are you in? A lot of the Reds and Bengals players live on the good side of the river (Kentucky) if they aren't in Indian Hill. 🤣

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Congrats to @Kevin Bryan on winning Week 2! He now sits atop the leaderboard. Feel free to pick a game to include for Week 3 (any game that falls between Tuesday-Sunday). As a side note, I think every Kentucky fan picked Washington to beat Xavier. Everyone else, except for maybe 1 other poster, picked Xavier. Of course, Washington has Keion Brooks and Sahvir Wheeler, so I'm sure it's pretty easy for Kentucky fans to root for UW.

Also, I apparently suck really bad at Pick'Em. Not only have I finished DFL two weeks in a row - but, there have been posters each week that finished ahead of me after they forfeited their 6 point and 5 point games because they posted too late lol.

Week 2 Scores
Kevin Bryan- 20
ThePhog08- 19
Necessary Roughness- 15
kyjeff1- 15
mikeinknoxville- 15
BScott22- 15
GE Nole- 15
AWilli6995- 14
WeAreDePaul- 14
rockycard- 14
boilerzz- 13
della- 15
JimboBBN- 13
ExitFlagger- 12
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 11
duckboy33- 11
IUfanBorden- 11
PA_Panther- 11
lurkeraspect84- 9
KisteK- 9
Noahtogo24- 9
coryfly- 7
dukedevilz- 6

Cumulative Scores
@Kevin Bryan - 35
@ThePhog08 - 32
@della - 31
@kyjeff1 - 30
@GE Nole - 30
@boilerzz - 29
@Necessary Roughness - 29
@AWilli6995 - 27
@BScott22 - 26
@rockycard - 25
@lurkeraspect84 - 25
@mikeinknoxville - 25
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller - 24
@duckboy33 - 23
@coryfly - 22
@Noahtogo24 - 21
@PA_Panther - 21
@IUfanBorden - 20
@KisteK - 20
@ExitFlagger - 19
@JimboBBN - 19
@WeAreDePaul - 19
dukedevilz - 11

Also, here's what I've got for the Maui Picks, so far:

MAUI Champion Prediction (6 point bonus)
Marquette: kyjeff1, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, AWilli6995
Purdue: boilerzz, Kevin Bryan, WeAreDePaul
Kansas: lurkeraspect84, Necessary Roughness, IUfanBorden
Tennessee: mikeinknoxville, coryfly, della, KisteK

Hmmm, tough week to pick since a lot of potentially good matchups are TBD. Let's go with Memphis-Michigan. I'm guessing you would've chosen that one anyway.

 

[dukedevilz]

Okay, here are the matchups - all 6 games are on neutral courts.

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL)

 

[kyjeff1]

6 - USC
5 - Virginia Tech
4- Memphis
3 - Villanova
2 - Florida
1 - Iowa

 

[KisteK]

I thought you were a Kansas fan? I'm sure I look like a CBB expert and compared to most of these knuckleheads I am, but you need to read this disclaimer at the bottom before weighing the merit of my pick on this occasion.


*Disclaimer: I would pick Chaminade to win Maui if I were a Chaminade fan.

The only thing I like more than the University of Kansas is money.

Which is making me think Marquette might have been the better pick..

 

[della]

The only thing I like more than the University of Kansas is money.

Which is making me think Marquette might have been the better pick..

I don't think there is any money in the Pick em tourney.

 

[boilerzz]

I'm from NKY, born in Cincy. What part of Cincy are you in? A lot of the Reds and Bengals players live on the good side of the river (Kentucky) if they aren't in Indian Hill. 🤣

I’m in West Chester.

 

[della]

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas) 4
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas) 2
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY) 1
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA) 3
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA) 6
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL) 5

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Okay, here are the matchups - all 6 games are on neutral courts.

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL)

6 USC
5 Nova
4 VT
3 Memphis
2 Iowa
1 Florida

 

[ThePhog08]

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL

6 - Memphis
5 - USC
4 - Florida
3 - Virginia Tech
2 - Villanova
1 - OU

Tennessee Is my Maui pick

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL)

6- Memphis
5- USC
4- VT
3- Florida
2- TT
1- Oklahoma

 

[AWilli6995]

6- USC
5- Memphis
4- Va Tech
3- Villanova
2- Florida
1- Iowa

 

[boilerzz]

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL

6 Florida
5 USC
4 Nova
3 Va Tech
2 Memphis
1 Iowa

 

[IUfanBorden]

Congrats to @Kevin Bryan on winning Week 2! He now sits atop the leaderboard. Feel free to pick a game to include for Week 3 (any game that falls between Tuesday-Sunday). As a side note, I think every Kentucky fan picked Washington to beat Xavier. Everyone else, except for maybe 1 other poster, picked Xavier. Of course, Washington has Keion Brooks and Sahvir Wheeler, so I'm sure it's pretty easy for Kentucky fans to root for UW.

Also, I apparently suck really bad at Pick'Em. Not only have I finished DFL two weeks in a row - but, there have been posters each week that finished ahead of me after they forfeited their 6 point and 5 point games because they posted too late lol.

Week 2 Scores
Kevin Bryan- 20
ThePhog08- 19
Necessary Roughness- 15
kyjeff1- 15
mikeinknoxville- 15
BScott22- 15
GE Nole- 15
AWilli6995- 14
WeAreDePaul- 14
rockycard- 14
boilerzz- 13
della- 15
JimboBBN- 13
ExitFlagger- 12
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 11
duckboy33- 11
IUfanBorden- 11
PA_Panther- 11
lurkeraspect84- 9
KisteK- 9
Noahtogo24- 9
coryfly- 7
dukedevilz- 6

Cumulative Scores
@Kevin Bryan - 35
@ThePhog08 - 32
@della - 31
@kyjeff1 - 30
@GE Nole - 30
@boilerzz - 29
@Necessary Roughness - 29
@AWilli6995 - 27
@BScott22 - 26
@rockycard - 25
@lurkeraspect84 - 25
@mikeinknoxville - 25
@Demarcus Kidd-Miller - 24
@duckboy33 - 23
@coryfly - 22
@Noahtogo24 - 21
@PA_Panther - 21
@IUfanBorden - 20
@KisteK - 20
@ExitFlagger - 19
@JimboBBN - 19
@WeAreDePaul - 19
dukedevilz - 11

Also, here's what I've got for the Maui Picks, so far:

MAUI Champion Prediction (6 point bonus)
Marquette: kyjeff1, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, AWilli6995
Purdue: boilerzz, Kevin Bryan, WeAreDePaul
Kansas: lurkeraspect84, Necessary Roughness, IUfanBorden
Tennessee: mikeinknoxville, coryfly, della, KisteK

I took Washington as well...

 

[ExitFlagger]

Week 3
Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL)

6 VT
5 Memphis
4 Villanova
3 USC
2 Oklahoma
1 Pitt

Maui: KU

 

[KisteK]

Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis 3
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech 6
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh 1
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa 2
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC 5
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech 4

 

[duckboy33]

Okay, time for an early season bonus round. I'm not going to have any Maui games for the Pick'Em contest next week (first game is Monday at 2:30), but thought for bonus points we could pick the Maui Champ. Pretty crazy to have 5 of the top 11 teams (and 3 of the top 4) in a preseason tournament

If you correctly pick the Maui champ before the quarterfinals begin: 6 points
If you correctly pick the Maui champ before the semifinals begin: 3 finals
If you correctly pick the Maui champ before the championship begins: 1 point

Only one pick, of course.

Maui Invitational
#7 Tennessee vs Syracuse
#2 Purdue vs #11 Gonzaga

#1 Kansas vs Chaminade
UCLA vs #4 Marquette

You can pick your Maui champ now, or wait until the Week 3 games have been revealed, and include your Maui Champ with your 6 Pick'Em games.

FWIW, UCLA is #29 in votes for the AP Poll.

Purdue

 

[duckboy33]

Wednesday: Michigan vs Memphis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Villanova vs Texas Tech (Nassau, Bahamas)
Wednesday: Florida vs Pittsburgh (Brooklyn, NY)
Thursday: Oklahoma vs Iowa (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Seton Hall vs USC (San Diego, CA)
Thursday: Boise State vs Virginia Tech (Kissimmee, FL)

Villanova - 6
USC - 5
Virginia Tech - 4
Oklahoma - 3
Florida - 2
Memphis - 1

 

[mikeinknoxville]

USC 6
Memphis 5
Villanova 4
Pittsburgh 3
Boise State 2
Iowa 1

 

[dukedevilz]

6- Villanova
5- USC
4- Virginia Tech
3- Oklahoma
2- Memphis
1- Pittsburgh

Maui Champ: Kansas

 

[dukedevilz]

Fairly even distributed picks for Maui. The top 4 schools all have between 3-6 posters that have picked them to win Maui. Part of me wants to pick Gonzaga, in the event that they were to win, because no one else would get those points. But... I think I've put myself in a deep enough hole already.

Marquette (3): kyjeff1, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, AWilli6995
Purdue (4): boilerzz, Kevin Bryan, WeAreDePaul, duckboy33
Kansas (4): lurkeraspect84, Necessary Roughness, IUfanBorden, dukedevilz
Tennessee (6): mikeinknoxville, coryfly, della, KisteK, GE Nole, ThePhog08