***2024-25 Pick'Em Week 18***

[AWilli6995]

6- Kansas
5- UNC
4- Baylor
3- Louisville
2- Baylor
1- Xavier


Lower seed to win - Drake
High seed to lose - Purdue

 

[boilerzz]

Didn't want to start a new thread just to ask but what's up with the Braden Smith transfer rumors? For some reason theres posters on Rupp Rafters thinking/hoping he transfers to UK next year. Seems like a weird rumor.

I’d be shocked. Dude is a fixture at Purdue and makes good money. Obviously someone offering life changing money would and should cause someone to think about it but I’d still be very surprised if that happened.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

I’d be shocked. Dude is a fixture at Purdue and makes good money. Obviously someone offering life changing money would and should cause someone to think about it but I’d still be very surprised if that happened.

 

[dukedevilz]

Magoon Gwath will be back tonight for San Diego State. One of the best shot blockers in the country (2nd highest block rate in the country). SDSU is 3-3 without him. He can completely change the complexion of a basketball game.

I think I'll leave UNC at 5 on the Pick'Em side. But, I think this game could go either way, depending on Gwath's health.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

I'll try to update scores tomorrow, including dropping the lowest scores. But, I feel I need to get the games in first to allow sufficient time.

Same bonus points as prior years..


Pick One Underdog that will win.
-8 points if it's a 16 seed, 7 points if it's a 15 seed... All the way down to 1 point for a 9 seed winning.

Pick One Higher Sees that will lose:
-8 points if you correctly pick the 1 seed losing, 7 points if you correctly pick the 2 seed losing... All the way down to picking the 8 seed losing, which is worth 1 point.

Feel free to double-down and pick the same team (i.e. 16 combined points if you think Norfolk State beats Florida).

Week 20 Games
Tuesday: San Diego State vs. UNC (Dayton, OH)
Wednesday: Xavier vs. Texas (Dayton, OH)
Thursday: Creighton vs. Louisville (Lexington, KY)
Thursday: Arkansas vs. Kansas (Providence, RI)
Friday: Baylor vs. Mississippi State (Raleigh, NC)
Friday: Oklahoma vs. UConn (Raleigh, NC)

6 - Louisville
5 - Xavier
4 - San Diego State
3 - Arkansas
2 - Baylor
1 - UConn

Colorado State over Lil Penny
St Mary's loses to Big Will Perdue

 

[lurkeraspect84]

6 - Kansas
5 - UConn
4 - N. Carolina
3 - Baylor
2 - Texas
1 - Creighton


Lower seed who will win - Yale
Higher Seed who will lose - Saint Mary's

 

[dukedevilz]

I’d be shocked. Dude is a fixture at Purdue and makes good money. Obviously someone offering life changing money would and should cause someone to think about it but I’d still be very surprised if that happened.

Someone that might transfer, if they don't stay in the draft... Donovan Dent. I think he could be a 2nd round pick, so he might go the NBA route. If he comes back to college, I fully expect him to enter the portal and just about every team under the sun will be knocking on his door.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I 100% went by by BPI this year. Largest margin of percentage points got the 6, lowest got 1.

congrats to everyone smarter than ESPN"s BPI.

You can honestly say you're smarter than ESPN's predictions.

For me, it wasn't about winning it, but exposing how bad it was.


Next season, I'll pick my own. Probably do worse.


...or pick another computer model to expose. Eye test is a hell of a drug. Might do Kenpom next. He seems to be the most trusted.

 

[boilerzz]

Someone that might transfer, if they don't stay in the draft... Donovan Dent. I think he could be a 2nd round pick, so he might go the NBA route. If he comes back to college, I fully expect him to enter the portal and just about every team under the sun will be knocking on his door.

You know how I feel about Dent. If he goes to a contender, I think he's a preseason 1st team AA. He's that talented.

Hell, could be a chance for Baby Pitino to parlay into a better job by offering a package deal with Dent.

 

[boilerzz]

I 100% went by by BPI this year. Largest margin of percentage points got the 6, lowest got 1.

congrats to everyone smarter than ESPN"s BPI.

You can honestly say you're smarter than ESPN's predictions.

For me, it wasn't about winning it, but exposing how bad it was.


Next season, I'll pick my own. Probably do worse.


...or pick another computer model to expose. Eye test is a hell of a drug. Might do Kenpom next. He seems to be the most trusted.

BPI is clearly the worst metric out there. No surprise it's attached to ESPN.

 

[rockycard]

6) SD State
5) UConn
4)

I'll try to update scores tomorrow, including dropping the lowest scores. But, I feel I need to get the games in first to allow sufficient time.

Same bonus points as prior years..


Pick One Underdog that will win.
-8 points if it's a 16 seed, 7 points if it's a 15 seed... All the way down to 1 point for a 9 seed winning.

Pick One Higher Sees that will lose:
-8 points if you correctly pick the 1 seed losing, 7 points if you correctly pick the 2 seed losing... All the way down to picking the 8 seed losing, which is worth 1 point.

Feel free to double-down and pick the same team (i.e. 16 combined points if you think Norfolk State beats Florida).

Week 20 Games
Tuesday: San Diego State vs. UNC (Dayton, OH)
Wednesday: Xavier vs. Texas (Dayton, OH)
Thursday: Creighton vs. Louisville (Lexington, KY)
Thursday: Arkansas vs. Kansas (Providence, RI)
Friday: Baylor vs. Mississippi State (Raleigh, NC)
Friday: Oklahoma vs. UConn (Raleigh, NC)

6) forfeit
5) UConn
4) Xavier
3) Baylor
2) Kansas
1) Louisville

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

I 100% went by by BPI this year.

I was going to ask a few weeks ago if you were still cheating. Looks like the answer is yes.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I was going to ask a few weeks ago if you were still cheating. Looks like the answer is yes.

Cheating? I came in last multiple weeks.

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

Cheating? I came in last multiple weeks.

Don't mind me. I'm just lashing out because I can't beat ESPN BPI, which is basically like losing Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Don't mind me. I'm just lashing out because I can't beat ESPN BPI, which is basically like losing Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.

Damn, I didn't think about the guys below me. I was bragging up the guys ahead.

 

[GE Nole]

@dukedevilz am I allowed to change picks for games that haven’t happened yet?

 

[lurkeraspect84]

@dukedevilz am I allowed to change picks for games that haven’t happened yet?

This week has already started.

I've learned the hard way.

Once asked if I could get a Tuesday game in and come back to do the rest....Also made pics 5 minutes into a game and it was void.

 

[Blueheart32]

Damn, I didn't think about the guys below me. I was bragging up the guys ahead.

That was selfish, and frankly, just down right inconsiderate.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

That was selfish, and frankly, just down right inconsiderate.

I'll have to live with that.