Pick per Day for 01-17 (Day 67)

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Rick Mons

Rick Mons

The former MN Snowman
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Deadline for Picks is tipoff time or 5 PM -- whichever is earlier
Please check & make sure your pick is included in the summary after the deadline.
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Here are The Rules if you have any questions. Sorry, we're not taking any new participants. And for current participants, please note that you must make a pick at least once every three weeks to remain in the competition.

Please use the colon after your moniker ... I use a macro to enter your picks on a spreadsheet and the macro relies on the colon to get it properly entered.

Today's games and spreads -- please remember that picks are due by tip-off or 5 PM, whichever is earlier. Also, if the game starts at 10PM (EST) or later, chances are the standings will be delayed to the following day.
Georgetown at VILLANOVA -6 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Toledo at BALL ST -8 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Depaul at ST JOHNS -13.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Bowling Green at KENT ST -10.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Akron at BUFFALO - Pick ( 2:00 PM EST)
Minnesota at INDIANA 10 ( 2:15 PM EST)
Providence at MARQUETTE -9 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Saint Louis at CHARLOTTE -7 ( 4:00 PM EST)
N Arizona at PORTLAND ST -8.5 ( 4:05 PM EST)
Montana St at SACRAMENTO ST 3.5 ( 4:05 PM EST)
Connecticut at MICHIGAN - Pick ( 4:30 PM EST)
Wake Forest at DUKE -13 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Illinois St at DRAKE 3 ( 8:05 PM EST)
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** (if picked, standings will likely be delayed to following day)
Home team is in CAPS; "vs" indicates a neutral court. Spreads courtesy of OpenSports.com
 

Summary of Picks (Standings will follow)

Rick Mons: UConn - Pick
Gopherholefan: UCONN pick
Jike Spingleton: Connecticut pick
rccola889: Minnesota -10
Gopher In Qatar: UConn pick
Ski U Mah Gopher: UConn Pick
RoyalGO4: Providence +9
rrjack: BUFFALO -Pick
Dr.Don: Marquette -9
Notorious PLD: Marquette -9
Go31: Connecticut pick
SaturnSweater: UCONN pick
Juicer: UCONN pick
Chadypu: Michigan Pick
Zales04: Georgetown +6
GopherKev: UConn pick
Selection Sunday: Saint Louis +7
Southpaw: Wake Forest +13
Josh087: Indiana +10
TheSportsAce: St. John's -13.5
Art Vandelay: Connecticut pick
gopherfan10: Duke -13
GopherRock: Marquette -9
Radio Badger: Marquette -9
 

PPD Standings after Friday's Games (01/15)

  • Today's Picks: 12 wins; 16 losses; and 0 pushes for a 0.429 winning percentage.
  • YTD Picks: 936 wins, 884 losses and 41 pushes for a 0.514 record
  • Consensus picks by six is apiece are Illinois-Chicago (-2) for the loss and Portland State (+2) for the win.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 34 wins, 31 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.523 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (44-20-0) - 0.688
. 2 - MKE_Gopher (30-19-1) - 0.612
. 3 - GopherKev (27-19-0) - 0.587
. 4 - rccola889 (30-22-1) - 0.577
. 5 - Alltimetwinsfan (26-21-2) - 0.553
. 6 - Radio Badger (30-25-2) - 0.545
. 7 - Rick Mons (34-29-2) - 0.540
. 8 - Chadypu (32-28-2) - 0.533
. 9 - Go31 (25-22-1) - 0.532
10 - TheSportsAce (25-22-0) - 0.532
11 - RoyalGO4 (26-24-3) - 0.520
12 - Ski U Mah Gopher (29-28-2) - 0.509
13 - Jike Spingleton (32-31-2) - 0.508
14 - Gopher In Qatar (32-32-1) - 0.500
15 - Gopherholefan (28-28-2) - 0.500
16 - Plinnius (29-29-4) - 0.500
17 - Southpaw (29-29-1) - 0.500
18 - Dr.Don (28-29-0) - 0.491
19 - Josh087 (28-29-1) - 0.491
20 - Zales04 (27-29-2) - 0.482
21 - Selection Sunday (21-24-2) - 0.467
22 - SaturnSweater (24-28-1) - 0.462
23 - GopherRock (22-27-2) - 0.449
24 - Art Vandelay (28-35-2) - 0.444
25 - vaporboy (17-27-1) - 0.386
26 - kapps014 (19-35-2) - 0.352
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Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-3-0) - 0.700
. 2 - Juicer (23-12-0) - 0.657
. 3 - XMan (18-14-0) - 0.563
. 4 - koreangopher (24-19-0) - 0.558
. 5 - mom8pop (13-11-1) - 0.542
. 6 - gopherfan10 (22-20-0) - 0.524
. 7 - Notorious PLD (22-20-0) - 0.524
. 8 - Gold Out (15-15-0) - 0.500
. 9 - RW+RW=Our W's (12-12-0) - 0.500
10 - Gopherlady (8-9-0) - 0.471
11 - ncgo4 (16-18-0) - 0.471
12 - howeda7 (4-6-0) - 0.400
13 - Ski-U-Mah24 (2-3-0) - 0.400
Retired -
Gophers09 (0-1-0)
Jeshurun (0-1-0)
Lefty’s Righty (0-1-0)
Maroon Shower (1-0-0)
The Big L (0-1-0)
JimmyJamesMD (1-1-0)
TubbyTownUSA (5-6-0)
Down with Goldy (3-5-1)
GopherHarvey (3-3-0)
Alan Shore (2-1-0)
ChemEGopher (2-1-0)
Dice (0-2-0)
USTGopher (10-6-0)
gopherfan3 (1-2-0)​
Faithful Four (picked every game)

1 - Rick Mons (34-29-2) - 0.540
2 - Jike Spingleton (32-31-2) - 0.508
3 - Gopher In Qatar (32-32-1) - 0.500
4 - Art Vandelay (28-35-2) - 0.444
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PPD Standings after Saturday's Games (01/16)

  • Florida State (-5) against Va Tech earns a push for Ski-U-Mah Gopher
  • We must have really taken it out of Purdue since they've lost the 3rd straight game, dropping this last one 64-72 to NU. GopherRock took NU plus 6. Nice pick.
  • Go31 takes Wofford -5.5 and they beat Davidson by 6.
  • A slim consensus pick (3), Xavier fails to cover its -6.5 point spread, beating Dayton by only 4.
  • Today's Picks: 8 wins; 14 losses; and 1 pushes for a 0.364 winning percentage.
  • YTD Picks: 944 wins, 898 losses and 42 pushes for a 0.512 record
  • Consensus pick is Xavier (-6.5; 3 picks) for the loss.
  • YTD Consensus Picks: 34 wins, 31 losses and 1 pushes for a 0.523 record
Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (44-21-0) - 0.677
. 2 - MKE_Gopher (30-19-1) - 0.612
. 3 - GopherKev (28-19-0) - 0.596
. 4 - rccola889 (30-22-1) - 0.577
. 5 - Alltimetwinsfan (26-21-2) - 0.553
. 6 - koreangopher (24-20-0) - 0.545
. 7 - Radio Badger (30-25-2) - 0.545
. 8 - Go31 (26-22-1) - 0.542
. 9 - Rick Mons (34-30-2) - 0.531
10 - Chadypu (32-29-2) - 0.525
11 - TheSportsAce (25-23-0) - 0.521
12 - RoyalGO4 (26-25-3) - 0.510
13 - Gopherholefan (29-28-2) - 0.509
14 - Ski U Mah Gopher (29-28-3) - 0.509
15 - Plinnius (30-29-4) - 0.508
16 - Dr.Don (29-29-0) - 0.500
17 - Jike Spingleton (32-32-2) - 0.500
18 - Josh087 (29-29-1) - 0.500
19 - Southpaw (29-29-1) - 0.500
20 - Gopher In Qatar (32-33-1) - 0.492
21 - Zales04 (27-30-2) - 0.474
22 - Selection Sunday (21-24-2) - 0.467
23 - GopherRock (23-27-2) - 0.460
24 - SaturnSweater (24-29-1) - 0.453
25 - Art Vandelay (28-36-2) - 0.438
26 - vaporboy (17-27-1) - 0.386
27 - kapps014 (19-35-2) - 0.352
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Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (7-3-0) - 0.700
. 2 - Juicer (24-12-0) - 0.667
. 3 - XMan (18-15-0) - 0.545
. 4 - mom8pop (13-11-1) - 0.542
. 5 - Notorious PLD (22-20-0) - 0.524
. 6 - gopherfan10 (22-21-0) - 0.512
. 7 - Gold Out (15-15-0) - 0.500
. 8 - RW+RW=Our W's (12-12-0) - 0.500
. 9 - Gopherlady (8-9-0) - 0.471
10 - ncgo4 (16-19-0) - 0.457
11 - howeda7 (4-6-0) - 0.400
12 - Ski-U-Mah24 (2-3-0) - 0.400
Retired -
Gophers09 (0-1-0)
Jeshurun (0-1-0)
Lefty’s Righty (0-1-0)
Maroon Shower (1-0-0)
The Big L (0-1-0)
JimmyJamesMD (1-1-0)
TubbyTownUSA (5-6-0)
Down with Goldy (3-5-1)
GopherHarvey (3-3-0)
Alan Shore (2-1-0)
ChemEGopher (2-1-0)
Dice (0-2-0)
USTGopher (10-6-0)
gopherfan3 (1-2-0)​
Faithful Four (picked every game)

1 - Rick Mons (34-30-2) - 0.531
2 - Jike Spingleton (32-32-2) - 0.500
3 - Gopher In Qatar (32-33-1) - 0.492
4 - Art Vandelay (28-36-2) - 0.438
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Art Vandelay said:
Art Vandelay: Connecticut pick

Is this line a typo?
Click to expand...
Nope. I checked a couple of different sources because I was skeptical as well. The line has since changed to Michigan +1 for some sites and +2 for one site (see link to USA Today's summary)

Last week when Tennessee State played at Iowa (with Iowa -11), I didn't post the line because the site showed it as Tennessee (without the State) +11.

There may be times that the lines get off-kilter and when it's obviously questionable I'll pull the game from consideration. Or, if someone sees something that looks too good to be true, please check it out and let me know.

But the UConn spread is legitimate.
 


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