Pick per Day for 01-30 (Day 80)

[Rick Mons]

Deadline for picks is prior to tip-off but not later than 5PM

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.

Lasalle at TEMPLE -11.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
James Madison at GEORGE MASON -9 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Marquette at CONNECTICUT -5.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
Louisville at W VIRGINIA -7 ( 12:00 PM EST)
E Michigan at MIAMI OHIO -8.5 ( 12:00 PM EST)
George Washington at RHODE ISLAND -10.5 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Duke at GEORGETOWN - Pick ( 1:00 PM EST)
Buffalo at N ILLINOIS - Pick ( 1:00 PM EST)
Coll Of Charleston at GA SOUTHERN 3 ( 1:00 PM EST)
Lsu at MISSISSIPPI ST -13.5 ( 1:30 PM EST)
Oklahoma St at MISSOURI -6.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
W Michigan at KENT ST -10.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Saint Louis at RICHMOND -7.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Loyola-Il at WRIGHT ST -16.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Indiana at ILLINOIS -12.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Syracuse at DEPAUL 16.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Murray St at TENN-MARTIN 18.5 ( 2:00 PM EST)
Memphis at SMU 8 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Florida St at BOSTON COLLEGE -1 ( 3:00 PM EST)
W Carolina at SAMFORD 2 ( 3:00 PM EST)
Furman at WOFFORD -13.5 ( 3:00 PM EST)
N Iowa at MISSOURI ST 1.5 ( 3:05 PM EST)
Washington St at WASHINGTON -7.5 ( 3:30 PM EST)
Wyoming at AIR FORCE 1.5 ( 3:30 PM EST)
Vanderbilt at KENTUCKY -8.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Arkansas at OLE MISS -11 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Alabama at AUBURN - Pick ( 4:00 PM EST)
Il-Chicago at DETROIT -14.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Baylor at TEXAS -8 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Stanford at ARIZONA ST -10 ( 4:00 PM EST)
New Orleans at W KENTUCKY -17.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Youngstown St at CLEVELAND ST -10.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Old Dominion at NORTHEASTERN -1 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Delaware at HOFSTRA -10.5 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Siena at MARIST 18 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Rider at FAIRFIELD -7 ( 4:00 PM EST)
Iowa at MICHIGAN -14.5 ( 4:30 PM EST)
Tulsa at UCF 5.5 ( 5:00 PM EST)
La-Lafayette at LA-MONROE 2.5 ( 5:30 PM EST)
E Illinois at JACKSONVILLE ST -3 ( 5:30 PM EST)
Bradley at ILLINOIS ST -7.5 ( 5:35 PM EST)
Marshall at HOUSTON -4 ( 6:00 PM EST)
Charlotte at MASSACHUSETTS 2.5 ( 6:00 PM EST)
Notre Dame at RUTGERS 6.5 ( 6:00 PM EST)
San Diego St at COLORADO ST 4 ( 6:00 PM EST)
Usc at OREGON 2.5 ( 6:00 PM EST)
New Mexico at TCU 7.5 ( 6:05 PM EST)
Georgia at S CAROLINA -6.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Fla International at FLA ATLANTIC -11 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Rice at E CAROLINA -6 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Northwestern at MICHIGAN ST -13.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Drexel at WM & MARY -5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Toledo at AKRON -24 ( 7:00 PM EST)
C Michigan at BOWLING GREEN -4.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Dayton at ST BONAVENTURE 4.5 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Kansas at KANSAS ST 3 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Appalachian St at UT-CHATTANOOGA 1 ( 7:00 PM EST)
The Citadel at DAVIDSON -8 ( 7:00 PM EST)
Cal Davis at LONG BEACH ST -8.5 ( 7:05 PM EST)
Ucla at OREGON ST -2 ( 7:30 PM EST)
Georgia St at VA COMMONWEALTH -15.5 ( 8:00 PM EST)
N Texas at MIDDLE TENN ST -5.5 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Utep at UAB -3 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Providence at CINCINNATI -8 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Southern Miss at TULANE 2.5 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Pacific at UC-RIVERSIDE 3 ( 8:00 PM EST)
Denver at ARKANSAS ST -2.5 ( 8:05 PM EST)
Uc-Irvine at CS-FULLERTON -6.5 ( 8:05 PM EST)
Creighton at DRAKE -1.5 ( 8:05 PM EST)
S Alabama at TROY -8.5 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Se Missouri St at TENNESSEE TECH -11.5 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Morehead St at AUSTIN PEAY - Pick ( 8:30 PM EST)
E Kentucky at TENNESSEE ST 5 ( 8:30 PM EST)
Montana at N ARIZONA 1.5 ( 8:35 PM EST)
New Mexico St at LOUISIANA TECH -11 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Utah at BYU -14.5 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Texas Tech at TEXAS A&M -8 ( 9:00 PM EST)
Colorado at IOWA ST -7 ( 9:00 PM EST)
San Jose St at UTAH ST -15.5 ( 9:05 PM EST)
Gonzaga at SAN FRANCISCO 12.5 ( 9:30 PM EST)
Uc-Santa Barbara at CS-NORTHRIDGE -1 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Portland at SANTA CLARA 5.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
San Diego at PEPPERDINE 1.5 ( 10:00 PM EST)
St Marys-Ca at LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT 9 ( 10:00 PM EST)
Hawaii at NEVADA -16 ( 10:05 PM EST)
Portland St at E WASHINGTON - Pick ( 10:05 PM EST)
Fresno St at BOISE ST -4.5 ( 10:15 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

 

[Rick Mons]

UPDATED PPD Standings after 01/29 Games

• Butler (-7.5) beats UW-GB by 18 and covers.
• Harvard easily beats Columbia and covers.
• UW-Milw beats Valpo but fails to cover
• Dartmouth shows up but gets clobbered by Cornell (71-37) The +27 was too attractive to two who picked Dartmouth.
• Today's Picks: 18 wins; 9 losses; and 0 pushes for a 0.667 winning percentage.
• YTD Picks: 1099 wins, 1056 losses and 52 pushes for a 0.51 record
• Consensus picks are Canisius (Pick) and Yale (-8) each with 5 picks. Canisius wins in OT and Yale covers for two wins.
• YTD Consensus Picks: 47 wins, 44 losses and 3 pushes for a 0.516 record

Serious Selectors

. 1 - rrjack (47-30-0) - 0.610
. 2 - MKE_Gopher (31-22-1) - 0.585
. 3 - GopherKev (31-25-0) - 0.554
. 4 - rccola889 (34-29-2) - 0.540
. 5 - Alltimetwinsfan (30-26-2) - 0.536
. 6 - RoyalGO4 (33-29-4) - 0.532
. 7 - Radio Badger (34-30-2) - 0.531
. 8 - Chadypu (39-35-2) - 0.527
. 9 - Go31 (30-27-3) - 0.526
10 - Josh087 (37-34-1) - 0.521
11 - Rick Mons (40-37-2) - 0.519
12 - Zales04 (35-33-3) - 0.515
13 - Plinnius (36-34-4) - 0.514
14 - TheSportsAce (28-27-1) - 0.509
15 - Dr.Don (36-35-0) - 0.507
16 - Jike Spingleton (39-38-2) - 0.506
17 - gopherfan10 (27-27-0) - 0.500
18 - Gopherholefan (34-34-2) - 0.500
19 - Ski U Mah Gopher (34-34-4) - 0.500
20 - Southpaw (35-35-2) - 0.500
21 - Gopher In Qatar (38-40-1) - 0.487
22 - GopherRock (30-32-2) - 0.484
23 - SaturnSweater (30-33-2) - 0.476
24 - Selection Sunday (25-30-2) - 0.455
25 - Art Vandelay (33-44-2) - 0.429
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Laid-back Pickers

. 1 - Winnipegopher (10-4-0) - 0.714
. 2 - Juicer (29-17-0) - 0.630
. 3 - koreangopher (26-20-0) - 0.565
. 4 - Notorious PLD (27-21-0) - 0.563
. 5 - XMan (18-15-0) - 0.545
. 6 - mom8pop (13-12-1) - 0.520
. 7 - ncgo4 (18-21-0) - 0.462
. 8 - Gold Out (15-18-0) - 0.455
. 9 - Gopherlady (9-11-0) - 0.450
10 - vaporboy (21-29-2) - 0.420
11 - howeda7 (5-7-0) - 0.417
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)
RW+RW=Our W's (12-12-0) retired 01/10
Ski-U-Mah24 (2-3-0) retired 01/10
kapps014 (20-35-2) retired 01/10​

Faithful Four (picked every game)

1 - Rick Mons (40-37-2) - 0.519
2 - Jike Spingleton (39-38-2) - 0.506
3 - Gopher In Qatar (38-40-1) - 0.487
4 - Art Vandelay (33-44-2) - 0.429
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[Rick Mons]

Summary of Picks

Rick Mons: Duke - Pick

 

[Jike Spingleton]

Jike Spingleton: Kansas -3

 

[josh087]

Josh087: Illinois -12.5

 

[Plinnius]

Plinnius: Northern Iowa -1.5

 

[Gopher in Qatar]

Gopher In Qatar: UConn -5.5

 

[rrjackIII]

rrjack: Northwestern +13.5

 

[GopherRock]

GopherRock: UConn -5.5

 

[Southpaw]

Southpaw: Texas -8

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ski U Mah Gopher: Oregon St -2

 

[Zales04]

Zales04: Northwestern +13.5

 

[go 31]

Go31: Georgetown pick

 

[Chadypu]

Chadypu: Georgetown Pick

 

[XMan]

XMan: Kentucky -8.5

 

[alltimetwinsfan]

Alltimetwinsfan: Vanderbilt +8.5

(Sometimes ya just gotta because ya just gotta...)

 

[Gopherholefan]

Gopherholefan: UCLA +2

 

[SaturnSweater]

SaturnSweater: Temple -11.5

 

[RoyalGO4]

RoyalGO4: Uc-Santa Barbara +1

 

[GopherKev]

GopherKev: Illinois -12.5

 

[gopherfan10]

gopherfan10: Duke pick

 

[Dr.Don]

Dr.Don: Austin Pee Pick

 

[Art Vandelay]

Art Vandelay: Auburn pick

 

[Juicer]

Juicer: Texas -8