Pick per Day for 2/10/09 - Day 81

[MNSnowman]

Picks must be made by 5PM. Please note the change in format where home teams are show in all UPPER CASE and the spread follows the home team; no "+" sign is shown.Thus, Michigan is "+3.5" against Michigan State.

And thanks again to SaturnSweater for the tip on the new web site.

Michigan St at MICHIGAN 3.5 (7:00 PM EST)
Old Dominion at HOFSTRA 2 (7:00 PM EST)
Providence at S FLORIDA -1 (7:00 PM EST)
Virginia at FLORIDA ST -10 (7:00 PM EST)
Miami Ohio at C MICHIGAN 8 (7:00 PM EST)
Marquette at VILLANOVA -4.5 (7:30 PM EST)
Wright St at LOYOLA-IL 5.5 (8:00 PM EST)
Oklahoma St at TEXAS -9 (8:00 PM EST)
Detroit at IL-CHICAGO -9 (8:00 PM EST)
Kent St at N ILLINOIS 10.5 (8:00 PM EST)
Missouri St at WICHITA ST -6 (8:05 PM EST)
Clemson at BOSTON COLLEG 3 (9:00 PM EST)
Florida at KENTUCKY -4 (9:00 PM EST)
Seton Hall at DEPAUL 2 (9:00 PM EST)
Indiana at MINNESOTA -17.5 (9:00 PM EST)
Tcu at UNLV -13 (10:00 PM EST)
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Lines courtesy of www.OpenSports.com
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Rules can be found here. Sorry, but we're not taking new participants as we're over halfway through the season.

 

[MNSnowman]

Summary of Picks for 2/10/09

MNSnowman: Michigan State -3.5
Gopherholefan: Mich St -3.5
Zales04: Michigan State -3.5
USTGopher: Seton Hall -2
grunkiejr: Michigan St -3.5
gopherfan10: Michigan St -3.5
goldenfuture5: Texas -9
Gopherlady: Indiana +17.5
The Big L: Clemson -3
Ski U Mah Gopher: Indiana +17.5
RoyalGO4: Michigan St. -3.5
Gopher In Qatar: Minnesota -17.5
MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Indiana +17.5
rrjack: Michigan St -3.5
mom8pop: Indiana +17.5
Jike Spingleton: Michigan State -3.5
ilovethebarn: Michigan St -3.5
TheSportsAce Miami Ohio -8
Alltimetwinsfan Michigan St -3.5
GopherRock Michigan State -3.5
GopherHarvey Seton Hall -2
GOLDY1966: Mich State -3.5
XMan: Michigan St -3.5
soneillumn: Boston College +3

 

[MNSnowman]

PPD Standings after 2-09-09 Games

NOTES

• Great game btw Kansas and Missouri.
• Good night for the board after a string of losses
• Consensus pick gets a rare victory

Today's Results

18 - Wins
5 - Losses

0.783 - Winning pctge
23 - Participants
Consensus Pick: Kansas (+4.5) picked by 8. Mizzou wins by 2 so everyone (other than Bill Self and the Jayhawks) is happy.​

Cumulative Record

847 - Wins
844 - Losses
26 - Pushes
0.501 - Winning pctge
1717 - Number of Picks
80 - Number of Days​

Consensus Picks

53 - Wins
44 - Losses
2 - Pushes
0.546 - Winning pctge​

Individual Standings
Steady Selectors
.. 1 - SaturnSweater ( 37 - 22 - 1 ) - 0.627
.. 2 - USTGopher ( 34 - 23 - 2 ) - 0.596
.. 3 - rrjack ( 36 - 28 - 2 ) - 0.563
.. 4 - OSUfan ( 30 - 26 - 0 ) - 0.536
.. 5 - GopherRock ( 38 - 33 - 2 ) - 0.535
.. 6 - Goldy 1966 ( 40 - 35 - 0 ) - 0.533
.. 7 - RoyalGO4 ( 37 - 34 - 3 ) - 0.521
.. 8 - NemosGold ( 33 - 31 - 0 ) - 0.516
.. 9 - Gopherholefan ( 35 - 34 - 1 ) - 0.507
10 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 34 - 34 - 1 ) - 0.500
11 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 32 - 37 - 0 ) - 0.464
12 - The Big L ( 25 - 32 - 1 ) - 0.439
13 - Gopher In Qatar ( 34 - 46 - 0 ) - 0.425
14 - Jike Spingleton ( 34 - 46 - 0 ) - 0.425
15 - MNSnowman ( 33 - 46 - 1 ) - 0.418
16 - Zales04 ( 29 - 44 - 1 ) - 0.397
Mildly Addicted
.. 1 - TheSportsAce ( 10 - 6 - 1 ) - 0.625
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 11 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.611
.. 3 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 28 - 18 - 1 ) - 0.609
.. 4 - NateDawgUM ( 18 - 12 - 0 ) - 0.600
.. 5 - CoolHand ( 11 - 9 - 1 ) - 0.550
.. 6 - GoldenFuture5 ( 27 - 23 - 1 ) - 0.540
.. 7 - Ilovethebarn ( 24 - 21 - 1 ) - 0.533
.. 8 - mom8pop ( 23 - 22 - 1 ) - 0.511
.. 9 - GopherHarvey ( 25 - 25 - 0 ) - 0.500
10 - gopherfan10 ( 24 - 24 - 1 ) - 0.500
11 - MinnMarchDTF ( 18 - 19 - 2 ) - 0.486
12 - soneillumn ( 18 - 19 - 0 ) - 0.486
13 - Xman ( 22 - 25 - 1 ) - 0.468
14 - Gopher07 ( 12 - 14 - 0 ) - 0.462
15 - grunkiejr ( 6 - 12 - 0 ) - 0.333
Retired (no picks in last 3-4 weeks) - Alan Shore, From The Barn, GopherJim, GopherKev, Howeda7 JMGIII, LloydBraun and Mikie S

 

[Gopherholefan]

Gopherholefan: Mich St -3.5

 

[Zales04]

Zales04: Michigan State -3.5

Continuing to drag the percentage lower with every pick!

 

[USTGopher]

USTGopher: Seton Hall -2

 

[grunkiejr]

grunkiejr: Michigan St -3.5

 

[gopherfan10]

gopherfan10: Michigan St -3.5

 

[goldenfuture5]

goldenfuture5: Texas -9

 

[GopherLady]

Gopherlady: Indiana +17.5

 

[The Big L]

The Big L: Clemson -3

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ski U Mah Gopher: Indiana +17.5

 

[RoyalGO4]

RoyalGO4: Michigan St. -3.5

 

[Gopher in Qatar]

Gopher In Qatar: Minnesota -17.5

 

[MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed]

MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Indiana +17.5

 

[rrjackIII]

rrjack: Michigan St -3.5

 

[mom8pop]

mom8pop: Indiana +17.5

That 17.5 is a pretty big number for a team that struggles to score at times. I was envisioning more of a 12 or so.

 

[Jike Spingleton]

Jike Spingleton: Michigan State -3.5

 

[ilovethebarn]

ilovethebarn: Michigan St-3.5

 

[TheSportsAce]

TheSportsAce: Miami Ohio -8

 

[alltimetwinsfan]

Alltimetwinsfan: Michigan St -3.5

 

[GopherRock]

GopherRock: Michigan State -3.5

As for my luck lately, a Tom Petty song comes to mind, and it isn't "Refugee"

 

[GopherHarvey]

GopherHarvey: Seton Hall -2

 

[GOLDY1966]

GOLDY1966: Mich State -3.5

 

[XMan]

Pick

XMan: Michigan St -3.5

 

[soneillumn]

soneillumn: Boston College +3