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Wednesday, February 8
George Washington at Temple 6:00 pm CBS Sports Network – Regional
La Salle at Richmond 7:00 pm
Rhode Island at Xavier 7:00 pm CBS Sports Network
St. Bonaventure at Massachusetts 7:30 pm
Saint Louis at Saint Joseph’s 8:30 pm

Only 5 games this round so maybe this is where we get a winner. Although if you both pick winners then you both get back in and it keeps going, so maybe we'll be here for a while still.

ESPN has the GW @ Temple game listed as a 7PM start so not sure about that. Think you've both taken GW so it probably doesn't matter unless you are taking Temple (:krazy:) but if you are just make sure you get it in before it starts.

Good luck

If I made any mistakes please PM me and I will fix it.

2005-06 regular season champ: PVP
2006-07 regular season champ: EC Basketball
2006-07 NCAA champ: rhodyruckus
2006-07 NIT champ: Lari Ketner
2007-08 regular season champ: coolpohle
2007-08 NCAA champ: A10fan
2007-08 NIT champ: bkaniecki
2008-09 regular season champ: CarlosTheJackal
2008-09 NCAA champ: Knobby
2008-09 NIT champ: Lari Ketner
2009-10 regular season champ: mh05
2009-10 NCAA champ: EC Basketball
2009-10 NIT champ: A10fan2
2010-11 regular season champ: DukesDan
2010-11 NCAA champ: CarlosTheJackal
2010-11 NIT champ: twisted3829

Here are the rules:

1. Pick one game a day. This can be from any conference at any time of the day. You must use the following lines to participate:

Pinnacle Sports

You may mention additional games that you like, but the one that you post first will be the one we'll use when determining wins and losses. I will update the standings within 12 hours of the completion of each day's final game unless I note my absence. For easier computation, please use the following format to post your picks:

date: winner (line) over loser

For example ...

11/11: URI (-22) over UConn

You can denote the home team by using caps if you'd like, but it is not necessary. Lastly, please use the lines for that day's game. At the very least, you can use the overnight line, but that is not encouraged. Again, use the odds from the site listed above to pick against. You may also pick a game's over/under.

2. Update your initial post. Instead of posting your pick in a different message each day, simply update your initial post for the week. Put the most recent pick below the previous picks (i.e. Nov. 11's pick after Nov. 10's and so forth) when listing.

3. You will not be penalized for missing a day. In a perfect world, everyone on this board will make a selection each day, but I, like everyone else, have things to do and places to be. So if you miss a day, that's fine. The player with the highest win-loss percentage at the end of the season will be crowned our champ and universally respected. However, the champion must make an average of three selections or more over the course of the season to qualify for the title.

4. Record your success. This is optional. To highlight whether you've won or lost on a day or on previous days, you can change the font of your entry to green for a win or red for a loss (blue for the rare push). To do so, put "color=green" in brackets before your selection and "/color" in brackets afterward to denote a win; do the same for red if you lose. Or just choose the color from the menu above your message. However you do it, it will read:

11/11: URI (-22) over UConn
(If everyone could do this it is a big help)

5. Playoffs: In order to qualify for the postseason, you must have averaged three selections per week over the course of the season. We're looking at 17 or 18 weeks - that's regular season and conference tournaments - so multiply the weeks by three and that's your minimum ... not that hard to achieve.

The top eight who qualify will be entered into the NCAA pool; the next eight will compete for the faux NIT title. It will be set up like a bracket - 1 v 8, 2 v 7, etc. Each participant then must select five games each week from the NIT and NCAA schedule to meet his tournament quota. Also, one must assign one of the picks as his TIEBREAKER pick; the amount by which you win or lose will break ties with participants with the same record. Winners will advance to the semis, then the finals, etc.

STANDINGS (as of 2/6)
3 picks * 13 weeks = 39 picks
Code: Name                        Wins        Loses        Ties        Winning Percentage        Number of Games
1 EC Basketball        41        23        1        0.638                        65
2 JHG722                40        23        2        0.631                        65
3 PVP                        25        15        0        0.625                        40
4 CarlosTheJackal        28        17        2        0.617                        47
5 Bona84                45        32        0        0.584                        77
6 rogabee                45        33        2        0.575                        80
7 coolpohle                48        36        1        0.571                        85
8 A10fan2                32        27        1        0.542                        60

---------------------------------------NCAA CUT OFF-------------------------------------

1 waldo027                29        25        0        0.537                        54
2 xu1990                30        26        2        0.534                        58
3 tlrules544                36        33        0        0.522                        69
4 stl775                43        40        0        0.518                        83
5 DukesDan                21        20        0        0.512                        41
6 owlfan2272                42        41        0        0.506                        83
7 Free Quebec                25        25        0        0.500                        50
8 Gormin71                24        25        1        0.490                        50

----------------------------------------NIT CUT OFF-------------------------------------

del taxi                26        28        2        0.482                        56
Lari Ketner                33        36        3        0.479                        72
rhodyruckus                30        33        0        0.476                        63
J92                        29        33        1        0.468                        63
twisted3829                38        45        2        0.459                        85
Knobby                        27        35        2        0.438                        64
mh05                        16        21        2        0.436                        39
GW Dawgs                27        36        0        0.429                        63
xu95                        18        24        0        0.429                        42
shupioneers1                23        44        1        0.346                        68

----------------------------------IN THE HUNT (NOT ENOUGH GAMES)------------------------

apelman42                1        0        0        1.000                        1
tu cheekz                12        8        2        0.591                        22
Chalmers0                15        12        1        0.554                        28
WEB                        11        9        0        0.550                        20
marcusmv3                17        15        2        0.529                        34
MuskieCinci                4        4        0        0.500                        8
agoo101284                14        17        0        0.452                        31
BustedDreams49                8        11        0        0.421                        19
ADS32                        5        7        0        0.417                        12
Mattjb34                2        3        1        0.417                        6
                                       
Cummlative Record        909        862        31        0.513 2/06: Louisville -3.5 over Connecticut
2/07:
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Dislike loosing to any New York team, but very happy for Victor Cruz and representing Massachusetts (UMass).

SLU's head coach Rick Majerus and players Dwayne Evans and Brian Conklin talk about the 58-50 win over Dayton.

SLU's 58-50 win is proof that really, really good defense is more important than other things.

SLU's 58-50 win is proof that really, really good defense is more important than other things.

12 games scheduled, max 78 pts:

2/8 (6:00 PM) gw at tem ()
2/8 (7:00 PM) uri at xav ()
2/8 (7:00 PM) las at rich ()
2/8 (7:30 PM) bona at umass ()
2/8 (8:30 PM) slu at sju ()
2/11 (1:00 PM) day at for ()
2/11 (2:00 PM) slu at las ()
2/11 (2:00 PM) uri at char ()
2/11 (4:00 PM) duq at bona ()
2/11 (5:00 PM) gw at rich ()
2/11 (7:00 PM) umass at sju ()
2/11 (9:00 PM) xav at tem ()

Tiebreaker:

SLU beat Dayton, 58-50, before the second-largest crowd ever — 10,414 fans — at Chaifetz Arena

SLU beat Dayton, 58-50, before the second-largest crowd ever — 10,414 fans — at Chaifetz Arena

Look at #12

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It's about time. Former Bona and Steeler great, Jack Butler, was selected to the NFL Hall of Fame Today. Way to go, Jack.

Brian Conklin scored a game-high-tying 16 points, and Saint Louis held off Dayton's second- lt;br />half rally to defeat the Flyers 58-50 Saturday in front of 10,414 fans at Chaifetz Arena, the lt;br />largest home crowd of the season for the Billikens and second-largest attendance in the lt;br />Arena's four-year history.

Don't miss the action as SLU hosts Dayton in A-10 play on FOX Sports Midwest Plus.

They were free throw sharpshooters vs. Xavier and St. Bonaventure, but faltered at UMass.

They were free throw sharpshooters vs. Xavier and St. Bonaventure, but faltered at UMass.

She had been assistant at Texas, head coach at UNLV.

She had been assistant at Texas, head coach at UNLV.

Current Scores:
70-66 St. Joes over La Salle
69-62 Charlotte over Fordham
72-68 Memphis over Xavier
73-56 Temple over Rhode Island
58-50 Saint Louis over Dayton
86-75 UMass over GW
81-72 Duquesne over Richmond

Scheduled Games:
SAINT JOSEPH'S (-1) plays La Salle at 12 pm *Game played at Palestra
Xavier (+5) plays MEMPHIS at 1 pm FSN
FORDHAM (+2.5) plays Charlotte at 1 pm YES Network
RHODE ISLAND (+8.5) plays Temple at 2 pm ESPN2
SAINT LOUIS (-11) plays Dayton at 5 pm FCS
GEORGE WASHINGTON (+1) plays UMass at 7 pm
DUQUESNE (-6.5) plays Richmond at 7 pm ESPNU

Atlantic 10 Up to Date Standings
Temple 6-2 17-5
Saint Louis 6-3 18-5
Massachusetts 6-3 17-6
La Salle 6-3 17-7
Xavier 6-3 15-8
St. Bonaventure 5-3 12-8
St. Joseph's 5-4 15-9
Duquesne 5-4 14-9
Dayton 4-5 14-9
Richmond 3-6 12-12
Charlotte 3-6 11-11
Geo. Washington 3-6 8-15
Rhode Island 2-7 5-19
Fordham 2-7 9-13

Overall Non-Con Record: 122-74

*Caps denote home team

6 conference games and 1 out of conference game on tap for Saturday in the A-10. To start us off a Big 5 game between surprise A-10 leader La Salle and St. Joes played at the historic Palestra in almost a coin-flip game. Xavier travels as 5 point underdogs as they try to get a major road victory heading out of conference to face the Memphis Tigers. Charlotte is a 2.5 point favorite as they travel to Fordham in a big game in determining who will qualify for the A-10 tournament. Temple goes on the road and are 8.5 point favorites as they take on the suddenly resurgent Rhode Island Rams at 2 pm on ESPN2. Dayton looks to stop the 3 game conference losing streak as they face a huge road test against St. Louis at 5 pm on FCS channel. UMass is a slight 1 point favorite hoping to bounce back from a tough overtime loss to Rhode Island as they travel to George Washington at 7 pm and finally Duquesne is a 6.5 point favorite as they welcome in the Richmond Spiders at 7 pm on ESPNU.

for practice. The Milwaukee Bucks were the first team to use our new practice facility, even before Temple got a chance to practice there.



Go Owls.

Going into the den of the devil. The die is cast.

Memphis is about to get punched in the face. Not literally mind you, like Yancy Gates punching Kenny Frease. We are going to roll on Memphis. It will be a triumphant victory.

I like Xavier stepping out of conference. I suspect that some teams in this conference are built with beating Xavier in mind. With Memphis, I think we have the advantage on both the outside and the inside. I really think we will roll and dispense with them in a workmanlike manor.

I think we roll. I think we will win this game on the road in one of the toughest road environments. They are ranked 25th in the RPI. It is time for Xavier to stand strong and represent the Atlantic 10 Conference.

I like our chances. I like the matchups. I think we go ahead early and we go ahead big. I think that we are about to destroy them on their home turf. F them anyway. I think that we can do this.

I am feeling it. It is all going to come together. We win this game and roll Memphis in the process. Don’t let your wife and kids watch this one, because it isn’t going to be pretty. This will be a statement game. I don’t like their chances, 18,000 fans are going home disappointed. Sucks to be them.

Smell the Glove.