Here is a little "shot-in-the-dark" challenge to tip off basketball season...confidence pick'em featuring one game per school in the opening week. The games (with last season's final NET/Sagarin rankings, for what they're worth)....
Mon Nov 6
256/246 Boston Univ at 309/287 Northeastern
351/335 Monmouth at 139/128 George Mason
130/126 Towson at 76/73 Colorado
348/337 Hampton at 213/228 Howard
172/184 Navy at 231/226 Campbell
60/83 Iona at 52/69 Charleston
Tue Nov 7
189/188 Drexel at 223/195 LaSalle
Thur Nov 9
260/279 American at 316/304 William & Mary
Fri Nov 10
93/91 Princeton at 85/85 Hofstra
318/314 North Carolina A&T at 117/114 UNC Greensboro
Sat Nov 11
141/154 UNC Wilmington at 143/161 UNC Asheville
Sun Nov 12
152/183 Air Force at 224/232 Delaware
337/325 Elon at 277/282 North Dakota
Mon Nov 13
327/305 Stony Brook at 137/139 Duquesne
Simply copy/paste the list of games and place confidence values 1 (least confident) thru 14 (most confident) - using each number 1-14 - next to your predicted winners. Earn confidence value points on your correct picks. No edits! Post picks by 12 Noon Mon Nov 6. Please copy/paste the cleaner list of games below....
Boston Univ at Northeastern
Monmouth at George Mason
Towson at Colorado
Hampton at Howard
Navy at Campbell
Iona at Charleston
Drexel at LaSalle
American at William & Mary
Princeton at Hofstra
NC A&T at UNCG
UNCW at UNCA
Air Force at Delaware
Elon at North Dakota
Stony Brook at Duquesne
Depending on interest, another round for the first week of December might happen. I really would like to do a season-long, cumulative contest for the conference games. Something fast and easy, and that will hopefully fit people's busy schedules....the 7 Thursday games each of the 9 weeks in Jan/Feb.
Thanks, in advance, to participants. Would be great to have a good group representing various schools!
I know virtually nothing at this point regarding this year's CAA rosters/expectations and should definitely finish in last place!!
2 Boston Univ at Northeastern
Monmouth at George Mason 12
Towson at Colorado 11
Hampton at Howard 9
7 Navy at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 8
1 Drexel at LaSalle
American at William & Mary 5
4 Princeton at Hofstra
NC A&T at UNCG 13
3 UNCW at UNCA
6 Air Force at Delaware
Elon at North Dakota 10
Stony Brook at Duquesne 14
OK, I'll try.
Boston Univ at Northeastern 6
Monmouth at George Mason 11
Towson at Colorado 13
Hampton at Howard 8
7 Navy at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 12
9 Drexel at LaSalle
American at William & Mary 1
Princeton at Hofstra 5
NC A&T at UNCG 10
4 UNCW at UNCA
3 Air Force at Delaware
Elon at North Dakota 2
Stony Brook at Duquesne 14
Boston Univ (3) at Northeastern
Monmouth at George Mason (14)
Towson at Colorado (11)
Hampton at Howard (9)
Navy (10) at Campbell
Iona at Charleston (5)
Drexel (4) at LaSalle
American (7) at William & Mary
Princeton (6) at Hofstra
NC A&T at UNCG (13)
UNCW (12) at UNCA
Air Force (1) at Delaware
Elon at North Dakota (8)
Stony Brook at Duquesne (2)
Thanks for putting this together! But I'm going to watch you expert prognosticators, rather than make picks. In today's portal world I have a hard time even having a feel for what teams are going to really look like, especially early on. I would have NO IDEA how to rank these games - especially 1 -14!
Boston Univ at Northeastern 1
Monmouth at George Mason 14
Towson at Colorado 7
Hampton at Howard 3
11 Navy at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 2
Drexel at LaSalle 6
American at William & Mary 4
Princeton at Hofstra 9
NC A&T at UNCG 8
5 UNCW at UNCA
12 Air Force at Delaware
Elon at North Dakota 10
Stony Brook at Duquesne 13
(10-10-2023 06:33 AM)70shawk Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for putting this together! But I'm going to watch you expert prognosticators, rather than make picks. In today's portal world I have a hard time even having a feel for what teams are going to really look like, especially early on. I would have NO IDEA how to rank these games - especially 1 -14!
Thats the fun of it. Hilarious you think of of us have a clue either.
Thanks for setting up!!
BU @ Northeastern 2
Monmouth at George Mason 7
Towson at Colorado 5
Hampton at Howard 2
Navy 4 at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 6
Drexel 3 at LaSalle
American at William & Mary 2
Princeton 2 at Hofstra
NC A&T at UNCG 7
UNCW 4 at UNCA
Air Force at Delaware 3
Elon at North Dakota 3
Stony Brook at Duquesne 9
(10-10-2023 09:00 AM)dan10 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-10-2023 06:33 AM)70shawk Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for putting this together! But I'm going to watch you expert prognosticators, rather than make picks. In today's portal world I have a hard time even having a feel for what teams are going to really look like, especially early on. I would have NO IDEA how to rank these games - especially 1 -14!
Thats the fun of it. Hilarious you think of of us have a clue either.
C’mon 70s, we need some teal! It is 100% 14 wild guesses at this point, but someone has to finish on top. Gotta love the variety in these entries….will be fun to watch it unfold.
I know 14 games appear daunting at first glance, but start chipping away and it moves along fairly quickly.
Make sure EACH confidence value number from 1 (least confident) to 14 (most confident) is assigned!
(10-10-2023 10:03 AM)Sitting bull Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for setting up!!
BU @ Northeastern 4
Monmouth at George Mason 13
Towson at Colorado 10
Hampton at Howard 1
Navy 9 at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 11
Drexel 7 at LaSalle
American at William & Mary 6
Princeton 2 at Hofstra
NC A&T at UNCG 12
UNCW 8 at UNCA
Air Force at Delaware 5
Elon at North Dakota 3
Stony Brook at Duquesne 14
(10-10-2023 01:53 PM)OrangeCamel Wrote: [ -> ]Make sure EACH confidence value number from 1 (least confident) to 14 (most confident) is assigned!
Gotta give him credit for his utter lack of confidence across the board though!
(10-10-2023 11:30 AM)OrangeCamel Wrote: [ -> ] (10-10-2023 09:00 AM)dan10 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-10-2023 06:33 AM)70shawk Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for putting this together! But I'm going to watch you expert prognosticators, rather than make picks. In today's portal world I have a hard time even having a feel for what teams are going to really look like, especially early on. I would have NO IDEA how to rank these games - especially 1 -14!
Thats the fun of it. Hilarious you think of of us have a clue either.
C’mon 70s, we need some teal! It is 100% 14 wild guesses at this point, but someone has to finish on top. Gotta love the variety in these entries….will be fun to watch it unfold.
I know 14 games appear daunting at first glance, but start chipping away and it moves along fairly quickly.
Ok, I'll start by picking UNCW vs UNCA as my #1. I will continue my analysis from there...
(10-12-2023 07:52 AM)70shawk Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, I'll start by picking UNCW vs UNCA as my #1. I will continue my analysis from there...
That should be a great game. I was assuming Big South player of the year Drew Pember graduated/moved-on and factored that in my pick, but just saw that he’s back for his 5th year. Glad I didn’t “invest” many points on that one!
I took the approach that if UNCW, a top 3 team in the CAA, can't beat Asheville then our conference has bigger issues
(10-12-2023 10:21 AM)dan10 Wrote: [ -> ]I took the approach that if UNCW, a top 3 team in the CAA, can't beat Asheville then our conference has bigger issues
All homer-analysis aside, you are correct. UNCW has a bunch of guys back, and has brought in pieces that have Coach Siddle openly talking about doing something 'special' this year. The CAA's top teams simply have to win games like this - and pick off some power conference teams as well - for our sprawling enlarged conference to be relevant.
Nov 6 is drawing closer and it will be great to see another wave of picks submitted. Will the late pickers do better than those of us that jumped on it early?!!
There are some really intriguing OOC games after Thanksgiving, so I might put up a “December” version.
3/2 splits on predictions for BU/Northeastern and Princeton/Hofstra. Northeastern’s game has the fewest total confidence points assigned, so it must be the “Game of the Week”.
Boston Univ at Northeastern 1
Monmouth at George Mason 14
Towson at Colorado 12
Hampton at Howard 11
Navy 3 at Campbell
Iona at Charleston 8
Drexel 9 at La Salle
American 5 at William & Mary
Princeton at Hofstra 2
NC A&T at UNCG 10
UNCW 7 at UNCA
Air Force at Delaware 4
Elon at North Dakota 6
Stony Brook at Duquesne 13
Results thru Mon Nov 6
Points earned (W-L) NAME points lost/points remaining
50 (5-1) JonP 7/48
46 (5-1) DanSteenkamer 3/56
40 (4-2) OrangeCamel 9/56
39 (5-1) Sitting bull 9/57
39 (4-2) dan10 13/53
27 (5-1) JoeyBagODonuts 11/67