fellas, sorry for delay - work actually got it in the way. That's unfortunate. Brandon, there may be a bunch of people registered for the contest, but only the five of us who have offered to pony up $25 for a winner take all contest are playing in "our" contest within the contest.
RCGrimes, good question. Long story short. I go through the day's games and pick sides I like based on KenPom info, covers.com info, etc. I've been trying to remove personal bias as much as I can and just look at efficiency numbers, trends, etc. So when a pregame OG makes a pick that lines up with one of mine, I include it on the list. It is somewhat random, but just doing this for fun and to build some camaraderie among the CBB pickers. That said, here we go for Tuesday:
Doughboy - New Hampshire -4 (posted too late for tipoff)
Brandon + Wille B + Beastmode - North Carolina -4 (missed tipoff, f'ing work!)
Frank Castle - UNC/Stanford over 143
Rock - Wisc-GB +25
Stats - Dayton -14.5
I really like these next three. I would have included them even without support. But with support from the Pregame OGs, I love these three.
Raiderman + me - Okla St +3 and Kentucky +4.5
Tigre + me - Cent Michigan +4
late night special
Dough + Tigre - St Marys, CA -14
Last night, I didn't go with Smoove's excellent write up of the UNC/UNLV game due to my affection for UNLV of old. Smoove brought home an easy winner and it unfolded exactly as he predicted. I don't have a strong feeling either way on tonight's Duke/Michigan State tilt, but his write up is excellent and makes a very strong case for the Spartans getting points.