Friday's Pick

Because the best way to feign actual knowledge on a subject is an accurate prediction, I introduce The Picks. Every weekday, Monday-Thursday (hopefully) I will pick the televised games of the night, against the spread of course, and follow the results to see if I actually know something about basketball. The results should be both entertaining (for readers) and soul-crushing (for me). And if I'm wrong, I'll just do what all the TV "experts" do: never bring it up again and avoid all accountability. And since I won't be betting actual money (that often), I win every time!

I'll also be occasionally picking against one of my roommates, Craig, so we can have a rational method of settling all disputes involving rent, household matters, etc.

Last Night: I was a half point from going 0-4 last night and I suppose it serves me right for picking those absolutely atrocious games. Holding true to my word I watched zero seconds of basketball last night and was pretty perturbed to see that my hard-earned progress last week was essentially ruined by eight teams with no hope of postseason play. I'm not even going to go over what happened only to say thank you to West Virginia for only beating Rutgers by 18 instead of 19 to get me a lone victory.

Pittsburgh at Marquette (-5) - I have no idea why this game is being played tonight but whatever, I have to pick it. Those are the rules and without rules we have chaos. I've long been in the camp that Marquette is basically a fraud this season and yet they continue to end up in the rankings somehow. For instance, these teams generally play each other very close and I don't see how the Golden Eagles can score against Pitt's defense and it's a no-brainer to take the points, but this is exactly the type of game where Marquette wins by 20 and everyone is still fooled for the next few weeks. I'm going against all logic and taking the shittier team. It's not like anything has been logical this week anyway.
The Pick: Marquette

Last night's record: 1-3
Overall record: 30-28-4

ACC: 5-7
Big 12: 4-6-2
Big East: 7-5-1
Big Ten: 5-4
SEC: 4-2
Missouri Valley: 1-0
West Coast: 3-1
Big West: 0-1
CAA: 0-1
Horizon: 0-0-1
A-10: 1-1

Craig's record: 15-17-2