2025 Lax Pick ‘em : Week 0

[karhre2003]

Yes everyone please wait until Wed when we update the lines. Please make ur selections then

Jeremy, I am going to be without internet starting Tuesday night (EST) and won't be back until Saturday evening. I will update my picks based on the final spreads when I get back.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Jeremy, I am going to be without internet starting Tuesday night (EST) and won't be back until Saturday evening. I will update my picks based on the final spreads when I get back.

Hey, no worries, if you already made them and are ok with any line moves we can just roll with that. Just re-post them on Tuesday before you lose internet.

 

[Zack80]

A fair amount of small movement in the lines:
Syracuse is up to 8, Maryland is up to 5, Georgetown is up to 4.5, PSU up to 4, Michigan down to 7.

 

[cuselaxss26]

navy -1.5
air force -1.5
mercer -11.5
manhattan +6.5

 

[cuselaxss26]

are we sure that manhattan vs wagner line correct ? Meaning they really have manhattan as 6.5 underdog ? just making sure i read that right cause feel that’s a steal unless something happen to manhattans team that i don’t know.

 

[cuselaxss26]

yea on draft kings manhattan is -6 which makes sense saw they were giving points n was like really that many so think need to change so manhattan is -6 or -6.5 whatever it is n wagner is +6 or whatever

 

[Delmar]

Syracuse -7.5
Denver +1.5
Penn State -3.5
Air Force -1.5

 

[FloridaCuse]

are we sure that manhattan vs wagner line correct ? Meaning they really have manhattan as 6.5 underdog ? just making sure i read that right cause feel that’s a steal unless something happen to manhattans team that i don’t know.

It is Manhattan -6 now. Laxfanshutt might have transposed it when he copied it from Zach80 last week. Reminder: Laxfanshutt is going to post the official lines for this week tomorrow, probably with some assistance from others for games he can't access. Please hold off until he does unless you're not going to be able to do it after.

 

[cuselaxss26]

yea for some reason i thought was weds not realizing it’s not . but good chance i redo or re think my manhattan pick anyway

 

[Laxfanshutt]

Week 1

Richmond +5 at Maryland -5
Utah +3 1/2 at Ohio State -3 1/2
Loyola +4 1/2 at Georgetown -4 1/2
Rutgers -1.5 at Lehigh +1.5
Merrimack +4.5 at Bucknell -4.5
Air Force -1.5 at Lafayette +1.5
Holy Cross +6.5 at Providence -6.5
Navy -1.5 at High Point +1.5
Bellamine +10.5 at Duke -10.5
Mount St. Mary’s -1.5 at Queens +1.5
Mercer -12.5 at Hampton +12.5
Marquette +7 at Michigan -7
John Hopkins -1.5 at Denver +1.5
Manhattan -6 at Wagner +6
Jax +8 at Syracuse -8
Colgate +4 at Penn State -4
Hofstra -13 at Iona +13

Sunday
VMI -1.5 at St Bonaventure +1.5

 

[Laxfanshutt]

For everybody that already put their picks up please look and make sure you want the lines that are posted most have a game or two that has changed

 

[ColdAnger]

New picks for me:

Denver +1.5
Richmond +5
Ohio State -3.5
Bucknell -4.5

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Same picks with adjusted lines

Cuse -8
Georgetown -4.5
PSU -4
Rutgers -1.5

 

[AD31]

Bucknell -4.5
Maryland -5
Cuse -8
VMI -1.5

 

[Powellfan]

Syracuse -8 vs Jacksonville
Michigan -7 vs Marquette
Georgetown -4.5 vs Loyola
Colgate +4.5 vs Penn State

 

[BomberOrange]

Colgate +4
Syracuse -8
Marquette +7
tOSU -3.5

 

[ClvrUsrnm]

Maryland -5
Air Force -1.5
Syracuse -8
Penn State -4

 

[Zack80]

Denver +1.5 vs Hopkins
Loyola +4.5 at Georgetown
Maryland -5 vs Richmond
Syracuse -8 vs Jacksonville

- A long flight out to Denver and the altitude makes Denver a tough place to go on the road to.
- Loyola usually has a competitive team and +4.5 seems like a pretty large spread
- -5 might be too much for Maryland, but Maryland usually does well in home openers.
- I think Syracuse should be good for -8, but it could depend on how long Gait keeps the starters in.

 

[orange79]

Denver +1.5 vs. Hop
Colgate +4 vs. Penn St
Loyola +4.5 vs. G'town
SU -8 over Jax

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Ohio State -3 1/2
Denver +1.5
Syracuse -8
Penn State -4

 

[Consigliere]

Maryland -5
Navy -1.5
Penn State -4
Bucknell -4.5

 

[JeremyCuse]

Looking forward to another great year of picks and all the ups and downs that come with it as I defend my title and try not to fall back down to earth to hard.

VMI - 1.5 - Ths is my lock of the week. VMI returns a lot and St. Bonaventure is still very much in a major rebuild. Tough to trust VMI but this is a game they should win comfortably.

Gtown -4.5 - Heard Loyola looked awful last week in there scrimmage and while G-town lost a lot to graduation on offense I don't know how Loyola is going to score.

Cuse -8 8 seems a little high but Jax lost a lot to graduation and really struggled against RU in there first scrimmage though apparently they looked better this past Saturday. I may pull this as we get closer as I fear a backdoor cover but for now I have to go with SU.

Holding off on my last pick as I'm stuck between 2 games I like.

 

[Orangello]

Cuse -8
Bucknell -4.5
Manhattan -6
VMI -1.5

 

[OttosDad]

Penn St -4
Navy -1.5
Lehigh +1.5
Marquette +7

 

[DoctahLexus]

OSU -3.5 Utah
Colgate +4 Penn state
Airforce -1.5 Lafayette
Iona +13 Hofstra (how bad could they be??)