My opening round picks against the odds finished at 8-4. Best of all, my top four picks, i.e. those with the biggest delta vs Vegas, were all winners. If I were a betting man that would be nice money in my pocket. Here’s the picks for the round of 32 using the same criteria, my [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2008
Round of 32 Updated Predictions
The first round saw me finish a highly respectable 26-6 (and atop my pool). Here are the latest predictions for the second round. The power ranking adjustments do call for one change from my previous predictions. I now have Stanford defeating Marquette. Round of 32 North Carolina 78 Arkansas 70 W Notre [...]
Against the Odds (Opening Round)
Now that Penn State’s season is over and the NCAA’s are hear, I thought I’d have a little fun with my power rankings (or maybe I should say Ken Pomeroy’s since my ratings are lock step in sync with his). I’ve been predicting game scores all year long but have never actually compared them to [...]
Tournament Predictions
Here are the picks, with projected scores, all the way through the tournament based on the power rankings formula. I will update the picks after each round. Day One (16-0) Georgia 60 Xavier 72 W Portland St. 58 Kansas 84 W Temple 64 Michigan St. 73 W Kentucky 60 Marquette 67 W Baylor 69 Purdue [...]
Cammeron Woodyard Championship Highlights
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Woodyard leads team to state title
and claims tournament MVP. In a big upset, Winter’s Mills defeated three time defending state champion Randallstown 54-47. Underdog Falcons capture first crown — baltimoresun.com via kwout Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland via kwout wjz.com – Winters Mill 54, Randallstown 47 via kwout
Optimistic season review by Black Shoes Diaries
Black Shoe Diaries :: Bittersweet Finish via kwout
Headaches for the NCAA selection committee
While the weather problems at the SEC tournament in Atlanta have the potential to cause a headache for the NCAA committee, the Big Ten tournament is already guaranteed to be a problem. The NCAA has previously told tha Big Ten that their tournament wraps up too late for the final game to be considered in [...]
Illinois finally wakes up
The Illini have been headscratchers all season long. Their power rankings would suggest that they should be about .500 in conference but as we all know they’ve played well below that level. In the Pomeroy rankings, there’s only been a very small difference between Purdue and Illinois all year (which perhaps indicates just how good [...]
