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Jim Jackson previews the NBA draft

DownloadJackson gives his assessment of Eric Gordon et al.

Elite Eight Game Predictions

I’ve continued on my hot streak:

16-0 on the first day
10-6 on day two
14-2 in the Round of 32
7-1 for the Sweet Sixteen
47-9 overall

My predictions for the rest of the weekend:

Elite Eight

North Carolina
72
Louisville
70
W

Kansas
76
Davidson
65
W

Memphis
71
Texas
68
W

UCLA
68
Xavier
63
W

Sweet Sixteen Game Predictions

I’m absolutely thrilled the way the predictions have gone so far.

16-0 on the first day
10-6 on day two
14-2 in the Round of 32
40-8 overall

I’m looking forward to seeing how the Sweet Sixteen play out.
Here are the picks:

Sweet Sixteen
 
 
 

North Carolina
71
Washington St.
69
W

Louisville
69
Tennessee
67
W

Kansas
77
Villanova
62
W

Wisconsin
68
Davidson
59
L

Memphis
68
Michigan St.
64
W

Stanford
66.7
Texas
67.0
W

UCLA
73
Western Kentucky
59
W

Xavier
67.0
West Virginia
66.6
W

BTN: Michigan State/Memphis preview

Download BTN previews Michigan State vs Memphis

Against the Odds (Round of 32)

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, [...]

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 Dame
66
Washington St.
69
W

Oklahoma
59
Louisville
65
W

Butler
68
Tennessee
71
W

Kansas
76
Nevada Las Vegas
60
W

Villanova
71
Siena
65
W

Kansas St.
62
Wisconsin
66
W

Davidson
62
Georgetown
68
L

Memphis
69
Mississippi [...]

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
73
W

Kent St.
64
Nevada Las Vegas
65
W

Oral Roberts
62
Pittsburgh
68
W

Cornell
60
Stanford
77
W

Kansas St.
69
Southern California
67
W

Belmont
64
Duke
88
W

Winthrop
51
Washington St.
62
W

Texas A&M
64
Brigham Young
60
W

Cal St. Fullerton
60
Wisconsin
79
W

Arizona
67
West Virginia
68
W

George Mason
67
Notre Dame
76
W

Mississippi Valley [...]

Game Predictions 03/09/08

Regular season ends with Penn State going for its fifth straight home win which I sure most fans thought would be an impossibility once Claxton went down for the season in the third Big Ten game of the season.
Game Predictions:

Ohio State 64.6 Michigan State 64.3 (I guess OSU wins in OT)
Indiana 75 Penn State [...]

Game Prediction 03/06/08

Penn State has two ways to claim the seventh seed in the Big Ten tournament. One, would to beat Indiana on Sunday and that would give them a seventh place finish in the B10 all by their lonesome. The other would be to wind up in a four way tie with Illinois, [...]