gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (03/11/86)
Well, it's all over except for the shouting. George finished the regular
season on a ho-hum note. Once again hitting about average (why do you
think they call it average, anyway). Now comes the time for THE tournament.
The NCAA Selection committee picked their 64 and George is ready for them.
You'll be surprised who he will crown National Champ based on the ratings
today. Here are last week's stats and the totals for the regular season.
Dates 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-up || Ws Ls LPs Total
3/02-3/09 27 24 21 6 4 1 || 37 24 22 83
Season 482 420 252 132 52 26 || 658 320 386 1364
George will keep you up-to-date as to how he does after each weekend of the
tournament.
George's top twenty (or so) is actually at 20 teams this week (for the first
time). If George had to crown a National Champ today he would have to go
with ........ THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES!! Yep, because of their total domination
of Indiana Saturday, they vaulted themselves up on top of the heap. Duke
dropped some places because they didn't beat Wake by twenty (as George thought).
So, here is George's List for the end of the regular season:
George's Top Twenty (or so) - Week Seventeen
1. Michigan Wolverines (8) 11. Maryland Terrapins (18)
2. Kansas Jayhawks (5) 12. Michigan State Spartans (6)
3. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1) 13. Louisville Cardinals (16)
4. Duke Blue Devils (2) 14. Memphis State Tigers (13)
5. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6) 15. North Carolina State Wolfpack (14)
6. Syracuse Orangemen (15) 16. Georgetown Hoyas (10)
7. North Carolina Tar Heels (3) 17. St. John's Redmen (*)
8. Kentucky Wildcats (7) 18. Iowa Hawkeyes (22)
9. Indiana Hoosiers (17) 19. Alabama Crimson Tide (*)
10. Illinois Fighting Illini (*) 20. Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels (*)
The first round matchups have been chosen and the plane tickets purchased.
Because George doesn't rate all the teams, only a few first round games were
predicted. Here are George's picks for the Thursday's and Friday's games.
I apologize for not having the NIT games here (I don't have the pairings yet).
Predictions for March 13
Georgetown vs Texas Tech Georgetown by 8
Jacksonville vs Temple Jacksonville by 3
Michigan State vs Washington Michigan State by 12
Old Dominion vs West Virginia ** EVEN **
Purdue at Louisiana State Louisiana State by 8
Alabama-Birmingham vs Missouri Alabama-Birmingham by 2
North Carolina vs Utah North Carolina by 15
Virginia Tech vs Villanova Villanova by 2
Virginia vs DePaul Virginia by 5
Predictions for March 14
Auburn vs Arizona ** EVEN **
Kentucky vs Davidson College Kentucky by 14
North Carolina State vs Iowa North Carolina State by 1
Western Kentucky vs Nebraska Western Kentucky by 2
We probably won't be able to get the Saturday and Sunday predictions to you
but we will follow the games and report George's results to you next week.
We will also predict the regionals and the final four at that time.
See you next week.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JACKETS ! STING 'EM !!!!!
Mannie Lowe (msdc!mannie)
Win Strickland (gatech!win)
George P. Burdell
George's Basketball Picks
Atlanta, Georgia
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