gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (12/19/85)
George is not in a good mood this week. He had a mediocre week last week
and Tuesday night, his Jackets only won by 10 where he predicted they
would win by 18. Forty four games were predicted. George picked 21
of the correctly, missed on 14, and lost 9 to his spread. For the season,
George's record is 92-34-35==161. His spread rating from last week was
so-so at best. We've seen him do better. It seems that teams are winning
the games, but losing to his spread by less than 10. Here's his record:
Dates 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-up Total
12/09-12/15 11 14 10 6 2 1 44
Season 43 47 35 17 14 5 161
A new feature we've decided to add to George's top twenty or so listing
is the previous week's ranking of each team that appears in the list.
We hope that it might help you as should help us when we throw the names
in the hat to see who will get the number one (just kidding on the last
part there). Here's this week's list with no comment.
George's top twenty (or so) - Week two
1. North Carolina Tar Heels (1) 13. Louisiana State Tigers (13)
2. Michigan Wolverines (2) 14. Indiana Hoosiers (16)
3. Kansas Jayhawks (7) 15. Alabama Crimson Tide (17)
4. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3) 16. St. John's Redmen (19)
5. Syracuse Orangemen (5) 17. Iowa Hawkeyes (*)
6. Memphis State Tigers (11) 18. Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels (18)
7. Virginia Tech Hokies (8) 19. Louisville Cardinals (15)
8. Illinois Fighting Illini (4) 20. Boston College Eagles (*)
9. Duke Blue Devils (9) 21. Texas Christian Horned Frogs (20)
10. Kentucky Wildcats (6) 22. California-Irvine Anteaters (21)
11. Georgetown Hoyas (14) 23. DePaul Blue Demons (*)
12. Virginia Cavaliers (10) 24. Clemson Tigers (22)
The second ACC game of the season is this week. N.C. State has something to
prove when they host Wake Forest on Thursday (State by 9). The holiday
tournaments go into full swing this week and next. Friday night sees
Georgia go to Nebraska (Nebraska by 9) and San Diego St at UNLV (Rebels by 12).
Big game saturday is Georgetown at DePaul. This should be a close contest
and George agrees. Two big name teams are going out to show the country
what they really are made of before conference play (in one case at least).
George is picking DePaul by a bucket. I'm going to disagree and say
the Hoyas by 3. One more game. The new kid on the block is going to try
to blow a big wind on the west coast on Saturday. Miami at UCLA (UCLA by 14).
That's it for this week. We have over 30 people on George's mailing list
of other picks and space is running out. This will be the last reminder
you will see if you want to receive those picks. Just drop us a line at
the address below. Once again, have a safe and happy holiday. We will
get back to you next week around this time.
Happy Hoops !!
George P. Burdell
George's Basketball Picks
Atlanta, Georgia
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