February 19th, 2009 Picks

Yesterday I made the mistake of going with the over/under in hockey rather than rolling with Oklahoma State. I blame the 5-on-3 power play that led to the goal that put it over. CSKA Moscow and Florida State handled their business, however, to give me two green tacos. Overall the picks went 8-3-0, a little over 70%, not bad. And so on to the next days picks.

1) Phil Mickelson vs. Mike Weir – Weir will have a lower 1st round score
2) Dudi Sela vs. Florent Serra – Serra
3) Udinese @ Lech Poznan – 2 goals or less
4) Manchester City @ FC Copenhagen – Manchester City win
5) Derrick Brown vs. Lamont Mack – Mack has more points
6) Duke @ St. John’s – 139 points or more
7) Columbus @ Toronto – Columbus
8) Chicago @ Florida – Florida
9) Calgary @ Minnesota – Minnesota
10) Mike Rosario points vs. Villanova winning margin – Rosario points
11) Wisconsin @ Indiana – Indiana has more 3-pointers
12) Hawaii @ Fresno State – Fresno State
13) Isaiah Thomas vs. Darren Collison – Thomas has more points+assists

Udinese is apparently more concerned with Serie A so I see them as being content to play defense which should take away Lech Poznan’s counter-attack. I’m thinking 0-0 tie or 1-1 tie. As for FC Copenhagen they have lost to St. Etienne who is in danger of relegation in French Ligue 1. St. Etienne has been playing great in UEFA, taking out Greek uber-champ Olympiakos in Greece 3-1, but still. They also only managed a tie against a mid-level Norwegian club. Manchester City will be healthy and playing more of their top players who sat in the Santander game they lost on the road. I will probably be taking 2-, then Man. City, followed by Lamont Mack, Mike Rosario or Fresno State.