February 14th, 2009 Picks

Happy Valentines day! Don’t forget to get to get that special TACO something nice to show them you love them. Just wanted to quickly say the TACOS are awesome, great analysis, great sense of humor, and real solid folks. Yesterday was a bad day, lost all three of my picks with Perry, Hayward, and Loyola. Very entertaining to see ESPN, CBS, and Yahoo all have such difficulty determining how many points Hayward and Mayo scored. =D And now, for the picks.

1) Hull City Tigers @ Sheffield United Blades – Hull City wins
2) DaJuan Summers vs. Eric Devendorf – Devendorf scores more points
3) Pat Perez vs. Jason Gore – Perez
4) Tony Stewart vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Stewart
5) A.J. Abrams vs. Corey Higgins – Higgins scores more points
6) Kansas @ Kansas State – Kansas
7) Deonta Vaughn points vs. Pittsburg winning margin – Vaughn points
8) Creighton @ Southern Illinois – Creighton
9) Pittsburgh @ Toronto – Pittsburgh
10) Tennessee State @ Austin Peay – 159 points or more
11) Kapono or Cook vs. The Rest – One of the rest wins
12) Ohio State @ Wisconsin – 124 points or more
13) Calgary @ Phoenix – Phoenix
14) Nevada @ Hawaii – Hawaii

I like Hull City, Devendorf, Deonte Vaughn, and the over on Austin Peay, Creighton, and Kansas the most. Should be an exciting day, so good luck to all on your quest for 6-0!

February 13th, 2009 Picks

Ouch, what a rough day today was. Overall my quick picks were very nice, going 7-3-1for the day. I went 1-1-1 in my three official picks. My Ebbsfleet pick turned out to be a good one with Ebbs leading Burton 1 – 0 in the 65th minute, but it was literally a blizzard out there. With the fans booing heartily the referee called off the game, forcing Ebbsfleet and Burton to play again later from the start with the score 0 – 0. Stony Brook turned out to be a good bet, downing Albany by 11. Then the over/under with Gonzaga and St. Mary’s. It was looking ‘over’ all night, but both teams went cold near the end. Gonzaga missed a three with 1:30 or so left and rebounded the ball, but they turned it over, passing it to St. Mary’s for an easy deuce. After that it was fouls and St. Mary’s burying threes. The game ended with 142 points scored by both teams, 5 too many for the ‘under’ pick. It was a sad one for me as I was finally going to obtain my red star with a five game streak. C’est la vie. On to the picks!

1) J.B. Holmes vs. Kenny Perry – Perry has a lower 2nd round
2) FC Utrecht win @ Willem II Tilburg win – Willem II Tilburg
3) Josh Mayo vs. Gordon Hayward – Hayward
4) Todd Bodine vs. Kyle Busch – Bodine
5) Iona @ Loyola (MD) – Loyola (MD)
6) Villanova @ West Virginia – Villanova

February 12th, 2009 Picks

After a rough start yesterday with Albania failing to score against Malta things took a turn for the better. Spain defeated England 2-0, while A.J. Price hit 4 three pointers helping him along in defeating Jonny Flynn. Oklahoma had a tough time breaking away from Baylor, but in the end were not to be stopped. And now, onto the picks.

1) Davis Love III vs. Hunter Mahan – Davis Love III
2) Paul Goydos vs. Joe Ogilvie – Paul Goydos
3) Burton Albion win @ Ebbsfleet United win or draw – Ebbsfleet United
4) Temple @ St. Joseph’s – Temple
5) Albany @ Stony Brook – Stony Brook
6) Terrence Williams + Earl Clark vs. Luke Harangody – Harangody
7) UCLA @ Arizona State – Arizona State
8) Illinois @ Northwestern – Illinois
9) Brandon Roy vs. Stephen Jackson – Jackson
10) Calgary @ Los Angeles – Los Angeles
11) Gonzaga @ St. Mary’s – 137 points or fewer

I’m thinking Ebbsfleet, since they have only lost at home 4 times, to some of the better teams in the league. Then Luke Harangody, since Notre Dame is at home I’m hoping he gets some free throws. Williams and Clark are poor free throw shooters and only average FG shooters (~42% apiece). Then Illinois (hey they’re due for one on the road) or Arizona State (ASU is a good defense, they won’t let UCLA blow them out) and hopefully with the Gonzaga game on the same channel they’ll delay the matchup allowing us to pick Gonzaga @ St. Mary’s. The Gaels are missing their top scorer, but should still play hard with the winner being that much closer to the conference title. That should lead to a low scoring affair, so I’ll go with 137 points or less. Of course, I may change my mind before then. It’s best to keep ones options open. =]

February 11th, 2009 Picks

Well, yesterday was my worst day thus far as I went only 3-7-0. The three victories came with Michigan State and Michigan going for 96 total points, 37 points below the over/under, Seton Hall downed DePaul rather easily, and Golden State was a winner with 144 points! Every other pick I made was a total bust, though Cunningham came awfully close to winning that prop. Ah well, onto today’s picks.

1) Poland win vs. Wales win or draw – Wales
2) Albania win @ Malta win or draw – Albania
3) Argentina win @ France win – France
4) England win or draw @ Spain win – Spain
5) Mexico win or draw @ USA win – USA
6) Xavier @ Dayton – Dayton
7) Jonny Flynn pts. vs. A.J. Price pts.+ast. – A.J. Price
8) Terrance Woodbury pts. vs. Tennessee winning margin – Woodbury pts.
9) North Carolina @ Duke – North Carolina
10) Oklahoma @ Baylor – Oklahoma
11) Texas Tech @ Kansas State – 154 points or more
12) Montreal @ Edmonton – Edmonton
13) Calgary @ Anaheim – Anaheim

Now, going by yesterdays results you would do best to pick opposite these picks. As for my actual picks I’m thinking Albania, Spain, A.J. Price, and Oklahoma.

February 10th, 2009 Picks

3-2-0 yesterday, 31-36-1 overall. I really seem to be stuck at around .500. I wonder how my quick picks would do if I just flipped a coin. Leeds won their match 2-0, Blair scored more points 8-4, Florida A&M and Norfolk state score 165, the Lady Tar Heels won by 15, Carroll scored more points 22-9 and Alabama State made twice as many threes as MSVU 10-5. And now, on to todays picks.

1) Tranmere win or draw @ Colchester United win – Colchester United wins
2) Providence @ South Florida – South Florida
3) Old Dominion @ Hofstra – Old Dominion
4) Michigan State @ Michigan – 133 or under
5) Wesley Matthews vs. Dante Cunningham – Cunningham scores more
6) Oklahoma State @ Texas – Oklahoma State 3-pointers
7) Florida @ Kentucky – Florida
8) Clemson @ Boston College – Boston College
9) Seton Hall @ DePaul – Seton Hall
10) New York Knicks @ Golden State Warriors – Golden State

Lot of upsets here, let’s see if the day ends up as wild as I’m predicting. =D

February 9th, 2009 Picks

Today started out so well with my first 5 picks being correct, but quickly took a turn for the worse with my final 9 being wrong for a grand total of 5-9-0. Got my soccer pick correct which means I’m 11-3-1 in my last 15 soccer picks, but dang it! I should be doing better at basketball, a sport I’ve spent my entire life watching. Ah well, on to todays picks:

1) Millwall @ Leeds United – Leeds wins
2) Da’Sean Butler vs. DeJuan Blair – Blair scores more points
3) Florida A&M @ Norfolk State – 135 points or fewer
4) Duke @ North Carolina – North Carolina
5) Sherron Collins vs. DeMarre Carroll – Carroll scores more points
6) Mississippi Valley State @ Alabama State – Mississippi Valley State more 3’s

Good luck to everyone!

February 8th, 2009 Picks

Yesterday was a terrible day for me, while my picks for the day were 6-8-0 overall I ended up picking five losers for my streak. All told my 4 day total is 23-25-1. Since I’m feeling like these analyses are just rationalizations, I’m going to skip the reasoning behind picks and just throw ’em all out there.

1) Manchester United @ West Ham United – 2 goals or under
2) Seton Hall @ Rutgers – Seton Hall
3) Detroit Red Wings @ Pittsburge Penguins – Detroit
4) Tim Duncan vs. Paul Pierce – Duncan
5) Purdue @ Illinois – Illinois
6) John Rollins wins or not – John Rollins wins
7) Norm Duke wins or not – Norm Duke does not win
8) Creighton @ Northern Iowa – Northern Iowa
9) Wisconsin @ Penn State – Penn State
10) Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers – Cleveland
11) Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James – LeBron James
12) Washington @ Stanford – Stanford
13) Phoenix Suns @ Detroit Pistons – Detroit
14) Utah Jazz @ Golden State Warriors – Utah