Basketball Predictions - 26 Jan

Upset picks are in italics.

NCAA

Tulsa at Temple - Owls by 1.5

Southern Illinois at Indiana State - Sycamores by 6

Central Michigan at Buffalo - Bulls by 17.5

Richmond at Saint Joseph's - Spiders by 8

Western Michigan at Ohio - Bobcats by 15.5

(24) Oklahoma at (5) Texas - Longhorns by 8

Kentucky at (9) Alabama - Crimson Tide by 14.5

Mississippi State at (18) Tennessee - Volunteers by 13

Merrimack at Long Island - Sharks by 18

SMU at Memphis - Tigers by 3

North Carolina at Pittsburgh - Panthers by 2.5

Fairleigh Dickinson at St. Francis (PA) - Red Flash by 15

Toledo at Miami (OH) - Rockets by 5

Eastern Michigan at Akron - Zips by 17

Drake at Missouri State - Bulldogs by 2.5

SIU Edwardsville at Eastern Illinois - Panthers by 2.5

Dayton at (22) Saint Louis - Billikens by 15

Butler at UConn - Huskies by 14

(12) Missouri at Auburn - Auburn Tigers by 0.5

St. Martin's at Portland State - Vikings by 18

SE Missouri State at UT Martin - Redhawks by 2.5

Georgia Tech at Duke - Blue Devils by 1

LSU at Texas A&M - Tigers by 5

NBA

LA Clippers at Atlanta - Clippers by 4

Washington at Houston - Rockets by 2.5

New York at Utah - Jazz by 9

Results

NCAA: 12-3 (.800) 1742-630 overall (.734)

Upsets: 1-0 (1.000) 144-209 overall (.408)

NBA: 6-3 (.667) 138-105 overall (.568)

Upsets: 0-1 (.000) 29-34 overall (.460)

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 25 Jan

The Alabama Crimson Tide continued their meteoric rise this week, jumping up to #6 in my rankings after destroying a pretty good LSU team on the road by 30 points. The Tide have not lost in over a month, and they are off to an 8-0 start in conference play, 3 games ahead of anyone else in the SEC. Illinois and Texas joined the top 10, and Colgate, Florida State, and Florida each jumped into the top 25. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Gonzaga	-22	15	0
2	2	Baylor	-21.25	14	0
3	5	Michigan	-19.24	13	1
4	6	Houston	-17.96	13	1
5	3	Iowa	-17.72	12	3
6	10	Alabama	-17.03	13	3
7	4	Colorado	-16.55	12	4
8	8	Villanova	-15.88	10	1
9	13	Illinois	-15.73	10	5
10	12	Texas	-15.15	11	2
11	9	USC	-15	12	3
12	19	Ohio State	-14.37	12	4
13	16	Virginia	-14.35	10	2
14	23	West Virginia	-13.95	10	4
15	72	Colgate	-13.93	5	1
16	15	Creighton	-13.77	11	4
17	42	Florida State	-13.71	9	2
18	7	Tennessee	-13.48	10	3
19	20	Texas Tech	-13.48	11	4
20	24	Missouri	-13.4	10	2
21	22	Boise State	-13.22	13	1
22	21	Drake	-13.02	13	0
23	18	Saint Louis	-12.98	7	1
24	25	Wisconsin	-12.83	12	4
25	50	Florida	-12.82	8	4
26	26	Arizona	-12.51	11	3
27	14	UConn	-12.48	7	3
28	32	UCLA	-12.14	12	3
29	28	BYU	-12.1	13	3
30	29	Kansas	-12.08	10	5
31	40	Indiana	-11.95	9	7
32	17	Oregon	-11.91	9	3
33	33	Oklahoma	-11.8	9	4
34	49	San Diego State	-11.76	11	4
35	11	LSU	-11.7	10	4
36	31	Arkansas	-11.56	12	4
37	55	Wright State	-11.24	11	4
38	36	Seton Hall	-11.17	9	6
39	57	St. Bonaventure	-11.15	8	1
40	27	Minnesota	-11.08	11	5
41	54	Loyola-Chicago	-11.06	12	3
42	34	Purdue	-11	11	6
43	48	SMU	-10.68	8	2
44	30	Oklahoma St	-10.6	9	4
45	37	Stanford	-10.55	9	5
46	39	North Carolina	-10.51	10	5
47	35	Penn State	-10.5	5	6
48	44	VCU	-10.4	11	4
49	52	Maryland	-10.31	9	7
50	65	Syracuse	-9.937	9	4
51	46	Utah State	-9.726	12	4
52	45	Toledo	-9.665	13	4
53	60	Marshall	-9.563	9	4
54	73	Auburn	-9.505	9	7
55	63	Rutgers	-9.299	8	6
56	53	Kent State	-9.296	7	4
57	43	Louisville	-9.236	10	3
58	41	Richmond	-9.17	8	5
59	58	Xavier	-8.983	10	2
60	91	Memphis	-8.98	8	5
61	38	Clemson	-8.811	9	4
62	102	Georgia Tech	-8.687	7	4
63	47	UC Riverside	-8.509	7	4
64	64	Colorado State	-8.434	11	3
65	59	Pittsburgh	-8.371	8	3
66	51	Rhode Island	-8.317	8	8
67	94	UC Santa Barbara	-8.221	10	3
68	80	Ole Miss	-8.195	8	6
69	68	San Francisco	-7.655	10	8
70	77	Davidson	-7.621	10	5
71	62	New Mexico St	-7.418	2	1
72	93	Providence	-7.408	8	7
73	99	Kentucky	-7.323	6	8
74	71	Winthrop	-7.208	15	0
75	76	Abilene Christian	-6.878	12	3
76	103	Saint Mary's	-6.83	11	5
77	61	Wichita State	-6.774	8	4
78	81	UAB	-6.744	12	2
79	83	Bryant	-6.719	10	3
80	78	Wofford	-6.636	9	4
81	154	Army	-6.597	9	4
82	88	Michigan State	-6.461	8	4
83	82	Northwestern	-6.439	6	8
84	67	Marquette	-6.384	8	7
85	79	NC State	-6.373	6	5
86	96	Utah	-6.274	6	7
87	108	West Kentucky	-6.228	14	4
88	69	UCF	-6.227	3	6
89	70	Furman	-6.217	10	5
90	75	Tulsa	-6.177	8	5
91	97	Grand Canyon	-6.059	10	3
92	85	Liberty	-5.851	12	5
93	109	Buffalo	-5.803	6	5
94	87	Virginia Tech	-5.796	11	3
95	92	Missouri State	-5.765	9	1
96	84	North Texas	-5.763	7	5
97	86	South Dakota St	-5.736	10	3
98	107	Belmont	-5.654	16	1
99	110	UC Irvine	-5.556	8	4
100	104	Vermont	-5.523	7	3
101	115	Weber State	-5.449	7	4
102	101	Massachusetts	-5.425	5	4
103	137	St. John's	-5.206	9	7
104	95	Mississippi St	-5.152	9	7
105	117	Louisiana Tech	-5.021	12	5
106	56	South Carolina	-4.888	3	5
107	138	Duke	-4.766	5	5
108	128	UNC Greensboro	-4.759	10	5
109	134	Notre Dame	-4.748	5	8
110	100	Eastern Wash	-4.645	4	6
111	111	South Florida	-4.538	7	5
112	122	CSU Bakersfield	-4.412	10	5
113	90	Georgia State	-4.249	8	4
114	126	Arizona State	-4.231	4	7
115	130	Mercer	-4.096	10	4
116	89	Bradley	-4.041	9	6
117	74	Bowling Green	-3.996	10	5
118	105	Nevada	-3.957	10	7
119	120	Georgia	-3.805	9	5
120	112	Cincinnati	-3.716	3	7
121	124	Long Island	-3.697	4	2
122	125	Sam Houston St	-3.315	12	5
123	113	Coastal Carolina	-3.258	11	3
124	176	Akron	-3.213	8	3
125	116	Temple	-3.118	3	4
126	144	Ohio	-3.017	8	6
127	121	DePaul	-2.98	3	5
128	140	Eastern Kentucky	-2.973	13	2
129	171	Butler	-2.954	5	7
130	106	Loyola Marymount	-2.831	7	6
131	135	Nicholls	-2.705	9	5
132	146	South Dakota	-2.614	8	6
133	136	UNLV	-2.54	5	6
134	132	Washington St	-2.534	9	6
135	148	TCU	-2.531	9	5
136	156	Dayton	-2.517	8	4
137	151	Montana State	-2.416	9	3
138	159	UMBC	-2.376	10	3
139	129	N Carolina Cent	-2.356	1	3
140	155	Boston College	-2.329	3	10
141	131	North Dakota St	-2.307	9	7
142	139	Hawaii	-2.283	4	4
143	184	East Tennessee St	-2.266	9	5
144	98	Pacific	-2.182	5	3
145	127	Oral Roberts	-2.106	9	7
146	160	Nebraska	-2.08	4	8
147	161	Jacksonville St	-2.015	10	5
148	142	Texas A&M	-1.974	7	6
149	186	Pepperdine	-1.915	6	7
150	190	Saint Peter's	-1.914	7	6
151	165	Stephen F Austin	-1.847	9	2
152	141	Siena	-1.839	7	1
153	168	Georgetown	-1.802	3	8
154	170	Appalachian St	-1.786	12	5
155	133	Cleveland State	-1.759	10	5
156	164	UMKC	-1.714	6	9
157	143	Ball State	-1.556	6	7
158	153	Northeastern	-1.407	8	6
159	166	Montana	-1.392	7	8
160	169	California	-1.361	7	10
161	119	Navy	-1.34	10	2
162	163	Indiana State	-1.232	6	7
163	235	Oregon State	-1.194	8	5
164	149	Florida Atlantic	-1.179	8	7
165	196	Drexel	-1.179	7	5
166	157	Rice	-1.013	10	6
167	201	Albany	-0.87	4	6
168	152	Southern Utah	-0.819	11	3
169	147	Santa Clara	-0.791	9	4
170	189	Little Rock	-0.783	8	7
171	192	James Madison	-0.635	7	5
172	167	Chattanooga	-0.608	12	5
173	185	Iona	-0.591	5	3
174	172	Gardner-Webb	-0.531	5	9
175	145	Miami	-0.458	6	8
176	181	Morehead State	-0.437	11	6
177	225	Duquesne	-0.409	4	6
178	158	UTEP	-0.409	7	7
179	199	Washington	-0.364	3	10
180	221	Wake Forest	-0.292	4	6
181	276	Miami (OH)	-0.165	7	4
182	183	Texas State	-0.148	11	4
183	123	UNC Wilmington	-0.141	7	6
184	150	East Carolina	-0.126	7	4
185	182	Iowa State	-0.002	2	7
186	174	Old Dominion	0.019	8	4
187	191	VMI	0.055	8	8
188	188	Southern Illinois	0.06	7	3
189	162	Sacramento St	0.105	6	3
190	193	Hartford	0.393	9	6
191	177	UT Rio Grande	0.4	8	3
192	220	Monmouth	0.445	7	4
193	114	UC Davis	0.725	3	3
194	240	Wyoming	0.836	10	5
195	204	Bellarmine	0.837	7	5
196	173	West Carolina	0.839	7	7
197	180	Murray State	0.855	6	7
198	224	Cal Baptist	0.937	7	4
199	206	Radford	0.967	10	7
200	213	St. Francis (PA)	0.996	3	8
201	210	Texas Southern	1.045	3	7
202	118	Lafayette	1.074	5	3
203	215	Hofstra	1.118	9	6
204	187	Milwaukee	1.128	6	5
205	203	Northern Iowa	1.138	3	10
206	239	Prairie View A&M	1.199	4	4
207	212	Mt. St. Mary's	1.207	5	6
208	197	UT Arlington	1.429	8	8
209	195	North Colorado	1.434	8	7
210	211	North Alabama	1.448	9	3
211	207	South Alabama	1.548	9	8
212	274	La Salle	1.599	7	8
213	209	Samford	1.732	6	8
214	219	Louisiana	1.796	11	4
215	200	Vanderbilt	1.855	4	7
216	218	Wagner	1.94	2	5
217	178	The Citadel	1.97	8	4
218	208	Tulane	2.05	6	4
219	262	Detroit Mercy	2.142	4	8
220	175	Idaho State	2.239	8	7
221	223	UNC Asheville	2.416	9	7
222	243	Charlotte	2.457	7	7
223	217	Seattle	2.5	7	6
224	214	New Hampshire	2.514	7	6
225	232	Tarleton	2.548	2	7
226	228	Utah Valley	2.571	4	6
227	252	George Mason	2.574	8	6
228	244	Georgia Southern	2.827	10	7
229	259	Stony Brook	2.83	7	7
230	231	UT San Antonio	2.846	7	8
231	242	Troy	2.993	6	9
232	216	NJIT	3.005	5	7
233	229	Valparaiso	3.064	5	9
234	277	San Diego	3.065	2	6
235	241	UMass Lowell	3.103	6	8
236	251	Fresno State	3.219	5	6
237	205	Campbell	3.246	8	9
238	226	UIC	3.31	8	5
239	265	Morgan State	3.361	8	4
240	194	SIU-Edwardsville	3.457	4	5
241	287	UC San Diego	3.484	3	4
242	233	Saint Joseph's	3.507	1	12
243	256	Niagara	3.65	6	8
244	236	Lipscomb	3.718	10	8
245	222	Southern	3.843	3	5
246	245	Stetson	3.845	4	8
247	253	Youngstown St	3.877	8	8
248	280	Green Bay	3.883	5	11
249	238	Central Arkansas	3.914	3	11
250	267	St. Francis (BKN)	3.924	4	3
251	247	Oakland	3.929	6	13
252	237	Florida A&M	3.955	2	6
253	340	Boston U	4.118	3	5
254	234	Austin Peay	4.142	8	5
255	258	North Kentucky	4.188	7	8
256	66	American	4.188	2	2
257	249	Southern Miss	4.249	7	8
258	198	Fort Wayne	4.277	6	7
259	257	Illinois State	4.32	5	10
260	179	Bucknell	4.355	2	4
261	273	Charleston	4.419	5	8
262	202	Loyola (MD)	4.471	0	4
263	250	Norfolk State	4.676	8	6
264	246	Florida Intl	4.688	8	8
265	325	Holy Cross	4.83	2	6
266	254	Kansas State	4.879	5	11
267	260	Elon	4.904	3	3
268	261	CSU Fullerton	5.016	4	5
269	301	Portland State	5.089	3	8
270	271	Evansville	5.102	6	8
271	289	George Washington	5.104	3	9
272	270	North Dakota	5.111	4	13
273	266	New Orleans	5.15	4	10
274	248	High Point	5.361	4	8
275	272	Eastern Illinois	5.401	5	10
276	227	CSU Northridge	5.477	5	6
277	294	Longwood	5.528	5	13
278	264	Sacred Heart	5.606	5	5
279	312	Towson	5.615	3	7
280	268	Omaha	5.682	2	12
281	295	Incarnate Word	5.765	6	6
282	275	William & Mary	5.807	4	7
283	282	Arkansas State	5.83	5	8
284	323	Alabama A&M	5.833	4	0
285	292	Florida Gulf Coast	5.912	6	5
286	320	Delaware	5.929	5	7
287	230	Robert Morris	6.179	3	7
288	291	Northwestern St	6.263	3	14
289	296	SE Missouri St	6.275	4	9
290	255	Lehigh	6.51	3	5
291	311	Jackson State	6.692	2	5
292	269	Grambling	6.695	5	8
293	278	New Mexico	6.741	5	9
294	309	Marist	6.811	8	6
295	286	Central Michigan	6.824	6	9
296	283	Jacksonville	6.877	9	7
297	290	McNeese	6.916	7	8
298	281	North Arizona	6.953	4	11
299	318	Canisius	6.975	3	3
300	288	Western Illinois	7.186	2	11
301	302	N Carolina A&T	7.263	5	9
302	293	Maine	7.274	2	7
303	298	North Florida	7.278	6	10
304	297	Tennessee St	7.44	3	10
305	305	Tennessee Tech	7.479	2	15
306	322	Quinnipiac	7.728	5	6
307	304	Hampton	7.816	7	8
308	299	SE Louisiana	7.823	4	11
309	284	Dixie State	7.901	4	7
310	306	West Michigan	7.906	2	9
311	285	Long Beach St	7.943	3	5
312	313	Rider	8.175	4	11
313	319	Ce