Basketball Predictions - 18 Mar

Upset picks are in italics.

NCAA

(10) Loyola Chicago vs. (7) Ohio State - Ramblers by 0.5

(15) Jacksonville State vs. (2) Auburn - Tigers by 14

(14) Montana State vs. (3) Texas Tech - Red Raiders by 11.5

(14) Yale vs. (3) Purdue - Boilermakers by 12

(15) Delaware vs. (2) Villanova - Wildcats by 13

(10) Miami vs. (7) USC - Trojans by 1.5

(11) Notre Dame vs. (6) Alabama - Crimson Tide by 3.5

(11) Virginia Tech vs. (6) Texas - Longhorns by 1

(13) Chattanooga vs. (4) Illinois - Illini by 4.5

(15) CSU Fullerton vs. (2) Duke - Blue Devils by 15

(11) Iowa State vs. (6) LSU - Tigers by 4.5

(16) Wright State vs. (1) Arizona - Wildcats by 17

(12) UAB vs. (5) Houston - Cougars by 7.5

(10) Davidson vs. (7) Michigan State - Spartans by 0.5

(14) Colgate vs. (3) Wisconsin - Badgers by 6

(9) TCU vs. (8) Seton Hall - Pirates by 0.5

NBA

Dallas at Philadelphia - 76ers by 0.5

Washington at New York - Knicks by 4

LA Lakers at Toronto - Raptors by 5.5

Memphis at Atlanta - Grizzlies by 2

Portland at Brooklyn - Nets by 6

Denver at Cleveland - Cavaliers by 1.5

Oklahoma City at Miami - Heat by 12

Indiana at Houston - Pacers by 4.5

New Orleans at San Antonio - Spurs by 2

LA Clippers at Utah - Jazz by 7.5

Chicago at Phoenix - Suns by 7.5

Boston at Sacramento - Celtics by 7.5

Results

NBA: 0-1 (.000) 645-388 overall (.624)

Upsets: 56-122 overall (.315)

NCAA: 11-5 (.688) 14-6 overall (.700)

Upsets: 2-1 (.667) 2-2 overall (.500)

TBC: 1-0 (1.000) 6-1 overall (.857)

Basketball Predictions - 25 Nov

Upset picks are in italics.

NCAA

(22) UConn vs. Michigan State - Huskies by 6.5

Dayton vs. Miami - Hurricanes by 10.5

South Alabama vs. San Diego - Toreros by 1

Presbyterian at New Orleans - Privateers by 7

North Texas vs. (4) Kansas - Jayhawks by 7

(19) Auburn vs. Loyola Chicago - Ramblers by 1

Hawaii vs. UIC - Flames by 2

Central Arkansas vs. VMI - Keydets by 17.5

(6) Baylor vs. VCU - Bears by 6.5

(10) Alabama vs. Iona - Crimson Tide by 5.5

UC San Diego vs. Southern Miss - Tritons by 23.5

UAB vs. New Mexico - Blazers by 11

Maryland vs. Richmond - Spiders by 10.5

Arizona State vs. Syracuse - Sun Devils by 1

Belmont vs. Drake - Bruins by 5

(24) USC vs. Saint Joseph's - Trojans by 24

UNC Wilmington at Montana - Grizzlies by 24.5

San Francisco vs. Towson - Tigers by 1

Louisville vs. Mississippi State - Bulldogs by 11

Georgetown vs. San Diego State - Aztecs by 4

Results

NCAA: 64-16 (.800) 872-242 overall (.783)

Upsets: 6-6 (.500) 56-103 overall (.352)

NBA: 7-6 (.538) 159-120 overall (.570)

Upsets: 1-2 (.333) 18-51 overall (.261)

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 1 Feb

There were not many surprises among the top teams this week, so the top 6 teams from last week remained in the same order this week. Illinois moved up to 7 after upsetting Iowa, giving the Big 10 3 of the top 7 teams and 4 in the top 10 after Ohio State moved up this week. Loyola Chicago, the tournament darlings from a few years ago, moved into the top 25 after three very strong road wins, along with Oklahoma and San Diego State. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Gonzaga	-22.49	17	0
2	2	Baylor	-20.51	16	0
3	3	Michigan	-19.24	13	1
4	4	Houston	-18.72	15	1
5	5	Iowa	-17.67	12	4
6	6	Alabama	-16.67	14	4
7	9	Illinois	-16.39	11	5
8	8	Villanova	-16.35	11	1
9	7	Colorado	-14.96	13	5
10	12	Ohio State	-14.95	14	4
11	11	USC	-14.64	13	3
12	10	Texas	-14.31	11	3
13	13	Virginia	-14.03	11	3
14	16	Creighton	-13.96	13	4
15	19	Texas Tech	-13.84	12	5
16	18	Tennessee	-13.57	12	3
17	15	Colgate	-13.32	7	1
18	25	Florida	-13.04	10	4
19	14	West Virginia	-12.98	11	5
20	17	Florida State	-12.93	10	3
21	24	Wisconsin	-12.91	13	5
22	41	Loyola-Chicago	-12.72	14	3
23	33	Oklahoma	-12.72	11	4
24	34	San Diego State	-12.56	13	4
25	20	Missouri	-12.41	11	3
26	21	Boise State	-12.19	14	2
27	36	Arkansas	-12.09	13	5
28	31	Indiana	-12.05	9	7
29	42	Purdue	-12.04	12	6
30	47	Penn State	-11.99	6	7
31	27	UConn	-11.97	8	3
32	26	Arizona	-11.86	13	4
33	39	St. Bonaventure	-11.75	9	1
34	35	LSU	-11.65	11	5
35	55	Rutgers	-11.53	10	6
36	28	UCLA	-11.51	13	3
37	32	Oregon	-11.48	9	3
38	22	Drake	-11.38	16	0
39	29	BYU	-11.28	14	4
40	44	Oklahoma St	-11.17	11	4
41	30	Kansas	-11.1	11	6
42	46	North Carolina	-11.03	11	5
43	45	Stanford	-11.01	10	6
44	23	Saint Louis	-10.84	7	2
45	58	Richmond	-10.6	9	5
46	52	Toledo	-10.57	15	4
47	37	Wright State	-10.47	13	4
48	38	Seton Hall	-10.37	9	8
49	40	Minnesota	-10.23	11	6
50	48	VCU	-10.2	12	4
51	59	Xavier	-10.06	11	2
52	49	Maryland	-9.916	9	8
53	54	Auburn	-9.806	10	8
54	53	Marshall	-9.677	9	4
55	43	SMU	-9.649	9	4
56	51	Utah State	-9.634	13	5
57	67	UC Santa Barbara	-9.606	12	3
58	57	Louisville	-9.489	10	4
59	60	Memphis	-9.301	9	6
60	62	Georgia Tech	-9.167	8	5
61	64	Colorado State	-9.036	12	4
62	94	Virginia Tech	-8.412	13	3
63	50	Syracuse	-8.365	10	5
64	66	Rhode Island	-8.222	9	9
65	73	Kentucky	-8.115	6	9
66	63	UC Riverside	-7.9	8	4
67	70	Davidson	-7.856	10	5
68	56	Kent State	-7.841	9	4
69	61	Clemson	-7.807	10	5
70	72	Providence	-7.635	9	8
71	107	Duke	-7.504	7	5
72	69	San Francisco	-7.436	10	8
73	75	Abilene Christian	-7.345	14	3
74	68	Ole Miss	-7.303	8	8
75	96	North Texas	-7.191	9	5
76	86	Utah	-6.979	7	7
77	76	Saint Mary's	-6.964	11	5
78	77	Wichita State	-6.674	9	4
79	104	Mississippi St	-6.657	10	8
80	109	Notre Dame	-6.376	6	9
81	90	Tulsa	-6.274	9	6
82	103	St. John's	-6.274	11	7
83	81	Army	-6.208	9	4
84	89	Furman	-6.167	11	5
85	85	NC State	-6.144	7	6
86	78	UAB	-6.106	14	2
87	99	UC Irvine	-6.091	9	5
88	87	West Kentucky	-6.071	14	4
89	101	Weber State	-6	9	4
90	83	Northwestern	-5.846	6	9
91	91	Grand Canyon	-5.846	12	3
92	100	Vermont	-5.762	7	3
93	88	UCF	-5.719	4	7
94	82	Michigan State	-5.703	8	6
95	84	Marquette	-5.693	8	9
96	74	Winthrop	-5.651	16	1
97	80	Wofford	-5.547	10	5
98	108	UNC Greensboro	-5.487	12	5
99	98	Belmont	-5.46	18	1
100	92	Liberty	-5.448	14	5
101	105	Louisiana Tech	-5.17	14	5
102	106	South Carolina	-5.154	4	6
103	97	South Dakota St	-5.11	10	3
104	102	Massachusetts	-4.997	5	4
105	124	Akron	-4.767	10	3
106	65	Pittsburgh	-4.753	8	5
107	118	Nevada	-4.711	11	7
108	111	South Florida	-4.654	7	5
109	136	Dayton	-4.599	10	4
110	114	Arizona State	-4.539	6	8
111	93	Buffalo	-4.239	6	6
112	110	Eastern Wash	-4.21	5	6
113	112	CSU Bakersfield	-4.143	11	6
114	130	Loyola Marymount	-4.08	8	6
115	113	Georgia State	-4.02	8	4
116	135	TCU	-3.759	9	7
117	123	Coastal Carolina	-3.731	12	4
118	120	Cincinnati	-3.708	3	7
119	116	Bradley	-3.682	9	9
120	134	Washington St	-3.632	10	7
121	126	Ohio	-3.49	10	6
122	115	Mercer	-3.482	10	6
123	79	Bryant	-3.476	10	5
124	119	Georgia	-3.473	10	6
125	95	Missouri State	-3.397	9	4
126	143	East Tennessee St	-2.998	10	5
127	128	Eastern Kentucky	-2.933	13	2
128	117	Bowling Green	-2.928	10	7
129	144	Pacific	-2.815	5	4
130	139	N Carolina Cent	-2.741	2	3
131	177	Duquesne	-2.622	6	6
132	140	Boston College	-2.515	3	10
133	152	Siena	-2.506	8	2
134	176	Morehead State	-2.487	13	6
135	122	Sam Houston St	-2.444	13	6
136	141	North Dakota St	-2.347	10	8
137	142	Hawaii	-2.316	5	5
138	146	Nebraska	-2.238	4	8
139	132	South Dakota	-2.218	10	6
140	149	Pepperdine	-2.206	7	8
141	129	Butler	-2.12	5	9
142	163	Oregon State	-2.073	8	7
143	131	Nicholls	-1.975	10	5
144	137	Montana State	-1.897	9	3
145	153	Georgetown	-1.882	4	8
146	148	Texas A&M	-1.824	8	7
147	161	Navy	-1.787	11	2
148	138	UMBC	-1.707	10	4
149	145	Oral Roberts	-1.552	9	7
150	180	Wake Forest	-1.496	5	7
151	165	Drexel	-1.382	7	6
152	125	Temple	-1.351	4	5
153	127	DePaul	-1.333	3	7
154	151	Stephen F Austin	-1.221	10	3
155	133	UNLV	-1.218	6	8
156	158	Northeastern	-1.162	8	6
157	160	California	-1.135	7	12
158	171	James Madison	-1.121	9	5
159	150	Saint Peter's	-1.084	9	6
160	162	Indiana State	-1.025	9	7
161	203	Hofstra	-0.987	11	6
162	121	Long Island	-0.974	6	3
163	164	Florida Atlantic	-0.973	8	7
164	173	Iona	-0.969	5	3
165	159	Montana	-0.913	7	8
166	154	Appalachian St	-0.78	12	7
167	168	Southern Utah	-0.697	11	3
168	178	UTEP	-0.693	8	8
169	169	Santa Clara	-0.679	9	4
170	215	Vanderbilt	-0.643	5	8
171	155	Cleveland State	-0.639	12	5
172	156	UMKC	-0.588	7	10
173	172	Chattanooga	-0.442	12	5
174	195	Bellarmine	-0.437	9	5
175	187	VMI	-0.435	9	9
176	147	Jacksonville St	-0.384	10	6
177	192	Monmouth	-0.368	8	5
178	167	Albany	-0.314	4	6
179	199	Radford	-0.277	11	7
180	170	Little Rock	-0.092	10	7
181	184	East Carolina	-0.081	7	6
182	206	Prairie View A&M	0.002	6	4
183	166	Rice	0.016	10	8
184	157	Ball State	0.095	6	8
185	175	Miami	0.125	6	10
186	186	Old Dominion	0.179	8	4
187	218	Tulane	0.286	7	5
188	189	Sacramento St	0.384	6	4
189	197	Murray State	0.495	7	8
190	191	UT Rio Grande	0.524	8	3
191	198	Cal Baptist	0.667	8	5
192	181	Miami (OH)	0.841	8	5
193	190	Hartford	0.862	10	7
194	205	Northern Iowa	0.872	5	11
195	182	Texas State	0.958	11	6
196	179	Washington	1.09	3	11
197	219	Detroit Mercy	1.17	6	8
198	71	New Mexico St	1.276	3	3
199	214	Louisiana	1.285	13	4
200	202	Lafayette	1.582	5	3
201	183	UNC Wilmington	1.665	7	8
202	212	La Salle	1.692	7	10
203	207	Mt. St. Mary's	1.723	6	7
204	208	UT Arlington	1.736	9	9
205	240	SIU-Edwardsville	1.786	6	6
206	213	Samford	1.847	6	8
207	211	South Alabama	1.881	9	8
208	194	Wyoming	1.928	10	7
209	174	Gardner-Webb	1.948	6	11
210	260	Bucknell	1.989	4	4
211	217	The Citadel	2.033	9	5
212	221	UNC Asheville	2.041	10	9
213	188	Southern Illinois	2.056	8	6
214	210	North Alabama	2.061	10	4
215	201	Texas Southern	2.111	4	7
216	209	North Colorado	2.27	8	8
217	225	Tarleton	2.273	3	8
218	193	UC Davis	2.291	3	5
219	220	Idaho State	2.333	9	7
220	196	West Carolina	2.385	7	9
221	204	Milwaukee	2.41	7	6
222	229	Stony Brook	2.439	8	8
223	268	CSU Fullerton	2.454	5	6
224	227	George Mason	2.464	8	7
225	222	Charlotte	2.644	9	7
226	251	Oakland	2.698	8	13
227	235	UMass Lowell	2.719	6	8
228	231	Troy	2.734	8	9
229	226	Utah Valley	2.84	5	7
230	232	NJIT	2.86	6	7
231	230	UT San Antonio	2.911	8	9
232	185	Iowa State	2.925	2	9
233	259	Illinois State	3	5	11
234	223	Seattle	3.003	7	6
235	241	UC San Diego	3.009	3	5
236	246	Stetson	3.026	5	9
237	239	Morgan State	3.084	9	4
238	244	Lipscomb	3.151	11	8
239	245	Southern	3.158	4	6
240	233	Valparaiso	3.27	6	10
241	234	San Diego	3.472	2	7
242	236	Fresno State	3.535	7	6
243	243	Niagara	3.542	7	9
244	238	UIC	3.611	8	7
245	228	Georgia Southern	3.652	11	8
246	216	Wagner	3.653	2	5
247	257	Southern Miss	3.933	7	10
248	282	William & Mary	4.081	6	7
249	270	Evansville	4.137	7	8
250	263	Norfolk State	4.14	9	6
251	254	Austin Peay	4.145	9	6
252	256	American	4.224	2	2
253	248	Green Bay	4.26	5	13
254	261	Charleston	4.269	5	8
255	271	George Washington	4.316	3	9
256	224	New Hampshire	4.425	8	7
257	237	Campbell	4.601	10	9
258	286	Delaware	4.625	7	7
259	264	Florida Intl	4.656	8	10
260	253	Boston U	4.668	3	5
261	247	Youngstown St	4.763	8	10
262	242	Saint Joseph's	4.795	1	14
263	200	St. Francis (PA)	4.876	5	10
264	284	Alabama A&M	4.9	4	1
265	255	North Kentucky	5.004	9	8
266	283	Arkansas State	5.155	6	9
267	252	Florida A&M	5.199	2	8
268	274	High Point	5.271	6	9
269	324	Merrimack	5.296	4	4
270	289	SE Missouri St	5.306	6	10
271	276	CSU Northridge	5.354	6	7
272	278	Sacred Heart	5.37	6	6
273	266	Kansas State	5.54	5	13
274	277	Longwood	5.688	6	14
275	249	Central Arkansas	5.689	3	13
276	288	Northwestern St	5.721	5	14
277	291	Jackson State	5.776	3	5
278	265	Holy Cross	5.783	2	8
279	269	Portland State	5.867	4	8
280	262	Loyola (MD)	6.076	0	5
281	295	Central Michigan	6.136	6	10
282	273	New Orleans	6.243	4	12
283	250	St. Francis (BKN)	6.275	4	4
284	287	Robert Morris	6.305	3	9
285	294	Marist	6.307	9	7
286	280	Omaha	6.344	2	14
287	300	Western Illinois	6.361	3	12
288	332	Fairleigh Dickinson	6.586	5	9
289	258	Fort Wayne	6.608	6	9
290	301	N Carolina A&T	6.706	7	9
291	299	Canisius	6.728	3	3
292	293	New Mexico	6.746	5	11
293	306	Quinnipiac	6.77	5	6
294	285	Florida Gulf Coast	6.831	7	6
295	296	Jacksonville	6.897	9	9
296	292	Grambling	6.907	6	8
297	272	North Dakota	6.957	5	14
298	303	North Florida	7.077	7	11
299	298	North Arizona	7.127	5	11
300	297	McNeese	7.137	7	10
301	313	Central Conn	7.145	4	10
302	267	Elon	7.171	3	5
303	309	Dixie State	7.202	5	8
304	279	Towson	7.229	3	10
305	317	Houston Baptist	7.28	3	12
306	311	Long Beach St	7.333	3	5
307	308	SE Louisiana	7.392	6	11
308	307	Hampton	7.588	7	8
309	281	Incarnate Word	7.668	6	8
310	312	Rider	7.677	4	11
311	302	Maine	7.834	2	7
312	275	Eastern Illinois	7.919	5	13
313	328	Presbyterian	8.33	5	9
314	310	West Michigan	8.36	2	11
315	305	Tennessee Tech	8.613	2	16
316	320	UL Monroe	8.62	4	13
317	304	Tennessee St	8.637	3	12
318	322	Coppin State	8.971	6	10
319	290	Lehigh	9.022	3	7
320	325	Lamar	9.057	4	11
321	326	Mid Tennessee	9.092	3	11
322	321	Eastern Michigan	9.284	4	8
323	314	Air Force	9.293	4	12
324	331	Manhattan	9.359	5	6
325	318	IUPUI	9.385	4	7
326	323	Texas A&M-CC	9.68	3	10
327	315	Portland	9.701	6	10
328	319	Kennesaw St	9.825	3	15
329	316	Alcorn State	10	3	7
330	330	Fairfield	10.4	3	12
331	327	Fordham	10.94	1	8
332	339	Binghamton	11.14	2	13
333	334	San Jose State	11.22	5	11
334	329	North Illinois	11.23	2	10
335	333	Cal Poly	11.67	3	11
336	340	Charleston South	11.89	1	15
337	335	S Carolina Upstate	11.99	3	11
338	336	Ark-Pine Bluff	12.69	3	13
339	341	UT Martin	12.74	5	10
340	338	Denver	12.99	1	12
341	337	Idaho	13.74	0	13
342	344	Alabama State	14.23	2	6
343	342	Delaware State	16.32	0	11
344	343	South Carolina St	16.89	0	13
345	345	Chicago State	18.06	0	9
346	346	Howard	18.5	1	4
347	347	Miss Valley St	22.24	0	15