NCAA Basketball (Jan. 1 - Jan 10)

While football spreads come out earlier, the hard part about basketball spread is that they don't run in our paper until the day of the game. I try very hard to post the spread from the paper on the day of the game. When in doubt, local people can check the Lafayette Journal and Courier for a spread on game day or try http://www.vegasinsider.com/ if there isn't one in the paper.

When I post basketball, I will post a weeks worth of games on either Saturday or Sunday. Some people will pick all of the games regardless of the spread right away, others wait until closer to tip-off so that they can take the spread into account in their predictions.

The games that I choose to post are the ones that match 2 ranked teams in the previous weeks ESPN rankings. Sometimes the rankings change after I post the games. I also reserve the right to post other games if they seem interesting enough to me.

Scoring is the same as football. Deadline is tip-off of each game.


Friday, January 1

(6) West Virginia (+4.5) @ (4) Purdue

Actual Score: Purdue 77-62
Predictions:
Brownie: Purdue 76-70 (3pts)
Butters: Purdue 73-72 (1pt)
Carmen: Purdue 78-75 (1pt)
Dave: Purdue 84-69 (5pts)
Jeff: Purdue 72-68 (1pt)
Kubatski: Purdue 68-64 (1pt)
Kubatski III: Purdue 68-65 (1pt)
Kubatski Sr: Purdue 88-80 (3pts)
Marty: Purdue 73-67 (3pts)
Murray: Purdue 72-68 (1pt)
Oliver: Purdue 76-69 (3pts)
Paulie: Purdue 94-89 (3pts)
Princess G: West Virginia 72-70 (0pts)
Scott S: Purdue 78-61 (3pts)
Scott T: Purdue 85-81 (1pt)
Waders: West Virginia 71-67 (0pts)


Saturday, January 2

(1) Kansas (-8.5) @ (19) Temple

Actual Score: Kansas 84-52
Predictions:
Brownie: NONE (0pts)
Butters: Kansas 67-64 (1pt)
Carmen: Kansas 73-66 (1pt)
Dave: Kansas 83-65 (3pts)
Jeff: Kansas 88-74 (3pts)
Kubatski: Kansas 85-68 (3pts)
Kubatski III: Kansas 101-94 (1pt)
Kubatski Sr: Kansas 89-75 (3pts)
Marty: Kansas 84-73 (3pts)
Murray: Kansas 82-72 (3pts)
Oliver: Kansas 82-76 (1pt)
Paulie: Kansas 91-78 (3pts)
Princess G: Kansas 74-65 (3pts)
Scott S: Kansas 87-65 (3pts)
Scott T: Kansas 85-76 (3pts)
Waders: Kansas 81-65 (3pts)


Sunday, January 3

(18) Clemson (+12.5) @ (7) Duke

Actual Score: Duke 74-53
Predictions:
Brownie: NONE (0pts)
Butters: Duke 82-72 (1pt)
Carmen: Duke 96-78 (3pts)
Dave: Clemson 76-75 (0pts)
Jeff: Clemson 76-70 (0pts)
Kubatski: Duke 89-72 (3pts)
Kubatski III: Duke 89-86 (1pt)
Kubatski Sr: Duke 87-74 (3pts)
Marty: Duke 84-77 (1pt)
Murray: Duke 84-70 (3pts)
Oliver: NONE (0pts)
Paulie: Duke 101-87 (3pts)
Princess G: Duke 72-65 (1pt)
Scott S: Duke 67-66 (1pt)
Scott T: Duke 85-80 (1pt)
Waders: Duke 86-69 (3pts)


Saturday, January 9

(7) Duke (-7.5) @ (20) Georgia Tech

Actual Score: Georgia Tech 71-67
Predictions:
Brownie: NONE (0pts)
Butters: Duke 83-78 (2pts)
Carmen: Duke 92-81 (0pts)
Dave: Duke 80-74 (2pts)
Jeff: Duke 82-68 (2pts)
Kubatski: Duke 83-71 (0pts)
Kubatski III: Georgia Tech 91-81 (3pts)
Kubatski Sr: Duke 88-77 (0pts)
Marty: Duke 77-70 (2pts)
McClain: NONE (0pts)
Murray: Duke 77-65 (0pts)
Oliver: Georgia Tech 78-76 (3pts)
Paulie: Duke 88-77 (0pts)
Princess G: Duke 69-65 (2pts)
Scott S: Duke 78-70 (0pts)
Scott T: Duke 81-73 (0pts)
Waders: Duke 76-70 (2pts)

(10) Connecticut (+4.5) @ (13) Georgetown

Actual Score: Georgetown 72-69
Predictions:
Brownie: NONE (0pts)
Butters: Georgetown 70-64 (1pts)
Carmen: Georgetown 71-69 (3pts)
Dave: Connecticut 69-65 (2pts)
Jeff: Georgetown 75-74 (3pts)
Kubatski: Georgetown 83-80 (5pts)
Kubatski III: Connecticut 78-75 (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: Connecticut 83-76 (2pts)
Marty: Connecticut 63-61 (2pts)
McClain: NONE (0pts)
Murray: Connecticut 73-69 (2pts)
Oliver: Georgetown 71-67 (3pts)
Paulie: Georgetown 71-66 (1pts)
Princess G: Georgetown 62-60 (3pts)
Scott S: Connecticut 85-80 (2pts)
Scott T: Connecticut 71-69 (2pts)
Waders: Georgetown 73-72 (3pts)


Sunday, January 10

(1) Kansas (-3.5) @ (14) Tennessee

Actual Score: Tennessee 76-68
Predictions:
Brownie: NONE (0pts)
Butters: Kansas 92-77 (0pts)
Carmen: Kansas 83-76 (0pts)
Dave: Kansas 77-70 (0pts)
Jeff: Kansas 89-81 (0pts)
Kubatski: Kansas 84-66 (0pts)
Kubatski III: Kansas 99-90 (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Kansas 90-81 (0pts)
Marty: Kansas 84-69 (0pts)
McClain: Kansas 82-70 (0pts)
Murray: Kansas 83-76 (0pts)
Oliver: Kansas 84-74 (0pts)
Paulie: Kansas 88-76 (0pts)
Princess G: Kansas 82-64 (0pts)
Scott S: Tennessee 84-71 (3pts)
Scott T: Kansas 84-72 (0pts)
Waders: Kansas 84-65 (0pts)