Wednesday, March 3, 2010

2nd Round Picks for Group I, III and Non-Public A in the State Basketball Tournament, Patriot League and Atlantic Sun Quarterfinal Picks

I'm having trouble finding 3 of the games, but if I were to have gotten all three of those correct, here is my record through 2 days.
28-4 in Group II games
28-4 in Group IV games
6-2 in Non-Public B games
62-10 in last nights games
110-25 overall

I didn't do as well picking the conference tournament games. I went with some upsets as I normally do...probably too much and it didn't work out for me this time.

3-1 Big South Quarterfinals
2-2 Ohio Valley Quarterfinals
2-2 Horizon League First Round
7-5 Overall

Here's my picks for tonight in the 2nd round of the NJSIAA Basketball Tournament as well as my picks for tonight's games over in the Atlantic Sun and Patriot League Tournament where the quarterfinals are starting. Particularly in the Public Schools tonight there's some great matchups and games no one expected such as Ocean Township and Hopewell Valley, both of whom are seeded 11th and 14th. Non-Public A gets underway tonight too with a couple solid opening round matchups between Holy Spirit-Paul VI, St. John Vianney-St. Augustine and Bergen Catholic-Immaculata.

North I, Group I(Spreads according to Born Power Index)
#1 Boonton-8.5 over #9 Verona
#4 Wood-Ridge+9.5 over #12 Midland Park
#3 Palisades Park-2.5 over #11 Saddle Brook
#2 Cresskill-19 over #7 Becton

North II, Group I
#1 University-26 over #9 Whippany Park
#4 Dayton-19 over #12 North Arlington
#3 Newark Central-19.5 over #11 Bloomfield Tech
#2 High Tech-21 over #7 Harrison

Central, Group I
#8 Dunellen+3 over #1 South Hunterdon
#4 Metuchen-6 over #5 Bound Brook
#3 Asbury Park-17.5 over #11 South River
#7 Florence-3.5 over #2 Academy Charter

South, Group I
#1 Pitman-19 over #9 Gloucester City
#5 Point Pleasant Beach-3.5 over #4 Burlington City
#6 Penns Grove-12.5 over #3 New Egypt
#2 Paulsboro+2 over #7 Woodbury

North I, Group III(Spreads according to Born Power Index)
#8 West Milford-3 over #1 Tenafly
#4 Teaneck-14 over #5 Jefferson
#3 Passaic Valley-3.5 over #6 Wayne Valley
#2 Old Tappan-6.5 over #7 Northern Highlands

North II, Group III
#1 Mendham-8.5 over #8 Morristown
#4 Newark East Side-15.5 over #12 Warren Hills
#6 New Brunswick-4.5 over #14 Carteret
#2 Millburn-6 over #7 West Morris

Central, Group III
#8 Long Branch+2.5 over #1 Freehold Borough
#5 Lakewood-3 over #4 Monmouth Regional
#14 Hopewell Valley-6.5 over #11 Ocean Twp.
#2 Ewing-7 over #7 Neptune

South, Group III
#1 Kingsway-9 over #8 Pemberton
#12 Moorestown+2.5 over #4 Ocean City
#3 Point Pleasant Boro+1 over #6 Burlington Township
#2 Lower Cape May-6.5 over #7 Timber Creek

Non-Public A
#8 Immaculata+3 over #9 Bergen Catholic
#5 Delbarton-5.5 over #12 Union Catholic
#4 Paramus Catholic-34 over #13 Pingry
#3 St. Peter's Prep-32.5 over #14 Pope John
#6 DePaul-11 over #11 Hudson Catholic
#10 Don Bosco Prep-9 over #7 Roselle Catholic
#2 St. Joe's (Montvale)-33 over #15 Morris Catholic

#8 Paul VI-5.5 over #9 Holy Spirit
#12 Red Bank Catholic+28 over Christian Brothers Academy lol We can only hope haha. Seriously though, CBA by 45.
#6 Bishop Eustace-25 over #11 Notre Dame
#10 St. John Vianney+5.5 over #7 St. Augustine

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinal Predictions
#1 Lipscomb over #8 Kennesaw State
#5 ETSU over #4 Campbell
#3 Belmont over #6 Mercer
#2 Jacksonville over #7 North Florida

Patriot League Quarterfinal Predictions
#1 Lehigh over #8 Army
#4 American over #5 Navy
#2 Bucknell over #7 Holy Cross
#3 Lafayette over #6 Colgate

That completes my predictions for tonight. The second round of high school games continue tomorrow with the Group IV schools in action once again as well as the tournament debut of Paterson Catholic and St. Anthony. The conference tournaments are in full swing as well with the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Missouri Valley and Northeast Conference Tournaments all in action. Hopefully Monmouth can pull out the upset tomorrow night and I'll be back tomorrow with more picks.

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