Through the first 3 days of the state tournament, here's how I'm doing so far.
37-10 in Group I games
28-4 in Group II games
35-13 in Group III games
27-5 in Group IV games
8-3 in Non-Public A games
6-2 in Non-Public B games
32-11 in last nights games
141-37 overall
In the conference tournaments, I turned things around a bit from the prior day going 4-2.
1-1 Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals
3-1 Patriot League Quarterfinals
4-2 Overall
Here are my picks for tonight. There's a lot of great action going on in Group IV with some South Jersey rivalries as well as games like Linden-Union. So between that and the conference tourneys ready getting into full swing tonight should make for a great day of ball.
North I, Group II(Spreads according to Born Power Index)
#1 Hopatcong-1.5 over #8 Pequannock
#4 Mahwah-10 over #5 River Dell
#3 Elmwood Park-13.5 over #6 Glen Rock
#2 Indian Hils-19 over #10 Dumont
North II, Group II
#8 Newark Tech-11.5 over #1 Madison
#5 Garfield-6 over #4 Lodi
#6 Caldwell-1.5 over #14 Fort Lee
#15 Science Park-9.5 over #7 Chatham
Central, Group II
#1 Willingboro-7 over #8 Snyder
#5 Manasquan-15.5 over #4 Middlesex
#3 Shabazz-15 over #11 Raritan
#7 Rumson-9.5 over #2 Spotswood
South, Group II
#1 Collingswood-12.5 over #8 Bridgeton
#5 Middle Twp.-2 over #13 Camden
#3 Audubon-4.5 over #11 Buena
#2 Haddon Heights-2.5 over #10 Haddonfield
North I, Group IV(Spreads according to Born Power Index)
#9 East Orange-5 over #1 Passaic
#5 West Orange-4 over #13 Montclair
#3 North Bergen-11.5 over #6 Union City
#2 Paterson Kennedy+1 over #10 Passaic Tech
North II, Group IV
#1 Plainfield-20.5 over #9 Piscataway
#4 Ridge-3.5 over #5 Bayonne
#3 Linden-8.5 over #6 Union
#2 Hillsborough-16 over #10 Dickinson
Central, Group IV
#1 Monroe+1 over #8 Colts Neck
#5 Rancocas Valley-3.5 over #4 Montgomery
#3 East Brunswick-2.5 over #11 North Brunswick
#15 HowellPK over #10 Marlboro
South, Group IV
#1 Cherokee-12 over #8 Williamstown
#12 Lenape-2 over #4 Winslow
#3 Washington Twp.-9 over #6 Atlantic City
#10 Cherry Hill East-7.5 over #2 Shawnee
Non-Public B
#1 Paterson Catholic-28.5 over #8 Morristown-Beard
#5 Dwight-Englewood+6 over #13 St. Mary's (J.C.)
#3 Montclair Kimberley-4.5 over #11 St. Mary's (Elizabeth)
#2 St. Anthony-29.5 over #7 Gill St. Bernard's
#1 Trenton Catholic-24 over #9 St. Rose
#4 Mater Dei-16 over #5 Timothy Christian
#3 Cardinal McCarrick-13 over #6 Wildwood Catholic
#2 Gloucester Catholic-9.5 over #10 Holy Cross
Clearly as you can tell, I think there will be very few upsets tonight. At this point is when you start to see the more dominant teams and teams with a little more consistency which is why I'm picking so many higher seeds to win, plus there's a number of mismatches in games such as Paterson Catholic and St. Anthony or in the Plainfield-Piscataway game. Now on to my college picks.
There's still 2 games from the Atlantic Sun which I picked yesterday.
Big South Semifinals
#1 Coastal Carolina over #4 UNC-Asheville
#2 Radford over #3 Winthrop
Missouri Valley Conference Opening Round
#9 Southern Illinois over #8 Drake
#7 Missouri State over #10 Evansville
Northeast Conference Quarterfinals
#8 Monmouth over #1 Quinnipiac
#2 Robert Morris over #7 Central Connecticut State
#3 Mount St. Mary's over #6 St. Francis (PA)
#5 Fairleigh Dickinson over #4 Long Island
I'll be back tomorrow with sectional semifinal predictions as well as my quarterfinal predictions for Non-Public A. In addition, the America East, Atlantic Sun, Colonial, Horizon, MAAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Southern and West Coast Conference tournaments are all underway. Stop back then for more picks. Just letting everyone know who enjoys watcing college ball that there is a pick'em game at ESPN.com for next week's conference tournament games. I'd imagine you'd pick the championships of the smaller leagues liek the West Coast Conference or the MAAC in addition to picking quarterfinal games and stuff for the bigger Tournaments early rounds.
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