Group Semifinal Predictions in Groups II, IV and Non-Public B and Conference Tournament Predictions

Another good night for me going 4-1 predicting the games. The only game I lost was Lakewood, who lost to Kingsway. Tonight is the perennial marquee game of the season and that's when the top 2 Non-Public B teams face off so it's usually St. Ant's-Paterson Catholic, St. Ant's-St. Pat's, or St. Pat's-Paterson Cathoic. Because St. Pat's was banned from the state tournament this year, St. Ant's and Paterson Catholic had a very easy route to play each other. Nontheless, both are very good teams. St. Ant's was ranked 18th in the nation in this week's USA Today and Paterson Catholic was ranked 6th. It should be a great game. There are a couple other good matchups tonight but all eyes will be on the RAC for that game and a nice appetizer before that in Seton Hall Prep-St. Peter's Prep. You have 4 teams in the top 8 in the state playing to advance in the tournament. It should be a great night over there. Here's how I'm doing through last night. After tonight, the field goes down from 18 to 12. After Saturday 12 to 10, after Sunday 10 to 6. At that point, they reseed for the Tournament of Champions which starts next week.

45-16 in Group I games
51-9 in Group II games
43-19 in Group III games
44-16 in Group IV games
17-7 in Non-Public A games
18-3 in Non-Public B games
4-1 in last nights games
218-70 overall

Here are my predictions for tonight.

North I vs. North II, Group II
#15 Science Park-4.5 over #8 Pequannock

Central vs. South, Group II
#3 Shabazz-6 over #1 Collingswood

North I vs. North II, Group IV
#1 Plainfield-3 over #9 East Orange

Central vs. South, Group IV
#1 Cherokee-3.5 over #4 Montgomery

Non-Public A North
#3 St. Peter's Prep-9.5 over #1 Seton Hall Prep

Non-Public B North
#2 St. Anthony-15 over #1 Paterson Catholic

Over on the collegiate side, there's no championships to be decided today, but there's a hell of a lot of ball being played today lol. If I can, I'll blog tomorrow morning if not, hopefully I'll be able to some point later in the day because I will be down in Atlantic City watching the early sessin of the Atlantic 10 tournament. The first game is St. Bonaventure vs. Temple and the second game which Im looking forward to a lot because it features two teams squarely on the bubble and that is St. Louis-Rhode Island. There's a lot of great games today starting with the Georgetown-Syracuse game at noon. Here's my record through last night.

5-1 America East(Up to Semis)
4-3 Atlantic Sun
2-2 Atlantic 10 First Round
4-4 Big East Second Round
2-3 Big Sky
4-3 Big South
3-1 Big 12 First Round
2-0 Big West First Round
8-3 Colonial Athletic Association
4-0 Conference USA First Round
5-4 Horizon League
7-2 Metro Atlantic
4-0 Mid-American First Round
5-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference(Halfway through Quarters)
6-3 Missouri Valley
0-1 Mountain West First Round
4-3 Northeast
4-3 Ohio Valley
1-0 Pac-10 First Round
5-1 Patriot League(Up to Semis)
9-2 Southern Conference
3-1 Southland Conference First Round
7-0 Summit League
8-4 Sun Belt
1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference First Round
5-2 West Coast
19-8 in last nights games
112-47 Overall

Now onto my predictions for today.

Atlantic Coast First Round
#8 Boston College over #9 Virginia
#5 Wake Forest over #12 Miami
#7 Georgia Tech over #10 North Carolina
#6 Clemson over #11 NC State

Big East Quarterfinals
#8 Georgetown over #1 Syracuse
#4 Villanova over #5 Marquette
#2 Pittsburgh over #7 Notre Dame
#3 West Virginia over #11 Cincinnati

Big Ten First Round
#8 Michigan over #9 Iowa
#7 Northwestern over #10 Indiana
#6 Minnesota over #11 Penn State

Big 12 Quarterfinals
#1 Kansas over #9 Texas Tech
#4 Texas A&M over #12 Nebraska
#2 Kansas State over #7 Oklahoma State
#3 Baylor over #6 Texas

Big West Quarterfinals
#3 Long Beach State over #6 Cal Poly
#5 Cal State Fullerton over #4 UC Davis

Conference USA Quarterfinals
#2 Memphis over #7 Houston
#3 UAB over #6 Southern Miss
#5 Tulsa over #4 Marshall
#1 UTEP over #9 UCF

Mid American Quarterfinals
#1 Kent State over #9 Ohio
#5 Buffalo over #4 Miami(Ohio)
#2 Central Michigan over #7 Western Michigan
#3 Akron over #6 Eastern Michigan

Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Quarterfinals
#3 South Carolina State over #6 Maryland Eastern Shore
#5 Hampton over #4 Norfolk State

Mountain West Quarterfinals
#1 New Mexico over #9 Air Force
#4 San Diego State over #5 Colorado State
#2 Brigham Young over #7 Texas Christian
#3 UNLV over #6 Utah

Pac-10 Quarterfinals
#4 Arizona over #5 UCLA
#1 California over #8 Oregon
#3 Arizona State over #6 Stanford
#2 Washington over #7 Oregon State

Southeastern Conference First Round
#W4 Alabama over #E5 South Carolina
#E3 Tennessee over #W6 LSU
#E4 Florida over #W5 Auburn
#W3 Arkansas over #E6 Georgia

Southland Conference Semifinals
#2 Stephen F. Austin over #3 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
#1 Sam Houston State over #4 Southeastern Louisiana

SWAC Tournament Quarterfinals
#3 Alabama State over #6 Alabama A&M
#5 Texas Southern over #4 Prairie View A&M

Western Athletic Quarterfinals
#1 Utah State over #8 Boise State
#4 Louisiana Tech over #5 Fresno State
#2 Nevada over #7 Idaho
#3 New Mexico State over #6 San Jose State

So those are all my predictions for today. Hopefully, I'll be able to get on for my picks tomorrow. It's an off day between the Group Semifinals and the Gorup Finals on Saturday and Sunday, so tomorrow will be a predominant college basketball day as tomorrow begins the quarterfinal and semifinal round in almost all of the ongoing tournaments.