2001 NBA/NCAA PREDICTIONS

Below are the final NBA/NCAA playoff prediction results:
PREDICTOR                                 Tie TB NBA NBA NBA College College NCAA      
TEAM - SA Phil LA  Milw Mia Sac Dal Tor NY Utah Phx Ind Port Orl Char Minn   Break Miss Score PL Place Score & NBA Final Place  
WINS - 7 12 15 10 0 3 4 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 6 1                      
                                                     
Baker, John 1 2 6 4 5 3 7 8 12 9 11 15 10 16 14 13 136     780 9 9 375.5 1156 14 Baker, John  
Hamilton, Gerry 1 3 5 2 6 4 11 7 9 8 10 15 14 13 12 16 136 185   811 5 1 403.0 1214 3 Hamilton, Gerry  
Hammerstrom, Dick 4 2 6 1 7 3 9 12 8 5 11 15 13 14 10 16 136 191   796 7 17 310.5 1107 19 Hammerstrom, Dick  
Hensley, Phil 1 2 3 4 7 5 6 8 9 10 11 15 13 14 12 16 136 177   838 1 14 345.0 1183 11 Hensley, Phil  
Lang Randy 2 1 5 4 7 3 9 11 8 6 13 16 10 14 12 15 136 188   797 6 10 372.0 1169 12 Lang Randy  
Manzey, Al 4 2 1 3 7 5 9 11 8 6 13 16 10 15 14 12 136 202   825 4 8 378.0 1203 8 Manzey, Al  
Slagle, Jim (Ohio) 3 2 1 4 5 6 9 10 7 8 11 16 14 13 12 15 136 194   836 2 7 384.5 1221 2 Slagle, Jim (Ohio)  
Slagle, Nelson 3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 136 194   832 3 4 400.0 1232 1 Slagle, Nelson  
Thomas, Bob 1 2 5 4 8 3 9 6 11 7 14 10 12 13 16 15 136     796 8 16 312.0 1108 18 Thomas, Bob  
                                    Tot. 0 7311            
NCAA PREDICTORS THAT DIDN'T PREDICT NBA:                                   Avg. 0 812     0.0   NCAA PREDICTORS THAT DIDN'T PREDICT NBA:  
Carman, Nolie                                 0     812   5 398.5 1211 6 Carman, Nolie  
Moore, Fred                                 0     812   12 371.5 1184 9 Moore, Fred  
Moore, Tim                                 0     812   13 354.0 1166 13 Moore, Tim  
Bob Scholl                                 0     812   10 372.0 1184 9 Bob Scholl  
Slagle, Jerry                                 0     812   6 393.0 1205 7 Slagle, Jerry  
Hal Berger                                       812   19 300.0 1112 17 Hal Berger  
Wayne Geisler                                       812   18 303.0 1115 16 Wayne Geisler  
Rich Higgins                                       812   2 402.0 1214 4 Rich Higgins  
Ted Kaser                                       812   15 322.5 1135 15 Ted Kaser  
Blake Vasquez                                       812   3 401.0 1213 5 Blake Vasquez  
                                                       
Total 20 18 33 30 57 38 76 81 81 69 105 130 109 126 117 134   TOTAL 0     189 6898.0        
Average place 2.2 2 3.7 3.3 6.3 4.2 8.4 9 9 7.7 12 14 12 14 13 15   AVG 0   11 314        

RESULTS:  Charlotte over Miami 3-0, Lakers over Portland 3-0, Milwaukee over Orlando 3-1, SA over Minn 3-1, Sacramento over Phoenix 3-1, Philadelphia over Indiana 3-1, Dallas over Utah 3-2, Toronto over NY 3-2. 2nd Round: Lakers over Sacramento 4-0, San Antonio over Dallas 4-1, Milw over Charlotte 4-3 & Philly over Toronto 4-3.  3rd Round: Lakers over San Antonio 4-0.  Philly over Milwaukee 4-3. Finals:  Lakers over Philadelphia 4-1.
 
                                        HENS AND SLAG ARE CHAMPS
     Ex-California room mates Phil Hensley and Nelson Slagle won the 2001 basketball playoff predictions.  Phil won the NBA  portion while Nelson won the combined NBA/NCAA portion.  This was the first time in 23 tries that Nelson has won the      combined predicts.  Jim Slagle has won it 4 times and Phil Hensley 3 times.    Jim Slagle was 2nd in both 2001 contests.  
 
  PHIL HENSLEY NBA CHAMP AND SLAG IS NCAA/NBA PREDICTING CHAMP
      Although we still have the Philly-Lakers finals remaining, the predicting titles have been clinched.  Phil Hensley takes a 10 point lead into the finals and will win the NBA prediction contest.   Slag leads Gerry Hamilton by 1 point in the combined  NCAA/NBA contest but will increase the lead with each win by either team.    Al Manzey, Jim Slagle and Slag
each have the Lakers and Philly 1-2.
 
                  PHIL HENSLEY LEADS GERRY HAMILTON BY 12 IN NBA AFTER TWO ROUNDS
      Phil Hensley has 612 to Gerry Hamilton's 600 in the NBA picks after two rounds.  Gerry leads the combined                       picks 603 to 592 for Rick Higgins.  Nelson Slagle is the only one that can catch Gerry and that will take a
repeat Laker championship.  The NBA is wide open as four have the final four teams as there final four teams.
 
                             PHIL HENSLEY LEADS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND
     Phil Hensley leads Gerry Hamilton and Dick Hammerstrom by 6 points but only 9 points separates
the last 8 predictors.  It is a wide open race in the NBA and the NBA/NCAA combined contest which Gerry
Hamilton leads.   Phil Hensley rallied from the middle of the pack as both Dallas and Toronto won two
games this week to win their series.  Phil and Bob Thomas have their first 6 teams left.  John, Hammer, Jim and
and Nelson have 7 of their top 8 teams left. San Anotonio (4), Lakers (3), Milw (1) and Philly (1) all have been picked             to win it all - thus a wide open race.
 
                         DICK HAMMERSTROM GRABS EARLY LEAD IN NBA PREDICTS
     Dick Hammerstrom 76 leads Gerry Hamilton 74 and Jim Slagle 74 after one game in the NBA playoffs.  Lot of upsets!
 
                               SEVEN PICK SAN ANTONIO OR LAKERS
 Of the nine predictors picking the NBA playoffs, four have San Antonio, 3 the Lakers and one each
for Philadelphia and Milwaukee.  The lowest average placing as noted above was Philadelphia at 2.0, SA 2.2 and                      Milwaukee at 3.3.   Good luck to all - go Lakers!


Last Updated on 6/19/01
By Nelson Slagle
Email: neslagle@hotmail.com