FINAL 2000 BASKETBALL PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 16 ENDING APRIL 19, 2000

    Wk 16       CUM CUM CUM     WEEK 16 RECAP  
PL PREDICTOR SCORE W L   SCORE W L   GAME PRED. FINAL
1 Phil Hensley, Ret., Battelle, Col's  201 7 7   2832 142 81   NY-Bos L12 R3 85-112
2 Scott Brandenburg, Madison, Wis 212 6 8   2836 145 78   Clev-NJ L3 R13 111-108
3 Blake Vasquez, Brea, Calif  207 7 7   2844 141 82   Tor-Orl L7 R8 100-106
4 Baker, John, Ret. Battelle, Col's  188 8 6   2859 142 79   Mia-Char L6 R9 73-83
5 Dick Hammerstrom, Madison, Wisc 183 8 6   2863 139 84   Chic-Det L1 R14 91-112
6 Jerry Slagle, Santa Ana, Calif  210 7 7 2871 140 83   Atl-Ind L0 R15 92-111
7 Wayne Geisler, Mission Viejo, Calif  222 6 8   2891 139 84   Wash-Milw L0 R15 105-110
8 Jim Slagle, Marion, Ohio  185 8 6   2905 136 87   Dal-Minn L1 R14 113-107
9 Nelson Slagle, Ret. Boeing, SB, Calif 199 7 7   2936 137 86   LAL-SA L8 R6 98-103*
10 Gerry Hamilton, Baywood Park, Cal  183 8 6   2946 136 87   Vanc-Hou L1 R14 96-92
11 Tim Moore, Boeing, Seal Beach  229 6 8 2953 138 85   Den-Port L0 R15 96-95
12 Al Manzey, Ret. Boeing, Downey, Calif  143 11 3   2965 141 82   LAL-Sea L0 R15 114-106
13 Bob Scholl, Las Vegas, Nevada  209 8 6   2978 139 84   Sac-Utah L1 R14 86-95
14 Judy Nash, Miami, Florida  220 6 8   2989 133 90   Phx-GS L15 R0 99-88
15 Fred Moore, Boeing, Seal Beach  211 7 7   3005 135 88        
16 Bob Stanley, Madison, Wisconsin  222 6 8   3020 132 91        
17 Rick Higgins, Columbus, Ohio  257 5 9   3065 134 89   * Overtime    
                         
                    Won-Loss  %  
          Week Cum
  TOTAL 3481 121 117 49758 2349 1440 50.84% 62.00%  
  AVERAGE ** 205 7 7 2927 138 85  
  Odds 177 8 6 2835 140 83  
 
  WEEKS BEST PREDICTIONS
  Al Manzey - Dallas over Minn                      
  Gerry, Al & Jim S - Boston over NY
  Tim, Fred, Phil - Cleve over NJ
 
  PREDICTOR OF WEEK
  Al Manzey 143 11-3
 
                            PHIL HENSLEY IS 2000 CHAMP BY FOUR POINTS
      Phil Hensley won one of the closest races ever by edging Scott Brandenburg by 4 points
 and Blake Vasquez by 10 points.  The only game Phil and Scott disagreed on was Cleveland
 at New Jersey and Phil correctly picked underdog Cleveland to win.  Both incorrectly picked
 underdog New York and Toronto (yes, Boston and Orlando was favored).   Blake also picked
 the same two underdogs incorrectly but correctly picked the Spurs over the Lakers in an even
 game.   But it wasn't enough to catch Phil or Scott.
      Phil Hensley also won 1977 basketball and 1971 football.  Phil's last top five finish was in 1995
 when he finished 3rd.   Phil has predicted 98 seasons of baseball, football and basketball
 which is 9 more than third place John Baker at 89.  There have been 103 prediction seasons.
 Phil is also ranked 9th in basketball predicts all time and is 6th leading predictor in all time
 predicts.  None of the top four basketball predictors were in the top eight finishers this season.
      Al Manzey was predictor of the week beating runner up Hammer and Gerry Hamilton by 40
 points.  Al picked 3 more winners than anyone else and jumped from 17th to 12th in the process.
 Al correctly picked Boston, Cleveland and Dallas - great predicts Al!!
      Two veteran predictors had a late season dive and finished 16th and 17th.  Rick Higgins won 1999
 football and is last in 2000 basketball!  The 233 points between first and last is the lowest margin
 ever breaking the record of 298 set in 1998.
      The Odds were 14th after week nine but finished under average the last 7 weeks to move up to
 second if they would have been included in the standings!!
      Will revise final standings when Bob Scholl's predict is received in the mail.
      NBA predicts due before first game on Saturday, April 22nd.  Form is on my web site.
      Thanks to all who predicted, especially you that predicted via e-mail!

Last Updated on 5/6/00
By Nelson Slagle
Email: NESLAGLE@HOTMAIL.COM