2011 BASKETBALL PREDICTION RECAP
       BEST  SECOND BEST    WORST AVER-
WK PREDICTOR POINTS PREDICTOR  POINTS PREDICTOR POINTS AGE
1 Blake Vasquez 162 Gerry Hamilton 168 Ted Carman 268 203
2 Dick Hammerstrom 148 Bob Thomas 157 Ted Carman 220 173
3 Dick Hammerstrom 166 Bob Thomas 170 Ted Carman 253 212
4 Gerry Hamilton 154 Bob Scholl  162 Bob Stanley 220 187
5 Ted Carman  137 Phil Hensley 143 Al Manzey 220 177
6 Jim Slagle 116 Gerry Hamilton 129 Bob Thomas 178 153
7 Gerry Hamilton 155 Bob Thomas 160 Phil Hensley 210 185
8 Nelson Slagle 166 Gerry Hamilton 175 Bob Stanley 237 191
9 Ted Carman  152 Hammer & Vasquez 179 Bob Thomas 228 197
10 Phil Hensley 164 Gerry Hamilton 170 Blake Vasquez 275 207
11 Nelson Slagle 100 Bob Scholl  109 Ted Carman 170 139
12 Nelson Slagle 108 Al Manzey 113 Ted Carman 189 149
13 Gerry Hamilton 187 Nelson Slagle 195 Bob Scholl 259 220
14 Dick Hammerstrom 162 Jim Slagle 174 Blake Vasquez 242 203
            GERRY HAMILTON POW 3 TIMES AND 2ND BEST PREDICTOR 3 TIMES
      During Gerry Hamilton's march to the 2011 Basketball Prediction  title, he was Predictor of the Week                                                                                                                                                                                      
3 times and he was the 2nd best predictor of the week 3 times.  Dick Hammerstrom and Nelson Slagle were also
POW 3 times each and Ted Carman was POW twice
      Gerry and Bob Thomas were each 2nd best predictor of the week 3 times.  That gives Bob 9 2nd best predictions
in the last 2 years.   Bob Scholl was the 2nd best predictor twice.  
     Ted Carman had the years best week when he beat the 2nd best predictor by 27 points. and the average by 45 points
in week 9. Dick Hammerstrom beat the average by the most, 46 points in week 3.
 
   TOP 5 PREDICTORS EACH HALF SEASON
       FIRST 7 WEEKS        LAST 7 WEEKS
PL PREDICTOR SCORE PREDICTOR SCORE
1 Gerry Hamilton 1183 Nelson Slagle 1229
2 Dick Hammerstrom 1193 Phil Hensley 1229
3 Jim Slagle 1202 Gerry Hamilton 1234
4 Nelson Slagle 1270 Dick Hammerstrom 1270
5 Bob Scholl 1272 Jim Slagle 1274
     
                                       GERRY HAMILTON BEST 1ST HALF, HENS & SLAG BEST 2ND HALF
     Gerry Hamilton was the leading predictor for the first 7 weeks and Phil Hensley and Nelson Slagle tied for best predictor
the 2nd half of the season. The first 4 predictors the the first half of the season were also in the top 5 the last 7 weeks.
     Blake Vasquez led at the end of week 1, Nelson led after week 2, Dick Hammerstrom led after weeks 3 thru week 6, and
Gerry Hamilton led after weeks 7 through week 14.
 
CALIFORNIA PREDICTORS WIN STATE PREDICTION TITLE
    California's four predictors finished with an average place of 5.40 to beat Wisconsin's three predictors who averaged 6.33
place and the four predictors from other states who averaged 6.25 place.
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