2006 BIG TEN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PREDICTS
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Wins JB AC DH PH BK RL JS NS BSc BS BT Place
OSU 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1.45 OSU
Illinois 0 2 5 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 6 2.45 Illinois
Mich St 2 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 1 3.91 Mich St
Michigan 0 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 4 6 6 3 5.73 Michigan
Wisconsin 0 7 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 4 5 8 5.64 Wisconsin
Iowa 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 6 5 3 4 3.55 Iowa
Northwest 0 9 8 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 10 5 8.09 Northwest
Indiana 1 5 1 4 3 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 5.73 Indiana
Penn St 1 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 10 9 9 9.00 Penn St
Minnesota 1 8 10 10 11 10 9 10 10 9 8 11 9.64 Minnesota
Purdue 0 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10.82 Purdue
   
 
   Total 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
SCORING:
JB AC DH PH BK RL JS NS BSc BS BT  
OSU 22 20 22 20 22 20 22 22 22 20 20 OSU
Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Illinois
Mich St 16 16 14 12 14 16 16 18 18 16 22 Mich St
Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michigan
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin
Iowa 27 27 27 24 30 27 27 18 21 27 24 Iowa
Northwest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northwest
Indiana 7 11 8 9 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 Indiana
Penn St 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 Penn St
Minnesota 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 1 Minnesota
Purdue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Purdue
  Total 78 79 76 69 78 75 75 67 70 75 75
Place 2 1 4 10 2 5 5 11 9 5 5
JB AC DH PH BK RL JS NS BSc BS BT  
Predictors:  JB- John Baker, AC- Andrew Coates,  DH- Dick Hammerstrom, PH-
Phil Hensley,RK- Bob Koller, RL- Randy Lang, JS- Jim Slagle, Ohio, NS- Nelson
Slagle, BSc - Bob Scholl, BS- Bob Stanley, and BT- Bob Thomas
 
RESULTS:   
Thursday: Penn State over NW, Minnesota over Mich, Mich St over Purdue
Friday:  OSU over Penn State, Indiana over Wisconsin, Michigan St over Illinois
Saturday:  Iowa 53 Michigan State 48, Ohio State 52  Indiana 51
Sunday: Finals - Iowa 68  Ohio State 60
ANDREW COATES BIG TEN TOURNEY PREDICTION CHAMP
     Andrew Coates had 79 points to edge John Baker and Bob Koller by a single
point in the 2006 Big Ten tourney predictions.  Andrew's key team
was Indiana who he had 2 places higher than anyone else.  
     Bob Koller had won the last 3 Big Ten tourney predicts thus in 4 years of
predicting, Bob is 1, 1, 1, and 2!!  The other consistent Big Ten tourney predictor
is Nelson Slagle who finished last for the 3rd time in 5 years of Big Ten Tournament
predictions.