FINAL 2011  NCAA PREDICTION RESULTS    Tie   2011 NIT  
      NCAA    Bon- 4th Total   Break.  
PREDICTOR Kan Mich Ut Geo Van W us se-   Bonus Round College Final Total   Was St Mo LB Mur Wit Ok  
                 TEAM - OSU Kan Duk Pit NC ND SDS Fla Pur BYU Con Syr Ky Wis Tx LV St Az StJ Was Xv St Gon St Twn Cinc Blt Va Rich But team ed Wins Score Score Score Place Pts                  TEAM -   TEAM -- Col Ala BC VaT St Mar NW S Cal Day St St Fair. St St Utep score FINAL %
                 WINS - 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 6 1 4 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 5                    WINS -   WINS - -  3 4 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 PLACE Placing
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Carman, Ted 1 2 3 9 10 7 12 6 14 16 8 5 15 13 4 11 136 Penn St 10 0 0.0 297 297.0 3 160 4 Carman, Ted 1 2 3 4 24 3 Carman, Ted
Coates, Andrew 3 9 1 7 6 13 5 10 16 2 4 12 11 8 15 14 136 Purdue 3 1 1.5 232 233.5 13 141 12 Coates, Andrew 3 1 2 4 3 8 Coates, Andrew
Hamilton, Gerry 1 2 3 6 8 5 7 4 12 11 14 9 13 10 15 16 136   Richmond 12 2 12.0 282 294.0 5 145 1 Hamilton, Gerry 3 1 4 2 26 2 Hamilton, Gerry
Hammerstrom, Dick 1 3 7 2 6 8 5 9 4 11 14 13 10 12 15 16 136 Florida  2 3 3.0 245 248.0 12 138 11 Hammerstrom, Dick 1 2 4 3 19 4 Hammerstrom, Dick
  0 0.0 0 0.0            
Hensley, Phil 1 2 6 4 9 5 10 15 14 8 3 7 11 13 12 16 136 Notre Dame 2 1 1.0 320 321.0 1 139 2 Hensley, Phil     Hensley, Phil
Higgins, Rick 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 12 15 9 7 16 14 10 13 11 136 Utah St 12 0 0.0 308 308.0 2 143 3 Higgins, Rick     Higgins, Rick
Manzey, Al 1 2 3 10 8 6 11 15 4 9 13 12 5 14 7 16 136 Wofford 14 0 0.0 284 284.0 8 144 7 Manzey, Al 1 2 3 4 17 6 Manzey, Al
Scholl, Bob 1 2 3 4 6 13 8 7 9 12 11 5 15 10 14 16 136 Richm 12 2 12.0 269 281.0 9 142 9 Scholl, Bob     Scholl, Bob
Slagle, Jim 'Cal' 1 9 6 7 12 14 13 4 8 10 16 3 2 15 11 5 136 Utah St 12 0 0.0 199 199.0 14 138 13 Slagle, Jim 'Cal'     Slagle, Jim 'Cal'
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 1 2 4 3 5 10 9 12 6 7 8 11 16 15 13 14 136 Mich St 10 0 0.0 294 294.0 4 144 5 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 2 3 1 4 16 7 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'
Slagle, Nelson  1 2 5 3 7 6 4 8 9 10 11 12 16 13 14 15                               136   Mich St 10 0 0.0 287 287.0 7 147 6   Slagle, Nelson  2 4 3 1                             19 4     Slagle, Nelson 
Stanley, Bob 5 4 3 7 13 2 9 6 12 11 10 8 1 15 14 16 136 Kentucky 4 4 8.0 280 288.0 6 144 2 Stanley, Bob     Stanley, Bob
Thomas, Bob 3 2 1 4 11 10 9 6 12 14 15 5 7 13 8 16   136 Mich St 10 0 0.0 272 272.0 10 182 7 Thomas, Bob 1 3 4 2 30 1 Thomas, Bob
Vasquez, Blake 3 1 5 4 8 7 2 6 10 14 16 9 12 13 11 15 136 Utah St 12 0 0.0 263 263.0 11 125 10 Vasquez, Blake   Vasquez, Blake
  0
Predicted First    9    2    2 1 ####    
Predicted top 4 11 11 8 7 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Average 276.4 TEAM Was St Mo LB Mur Wit Ok
                 TEAM - Pt team ed Wins Score Score Score Place                  TEAM -     Col Ala BC VaT St Mar NW S Cal Day St St Fair. St St Utep  
Average Placing 1.8 3.1 3.8 4.8 7.7 7.7  
0 Pt team ed Wins Score Score Score Place Pts                  TEAM -      
SCORING: SCORING
Carman, Ted 0 16 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Carman, Ted
Carman, Ted 32 45 28 8 21 10 10 33 3 2 54 12 8 0 0 0 13 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297 Carman, Ted Coates, Andrew 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Coates, Andrew
Coates, Andrew 28 24 32 0 0 10 22 0 0 0 24 12 28 0 1 0 13 15 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 232 Coates, Andrew Hamilton, Gerry 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Hamilton, Gerry
Hamilton, Gerry 32 45 28 11 27 12 20 39 5 12 0 3 32 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 282 Hamilton, Gerry Hammerstrom, Dick 12 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Hammerstrom, Dick
Hammerstrom, Dick 32 42 20 15 33 9 24 0 8 26 0 6 12 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 245 Hammerstrom, Dick   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Hensley, Phil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hensley, Phil
Hensley, Phil 32 45 22 13 24 12 14 6 3 18 84 10 24 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320 Hensley, Phil Higgins, Rick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Higgins, Rick
Higgins, Rick 30 48 28 13 36 11 18 15 0 4 48 0 40 2 3 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308 Higgins, Rick Manzey, Al 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 17 Manzey, Al
Manzey, Al 32 45 28 7 0 9 22 18 2 26 48 0 16 0 0 0 12 9 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 284 Manzey, Al Scholl, Bob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scholl, Bob
Scholl, Bob 32 45 28 13 33 4 18 0 10 0 48 5 24 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 269 Scholl, Bob Slagle, Jim 'Cal' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slagle, Jim 'Cal'
Slagle, Jim 'Cal' 32 24 22 10 15 3 8 39 9 0 0 7 4 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 199 Slagle, Jim 'Cal' Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 0 12 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 32 45 26 14 36 7 16 15 11 20 54 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 294 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' Slagle, Nelson  9 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Slagle, Nelson 
Slagle, Nelson  32 45 24 14 30 11 26 27 8 14 36 5 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 Slagle, Nelson  Stanley, Bob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stanley, Bob
Stanley, Bob 24 39 28 10 12 15 16 33 5 0 36 7 36 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 Stanley, Bob Thomas, Bob 12 8 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Thomas, Bob
Thomas, Bob 28 45 32 13 18 7 16 33 5 6 12 12 40 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 Thomas, Bob Vasquez, Blake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vasquez, Blake
Vasquez, Blake 28 48 24 13 27 10 30 33 0 0 42 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 263 Vasquez, Blake 0
        Was St Mo LB Mur Wit Ok  
                 TEAM -              Score Place Pts                  TEAM -   TEAM -- Col Ala BC VaT St Mar NW S Cal Day St St Fair. St St Utep   Final
PHIL HENSLEY RIDES CONNECTICUT TO 2011 NCAA PREDICTION TITLE
      Phil Hensley picked the NCAA Champ Connecticut 3rd, 5 spots higher than anyone else and ended up winning the NCAA 2011 predictions BOB THOMAS WINS 2011 NIT PREDICTS NY 4 POINTS OVER GERRY HAMILTON
by 12 points over runner-up Rick Higgins.  The four top predictors (Ted Carman was 3rd and Jim W. Slagle 4th) all had Connecticut in their top       Bob Thomas beat Gerry Hamilton 30-26 in the NIT predicts with Ted Carman finishing 3rd. All four of Bob's
9 teams.  Gerry Hamilton looked to have a lock on the predicts after the first 2 rounds, but didn't have Connecticut in his 16 teams and sank to 5th. teams won at least one game and three won at least 3 games.  Wichita State beat Alabama in the finals. Al
This is the first half of the NCAA/NBA playoff predicts.  The NBA playoffs start late next week.   Manzey was the only predictor to pick Wichita in his 4 teams and he picked them 2nd. Ted and Gerry both had
     Connecticut won the ugly finals 53-41 over Butler that shot an all time finals low of 19%.  Nine players shot and 3-11 was the best shooter!  Alabama as their 1st pick and they finished 2nd and 3rd.
Connecticut shot 34% and was 1 for 11 on 3 pointers.  Ironically, the Big East league took some heat for not doing well in the tourney,  but the
champ is a member of the Big East. They won the Big East tourney by winning 5 games in five days.   BOB THOMAS CLINCHES NIT WITH THREE GAMES REMAINING
     Blake's 125 tie breaker guess came closest to the 94 points scored in the finals.      Bob Thomas clinched the NIT Prediction title for 2011 with 4 teams remaining in the tournament.
Bob is leading with 28 points to 22 for runner up Gerry Hamilton.  Bob is the only predictor with three teams
HAMILTON 294, HENSLEY 293 HIGGINS 292 IN THREE WAY BATTLE left and he has them 1-2-3.  The semi-finals match pit Colorado vs Alabama in a battle of one seeds while 2nd
All of the upsets reduces the predicts to whom picked Kentucky and Connecticut.  Phil and Rick have the highest picks for those two teams seed Washington State plays 4th seeded Wichita State in the other semi finals.  Bob is the only predictor
and reduced what I thought was Gerry's insurmountable lead to only one or two points.  If Connecticut beats Kentucky, Phil will win this half of with Washington State in their top 4 and has them 2nd.  Al Manzey is the only predictor to have Wichita in their top 4.  
the predictions as he has Conn 3rd and no one else has higher than 8th.  If Kentucky wins next game and loses in finals than Rick and Gerry Five have Alabama in their top 4 with Ted Carman and Gerry Hamilton having them 1st.  Four have Colorado
will tie with decider being tiebreaker.  If Kentucky wins title than Rick wins NCAA contest by 2 points.  No one picked VMU  to win 5 straight in their top 4 with Bob Thomas having them 1st.
games as the underdog.  Only Andrew picked Butler and has them 14th.  Stanley is only one with wildcard team left - Kentucky.
FOUR TIED WITH PERFECT 10 POINTS AFTER FIRST FOUR GAMES OF 2011 NIT PREDICTS
GERRY HAMILTON LEADS NCAA BY 13 POINTS OVER PHIL HENSLEY       Gerry Hamilton, Dick Hammerstrom, Bob Thomas and Nelson Slagle all have a perfect score of 10
     Gerry Hamilton took a 13 point lead after two rounds of the 2011 NCAA Tourney over Phil Hensley and may have mathematically clinched the. points after the first round of the 2011 NIT tournament as all four of their teams won their first game. 
title.   Phil has 10 teams remaining while Gerry, Jim 'Ohio' and Nelson have 9 of their teams left.  Gerry and Al are only predictors      The 8 predictors picked 16 different teams in their top 4 with 11 of the teams winning fheir first game.
with their top 4 teams left.  Sixteen teams left.  No one picked Marquette, VCU or Florida State in their top 16 and only one predictor  Virginia Tech (6) and Alabama (5) are the teams most often in a predictors four.   Colorado, Alabama and 
picked Richmond and Butler.  Gerry and Cap have their wildcard team left (Richmond) and have picked up an extra 12 points thus far. St. Marys were each listed as a preidctors top team twice.  St. Marys lost their first game to Kent St 71-70.
Bob Stanley and Dick also have their wildcard teams left.
GERRY HAMILTON LEADS PHIL HENSLEY BY 4 POINTS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND ANDREW COATES WIN NIT IN ROMP - DAYTON BEAT NORTH CAROLINA IN NIT FINALS
     Gerry Hamilton leads Phil Hensley after the first round of the NCAA tournament by 4 points.  Ten points separate the first ten       Andrew Coates beat runner up Bob Thomas by 12 points to win the NIT prediction for 2010.  This is the
predictors.  Gerry and Cap Scholl have the best wild card, Richmond and have picked up an added 6 points.  Gerry, Phil, Dick Hammerstrom, 5th different winner in the last 5 years.  Andrew was only predictor to have Dayton in his top 4
Jim 'Ohio' Slagle, Nelson Slagle, Ted Carman  and Bob Thomas all have 15 of their 16 teams left.      Jim Slagle leads Gerry Hamilton in cum predicts as noted at bottom of this section.
NINE OF 14 PREDICTORS PICK BUCKEYES TO WIN NCAA TOURNAMENT ANDREW COATES WRAPS UP NIT PREDICTS AFTER 3 ROUNDS
     Nine of 14 predictors picked Ohio State to win the NCAA.  Two predictors picked Kansas and Duke and one picked Texas.  Twelve teams made one       Andrew Coates leads Bob Thomas by 6 with 4 teams remaining: Mississippi, Rhode Island, Dayton and
of the predictors top 4 but no team made the top 4 more than twice except the four #1 seeded teams.  Six teams made all 14 predictors top 16. North Carolina. Andrew is the only one to pick RI and Dayton and he has them 1-2.  Bob has Mississippi
     Three picked Michigan State as their wildcard team and 2 picked Richmond and Utah St.  The other 7 predictors picked 7 different team. 1st and Andrew 3rd and three others have 3rd and 4th.  No one picked North Carolina.
     Eleven of 14 picked tiebreaker (points in finals) between 138 and 147.
SIX HAVE PERFECT 10 AFTER 1ST ROUND OF 2010 NIT TOURNEY
BOB SCHOLL WINS 2010 NCAA PREDICTIONS BY 14 POINTS OVER GERRY HAMILTON      Six of ten NIT predictors have a perfect 10 after the first round games. and 3 of the remaining 4 have
     Bob Scholl totaled 371 points to win the 2010 NCAA Predictions, the first half of the NCAA/NBA playoff predictions.  Gerry Hamilton was 2nd with 357 points 8 or 9.  Four picked Illinois to win tourney and 2 picked Mississippi State.   Eleven of the 14 teams picked 
and Jim Slagle finished 3rd with 339 points.  It will be difficult to catch Bob for the overall prediction title.  Gerry is the only predictor with much of a chance to catch Bob. as a top 4 finisher by the 10 predictors won their first game.
      Bob Thomas was the only predictor to pick Duke to win the tournament.  Duke beat Butler 61-59 in the finals.  Bob Scholl had Butler the highest (8th).   Eight 
predictors had Duke in their top 3.  Only 6 predictors had Butler in their top `16 with Gerry having them 12th, the best outside of Bob.   PENN STATE WINS 2009 NIT - GERRY HAMILTON WINS PREDICTION
      Dick Hammerstrom had the best prediction for total points in the finals.  He missed the total of 120 by 6 points.  Nelson was 2nd best but missed by 21 points.        Penn State defeated Baylor 69-63 to win the NIT tourney.  Gerry Hamilton won the predicts by 6 points over
Blake Vasquez.  Gerry also won in 2004.  Jim and Nelson Slagle have also won twice in 7 years of NIT predicts.
BOB SCHOLL CLINCHES 2010 NCCA PREDICTS Randy Lang won the first NIT predicts in 2003.  
       Bob Scholl is 7 points ahead of Gerry Hamilton and has clinched the 2010 NCAA predictions, the first part of the NCAA/NBA Playoffs.  Best predicts on four teams remaining are:      At the bottom of this column are the cum results for the NIT predicts.  Jim Slagle is the cum leader averaging 3.9
Duke - Bob Thomas 1st, West Virginia - Dick Hammerstrom and Al Manzey - 2nd, Butler - Bob Scholl 8th, and Michigan State - Jim Henning 9th.  Bob Scholl, Gerry Hamilton, Jim Slagle   place, Dick Hammerstrom is 2nd at 4.2 place and Gerry Hamilton 3rd at 4.2 place.  You need to have predicted the
and Bob Thomas were the only predictors to have the four final teams in their top 16.   NIT 3 years to qualify for the overall lead.  
     Congrats to Gerry Hamilton for winning the 2009 NIT predicts and to Jim Slagle for leading the cum NIT predicts.
BOB SCHOLL LEADS GERRY HAMILTON BY 2 POINTS AFTER 3 ROUNDS
     Bob Scholl has 299 points, Gerry Hamilton 297, Blake Vasquez 290 and Jim Slagle 286.  Bob has most remaining teams higher than Gerry but Gerry still has his wildcard
team, Tennessee left.   JIM SLAGLE WINS 2008 NIT PREDICTIONS BY ONE POINT OVER 3 PREDICTORS
     Jim Slagle beat Dick Hammerstrom, Jim Henning and Bob Stanley by one point to win the 2008 NIT Predictions.  Dick,
GERRY HAMILTON LEADS BLAKAE VASQUEZ BY 2 POINTS AFTER 2ND ROUND Jim S and Bob all picked Ohio State to win the NIT.  Jim S also had Massachusetts 4th, one of two to pick them in their top 4.  
     Gerry leads Blake by 2 points after two rounds of the NCAA predictions.  Both have 12 of their 16 teams left.  Blake has 6 of his top 8 and Gerry 5 of his top 8 teams Jerry Slagle had U. of Mass 3rd.  All 8 predictors had the mighty Buckeyes in their top 4.  
left.  Only wildcard teams left are Gerry's 6th seeded Tennessee and Jim Henning's 2nd seeded Ohio State. Big Ten has 3 of the sweet 16 teams remaining while the
Big East, SEC and Big 12 all have 2 teams.   NELSON FINISHES WITH 33 POINTS TO 24 FOR RUNNER UP BOB THOMAS IN 2007 NIT
      Nelson won the 2007 NIT championship thanks mostly to Air Force and West Virginia.  Nelson picked W. Va 2nd and only
BLAKE VASQUEZ LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND - 5 PREDICTORS WITHIN 3 POINTS Dick Hammerstrom and Bob Thomas picked them in their top 4.  Nelson first pick, Air Force won 3 games.  Clemson, the loser
      Blake Vasquez has 132 points after the first round of the NCAA tourney followed by Jim Henning, Jim Slagle & Gerry Hamilton with 130.  Nine of 12 predictors in the finals was only picked by two predictors and both were 4th (Bob and Randy Lang).  Nelson won the NIT for the record 3rd
have all 8 top teams remaining.  Jim & Nelson Slagle have 15 of top 16 teams remaining.  Bob  Thomas, Gerry Hamilton, Andrew Coates and Jim Henning only predictors
to get a win from their wild card team.
CUM NIT RESULTS
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Yrs Tot Avg *
NELSON EDGES BOB SCHOLL BY A POINT TO WIN NCAA PREDICTS IN 2009 PREDICTOR 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Pred Pl Pl PL
     Nelson Slagle gained one point on North Carolina's 89-72 win in the finals of the 2009 NCAA tournament to edge Bob Scholl by a point .  This the first half Baker, John 6 9 8 10 4 33     8.3 11
of the NCAA/NIT predictions.  Going into the NBA playoffs Nelson has 447, Bob 446, Gerry Hamilton 434, Bob Thomas 433 and Phil Hensley 431 rounding Carman, Brett 8 1 8     8.0
out the top 5.  This is the third straight year Nelson has won. Coates, Andy 1 10 14 7 3 5 35     7.0 9
Hamilton, Gerry 4 1 8 4 1 8 6 26     4.3 2
Hammerstrom, Dick 6 8 2 4 4 3 4 7 31     4.4 3
NELSON SLAGLE WINS 2008 NCAA WITH 435 POINTS TO 423 FOR JIM SLAGLE AND 420.5 FOR BOB SCHOLL Henning, Jim 8 2 6 9 5 6 5 7 41     5.9 8
      Nelson Slagle won the NCAA portion of the NCAA/NBA predictions by beating Jim Slagle by 12 points.  Jerry Slagle and Rick Higgins both picked Jackson, Tim 10 1 10  10.0
Kansas to win the tourney.  Dick Hammerstrom was the only predictor to pick Memphis 2nd.  Nelson's win was assisted most by his pick of Davidson Koller, Bob 7 10 10 3 7 5 37     7.4 10
as wild card team which was good for 15 extra points.  Without a wild card team Nelson would have edged Jim by 2 points.  Kansas beat Memphis in overtime Lang Randy 3 12 4 6 1 5 26     5.2 7
in the finals 75-68.  Bob Stanley was perfect on the total points in the final of 143.  Jim Slagle missed by one point and Nelson by 2 points.   Manzey, Al 3 3 6 8 1 6 9 7 36     5.1 6
  Moore, Fred 8 2 2 10     5.0
SLAG WINS 2007 NCAA - PHIL HENSLEY AND DICK HAMMERSTROM TIED FOR 2ND Moore, Tim 7 1 7     7.0
Scholl. Bob 4 1 4     4.0
RICK HIGGINS FINISHES 21 POINT AHEAD OF JIM HENNING IN 2006 NCAA Slagle, Jerry 5 1 5     5.0
Dick Hammerstrom wins the NCAA prediction title, the first half of the NCAA/NBA Playoffs prediction.  On the tiebreaker, Martin Visser and Blake Vasquez were Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 5 6 1 4 2 1 2 11 8 32     4.0 1
right on with 145 points.  Final score was North Carolina 75 and Illinois 70. Andrew Coates, Wayne Geisler, Jim Henning, Randy Lang and Martin Visser all picked Slagle, Nelson  6 4 6 1 12 1 4 5 8 39     4.9 5
North Carolina to win it all. Four of the five also had Illinois 2nd. Stanley, Bob 10 2 2 12     6.0
Thomas, Bob 2 7 2 3 8 5 6 27     4.5 4
  Vasquez, Blake 9 2 9 3 20     6.7
   
Winning Score 33 34 33 33 22 29 22
2nd Place Score 21 33 24 28 22 21 20
*  Have to predict at least 3 years to qualify.
             2011 NBA PREDICTIONS RESULTS THROUGH FIRST ROUND                            1st                              
                                        Round   Final Final                         
PREDICTOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tie TIE NBA NBA NBA NCAA NCAA    %  NCAA                  
                 TEAM - Chi LA Mia SA Orl OkC Dal Bos NY Por Den Atl NO Phi Mem Ind   Break Miss Score PL Score PL Pl  Pl  & NBA Place                
                 WINS - 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4   2 1 4 2 1 4 1                                      
                                                                       
Coates, Andrew 1 3 8 5 7 2 6 4 13 11 9 10 12 16 14 15   191   429 1 233.5 13     662.5 12 Coates, Andrew            
Hamilton, Gerry 1 2 3 4 8 6 5 7 10 11 9 13 12 14 15 16     0 414 10 294.0 5     708.0 5 Hamilton, Gerry              
Hammerstrom, Dick 3 4 1 2 7 8 5 6 11 10 9 15 12 13 14 16     0 407 13 248.0 12     655.0 13 Hammerstrom, Dick              
Hensley, Phil 2 1 5 4 8 7 6 3 12 11 9 10 13 14 15 16     0 424 2 321.0 1     745.0 1 Hensley, Phil              
Manzey, Al 4 6 7 1 8 5 3 2 9 12 11 10 15 14 13 16     0 418 5 284.0 8     702.0 8 Manzey, Al              
Scholl, Bob 1 3 4 6 7 2 8 5 9 10 11 12 14 15 13 16     0 423 3 281.0 9     704.0 6 Scholl, Bob              
Slagle, Jim 'Cal' 5 1 2 4 7 6 8 3 10 11 9 12 14 13 15 16     0 413 11 199.0 14     612.0 14 Slagle, Jim 'Cal'              
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 2 1 4 3 7 8 6 5 11 10 9 12 15 13 14 16       415 9 294.0 4     709.0 4 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'              
Slagle, Nelson  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16     0 410 12 287.0 7     697.0 9 Slagle, Nelson             
Thomas, Bob 1 2 4 7 8 9 5 6 10 11 3 15 14 12 13 16     0 400 14 272.0 10     672.0 11 Thomas, Bob              
Vasquez, Blake 5 1 2 4 7 6 8 3 12 10 9 11 13 15 14 16     0 423 3 263.0 11     686.0 10 Vasquez, Blake              
                                                                     
PREDICTOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tie TIE NBA NBA NBA NCAA NCAA    %  NCAA                  
                 TEAM - Chi LA Mia SA Orl OkC Dal Bos NY Por Den Atl NO Phi Mem Ind   Break Miss Score PL Score PL Pl  Pl  & NBA Place                
Avg Placing 2.5 2.3 3.5 3.9 7.2 6.3 6.1 4.8 10.3 10.6 9.0 12.2 13.5 13.7 14.1 16.0                                    
                                                                     
Concensus 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 10 11 9 12 13 14 15 16                                    
                                                                     
NCAA PREDICTORS THAT DIDN'T PREDICT NBA:                             0     0   NCAA PREDICTORS THAT DIDN'T PREDICT NBA:
Carman, Ted                                       416 6 297.0 3     713.0 3 Carman, Ted              
Higgins, Rick                                       416 6 308.0 2     724.0 2 Higgins, Rick              
Stanley, Bob                                       416 6 288.0 6     704.0 6 Stanley, Bob              
                                                                   
RESULTS: 1ST ROUND -  Boston over NY 4-0, Chicago over Indiana 4-1, Miami over Philadelphia 4-1,                                   
                                                               
PREDICTOR                                                              
                                                               
Coates, Andrew 68 68 68 34 34 68 68 68 0 34 17 68 34 17 68 17     731 Coates, Andrew                        
Hamilton, Gerry ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### 0 ### ### ### ### ### ### ###     ### Hamilton, Gerry                        
Hammerstrom, Dick 64 60 56 26 18 44 48 40 0 12 8 16 10 3 8 1     414 Hammerstrom, Dick                        
                                                             
Hensley, Phil 60 64 48 26 18 40 44 56 0 12 8 28 8 3 8 1     424 Hensley, Phil                        
Manzey, Al 68 68 68 34 34 68 68 68 0 34 17 68 34 17 68 17     731 Manzey, Al                        
Scholl, Bob 52 44 40 32 18 48 56 60 0 10 6 28 4 3 16 1     418 Scholl, Bob                        
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 64 56 52 22 20 60 36 48 0 14 6 20 6 2 16 1     423 Slagle, Jim 'Ohio'                        
Slagle, Nelson  ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### 0 ### ### ### ### ### ### ###     ### Slagle, Nelson                     
Stanley, Bob 48 64 60 26 20 44 36 56 0 12 8 20 6 4 8 1     413 Stanley, Bob                          
Thomas, Bob 64 60 56 26 24 44 40 36 0 14 6 20 8 3 8 1     410 Thomas, Bob                          
                                                               
Ok City over Denver 4-1, Lakers over New Orleans 4-2, Atlanta over Orlando 4-2, Dallas over Portland 4-2                                                              
and Memphis over San Antonio 4-2                                                              
                                                             
INSTRUCTIONS:  To keep track of predictions game by game, enter wins on line 5.  Total pro points will populate                                                               
U7 to U20.  Column W has the NCAA scores and Column AA is the total of NBA and NCAA scores.                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
Andrew Coates 64 56 36 24 20 60 44 52 0 12 8 28 10 1 12 2       429                        
Hamilton, Gerry 64 60 56 26 18 44 48 40 0 12 8 16 10 3 8 1       414                        
Hammerstrom, Dick 56 52 64 30 20 36 48 44 0 14 8 8 10 4 12 1       407                        
Hensley, Phil 60 64 48 26 18 40 44 56 0 12 8 28 8 3 8 1       424                        
Manzey, Al 52 44 40 32 18 48 56 60 0 10 6 28 4 3 16 1       418                        
Scholl, Bob 64 56 52 22 20 60 36 48 0 14 6 20 6 2 16 1       423                        
Slagle, Jim 'Cal' 48 64 60 26 20 44 36 56 0 12 8 20 6 4 8 1       413                        
Slagle, Jim 'Ohio' 60 64 52 28 20 36 44 48 0 14 8 20 4 4 12 1       415                        
Slagle, Nelson  64 60 56 26 24 44 40 36 0 14 6 20 8 3 8 1       410                        
Thomas, Bob 64 60 52 20 18 32 48 44 0 12 14 8 6 5 16 1       400                        
Vasquez, Blake 48 64 60 26 20 44 36 56 0 14 8 24 8 2 12 1       423                        
                                                                   
                                                                   
                AFTER FIRST ROUND OF NBA PLAYOFFS COATES LEADS NBA AND HENSLEY LEADS OVERALL                            
     After the 1st round of the NBA playoffs, Andrew Coates leads Phil Hensley by 5 points.  In the combined NCAA and NBA                        
predictions Phil Hensley leads Rick Higgins by 24 points and appears to be a lock to win the overall title.   Andrew has his                          
first 4 top teams left.  His key picks were NY 13th (lowest pick for worst team - 0 wins) and tie for highest pick on Atlanta who                        
won their first series. Bob Scholl has his first 5 teams left.  Ten of 11 have 6 of their top 8 teams remaining.                                
     Phil Hensley was 1st in the NCAA predicts and is 2nd in the NBA playoffs and will be difficult to catch.                                   
                                                                   
                    LAKERS AND BULLS EACH PICKED BY 4 OF 10 PREDICTORS                                    
     Four picked LA and 4 picked Chicago to win the NBA championship this year.  The other two teams getting predicts for                          
first was San Antonio and Miami.  The average placing for the top four teams by the 10 predictors were: LA 2.3, Chicago                          
2.5, Miami 3.5 and Orlando 3.9.  See line 20 for the remaining teams average placing.                                        
                                                                   
                                                                   
  AL MANZEY WINS PROS AND BOB SCHOLL WINS NCAA AND OVERALL IN 2010                              
    Al Manzey scored 953 in the Pro playoffs to defeat runner ups Bob Stanley 938 and Bob Scholl 931.  Bob won the NCAA portion                      
of the contest and the overall title with 1302 points to 1284 for Al Manzey and 1265 points for Gerry Hamilton.                                
     Bob Scholl won the title for the 5th time and the 3rd time in the last 4 years.  He has tied Jim Slagle for most wins at 5.                          
     On the tiebreaker Phil Hensley was best missing the total points in game 7 by 14 points edging Bob Thomas (16)                            
                                                                   
  AL MANZEY CLINCHES PROS AND BOB SCHOLL WINS OVERALL                                      
     Al Manzey clinched the Pros and Bob Scholl clinched the NCAA/NBA picks with another Celtic - Laker finals.                              
Al currently leads Bob Stanley by 2 points in the Pros, but has the Lakers 1st and Boston 4th, best picks for both teams.                          
Bob Scholl also has Lakers 1st.  Al will finish 2nd to Bob Scholl in the NCAA/NBA predictions.                                      
                                                                   
  STANLEY LEADS PROS - SCHOLL LEADS OVER ALL                                            
     Bob Stanley leads Al Manzey by 10 points after two rounds of he NBA Playoffs while Bob Scholl leads Gerry Hamilton                          
by 19 points in the combined NCAA/NBA predicts.  Al Manzey is the only predictor that can catch either leader and it                             
would require a Boston-Phoenix finals.  Bob Stanley is the only predictor to have his top  picks remaining.                                  
                                                                   
      After the first round of the playoffs, Dick Hammerstrom leads Bob Stanley by 5 points while Bob Scholl leads Gerry                          
Hamilton by 17 points in the combined NCAA/NBA playoff predictions. Dick, Cap, Slag and Bob Thomas all have 8 of                          
their top 10 picks left. Three race in pros, but Cap will be hard to catch in the overall contest.                                      
                                                                   
  EIGHT OF TEN PREDICTORS PICK CLEVELAND IN 2010 NBA PREDICTIONS                                  
       Eight picked Cleveland and two picked the Lakers to win the 2010 NBA title.   Our top 3 finishers in the NCAA results (Cap, Gerry, Jim Slagle),                  
the first half of the contest are within one place on 11 of their teams and two points on the other 5 teams. Looks like the top 3 positions will remain                   
the same in the combined NCAA/NBA contest.                                                      
                                                                   
              CAP SCHOLL WINS 2009 NCAA/NBA AND OVERALL CONTEST                                                        
      Cap Scholl won the NBA and combined NBA and NCAA predicts while Nelson Slagle won the NCAA portion of the contest.  Nelson was                        
2nd in the NBA and combined predicts while Cap was 2nd in the NCAA picks.                                                
      Five of 8 predictors correctly picked the Lakers to win the NBA title even though the Odds favored Cleveland.  Cap Scholl and.                            
Jim Slagle had Orlando 3rd.  No one picked the Magic 1st or 2nd.                                                    
      This the 4th time Cap Scholl has won the NCAA/NBA prediction title.  Only Jim Slagle has won more titles with 5 wins.                                
      Cap Scholl was also closest to the total points scored in the final game.  Cap missed by 1 point and Dick Hammerstrom missed by 4 points.                        
                                                                       
              DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS 2008 NCAA/NBA PREDICTS BY 29 POINTS                                                        
      Dick Hammerstrom won the NCAA and NBA and thus the overall contest also.  Bob Koller and Martin Visser both predicted                            
San Antonio 1st and Detroit 2nd.  The only other predictor to pick San Antonio was Dick Hammerstrom.  John Baker                                
predicted the lowest total score in the finals to win that guesstimate.                                                    
                                                                       
DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS 2007 NCAA/NBA PREDICTS BY 29 POINTS
      Dick Hammerstrom won the NCAA and NBA and thus the overall contest also.  Bob Koller and Martin Visser both predicted
San Antonio 1st and Detroit 2nd.  The only other predictor to pick San Antonio was Dick Hammerstrom.  John Baker
predicted the lowest total score in the finals to win that guesstimate.  
                                                                       
ANDREW COATES, NELSON SLAGLE AND JIM SLAGLE WILL FINISH 1-2-3 IN NBA in 2006
     Andrew Coates, Nelson Slagle and Jim Slagle have wrapped up places 1-2-3 in the NBA playoff predicts.  The only
unknown is how many places will Andrew gain in the final.  Andrew is the only  predictor to pick Miami to win as no one 
else had them in the top 2.  Andrew 1-4 predicts for the final two teams is the best with John Baker and Nelson next at 3-4.
Nelson and Bob Scholl had Dallas the highest at 3rd place.  
                                                                       
DICK HAMMERSTROM WINS 2005 NCAA/NBA PREDICTS BY 29 POINTS
      Dick Hammerstrom won the NCAA and NBA and thus the overall contest also.  Bob Koller and Martin Visser both predicted
San Antonio 1st and Detroit 2nd.  The only other predictor to pick San Antonio was Dick Hammerstrom.  John Baker
predicted the lowest total score in the finals to win that guesstimate.