Pick 'Em
In an attempt to spice things up on my blog and possibly get ready for a big bounce-back year in March, I'm going to start posting game predictions.
Since this is primarily a basketball website, I'm going to try to keep the picks basketball-oriented, but come Friday or Saturday you might find a football prediction or two. Either way, I'm going to keep a running tally of my record throughout the year and by year's end I will make a determination about whether or not I should try to make a living gambling on games (joking, I think).
At my best, hopefully I will just add to my intrinsic basketball ethos. At my worst, you can just rant all over my wall on Facebook about how I should just stick to my day job (which incidentally I keep getting worse and worse at).
Even though this game has already tipped, I'm nowhere near a TV, so I can make a prediction on Georgetown and Syracuse. The Hoyas are one of the most complete teams in college ball this year, but if they have a weakness it's probably knocking down shots from the perimeter. The Orange's pet defense for the last million years? A 2-3 zone. While they aren't exactly stout defensively, Johnny Flynn and Eric Devendorf will more than make up for it on the offensive end. I see the Orange winning a fairly high scoring game in the seven to ten point range.
Maryland needs a win against Miami just to make people forget they lost to an HBCU. Will they get it? Well, considering that they haven't won against the Hurricanes since they joined the ACC in the 2004-2005 season, at least you'd think the Terps would come into this game hungry. I'm going to say that they go down there and beat the Hurricanes by ten plus, and although I have to admit this is kind of a homer pick, I just don't think Miami is that good.
Finally, although the Spurs have been playing lights out ball lately and the Lakers will go into SBC Center short-handed, I think Kobe Bryant is good enough to will his team to victory. Lakers in a close one, five points or less.
By the way, one thing about my predictions. As much as I would like to nail this point spread thing dead on, I'm going to treat it like real sports and say a win is a win. Once I perfect the art of getting the games right, maybe then I'll delve into point spreads. Until then, we'll see how I do.
And yes, my posts last time do count as two losses, thank you.
Since this is primarily a basketball website, I'm going to try to keep the picks basketball-oriented, but come Friday or Saturday you might find a football prediction or two. Either way, I'm going to keep a running tally of my record throughout the year and by year's end I will make a determination about whether or not I should try to make a living gambling on games (joking, I think).
At my best, hopefully I will just add to my intrinsic basketball ethos. At my worst, you can just rant all over my wall on Facebook about how I should just stick to my day job (which incidentally I keep getting worse and worse at).
Even though this game has already tipped, I'm nowhere near a TV, so I can make a prediction on Georgetown and Syracuse. The Hoyas are one of the most complete teams in college ball this year, but if they have a weakness it's probably knocking down shots from the perimeter. The Orange's pet defense for the last million years? A 2-3 zone. While they aren't exactly stout defensively, Johnny Flynn and Eric Devendorf will more than make up for it on the offensive end. I see the Orange winning a fairly high scoring game in the seven to ten point range.
Maryland needs a win against Miami just to make people forget they lost to an HBCU. Will they get it? Well, considering that they haven't won against the Hurricanes since they joined the ACC in the 2004-2005 season, at least you'd think the Terps would come into this game hungry. I'm going to say that they go down there and beat the Hurricanes by ten plus, and although I have to admit this is kind of a homer pick, I just don't think Miami is that good.
Finally, although the Spurs have been playing lights out ball lately and the Lakers will go into SBC Center short-handed, I think Kobe Bryant is good enough to will his team to victory. Lakers in a close one, five points or less.
By the way, one thing about my predictions. As much as I would like to nail this point spread thing dead on, I'm going to treat it like real sports and say a win is a win. Once I perfect the art of getting the games right, maybe then I'll delve into point spreads. Until then, we'll see how I do.
And yes, my posts last time do count as two losses, thank you.
posted by Justin Cherot @ 7:37 PM
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