NCAA Basketball (February 7th - 13th)

Monday, February 7th

(15) Missouri (+11.5) at (2) Kansas

Actual Score: Kansas 103-86

Predictions:

Bandit: Kansas 71-62 (1pt)

Brownie: Kansas 73-65 (1pt)

Butters: Kansas 80-70 (1pt)

Carmen: Kansas 84-71 (3pts)

Evan: Kansas 75-65 (1pt)

Gimpy: Kansas 79-70 (1pt)

Graves: Kansas 83-71 (3pts)

Jay: Kansas 84-70 (3pts)

Kate: Kansas 88-75 (3pts)

Kubatski: Kansas 83-70 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Kansas 81-72 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Kansas 86-73 (3pts)

L-Train: Kansas 73-65 (1pt)

Marty: Kansas 78-67 (1pt)

Paulie: Kansas 92-77 (3pts)

Princess G: Kansas 72-65 (1pt)

Tuesday, February 8th

Indiana (+12.5) at (10) Purdue

Actual Score: Purdue 67-53

Predictions:

Bandit: Purdue 71-62 (1pt)

Brownie: Purdue 68-65 (1pt)

Butters: Purdue 74-61 (3pts)

Carmen: Purdue 76-62 (5pts)

Evan: Purdue 75-60 (3pts)

Gimpy: NONE (0pts)

Graves: NONE (0pts)

Jay: Purdue 77-65 (1pt)

Kate: Purdue 80-67 (3pts)

Kubatski: Purdue 70-58 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Purdue 81-72 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: NONE (0pts)

L-Train: Purdue 75-62 (3pts)

Marty: Purdue 87-59 (3pts)

Paulie: Purdue 77-66 (1pt)

Princess G: Purdue 76-65 (1pt)

Tennessee (+9.5) at (11) Kentucky

Actual Score: Kentucky 73-61   T. Jones - 10pts,11reb,2ast,4blk,1dunk,0tech

Predictions:

Bandit: Kentucky 75-63 (5pts)

Brownie: Kentucky 88-75 (3pts)

Butters: Kentucky 76-64 (5pts)   T. Jones – 23pts,14reb,5ast,4blk,4dunk,1tech

Carmen: Kentucky 74-66 (1pt)

Evan: Kentucky 72-64 (1pt)

Gimpy: Kentucky 89-78 (3pts)

Graves: NONE (0pts)

Jay: Kentucky 78-71 (1pt)

Kate: Kentucky 76-67 (1pt)

Kubatski: Kentucky 73-64 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Kentucky 78-70 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: NONE (0pts)

L-Train: Kentucky 77-67 (3pts)

Marty: Kentucky 79-67 (5pts)

Paulie: Kentucky 88-80 (1pt)

Princess G: Kentucky 70-60 (3pts)

Wednesday, February 9th

(13) Louisville (+3.5) at (8) Notre Dame

Actual Score: Notre Dame 89-79 (OT)

Predictions:

Bandit: Notre Dame 81-77 (3pts)

Brownie: Notre Dame 72-71 (1pt)

Butters: Notre Dame 70-68 (1pt)

Carmen: Notre Dame 71-66 (3pts)

Evan: Notre Dame 70-67 (1pt)

Gimpy: Notre Dame 77-72 (3pts)

Graves: Notre Dame 74-66 (3pts)

Jay: NONE (0pts)

Kate: Notre Dame 80-74 (3pts)

Kubatski: Notre Dame 74-70 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Notre Dame 71-68 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Notre Dame 81-73 (3pts)

L-Train: Notre Dame 68-65 (1pt)

Marty: Notre Dame 77-72 (3pts)

Paulie: Notre Dame 88-82 (3pts)

Princess G: Notre Dame 76-70 (3pts)

(14) Georgetown (+4.5) at (17) Syracuse

Actual Score: Georgetown 64-56

Predictions:

Bandit: Georgetown 76-73 (3pts)

Brownie: Syracuse 69-66 (2pts)

Butters: Syracuse 72-66 (0pts)

Carmen: Syracuse 72-68 (2pts)

Evan: Syracuse 70-67 (2pts)

Gimpy: Syracuse 68-63 (0pts)

Graves: Syracuse 69-68 (2pts)

Jay: NONE (0pts)

Kate: Georgetown 77-76 (3pts)

Kubatski: Georgetown 67-65 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Syracuse 87-85 (2pts)

Kubatski Sr: Syracuse 83-77 (0pts)

L-Train: Syracuse 72-65 (0pts)

Marty: Syracuse 71-65 (0pts)

Paulie: Georgetown 77-71 (3pts)

Princess G: Georgetown 65-63 (3pts)

North Carolina (+9.5) at (5) Duke

Actual Score: Duke 79-73

Predictions:

Bandit: Duke 73-63 (1pt)

Brownie: Duke 83-78 (3pts)

Butters: Duke 78-70 (3pts)

Carmen: Duke 81-73 (3pts)

Evan: Duke 75-65 (1pt)

Gimpy: Duke 82-73 (3pts)

Graves: Duke 77-66 (1pt)

Jay: NONE (0pts)

Kate: Duke 70-60 (1pt)

Kubatski: Duke 81-70 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Duke 79-68 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Duke 79-71 (3pts)

L-Train: Duke 73-65 (3pts)

Marty: Duke 90-78 (1pt)

Paulie: Duke 83-78 (3pts)

Princess G: Duke 76-65 (1pt)

Thursday, February 10th

(24) Illinois (+1.5) at (20) Minnesota

Actual Score: Illinois 71-62

Predictions:

Bandit: Illinois 67-65 (3pts)

Brownie: Illinois 66-65 (3pts)

Butters: Minnesota 68-65 (0pts)

Carmen: Minnesota 68-67 (2pts)

Evan: Minnesota 70-69 (2pts)

Gimpy: Minnesota 68-65 (0pts)

Graves: Illinois 63-61 (3pts)

Jay: Illinois 73-72 (3pts)

Kate: Minnesota 76-74 (0pts)

Kubatski: Illinois 66-63 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Minnesota 62-58 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Illinois 77-71 (3pts)

L-Train: Minnesota 69-68 (2pts)

Marty: Illinois 64-59 (3pts)

Paulie: NONE (0pts)

Princess G: Illinois 70-68 (3pts)

Saturday, February 12th

(17) Syracuse (+2.5) at (13) Louisville

Actual Score:  Louisville 73-69

Predictions:

Bandit: Louisville 73-69 (10pts)

Brownie: Syracuse 70-65 (0pts)

Butters: Louisville 72-68 (5pts)

Carmen: Louisville 70-68 (1pt)

Evan: Louisville 70-68 (1pt)

Gimpy: Louisville 75-70 (3pts)

Graves: Louisville 73-70 (3pts)

Jay: Louisville 75-73 (1pt)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Louisville 70-66 (5pts)

Kubatski III: Syracuse 69-61 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Louisville 83-78 (3pts)

L-Train: Louisville 67-65 (1pt)

Marty: Syracuse 74-70 (0pts)

Paulie: Louisville 83-80 (3pts)

Princess G: Louisville 70-65 (3pts)

(11) Kentucky (+1.5) at (24) Vanderbilt

Actual Score: Vanderbilt 81-77

Predictions:

Bandit: Kentucky 65-60 (0pts)

Brownie: Kentucky 70-68 (0pts)

Butters: Kentucky 74-70 (0pts)

Carmen: Vanderbilt 72-71 (1pt)

Evan: Vanderbilt 70-69 (1pt)

Gimpy: Vanderbilt 72-68 (5pts)

Graves: Kentucky 77-63 (0pts)

Jay: Vanderbilt 71-70 (1pt)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Vanderbilt 67-65 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Kentucky 71-60 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Vanderbilt 78-73 (3pts)

L-Train: Vanderbilt 61-60 (1pt)

Marty: Vanderbilt 74-73 (1pt)

Paulie: Kentucky 90-87 (0pts)

Princess G: Kentucky 70-65 (0pts)

(1) Ohio State (+1.5) at (18) Wisconsin

Actual Score: Wisconsin 71-67

Predictions:

Bandit: Ohio State 75-69 (0pts)

Brownie: Ohio State 75-74 (0pts)

Butters: Ohio State 64-63 (0pts)

Carmen: Ohio State 64-61 (0pts)

Evan: Ohio State 70-67 (0pts)

Gimpy: Ohio State 69-66 (0pts)

Graves: Wisconsin 64-60 (5pts)

Jay: Ohio State 67-66 (0pts)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Ohio State 72-68 (0pts)

Kubatski III: Ohio State 78-76 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Wisconsin 75-69 (3pts)

L-Train: Wisconsin 69-68 (1pt)

Marty: Wisconsin 68-67 (1pt)

Paulie: Ohio State 88-79 (0pts)

Princess G: Ohio State 80-68 (0pts)

(4) Pittsburgh (+3.5) at (12) Villanova

Actual Score: Pittsburgh 57-54

Predictions:

Bandit: Pittsburgh 71-67 (3pts)

Brownie: Pittsburgh 80-79 (3pts)

Butters: Pittsburgh 71-70 (3pts)

Carmen: Villanova 68-67 (2pts)

Evan: Pittsburgh 70-66 (3pts)

Gimpy: Pittsburgh 72-67 (3pts)

Graves: Pittsburgh 80-77 (5pts)

Jay: Villanova 77-74 (2pts)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Pittsburgh 80-74 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Pittsburgh 89-85 (3pts)

Kubatski Sr: Villanova 84-80 (0pts)

L-Train: Pittsburgh 67-66 (3pts)

Marty: Pittsburgh 74-70 (3pts)

Paulie: Pittsburgh 88-83 (3pts)

Princess G: Pittsburgh 74-68 (3pts)

Sunday, February 13th

(10) Purdue (+1.5) at (24) Illinois

Actual Score: Purdue 81-70

Predictions:

Bandit: Illinois 64-58 (0pts)

Brownie: Purdue 75-71 (3pts)

Butters: Illinois 70-67 (0pts)

Carmen: Illinois 72-71 (2pts)

Evan: Purdue 71-66 (3pts)

Gimpy: Purdue 68-65 (3pts)

Graves: Purdue 68-65 (3pts)

Jay: Illinois 71-69 (0pts)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Purdue 62-59 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Purdue 90-83 (3pts)

Kubatski Sr: Illinois 73-66 (0pts)

L-Train: Illinois 73-72 (2pts)

Marty: Illinois 68-65 (0pts)

Paulie: NONE (0pts)

Princess G: Purdue 70-64 (3pts)

Super Bowl XLV

Sunday, February 6th (6:30 p.m.)

Deadline: Kickoff on Sunday for all picks, except the last prop bet (Black Eyed Peas) is due by Thursday at midnight due to internet leaks last year after The Who performed their soundcheck.

Super Bowl XLV
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Texas

Pittsburgh Steelers (+2.5) vs. Green Bay Packers

Actual Score: Packers 31-25
Predictions:
Bandit: Steelers 21-20 (0pts)
Brownie: Steelers 24-21 (0pts)
Butters: Packers 24-21 (3pts)
Carmen: Packers 24-21 (3pts)
Evan: Packers 28-24 (3pts)
Gimpy: Steelers 24-20 (0pts)
Graves: Packers 28-24 (3pts)
Jay: Packers 34-30 (3pts)
Kate: Steelers 34-31 (0pts)
Kubatski: Packers 26-24 (1pt)
Kubatski III: Steelers 35-28 (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Packers 27-24 (3pts)
L-Train: Steelers 24-20 (0pts)
Marty: Steelers 27-24 (0pts)
Paulie: Packers 31-24 (3pts)
Princess G: Packers 27-24 (3pts)

Now for some prop bets. Several of these were propoed by Marty.

Which player will score the first touchdown of the Super Bowl (3 points)

Actual Player: Jordy Nelson, Packers
Predictions:
Bandit: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Brownie: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Butters: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Carmen: John Kuhn, Packers (0pts)
Evan: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Gimpy: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Graves: James Starks, Packers (0pts)
Jay: Greg Jennings, Packers (0pts)
Kate: Aaron Rodgers, Packers (0pts)
Kubatski: Jordy Nelson, Packers (3pts)
Kubatski III: Hines Ward, Steelers (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
L-Train: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Marty: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Paulie: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)
Princess G: Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers (0pts)

More passing yards - Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre in Super Bowl XXXI (2 points)

Actual Result: Aaron Rodgers 304yds > Brett Favre 246
Predictions:
Bandit: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Brownie: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Butters: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Carmen: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Evan: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Gimpy: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Graves: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Jay: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Kate: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Kubatski: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Kubatski III: Brett Favre (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Brett Favre (0pts)
L-Train: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)
Marty: Brett Favre (0pts)
Paulie: Brett Favre (0pts)
Princess G: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)

Princess G: Aaron Rodgers (2pts)

Will Rashard Mendenhall rush for over/under 114.5 yards? (2 points)

Actual Yards: 63 yards - Under
Predictions:
Bandit: Over (0pts)
Brownie: Under (2pts)
Butters: Under (2pts)
Carmen: Under (2pts)
Evan: Under (2pts)
Gimpy: Over (0pts)
Graves: Under (2pts)
Jay: Under (2pts)
Kate: Over (0pts)
Kubatski: Under (2pts)
Kubatski III: Over (0pts)
Kubatski Sr: Under (2pts)
L-Train: Under (2pts)
Marty: Under (2pts)
Paulie: Under (2pts)
Princess G: Under (2pts)

Will Mike Wallace have an avg. yds per catch over/under 21.5 yards? (2 points)

Actual Average: 9.9 yards per reception - Under
Predictions:
Bandit: Under (2pts)
Brownie: Over (0pts)
Butters: Under (2pts)
Carmen: Under (2pts)
Evan: Under (2pts)
Gimpy: Over (0pts)
Graves: Under (2pts)
Jay: Under (2pts)
Kate: Under (2pts)
Kubatski: Under (2pts)
Kubatski III: Under (2pts)
Kubatski Sr: Under (2pts)
L-Train: Under (2pts)
Marty: Under (2pts)
Paulie: Under (2pts)
Princess G: Under (2pts)

Name three songs the Black Eyed Peas will perform at half time. (1 point per correct song)

Actual Songs: I Gotta Feeling, Boom Boom Pow, Sweet Child O' Mine (w/ Slash), Pump It, Let's Get It Started, Oh My God (w/ Usher), Where Is The Love?, The Time (Dirty Bit), I Gotta Feeling

Predictions:

Bandit: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, The Time (Dirty Bit) (3pts)

Brownie: Don’t Stop The Party, Fashion Beats, I Gotta Feeling (1pt)

Butters: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Carmen: I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started, The Time (Dirty Bit) (3pts)

Evan: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, The Time (Dirty Bit) (3pts)

Gimpy: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Graves: I Gotta Feeling, Imma Be, Let’s Get It Started (2pts)

Jay: I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started, Pump It (3pts)

Kate: NONE (0pts)

Kubatski: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Kubatski III: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Imma Be (2pts)

Kubatski Sr: I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started, The Time (Dirty Bit) (3pts)

L-Train: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Marty: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Paulie: I Gotta Feeling, Oh My God, The Time (Dirty Bit) (3pts)

Princess G: Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Let’s Get It Started (3pts)

Standings (February 1st)

Here are the latest standings. They were sent to me at about 1:00 am this morning.

Butters:  114

Kubatski:  113

Graves:  108

Kubatski III:  105

Gimpy:  103

Kubatski Sr:  102

Bandit:  100

Evan:  100

Carmen:  94

L-Train:  94

Kate:  89

Paulie:  89

Marty:  89

Princess G:  69

Brownie:  55

Jay:  52