Standings (January 19th)

Thanks to the Rowe household for getting these to me this morning. This includes last night's basketball and everything that has been scored prior to that.

Kubat – 70

Carmen – 67

Gimpy – 66

Butters – 66

Kubatski III – 63

Bandit – 62

Graves – 61

L-Train – 58

Evan – 57

Kubatski Sr – 55

Paulie – 49

Marty – 48

Kate – 48

Princess G – 42

Brownie – 25

Jay – 21

NFL Playoffs (Conference Championships)

Sunday, January 23rd

AFC Championship
New York Jets (+3.5) at Pittsburgh Steelers

Actual Score:  Steelers 24-19

Predictions:

Bandit: Steelers 24-20 (3pts)

Brownie: Steelers 28-20 (3pts)

Butters: Steelers 24-13 (3pts)

Carmen: Steelers 24-17 (3pts)

Evan: Jets 24-21 (0pts)

Gimpy: Jets 20-17 (0pts)

Graves: Steelers 16-12 (3pts)

Jay: Steelers 31-28 (1pt)

Kate: Steelers 38-20 (3pts)

Kubatski: Jets 20-17 (0pts)

Kubatski III: Jets 31-24 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Steelers 24-17 (3pts)

L-Train: Steelers 17-14 (1pt)

Marty: Jets 24-21 (0pts)

Paulie: Steelers 24-21 (1pt)

Princess G: Steelers 34-24 (3pts)

NFC Championship

Green Bay Packers (-3.5) at Chicago Bears

Actual Score: Packers 21-14

Predictions:

Bandit: Packers 35-31 (3pts)

Brownie: Packers 30-17 (3pts)

Butters: Packers 24-17 (5pts)

Carmen: Packers 24-21 (1pt)

Evan: Bears 24-17 (0pts)

Gimpy: Bears 24-21 (0pts)

Graves: Packers 20-13 (5pts)

Jay: Packers 35-25 (3pts)

Kate: Packers 27-24 (1pt)

Kubatski: Packers 31-20 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Packers 24-21 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Packers 27-21 (3pts)

L-Train: Packers 24-21 (1pt)

Marty: Packers 37-24 (3pts)

Paulie: Packers 24-21 (1pt)

Princess G: Packers 24-20 (3pts)

NCAA Basketball (January 17th - 23rd)

Monday, January 17th

(7) Villanova (+1.5) at (9) Connecticut

Actual Score: Connecticut 61-59

Predictions:

Bandit: Connecticut 76-74 (5pts)

Brownie: Connecticut 78-77 (1pt)

Butters: Connecticut 75-71 (3pts)

Carmen: Connecticut 77-73 (3pts)

Evan: Villanova 77-74 (0pts)

Gimpy: Connecticut 75-71 (3pts)

Graves: Connecticut 73-66 (3pts)

Jay: NONE (0pts)

Kate: Connecticut 70-69 (1pt)

Kubatski: Connecticut 71-69 (5pts)

Kubatski III: Connecticut 65-63 (5pts)

Kubatski Sr: Connecticut 85-80 (3pts)

L-Train: Villanova 72-71 (0pts)

Marty: Connecticut 70-69 (1pt)

Paulie: Connecticut 84-80 (3pts)

Princess G: Villanova 73-68 (0pts)

(20) Kansas State (+5.5) at (12) Missouri

Actual Score: Missouri 75-59

Predictions:

Bandit: Missouri 81-73 (3pts)

Brownie: Kansas State 69-68 (0pts)

Butters: Missouri 79-70 (3pts)

Carmen: Missouri 81-77 (1pt)

Evan: Missouri 75-68 (3pts)

Gimpy: Missouri 80-71 (3pts)

Graves: Missouri 61-60 (1pt)

Jay: Missouri 74-65 (3pts)

Kate: Missouri 68-67 (1pt)

Kubatski: Missouri 85-81 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Missouri 89-81 (3pts)

Kubatski Sr: Missouri 89-82 (3pts)

L-Train: Missouri 75-65 (3pts)

Marty: Kansas State 74-70 (0pts)

Paulie: Kansas State 88-81 (0pts)

Princess G: Missouri 78-70 (3pts)

(4) Syracuse (+4.5) at (5) Pittsburgh

Actual Score: Pittsburgh 74-66

Predictions:

Bandit: Syracuse 71-69 (0pts)

Brownie: Syracuse 75-71 (0pts)

Butters: Pittsburgh 73-65 (5pts)

Carmen: Pittsburgh 78-75 (1pt)

Evan: Pittsburgh 72-67 (3pts)

Gimpy: Pittsburgh 73-67 (3pts)

Graves: Syracuse 77-65 (0pts)

Jay: Syracuse 65-61 (0pts)

Kate: Syracuse 73-66 (0pts)

Kubatski: Pittsburgh 71-66 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Pittsburgh 87-86 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Syracuse 81-75 (0pts)

L-Train: Pittsburgh 70-68 (1pt)

Marty: Pittsburgh 87-84 (1pt)

Paulie: Pittsburgh 77-71 (3pts)

Princess G: Syracuse 76-75 (0pts)

Tuesday, January 18th

(24) Michigan State (+4.5) at (16) Illinois

Actual Score: Illinois 71-62

Predictions:

Bandit: Michigan State 71-67 (0pts)

Brownie: Michigan State 76-70 (0pts)

Butters: Illinois 71-69 (1pt)

Carmen: Illinois 68-65 (1pt)

Evan: Michigan State 72-68 (0pts)

Gimpy: Illinois 72-68 (1pt)

Graves: Illinois 63-57 (3pts)

Jay: Illinois 70-66 (1pt)

Kate: Michigan State 67-62 (0pts)

Kubatski: Illinois 66-62 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Illinois 79-70 (5pts)

Kubatski Sr: Illinois 81-74 (3pts)

L-Train: Illinois 70-67 (1pt)

Marty: Michigan State 66-62 (0pts)

Paulie: Illinois 79-71 (3pts)

Princess G: Illinois 76-70 (3pts)

Wednesday, January 19th

(13) Texas A&M (+7.5) at (14) Texas

Actual Score: Texas 81-60

Predictions:

Bandit: Texas A&M 73-71 (0pts)

Brownie: Texas 69-68 (1pt)

Butters: Texas 70-65 (1pt)

Carmen: Texas 74-69 (1pt)

Evan: Texas 65-60 (1pt)

Gimpy: Texas 74-70 (1pt)

Graves: Texas 74-65 (3pts)

Jay: NONE (0pts)

Kate: Texas A&M 74-61 (0pts)

Kubatski: Texas 71-68 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Texas 67-65 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Texas 82-78 (1pt)

L-Train: Texas 72-65 (1pt)

Marty: Texas 81-64 (3pts)

Paulie: Texas 72-65 (1pt)

Princess G: Texas 70-68 (1pt)

Saturday, January 22nd

(2) Ohio State (-3.5) at (16) Illinois

Actual Score: Ohio State 73-68

Predictions:

Bandit: Ohio State 77-68 (3pts)

Brownie: NONE (0pts)

Butters: Ohio State 72-67 (5pts)

Carmen: Ohio State 78-76 (1pt)

Evan: Ohio State 73-67 (3pts)

Gimpy: Ohio State 72-65 (3pts)

Graves: Ohio State 68-64 (3pts)

Jay: Ohio State 92-78 (3pts)

Kate: Illinois 75-70 (0pts)

Kubatski: Ohio State 80-74 (3pts)

Kubatski III: Ohio State 89-83 (3pts)

Kubatski Sr: Ohio State 81-75 (3pts)

L-Train: Ohio State 76-70 (3pts)

Marty: Ohio State 71-59 (3pts)

Paulie: Ohio State 67-61 (3pts)

Princess G: Illinois 76-70 (0pts)

(7) Villanova (+5.5) at (4) Syracuse

Actual Score: Villanova 83-72

Predictions:

Bandit: Villanova 75-71 (3pts)

Brownie: NONE (0pts)

Butters: Syracuse 75-69 (0pts)

Carmen: Syracuse 74-67 (0pts)

Evan: Syracuse 68-62 (0pts)

Gimpy: Syracuse 75-67 (0pts)

Graves: Syracuse 72-70 (2pts)

Jay: Syracuse 87-78 (0pts)

Kate: Syracuse 80-77 (2pts)

Kubatski: Syracuse 81-70 (0pts)

Kubatski III: Syracuse 65-59 (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: Syracuse 83-76 (0pts)

L-Train: Syracuse 72-68 (2pts)

Marty: Syracuse 81-78 (2pts)

Paulie: Syracuse 81-75 (0pts)

Princess G: Syracuse 78-70 (0pts)

(20) Kansas State (+7.5) at (13) Texas A&M

Actual Score: Texas A&M 64-56

Predictions:

Bandit: Texas A&M 68-63 (1pt)

Brownie: NONE (0pts)

Butters: Texas A&M 68-64 (1pt)

Carmen: Texas A&M 72-66 (1pt)

Evan: Texas A&M 72-64 (5pts)

Gimpy: Texas A&M 74-65 (3pts)

Graves: Kansas State 63-60 (0pts)

Jay: Kansas State 68-65 (0pts)

Kate: Texas A&M 75-65 (3pts)

Kubatski: Texas A&M 64-58 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Texas A&M 67-61 (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: Texas A&M 77-70 (1pt)

L-Train: Texas A&M 69-61 (5pts)

Marty: Kansas State 87-77 (0pts)

Paulie: Texas A&M 78-74 (1pt)

Princess G: Texas A&M 72-70 (1pt)

(14) Texas (+7.5) at (3) Kansas

Actual Score: Texas 74-63

Predictions:

Bandit: Kansas 77-70 (2pts)

Brownie: NONE (0pts)

Butters: Kansas 79-70 (0pts)

Carmen: Kansas 81-72 (0pts)

Evan: Kansas 81-70 (0pts)

Gimpy: Kansas 79-71 (0pts)

Graves: Kansas 76-72 (2pts)

Jay: Kansas 102-89 (0pts)

Kate: Kansas 76-74 (2pts)

Kubatski: Kansas 79-71 (0pts)

Kubatski III: Kansas 90-87 (2pts)

Kubatski Sr: Kansas 85-78 (2pts)

L-Train: Kansas 70-60 (0pts)

Marty: Kansas 81-77 (2pts)

Paulie: Kansas 84-74 (0pts)

Princess G: Kansas 82-72 (0pts)

(24) Michigan State (+6.5) at (8) Purdue

Actual Score: Purdue 86-76

Predictions:

Bandit: Purdue 63-60 (1pt)

Brownie: NONE (0pts)

Butters: Purdue 67-62 (1pt)

Carmen: Purdue 71-64 (3pts)

Evan: Purdue 70-60 (5pts)

Gimpy: Purdue 67-62 (1pt)

Graves: Purdue 62-56 (1pt)

Jay: Purdue 89-80 (3pts)

Kate: Purdue 72-68 (1pt)

Kubatski: Purdue 68-64 (1pt)

Kubatski III: Purdue 83-72 (3pts)

Kubatski Sr: Purdue 73-66 (3pts)

L-Train: Purdue 77-71 (1pt)

Marty: Michigan State 66-64 (0pts)

Paulie: Purdue 83-80 (1pt)

Princess G: Michigan State 75-72 (0pts)

Australian Open

First, I'm pushing the deadline back to Tuesday at midnight. That means that most players will have played one match so you might want to follow your picks keeping in mind that you can make a change at the last minute in you need to.

Second, here is the newest version of scoring for tennis tournaments:

Give me the four semi-finalists and who will beat who in the final for both the men's and women's draws.
Example pick: Semi-finalists: Kubat, Marty, Bandit and Princess G. Bandit over Marty in finals.

Scoring:
1 point for each semi-finalist, 2 points for each finalist, 5 points for champion.

You have potential for 13 points per tournament here.

I'm linking to the draws for both men and women. Make sure that you pick players from each of the four sections of the tournament. In the past, I have gotten predictions for finals that were impossible and have sent people mail to give them a chance to fix it. You gotta figure it out on your own this year.

Men's Australian Open Draw:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ms/index.html

Actual Semifinalists: (7) D. Ferrer vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer

Predictions:

Bandit: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (3pts)

Brownie: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (8) A. Roddick vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Butters: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Carmen: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Evan: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (3pts)

Gimpy: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (6) T. Berdych vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Graves: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (3pts)

Jay: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (6) T. Berdych vs. (2) R. Federer (1pt)

Kate: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Kubatski: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (6) T. Berdych vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Kubatski III: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Kubatski Sr: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

L-Train: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (3pts)

Marty: (1) R. Nadal vs. (5) A. Murray, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (3pts)

Paulie: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Princess G: (1) R. Nadal vs. (4) R. Soderling, (3) N. Djokovic vs. (2) R. Federer (2pts)

Actual Result: (3) N. Djokovic over (5) A. Murray

Predictions:

Bandit: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Brownie: (2) R. Federer over (1) R. Nadal (0pts)

Butters: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Carmen: (2) R. Federer over (1) R. Nadal (0pts)

Evan: (1) R. Nadal over (3) N. Djokovic (2pts)

Gimpy: (2) R. Federer over (1) R. Nadal (0pts)

Graves: (1) R. Nadal over (3) N. Djokovic (2pts)

Jay: (2) R. Federer over (1) R. Nadal (0pts)

Kate: (2) R. Federer over (1) R. Nadal (0pts)

Kubatski: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Kubatski III: (1) R. Nadal over (3) N. Djokovic (2pts)

Kubatski Sr: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

L-Train: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Marty: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Paulie: (3) N. Djokovic over (1) R. Nadal (7pts)

Princess G: (1) R. Nadal over (2) R. Federer (0pts)

Women's Australian Open Draw:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ws/index.html

Actual Semifinalists: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (9) N. Li, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva

Predictions:

Bandit: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

Brownie: (?) ??? vs. (4) V. Williams, (?) ??? vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (1pt)

Butters: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (14) M. Sharapova, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Carmen: (11) J. Henin vs. (4) V. Williams, (7) J. Jankovic vs. (5) S. Stosur (0pts)

Evan: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

Gimpy: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Graves: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Jay: (11) J. Henin vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (2pts)

Kate: (29) D. Cibulkova vs. (9) N. Li, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Kubatski: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (8) V. Azarenka, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Kubatski III: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (7) J. Jankovic vs. (5) S. Stosur (1pt)

Kubatski Sr: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

L-Train: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

Marty: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (9) N. Li, (19) A. Ivanovic vs. (5) S. Stosur (2pts)

Paulie: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

Princess G: (1) C. Wozniacki vs. (4) V. Williams, (3) K. Clijsters vs. (2) V. Zvonareva (3pts)

Actual Result: (3) K. Clijsters over (9) N. Li

Predictions:

Bandit: (4) V. Williams over (3) K. Clijsters (2pts)

Brownie: (2) V. Zvonareva over (4) V. Williams (0pts)

Butters: (3) K. Clijsters over (1) C Wozniacki (7pts)

Carmen: (11) J. Henin over (5) S. Stosur (0pts)

Evan: (2) V. Zvonareva over (4) V. Williams (0pts)

Gimpy: (1) C. Wozniacki over (3) K. Clijsters (2pts)

Graves: (1) C. Wozniacki over (3) K. Clijsters (2pts)

Jay: (2) V. Zvonareva over (11) J. Henin (0pts)

Kate: (3) K. Clijsters over (9) N. Li (9pts)

Kubatski: (3) K. Clijsters over (1) C Wozniacki (7pts)

Kubatski III: (7) J. Jankovic over (1) C. Wozniacki (0pts)

Kubatski Sr: (3) K. Clijsters over (1) C Wozniacki (7pts)

L-Train: (1) C. Wozniacki over (2) V. Zvonareva (0pts)

Marty: (5) S. Stosur over (1) C. Wozniacki (0pts)

Paulie: (3) K. Clijsters over (4) V. Williams (7pts)

Princess G: (4) V. Williams over (2) V. Zvonareva (0pts)