CBS Posting NCAA Basketball Tournament Clips on YouTube

By Robert H. Kelly

CBS Sports has joined with YouTube to provide selected clips from the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament to viewers.

The service is free and most of the clips at 10-20 seconds showing an outstanding play or some other highlight that fans may want to view.

The good thing is that it is free, but the bad thing is that you cannot download the clip to post on your own site.

It is obvious to me that CBS figured they better get into the game on YouTube, because fans were going to just upload their own files and post them anyway.

It is nice to be able to see clips of some of the plays.

Click here to go to YouTube to view the clips.

NCAA Women's Division 1: Round 1-Day 1

By Robert H. Kelly

I went 13-3 for the first day of round 1 in the 2007 NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament. Not following women's collegite basketball much during the season, I didn't have much to refer to in the way of first hand knowledge.

However, looking at their conference finish, strength of schedule, and scores against top ranked opponents aided me in making my selections.

Here are the results. Please feel free to make comments.

The correct predictions:

George Washington wins 76-67 over Boise State

Texas A&M wins 58-50 over University of Texas at Arlington

Iowa State wins 79-60 over Washington

Georgia wins 53-36 over Belmont

Marquette wins 87-58 over Louisiana-Lafayette

Oklahoma wins 74-60 over SE Missouri State

Stanford wins 96-58 over Idaho State

Georgia Tech wins 55-54 over DePaul

West Virginia wins 65-52 over Xavier

Middle Tennessee wins 85-46 over Gonzaga

Louisville wins 80-54 over Brigham Young

Arizona State wins 57-50 over UC Riverside

Purdue wins 63-42 over Oral Roberts

Old Dominion loses 85-75 to Florida State
(It was close at times, but not close enough to make my pick correct.)

North Carolina-Asheville 77-39 loses to LSU
(Oops. I really messed up on this one. Oh well, predicting upsets is what this is all about.)

Ohio State loses to Marist 67-63
(An upset that I guess, very few if any, predicted.)

Totals: 13-3, for 81.25%.

NCAA Men's Division 1: Round 2, Day 1

By Robert H. Kelly

I went 7-1 today, only missing one pick. I am pleased with the outcome. It would have been nice to get them all correct, but I would be very surprised if my luck (or skill) holds out with tomorrow's games.

Here we go with the results.

Correct selections:
Butler wins 62-59 over Maryland
Texas A&M wins 72-69 over Louisville
Ohio State wins 78-71 over Xavier
Vanderbilt wins 78-74 over Washington State 2OT
Pittsburgh wins 84-79 over VCU
North Carolina wins 81-67 over Michigan State
UCLA wins 54-49 over Indiana

Incorrect selctions:
Boston College loses 62-55 to Georgetown
(I was hoping for an upset in this game. BC coundn't find a bucket if they had been paid to.)

Today: 7-1
Total: 30-10 for 75%

2007 NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament

By Robert H. Kelly

The NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Tournament starts today. Below are my predictions for the first round. Like the men's predictions, I will be posting the next round once the current round is complete.

HERE WE GO!!!!

Dallas Region
North Carolina-Asheville
Notre Dame
George Washington
Texas A&M
Iowa State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Purdue

Dayton Region
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Middle Tennessee
Ohio State
Marquette
Oklahoma
TCU
Maryland

Fresno Region
Connecticut
New Mexico
Baylor
North Carolina State
West Virginia
North Carolina
Old Dominion
Stanford

Greensboro Region
Duke
Temple
Michigan State
Rutgers
Louisville
Arizona State
Oklahoma State
Vanderbilt

NCAA Men's Division 1: 2nd Round Predictions-March 17-18.

By Robert H. Kelly

The second round of the 2007 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament starts today. Yes, that will be Saturday, as I am writing this at 12:12am on Saturday morning.

I have divided the 2nd round into both days and will post the results at the conclusion of each day's games.

So "HERE WE GO;" my second round predictions:

March 17-Saturday
Midwest
Butler over Maryland

West
Pittsburgh over VCU
UCLA over Indiana

East
North Carolina over Michigan State
Vanderbilt over Washington State
Boston College over Georgetown

South
Texas A&M over Louisville
Ohio State over Xavier

March 18-Sunday
Midwest
Florida over Purdue
Oregon over Winthrop
Wisconsin over UNLV

West
Kansas over Kentucky
Southern Illinois over Virginia Tech

East
Texas over USC

South
Tennessee over Virginia
Memphis over Nevada

NCAA Men's Division 1: Round 1, Day 2

By Robert H. Kelly

Day 2 of the first round was a bit better for my predictions. I picked 12 correct while only missing four. That gives me a 23-9 record with a winning percentage of 71.875.

Here are my picks and how they went. First the correct selections.

Florida wins 112-69 over Jackson State

Purdue wins 72-63 over Arizona

Oregon wins 58-56 over Miami (Ohio)

Wisconsin wins 76-63 over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Kansas wins 107-67 over Niagara

Kentucky wins 67-58 over Villanova

Texas wins 79-67 over New Mexico State

Southern California wins 77-60 over Arkansas

Tennessee wins 121-86 Long Beach State

Virginia wins 84-57 over Albany

Nevada wins 77-71 over Creighton

Memphis wins 73-58 over North Texas

My incorrect predictions were:

Illinois loses 54-52 to Virginia Tech
(A two point loss. It could happen to everyone.)

Holy Cross loses 61-51 to Southern Illinois
(What can I say. I just missed this one.)

Georgia Tech loses to UNLV 67-63
(I was in Las Vegas when the tournament seeds were announced and UNLV was upset over their seed. I figured they would not regain their composure and lose. I was wrong.)

Notre Dame loses to Winthrop 74-64
(Possibly the biggest upset of the first round.)

Day 2: 12-4
Overall: 23-9

My picks for the second round will be up soon.

NCAA Men's Division 1: Round 1, Day 1 Games

By Robert H. Kelly

With day 1 complete of the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships, 16 games have been concluded and I finished with an 11-5 record. That is a 68.75 percent average.

Not as good as I had hoped, but some of the losses were upsets, at least as far as I am concerned. I will see if I can improve at percentage on day 2.

My correct winning prediction are as follows:

Maryland wins 82-70 over Davidson

Pittsburgh wins 79-58 over Wright State

UCLA wins 70-42 over Weber State

North Carolina wins 86-65 over Eastern Carolina

Vanderbilt wins 77-44 over George Washington

Washington State wins 70-54 over Oral Roberts

Boston College wins 84-75 over Texas Tech

Georgetown wins 80-55 over Belmont

Ohio State wins 78-57 over Central Connecticut

Louisville wins 78-58 over Stanford

Texas A&M wins 68-52 over Pennsylvania

My incorrect predictions are as follows:

Old Dominion loses to Butler 57-46 (Pete Campbell hitting three 3-pointers to spark a 17-0 run was the turning point. Old Dominion just couldn't make up the difference.)

Duke loses to Virginia Commonwealth University 79-77 (Eric Maynor hit a 15-foot jumper with 1.8 seconds left to give VCU the win.)

Gonzaga loses to Indiana 70-57 (I always pick Gonzaga as a sentimental favorite. Some day they will make it to the Final Four.)

Marquette loss to Michigan State 61-49 (I thought Marquette would pull the upset in the first round game.)

Brigham Young loss to Xavier 79-77 (BYU had not made it out of first round of the NCAA tournament since 1993. I felt 2007 was going to be their year. They came close, but no cigar.)

16 games down, 47 to go.

2007 NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament: 1st Round Predictions

By Robert H. Kelly

Every year, TexSport Publications gets into the mix and makes our predictions on the outcome of the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. We will see if we can do better than the so-called experts.

This year is no different. However this year, we will make our predictions after each round instead of the entire tournament at once. Here are our predictions:

MIDWEST
Florida
Purdue
Old Dominion
Maryland
Notre Dame
Oregon
Georgia Tech
Wisconsin

WEST
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Holy Cross
Duke
Pittsburgh
Gonzaga
UCLA

EAST
North Carolina
Marquette
Southern California
Texas
Vanderbilt
Washington State
Boston College
Georgetown

SOUTH
Ohio State
BYU
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisville
Texas A&M
Nevada
Memphis

Now the fun begins. let see who will make it to the Final Four.