Puck's Hoops Forecast, 2009-10

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  Tom "Hockey Puck/Nutman" McKenna has worked as a statman with Ted since 1977. He swore in mid-2003 that he could pick games better than Huck, so the challenge was on! (He finally backed up his boasting in '05, '06, '07 and yet again in '08! -- He's a machine!)
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  The pic at the right was taken in 2001.
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TITLE WEEK

MORE STATE PLAYOFFS
  Roman 63, Souderton 54: "Whoman could be peakin' wight  now. Muss
defen Souduhton outside shootah and moshun offense."
  Bartram 58, Neshaminy 52: "Takin' chance on Bahtwam. Don't even know if
you guys showin' up. Lineup change evwee game. Best playah gotta start playin'
like he ACC playah, not Amehica East playah."
  La Salle 66, Chester 58: "Wa Salle gonna base game pwan off whah happen
when dey pway Norf."
  Whitehall 62, Frankford 50: "Spwedd offense of Whitehall gonna get wayups."
  Dobbins 58, Springfield Delco 48: "Dobbins should win because it home game,
weally. But Delco be tough."
  N-G 80, Susquehanna 62: "Suskwuhhnna like to wun. Dat bad match 'gainst
Gwetti."
  Holy Ghost 44, Carroll 43: "Eww, dis tough game to pick. Hoey Goest give
Penn Wood all dey want. Not suah 'bout DJ's abiltee (Ted's note: he meant
availability) foh dis game."
  Imhotep 56, Hanover 50: "Don't know what talk 'bout. Just put scoah."
  Strawberry Mansion 56, Trinity 46: "Could be dangewous. Twinity well-oil
machine."
  West Catholic 64, Tri Valley 50: "Twi Valley gonna be scahe comin' to city.
Pwayoff win for team undah .500. Not bad, wight?"
  Other games not yet submitted . . .

STATE PLAYOFFS
  General comment: "Yo, just put deese pick up. I ain't talkin' 'bout dem."
THE PICKS
  Devon Prep 76, Franklin 60
  Constitution 83, Millersburg 60

CHAMPIONSHIPS/CONSOLATIONS
  General comment: "Since Nohf not playin' no moah, I tell Ted, 'Yo, lemme make pick
foh baskball cwap. People need to waff, wight?' Plus, it give him moah vistoh foh his
webline."
THE PICKS
  Neumann-Goretti 78, Carroll 52: "It shame DJ Uhvin not playin'. Don't matteh, weally.
Neumann too good. Too fiah up. Maybe Cawoll gihls should play Neumann?"
  Imhotep 58, Bartram 54: "Dat my hunch."
  Carroll 59, Gratz 50: "Save DJ for nexx Neumann game. You know it comin'."
  Roman 60, Frankford 56: "Dis scahe me a wittle. Whoman ain't play in two week."
  Neumann-Goretti 87, Dobbins 52: "Yo, Mustang. Stay at 21 and Weehigh. No chance.
Not even Wich Wankwitz can win dis game."
  Imhotep 67, West Catholic 54: "Pwease! West ain't play in what, a monf? Seem like it,
anyway."
  La Salle 64, Bartram 50: "Wa Salle got too many coach wit head coach 'speerience. Dat
will have effecc on game."
  Mansion 66, Prep Charter 52: "I hope Mansion come togetheh as team afteh all dat
pwincpal put dem thwough. State title for AA widin' on dem!"