Huck's Corner, Basketball 2015-16

Huck's Corner
Basketball 2015-16, 2016-17

Ed "Huck" Palmer has long been a headliner among our trusty statmen/observers. He is not to be confused with Tom "Puck" McKenna. (Huck is normal. Puck is not even close). You may contact him at TEDDYCAT10@aol.com. Twitter . . . @HuckPalmer.

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MARCH 12, 2017
Breakdowns for Huck and Joe Lunardi . . .
Huck's comment: "Working on only one computer with no interns -- not with multiple computers/monitors and 15 interns -- and with a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old on my lap, I'm pretty happy with my performance."
Exact picks --   Huck 37 . . . Joe 34
Missed by 1 -- Huck 23 . . . Joe 28
Missed by 2 -- Huck 6   . . . Joe 5
Missed by 3 -- Huck 0   . . . Joe 0
Missed completely -- Huck 2 . . . Joe 1

MARCH 12, 2017
Huck's predictions for the NCAA Tournament brackets, etc. . .

2017 Field of 68
Teams Ranked 1 thru 68					*Conference Winners
	#1 Seeds		#2 Seeds		#3 Seeds		#4 Seeds
1	Villanova*	5	Arizona*	9	Louisville	13	Florida
2	Kansas	6	Duke*	10	Florida St.	14	UCLA
3	North Carolina	7	Kentucky*	11	Butler	15	SMU*
4	Gonzaga*	8	Oregon	12	Baylor	16	Purdue
	#5 Seeds		#6 Seeds		#7 Seeds		#8 Seeds
17	Notre Dame	21	Iowa St.*	25	Michigan*	29	Dayton
18	West VA	22	Wisconsin	26	Creighton	30	Michigan St.
19	Cincy	23	Minnesota	27	St. Mary�s	31	Va Tech
20	Virginia	24	Maryland	28	Arkansas	32	So. Carolina
	#9 Seeds		#10 Seeds		#11 Seeds		#12 Seeds
33	VCU	37	Northwestern	41	R. Island*	47	Wichita St.*
34	Xavier	38	Okla St.	42	Nevada*	48	UNC-Wilmington*
35	Seton Hall	39	Vandy	43	Marquette	49	MD Tenn. St.*
36	Miami	40	Wake Forest	44	Providence	50	N. Mexico St.*
				45	Syracuse
				46	California
	#13 Seeds		#14 Seeds		#15 Seeds		#16 Seeds
51	Vermont*	55	Iona*	59	Troy*	63	S. Dakota St.*
52	E. Tenn. St.*	56	Winthrop*	60	No. Kentucky*	64	New Orleans*
53	Bucknell*	57	Fla Gulf Coast*	61	Texas Southern*	65	UC Davis*
54	Princeton*	58	Kent St.*	62	North Dakota*	66	Jacksonville St.*
						67	MT. St. Mary�s*
						68	No. Caro. Central*
	Next Last 4 In:		Last 4 In:		First 4 Out:		Next 4 Out
	Northwestern		Marquette		USC		Illinois
	Okla St.		Providence		Kansas St.		Iowa
	Vandy		Syracuse		Illinois St.		BYU
	Wake Forest		California		Georgia		Coll. of Char.

	Play-in games:
16	No. Caro. Cem.	vs	UC Davis
16	Mt. St. Mary�s	vs	Jack. St.

11	California	vs	Marquette
11	Providence	vs	Syracuse

MARCH 13, 2016

8:20 p.m. . . .
Breakdown of Huck vs. Joe Lunardi
Exact picks --   Huck 36 . . . Joe 34
Missed by 1 -- Huck 22 . . . Joe 26
Missed by 2 -- Huck 7   . . . Joe 5
Missed by 3 -- Huck 1   . . . Joe 0
Missed completely -- Huck 2 . . . Joe 3

Predictions for NCAA Bracket
Final version (5:37 p.m. . . . glitch corrected)

2016 NCAA Field (Projected)
Teams Ranked 1 thru 68					*Conference Winners
	#1 Seeds		#2 Seeds		#3 Seeds		#4 Seeds
1	*Kansas	5	Virginia	9	Xavier	13	Texas A&M
2	*North Carolina	6	Villanova	10	*Kentucky	14	Purdue
3	*Michigan St.	7	Oklahoma	11	Utah	15	Duke
4	*Oregon	8	West Virginia	12	Miami	16	Maryland
	#5 Seeds		#6 Seeds		#7 Seeds		#8 Seeds
17	Iowa St.	21	California	25	Iowa	29	Texas Tech
18	Indiana	22	Texas	26	*St. Joe�s	30	Dayton
19	Arizona	23	Baylor	27	Wisconsin	31	USC
20	*Seton Hall	24	Notre Dame	28	Colorado	32	UConn
	#9 Seeds		#10 Seeds		#11 Seeds		#12 Seeds
33	Oregon St.	37	VCU	41	Wichita State	47	*UNC Wilmington
34	Providence	38	Pitt	42	Michigan	48	*No. Iowa
35	Butler	39	S. Carolina	43	Temple	49	*So. Dakota St.
36	*Gonzaga	40	Syracuse	44	San Diego St.	50	*Fresno St.
				45	Cincinnati
				46	*Buffalo
	#13 Seeds		#14 Seeds		#15 Seeds		#16 Seeds
51	*Hawaii	55	*Chattanooga	59	*Stony Brook	63	*Hampton
52	*Ark Litt. Rock	56	*Wis. Gr. Bay	60	*Weber St.	64	*Fla Gulf Coast
53	*Iona	57	*SF Austin	61	*CS-Bakersfield	65	*Austin Peay
54	*Yale	58	*MD Tenn St.	62	*UNC-Asheville	66	*FDU
						67	*Southern
						68	*Holy Cross
	Next Last 4 In:		Last 4 IN:		First 4 Out:		Next 4 Out
	Pitt		Michigan		Vandy		Monmouth
	So. Carolina		Temple		St. Mary's		Florida
	Syracuse		San Diego St.		St. Bonnie�s		Valpo
	Wichita St.		Cincinnati		Georgia		Tulsa
	Play-in games:
#16	Holy Cross	#16	Austin Peay
#16	Southern	#16	FDU
#11	Temple	#11	San Diego St.
#11	Michigan	#11	Cincinnati

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Below is the breakdown for the 2014-15 season . . .

MARCH 15

7:45 p.m. . . .
Breakdown of Huck vs. Joe Lunardi
Exact picks --   Huck 32 . . . Joe 42
Missed by 1 -- Huck 29 . . . Joe 19
Missed by 2 -- Huck 4   . . . Joe 5
Missed by 3 -- Huck 1   . . . Joe 0
Missed completely -- Huck 2 . . . Joe 2
Huck missed on UCLA (11th) and Mississippi (play-in 11th)
Joe missed on UCLA (11th) and Indiana (10th)

5:58 p.m. . . .

2015 NCAA Field: (Projected)
Teams Ranked 1 thru 68					*Conference Winners
	#1 Seeds		#2 Seeds		#3 Seeds		#4 Seeds
1	Kentucky*	5	Arizona*	9	Iowa St.*	13	Oklahoma
2	Villanova*	6	Virginia	10	Notre Dame*	14	No. Iowa*
3	Wisconsin*	7	Kansas	11	Baylor	15	North Carolina
4	Duke	8	Gonzaga*	12	Maryland	16	Arkansas
	#5 Seeds		#6 Seeds		#7 Seeds		#8 Seeds
17	Louisville	21	Providence	25	Georgetown	29	St. John�s
18	SMU*	22	Wichita St.	26	VCU*	30	Xavier
19	West Virginia	23	Butler	27	San Diego St.	31	Iowa
20	Mich. St.	24	Utah	28	Oregon	32	Davidson
	#9 Seeds		#10 Seeds		#11 Seeds		#12 Seeds
33	NC State	37	Texas	41	Georgia	47	Wyoming*
34	Ohio St.	38	LSU	42	Temple	48	Buffalo*
35	Dayton	39	Purdue	43	Indiana	49	Valpo*
36	Cincinnati	40	Okla St.	44	Colo. St.	50	SF. Austin*
				45	BYU
				46	Boise St.
	#13 Seeds		#14 Seeds		#15 Seeds		#16 Seeds
51	Wofford*	55	UAB*	59	Belmont*	63	Costal Carolina*
52	Harvard*	56	Northeastern*	60	N. Mexico St.*	64	Manhattan*
53	Georgia St.*	57	No. Dak. St.*	61	Lafayette*	65	Texas Southern*
54	UC Irvine*	58	East. Wash.*	62	Albany*	66	North Florida*
						67	Robert Morris*
						68	Hampton*
	Next Last 4 In:		Last 4 IN:		First 4 Out:		Next 4 Out
	Purdue		Indiana		Mississippi		Old Dominion
	Okla St.		Colo St.		Miami-Fla		Murray St.
	Georgia		BYU		UCLA		Iona
	Temple		Boise St.		Tulsa		Texas A&M
	Play-in games:
#16 Hampton vs #16 Texas Southern
#16 Robert Morris vs. #16 North Florida
#11 Boise St. vs #11 BYU
#11 Colo. St. vs #11 Indiana