Seed list for 1-21-10

2011-01-21T15:06:00.000-08:00

College basketball seed list, updated through January 20th (my birthday!) Bracket may be coming.
1
Ohio State
Kansas
Duke
Pittsburgh
2
Syracuse
San Diego State
Kentucky
BYU
3
Villanova
Texas
Purdue
Connecticut
4
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Missouri
West Virginia
5
Notre Dame
Louisville
Illinois
Georgetown
6
Michigan State
St. Mary’s
Vanderbilt
UNLV
7
Arizona
North Carolina
Temple
Florida
8
Cincinnati
Minnesota
St. John’s
Virginia Tech
9
Kansas State
Marquette
Butler
Florida State
10
Gonzaga
Belmont
Washington State
Utah State
11
Tennessee
Boston College
Georgia
UCF
12
Missouri State
Wichita State
Northwestern
Oklahoma State
Colorado
13
Old Dominion
Xavier
Richmond
Oakland
Harvard
14
George Mason
UCSB
Buffalo
Iona
15
College of Charleston
North Texas
Bucknell
Morehead St.
16
LIU-Brooklyn
Coastal Carolina
Stephen F. Austin
Vermont
Hampton
Texas Southern

Intro/ World Cup Predictions.

2010-06-13T14:02:00.000-07:00

Hi, I'm Ivar and this is my new sports blog. Very generic opening statement, isn't it? Well, I won't go into a long and lengthy introduction about myself, I'll skip right to my first real post.

For the first time ever, it looks like the whole world actually will be watching the world cup. So far there have been numerous chances, but relatively little goals (9 goals through 7 games, as opposed to 18 goals through the first 7 games of the '06 cup in Germany). I won't give you an in-depth overview of each match, as you can find that in many places, but rather I'll give more predictions. A quick overview of what has happened so far:
Group A:
Team PTS GD GF GA
South Africa 1 0 1 1
Mexico 1 0 1 1
Uruguay 1 0 0 0
France 1 0 0 0
Group B:
South Korea 3 2 2 0
Argentina 3 1 1 0
Nigeria 0 -1 0 1
Greece 0 -2 0 2
Group C:
Slovenia 3 1 1 0
United States 1 0 1 1
England 1 0 1 1
Algeria 0 -1 0 1
Group D:
Germany 3 4 4 0
Ghana 3 1 1 0
Serbia 0 -1 0 1
Australia 0 -4 0 4
Now for predictions. There are 3 matches tomorrow, at 7:30 AM ET Holland v Denmark, at 10:00 AM ET Japan v Cameroon, and at 2:30 PM ET Italy v Paraguay. I'm surprised that Holland and Denmark got the time slot that will be watched least in the USA and Europe, as it should be the best game of the day. Holland should be able to score at least 2 goals, and I have a 2-0 win for the Dutch. Japan should fall victim to the great play of Samuel Eto'o (who was recently featured in a long TIME magazine article about the world cup) and the Cameroonians should cruise in another 2-0 win. Cameroon most likely would make a run in the knockout stage if they didn't have to face the Italians in the round of 16. And if they somehow manage to win the group, Brazil lurks in the quarters. Italy and Paraguay both play defensively, so a scoreless draw, however unlikely is not completely out of the question. I think the Italians manage to get a goal for the 1-0 win.
Since I just made my blog, I haven't been able to show my pre-world cup predictions. These were made on the 9th of June:
Group A:
South Africa
Mexico
France
Uruguay
Group B:
Argentina
Nigeria
Greece
South Korea
Group C:
England
USA
Slovenia
Algeria
Group D:
Germany
Ghana
Serbia
Australia
Group E:
Netherlands
Cameroon
Denmark
Japan
Group F:
Italy
Slovakia
Paraguay
New Zealand
Group G:
Brazil
Ivory Coast
Portugal
North Korea
Group H:
Spain
Chile
Switzerland
Honduras
Round of 16:
South Africa over Nigeria
England over Ghana
Holland over Slovakia
Brazil over Chile
Argentina over Mexico
Germany over USA
Italy over Cameroon
Spain over Ivory Coast
Quarters:
England over South Africa
Brazil over Holland
Germany over Argentina
Spain over Italy
Semis:
Brazil over England
Germany over Spain
3rd place:
Spain over England
Final:
Brazil over Germany
I actually had Ghana going to the semis over England before Michael Essien's injury.
That's all for world cup today, see you tomorrow!

Ivar's Sports News

Seed list for 1-21-10

Intro/ World Cup Predictions.