Wow… a 16-point lead with 4:52 left? Easy. Not so. 15-18 Western Kentucky just outscored Mississippi Valley St. 22-5 at the end to advance to lose to Kentucky. WKY has now won 7 straight after being 9-18. Two more wins and they’ll reach .500.
We got 26 (we had 30 last year) in the 2nd HWCI NCAA First Four for Charity meaning I happily get to donate $52 to Relay for Life Alhambra (American Cancer Society). And that number could grow as others have pledged money. Thanks, everyone! Here are the picks I got (and hopefully translated it correctly) — BTW, 12 picked WKY (BTW2, David A, who was the only person to pick all 4 games correctly last year, missed this one!):
# | FIRST | LI | UNCA>UALR | UAB>CLEM | UTSA>ALST | USC>VCU |
1 | Samer | S | WKY by 5 | IONA by 6 | LAM by 4 | CAL by 8 |
2 | Ron | E | MVS by 9 | IONA by 4 | LAM by 3 | CAL by 7 |
3 | Fernando | B | MVS by 12 | IONA by 6 | LAM by 4 | CAL by 8 |
4 | Eric | C | WKY by 4 | BYU by 12 | LAM by 7 | CAL by 2 |
5 | Scott | T | MVS by 7 | BYU by 6 | LAM by 8 | CAL by 10 |
6 | David | A | MVS by 11 | IONA by 3 | LAM by 6 | SF by 5 |
7 | Albert | H | WKY by 4 | BYU by 9 | VT by 1 | SF by 3 |
8 | Michael | C | WKY by 5 | BYU by 3 | VT by 12 | SF by 3 |
9 | Chris | B | WKY by 4 | BYU by 12 | LAM by 3 | CAL by 14 |
10 | Craig | S | MVS by 3 | BYU by 2 | VT by 7 | SF by 5 |
11 | Tim | W | WKY by 4 | BYU by 3 | LAM by 8 | SF by 10 |
12 | Yumi | S | MVS by 4 | BYU by 6 | LAM by 5 | CAL by 10 |
13 | Andy | F | MVS by 12 | IONA by 7 | VT by 14 | SF by 3 |
14 | Kevin | T | MVS by 4 | BYU by 8 | LAM by 3 | SF by 6 |
15 | Darryn | B | MVS by 7 | BYU by 12 | VT by 1 | SF by 3 |
16 | Yoh | W | WKY by 4 | IONA by 3 | LAM by 5 | SF by 2 |
17 | Jaime | A | WKY by 13 | BYU by 8 | VT by 10 | CAL by 20 |
18 | Vi | N | MVS by 3 | BYU by 8 | LAM by 9 | CAL by 3 |
19 | Roy | W | WKY by 9 | IONA by 3 | LAM by 10 | CAL by 5 |
20 | Justin | P | MVS by 12 | IONA by 7 | VT by 5 | CAL by 6 |
21 | Michael | G | MVS by 4 | BYU by 12 | VT by 6 | SF by 2 |
22 | Paul | T | WKY by 2 | IONA by 1 | VT by 2 | CAL by 3 |
23 | Ken | B | WKY by 7 | BYU by 4 | LAM by 2 | SF by 8 |
24 | Wendy | B | MVS by 5 | IONA by 4 | LAM by 1 | SF by 6 |
25 | Eric | F | WKY by 6 | IONA by 2 | LAM by 5 | CAL by 7 |
26 | Deven | K | MVS by 17 | IONA by 4 | VT by 5 | CAL by 14 |