Tuesday, April 8, 2008

National Champion: TENNESSEE LADY VOLS

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

The University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers are the NCAA Division 1 Basketball National Champions. They defeated Stanford 64-48.

The victory gives the Lady Vols their second consecutive national titles and their eighth overall title.

Congratulations to Pat Summit and the Lady Vols. Will they make it number three next year? Check back next year to find out.

I finished the tournament 50-8 (.862). I did a great deal better in the women's tournament than I did predicting the men's tournament.

Oh well, on to baseball season.



Monday, April 7, 2008

Final Four Results and Predictions for the Championships

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

I went 1-1 (.500). I got Tennessee over LSU but missed Stanford upsetting Connecticut

Tennessee 47 LSU 46
Stanford 82 Connecticut 73

I am 49-8 (.560) for the tournament.

One game to go. My prediction is Tennessee over Stanford for the national title.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Final Four Predictions

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

My predictions are:

Connecticut over Stanford
Tennessee over LSU

Three games to go.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Elite 8 Results

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

The results of the Elite 8 are:

LSU 56 North Carolina 50
UCONN 66 Rutgers 56
Tennessee 53 Texas A&M 48

I get these three correct. The game I missed was:

Stanford 98 Maryland 87


I was 3-4 (.750) for the Elite 8 and 48-7 (.873) for the tournament

I will post my predictions for the Final Four soon.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Elite 8 Predictions

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Below are my predictions for the Elite 8. Read on and take care!!!

Maryland over Stanford
LSU over North Carolina
UCONN over Rutgers
Tennessee over Texas A&M



Sweet 16 Results

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

The Sweet 16 is over. Eight teams advanced to the Elite 8, which starts tonight I went 8 for 8 (1.000) in my predictions.

Here are the results:

UCONN 78 Old Dominion 63
Rutgers 53 George Washington 42
Maryland 80 Vanderbilt 66
Stanford 72 Pittsburgh 53
North Carolina 78 Louisville 74
LSU 67 Oklahoma State 52
Tennessee 74 Notre Dame 64
Texas A&M 77 Duke 63


See you soon.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Sweet 16 Predictions

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

The women's Sweet 16 is here. After this weekend (and early next week) there will only be four teams left. Here are my predictions for the Sweet 16:

UCONN over Old Dominion
Rutgers over George Washington
Maryland over Vanderbilt
Stanford over Pittsburgh
North Carolina over Louisville
LSU over Oklahoma State
Tennessee over Notre Dame
Texas A&M over Duke



Friday, March 28, 2008

Second Round Results

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Below are the results for both days of the second round of the NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Championships. I was 13-3 (.813) for the second round and 41-7 (.854) for the tournament.

These are the games I correctly predicted:

UCONN 89 Texas 55
Old Dominion 88 Virginia 85

Rutgers 69 Iowa State 58
Maryland 76 Nebraska 64
Pittsburgh 67 Baylor 59
Stanford 88 UTEP 54
North Carolina 80 Georgia 66
Louisville 80 Kansas State 63
Oklahoma State 73 Florida State 72
LSU 68 Marist 49
Tennessee 78 Purdue 52
Texas A&M 63 Hartford 39
Duke 67 Arizona State 59

These are the games I missed:
Vanderbilt 64 West Virginia 46
George Washington 55 California 53
Notre Dame 79 Oklahoma 75

Predictions for the Sweet 16 will be posted soon.



Tuesday, March 25, 2008

First Round Results-Day 2 (March 23, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Day two first round games are completed in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division 1 basketball Tournament are in. The results are below. I went 14-2 (.875) and am 24-4 (.875) overall. Check out the results.

Games I correctly predicted:
UCONN 89 Cornell 47
Texas 72 Minnesota 55
Old Dominion 82 Liberty 62
Virginia 86 UC Santa Barbara 52
Maryland 80 Coppin State 66
North Carolina 85 Bucknell 50
Georgia 67 Iowa 61
Louisville 81 Miami (Ohio) 67
Kansas State 69 Chattanooga 59
Tennessee 94 Oral Roberts 55
Notre Dame 75 SMU 62
Oklahoma 69 Illinois State 61
Arizona State 61 Temple 54
Duke 78 Murray State 57

Game I incorrectly predicted:
Nebraska 61 Xavier 58
Prudue 66 Utah 59

More later!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Second Round Predictions Day 4 (March 25, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

My second round prediction for all the games on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in the NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament are listed below. They are listed by their respective regions. Please feel free to leave your comments and our predictions.

Greensboro Region
UCONN (1) over Texas (8)
Virginia (4) over Old Dominion (5)

Spokane Region
Maryland (1) over Nebraska (8)

New Orleans Region
North Carolina (1) over Georgia (8)
Lousiville (4) over Kansas State (5)

Oklahoma City Region
Tennessee (1) over Purdue (9)
Oklahoma (4) over Arizona State (6)
Texas A&M (2) over Hartford (7)

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Second Round Predictions Day 3 (March 24, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

My second round prediction for all the games on Monday, March 24, 2008 in the NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament are listed below. They are listed by their respective regions.


Please feel free to leave your comments and our predictions.

Greensboro Region
California (3) over George Washington (6)

Rutgers (2) over Iowa State (7)

Spokane Region
West Virginia (5) over Vanderbilt (4)

Pittsburgh (6) over Baylor (3)
Stanford (2) over UTEP (7)

New Orleans Region
Oklahoma State (3) over Florida State (11)
LSU (2) over Marist (7)

Oklahoma City Region
Texas A&M (2) over Hartford (10)



Saturday, March 22, 2008

First Round Results-Day 1 (March 22, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Day one first round games are completed in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division 1 basketball Tournament are in. The results are below. I went 14-2 (.875). Check out the results. More results from day 2 tomorrow.

Games I correctly predicted:

Marist 76 DePaul 57

Stanford 85 Cleveland State 47

LSU 66 Jackson State 32

Vanderbilt 75 Montana 47

Iowa State 58 Georgia Tech 55

Baylor 88 Fresno State 67

Pittsburgh 63 Wyoming 58

Oklahoma State 85 East Tennessee State 73

West Virginia 61 New Mexico 60

UTEP 92 Western Kentucky 80

Texas A&M 91 UTSA 52

George Washington 66 Auburn 56

Rutgers 85 Robert Morris 42

California 77 San Diego 60


Game I incorrectly predicted:

Hartford 59 Syracuse 55

Florida State 60 Ohio State 49



Friday, March 21, 2008

First Round Predictions Day 2 (March 23, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

My first round prediction for all the games on Sunday, March 23, 2008 in the NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament are listed below. They are listed by their respective regions. I have predicted all the higher seeds, except one, will win on Sunday. Well, here I go. Please feel free to leave your comments and our predictions.

Greensboro Region
UCONN (1) over Cornell (16)
Texas (8) over Minnesota (9)
Old Dominion (5) over Liberty (12)
Virginia (4) over UC Santa Barbara (13)

Spokane Region
Maeryland (1) over Coppin State (16)
Xavier (9) over Nebraska (8)

New Orleans Region
North Carolina (1) over Bucknell (16)
Georgia (8) over Iowa (9)
Kansas State (5) over Chattanooga (12)
Loiusville (4) over Miami (Ohio) (13)

Oklahoma City Region
Tennessee (1) over Oral Roberts (16)
Utah (8) over Purdue (9)
Notre Dame (5) over SMU (12)
Oklahoma (4) over Illinois State (13)
Arizona State (6) over Temple (11)
Dule (3) over Murray State (14)


Tuesday, March 18, 2008

First Round Predictions-Day 1 (March 22, 2008)

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

My first round prediction for all the games on Saturday, March 22, 2008 in the NCAA Women's Division 1 Basketball Tournament are listed below. They are listed by their respective regions. I have predicted all the higher seeds will win on Saturday. Well, here I go. Please feel free to leave your comments and our predictions.

Greensboro Region
George Washington (6) over Auburn (11)
California (3) over San Diego (14)
Iowa State (7) over Georgia Tech (10)
Rutgers (2) over Robert Morris (15)

Spokane Region
West Virginia (5) over New Mexico (12)
Vanderbilt (4) over Montana (13)
Pittsburgh (6) over Wyoming (11)
Baylor (3) over Fresno State (14)
UTEP (7) over Western Kentucky (10)
Stanford (2) over Cleveland State (15)

New Orleans Region
Louisville (4) over Miami (Ohio) (13)
Ohio State (6) over Florida State (11)
Marist (7) over DePaul (10)
LSU (2) over Jackson State (15)

Okalhome City Region
Syracuse (7) over Hartford (10)
Texas A&M (2) over UT-San Antonio (15)


2008 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Tournament

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

TexSport Publications returns in 2008 for its predictions and commentary on the NCAA Division 1 Women's basketball Tournament.

This year, we will maintain two separate blogs for the men's and women's tournament.

Please click here for our blog on the 2008 Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament.

Check back soon for our first round picks in the women's tournament.