Five Teamer Sports Betting Winner

We have a winner in our sports betting five teamer college basketball challenge. Congrats to Rory O'Brien.

Rory's slate had a bit of a late season run, though he was never out of it, always just in hailing distance. Luckily for him the Big Pool winner was no other than Redbone himself, Eric Johnson, whose second slate took down the main prize. He did not use that slate in our pool.

Let's take a look at the season in a distant rear-view mirror. As a Duke hater, I'm loathe to pick them, however, at the beginning of the season I thought they were a legitimate national title contender. I thought KU would win but I thought Duke had the horses to get there. They had three major talents, and sometimes major college talents (Reddick, Hansbrough, Laettner, Ferry, Never Nervous Pervis Ellison) is all it takes, though it's easier with NBA guys.

Singler, Scheyer, and Smith don't look like go to NBA guys though they all could get floor time in the big league. However, they are great college players. The entire team was also veteran and dangerous. I opted not to pick them because they were pricey, Duke always is, however, that didn't stop me from taking Kansas and it turns out it shouldn't have stopped me from Duke.

In the past I've veered away from Mid-Major giants no matter how talented they may be because they never seem to have final four or finals potential. Butler was proof that picking them was just as wise as picking any Major. In fact, their easier conference schedule and that they beat some major programs in their loaded non-conference only solidified their strength as a pick. Congrats to the one of us that did pick them Mr. Seven Gersztoff.

Texas was one of our biggest disappointments, if Georgia Tech didn’t have just 12 wins last year, they arguably would be too. They have a lot of talent. Good thing Georgia Tech is cheap and doesn’t want to buy out Paul Hewitt for Paul Hewitt’s sake. Nobody had a terrible, terrible year, sometimes players barely get over the 100 win threshold. Newcomer John Price can hold his head up that even though he came in last he was still 20+ games better than last year.

Will Rory have any NBA basketball
Basketball betting now that college basketball is in our distant mirror? That is the question my friends.

Though transitioning from March Madness to the NBA playoffs is a bit like divorcing Angelina Jolie and marrying Roseanne Bahr. Where is the mystic, the madness, the majesty, the passion, the pageantry, and the poignancy. A theme song to end the night “One Shining Moment,” brings some men to tears. The only thing that brings a fan to tears about the NBA is when they take a ball to the nose from an angry Ron Artest.

So, who does Rory like the Cavs, the Lakers, the Mavs, or the Bulls? Who really cares. Not about Rory’s expertise but about the subject matter. Isn’t the next best thing in sports going to be the World Cup tournament. Surely we’ll do a sports pool focusing on the World Cup and not the NBA playoffs. Besides paint drying, the NHL ice freezing, and just short of Astro Turf growing the NBA playoffs is entertaining.

Also, will this blog be used by our wager makers in the future? I've certainly taken it over with the five teamer madness but I trust the Lock of the Weekers will be back. Lord knows it’s fun to watch somebody on a Schneide and best against them.