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Each week we will present the selections of some of the nation's leading handicapers
as they compete for a winner-take-a;; cash prize of $10,000 and handicapping acclaim.
The Stardust's football contest has attracted national notoriety.
The Stardust
is sponsoring a college basketball tournament and has invited 10 of the nation's
leading analysts/handicappers to compete selecting five games each Saturday, beginning
January 12, for nine weeks. After the nine weeks are completed the four contestants
with the best cumulative record for their 45 selections will advance to the semi-finals
which will be held on Thursday, March 15, the first day of the opening round of the
NCAA Tournament. The handicappers will compete head to head against one another and
will be seeded with #1 facing #4 and #2 facing #3. The two winners will advance to
a head to head competition the following day, Friday, March 16, the second day of
the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
As just mentioned, each handicapper
will submit five selections from the Saturday college basketball schedule, using
lines posted at the Stardust Race and Sports Book at approximately 4:30 PM on Friday
afternoon. One of the five selections shall be designated as a Best Bet which will
count only for tie-breaker purposes at the end of the nine weeks to determine the
four semi-finalists and the seedings. Otherwise, the Best Bet selections will carry
the same weight as the other four selections.
In presenting this information
to the public the interests of several parties have to be balanced. Obviously the
Stardust would like the contest to attract traffic to their Race and Sports Book.
Also, many of the participants operate handicapping and/or consulting services for
which they receive a fee for their selections. Finally, the public will benefit from
knowing who some of the top handicapping professionals recommend as their top selections.
Out
of respect for the handicappers who participate in the contest, and thereby provide
selections each week, we will not reveal the names of the individuals, many of whom
have their own consulting servies for which they charge a fee for their selections.
The specific identities are known to those of us who reside in, or travel to, Las
Vegas.
Clients of Logical Approach may telephone our offices if they would
like further details on the contestants and/or selections.
To be fair, however,
in the presentation of the weekly selections each contestant will be identified in
the same place each week and the cumulative record will be presented. Thus the public
will be able to track the performance of each of the handicappers for the length
of the contest. For those living in, or travelling to, Las Vegas, to learn the name
behind the number for each contestant you are invited to visit the Stardust Race
& Sports Book on the Las Vegas Strip where you will be able to get a copy of
all of the selections (for free) with each handicapper and his selections identified.
The sheets are expected to be available every Friday evening at approximately 6:00
PM local (Pacific) time.
Selections & Standings for the 2001 Contest
Please note that
the selections are not listed in the same order as the Contestants are listed above.
Since most of the Contestants also offer their selections for sale to clients, in
order to achieve an ethical balance between providing solid handicapping information
to the public free of charge and retaining the integrity of the handicappers to their
paying clients, the names of the specific contestants are not being disclosed as
to the identity of whose selections are whose but the same Contestant's selections
will be provided in the same spot each week. In other words, Contestant # 1 will
ALWAYS be Contestant # 1 throughout the season so that you may track the performance
of each Contestant week by week.
Selections of Contestant # 1 (Currently
in 7th place with a 19-24-2 record including Best Bets of 6-3-0)
(BEST BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 2 (Currently in 10th
place with a 14-28-3 record including Best Bets of 3-6-0)
(BEST BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 3 (Currently in 2nd
place with a 25-20-0 record including Best Bets of 7-2-0)
(BEST BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 4 (Currently in 8th
place with a 18-26-1 record including Best Bets of 2-7-0)
(BEST
BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 5 (Currently in 1st place
with a 30-14-1 record including Best Bets of 6-3-0)
Alabama State & Michigan
State UNDER 131
Western Kentucky & Florida UNDER 141
Providence & Penn
State OVER 143
Mississippi and Iona OVER 137
(BEST BET) -- Northwestern
State & Illinois OVER 141
Selections of Contestant # 6 (Currently
in 4th place with a 22-21-2 record including Best Bets of 2-5-2)
(BEST
BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 7 (Currently in 5th place
with a 21-21-3 record including Best Bets of 5-4-0)
(BEST
BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 8 (Currently in 6th place
with a 21-23-1 record including Best Bets of 5-4-0)
(BEST
BET) --
Selections of Contestant # 9 (Currently in 3rd place
with a 23-21-1 record including Best Bets of 3-5-1)
Tennessee - 1 over NC
Charlotte
Notre Dame Pick 'em over Xavier
Fresno State + 2 1/2 over California
Eastern
Illinois & Arizona UNDER 155
(BEST BET) -- Cal Northridge + 12 1/2 over
Kansas
Selections of Contestant # 10 (Currently in 9th place with
a 16-28-1 record including Best Bets of 1-8-0)
(BEST BET)
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