In somewhat of a surprise,<b> NBADRAFT.NET</b>, had the best score in the
2003 Predict the Draft Contest.  Usually a low finisher, the web site had
74 points to edge out <b>CRAIGINMD</B> and <B>BEN BROWDY</B> who were tied
with 73 points and the same tiebreaker.
 <p>   Of the media outlets, <b>FOXSPORTS.COM </b> (Frank Burleson) was easily 
the best.  (Scoring was done differently for them, since they only made first
round predictions.)

<p><u> Notable stats:</u>

<p> Easiest picks:  Sixteen of the 22 entrants picked Point guards T.J. Ford
 and Luke Ridenour within five picks and fifteen had Kirk Hinrich within five.
<p> Toughest picks:  Only three were within five for Tommy Smith and four within
five for Marcus Banks. 
<p> Exact picks:  Nick Collison (Jeremy Lee, Peter Caldwell, Ben Browdy),
T.J. Ford (Hank Stillman), Luke Ridenour (James Duncan, Jason Horton),
Dwayne Wade (Jeremy Lee, Hank Stillman), Luke Walton (Billy Ridge),
David West (Daniel Rivero)

<p> Here are the final standings.  The low scores were probably due to
failing to realize that predicting who <i> wouldn't</i> be drafted is as
important as predicting the positions of those who were drafted.  All ties
were broken using the tiebreaker (foreign players drafted = 20).

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  *  NBADRAFT.NET                       74 

  1  CraiginMD (UCLA Fan)               73
  1  Ben Browdy (UCLA)                  73 

  3  Hank Stillman (CSUN)               63
  4  Peter Caldwell (UCLA Alum)         58 
  5  Billy Ridge (Goazcats.com)         58 
  6  Steen Graham (Oregon AD)           56 
  7  Dave Lombard (UCLA)                54 
  8  Richard Clark (U of A student)     54 
  9  Linas Polikaitis (UCLA '83)        54 
 10  Dave "Duke" Snyder (UCLA Fan)      53 
 11  Daniel Rivero (ucla grad)          46 
 12  James C. Duncan                    44 
 13  Steve Kaufman (UCLA)               42 
 14  Vartan Madoyan (UCLA)              42 
 15  Dave Patterson (UC Berkeley)       41 
 16  Randy Lehmer (ucla med '82)        38 
 17  Brian Codd (psuedo alum)           35 
 18  Steve Hotchkiss (UOD)              34 
 19  Jeremy Lee (doh)                   29 
 20  Jason Horton (Washington)           6 
 21  petersullivan (bruins fan)         -7 
 22  stuart tower (none)               -12 

  1  FOXSPORTS                      58
  2  USATODAY                       45
  3  LATIMES                        44
  4  ESPN                           43
  5  CBS.SPORTSLINE                 41
  6  CNNSI (Hollinger)              34
  7  THESPORTINGNEWS                29
  8  MSNBC                          27
  9  CNNSI (Thomsen)                22