My 2011-2012 NBA Season Predictions

 Western Conference

Northwest:

1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. Portland Trail Blazers
3. Utah Jazz
4. Denver Nuggets
5. Minnesota Timberwolves

Pacific:

1. Los Angeles Clippers
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Phoenix Suns
4. Sacramento Kings
5. Golden State Warriors

Southwest:

1. Dallas Mavericks
2. Memphis Grizzlies
3. San Antonio Spurs
4. Houston Rockets
5. New Orleans Hornets

Eastern Conference:
Atlantic:

1. New York Knicks
2. Boston Celtics
3. New Jersey Nets
4. Philadelphia 76ers
5. Toronto Raptors

Central:

1. Chicago Bulls
2. Indiana Pacers
3. Milwaukee Bucks
4. Detroit Pistons
5. Cleveland Cavaliers

Southeast:

1. Miami Heat
2. Atlanta Hawks
3. Orlando Magic
4. Washington Wizards
5. Charlotte Bobcats

Western Playoffs: 1. Thuder 2. Mavericks 3. Clippers 4. Lakers 5. Grizzlies 6. Spurs 7. Blazers 8. Suns

Eastern Playoffs: 1. Heat 2. Bulls 3. Knicks 4. Celtics 5. Hawks 6. Magic 7. Pacers 8. Bucks

Why the BCS Might Not Be So Bad ...

I'm a fan of playoff systems (and am just playing devil's advocate here as I'm not a fan of the BCS system), but the Green Bay Packers winning the Super Bowl as the sixth seed (worst in the NFC), the St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series as the worst team to make the playoffs, Tony Stewart the 10th place driving during the regular season winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with a hot chase, Virginia Commonwealth making the Final Four when they shouldn't have even made the NCAA tournament to begin with and the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA title as the third seed in a tough Western Conference could mean that the BCS System is the most accurate system. 

None of these teams mentioned were the best in their leagues or even close to it and all had success and all but VCU have championships. They all got hot and rode it to the end and that makes you really have to sit back and ask yourself is that really a better way to determine a champion than the BCS system. 

If the BCS championship game were to be decided today it would be a rematch between LSU and Alabama and that is the right choice, at least in my opinion, because those two teams are clearly the two best teams in college football this season. 

If things go the way they are supposed to in sports the two best teams in each sport would match up against each other for the championship. In a playoff system that doesn’t always happen, in fact it probably happens less than more, but the BCS system is typically pretty accurate as it is this year. 

Again, I’m not a fan of the BCS system and would prefer to see a playoff installed in college football, but in a year where seemingly every champion came from the back of the pack to win it’s got to make you think.