The true competition now begins in Tianjin with the weak teams (i.e., India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, and my personal favorite, Sri Lanka) being eliminated. The remaining teams will jockey for position and hope to finish at the top of their bracket so as not to face the strong teams in the opposite bracket. The teams need to pound their opponents since if a tie happens, the quotient system will be used.

With this in mind, I expect Jordan to show their might against Kazakhstan and to avoid a quarter finals match-up with either Iran or Korea.

The top 4 teams of Group A and B as well as that of Group C and D will move on to the crossover quarter finals.


POD: Jordan-18.5 vs. Kazahkstan (15K units) L

Other leans:

WNBA

• Washington @ Connecticut-4.5 W
• San Antonio+2.5 @ Minnesota W
• Chicago @ Detroit-7.5 L -- damn you Fowles :)
  

NCAA

• MIT vs. SSC-R-14.5 L
• SBC-5.5 vs. JRU W

FIBA-Asia

• Korea-40.5 vs. Kuwait L
• Japan vs. Iran-14.5 W
• Pilipinas pk vs. Taiwan W
• China vs. UAE+50.5 W
• Sri Lanka vs. Uzbekistan-50.5 L
• India vs. Indonesia+10.5 L
• Qatar vs. Lebanon-12.5 L