The Bay Area News Group’s high school group is back to predict six more basketball games across the Mercury News and East Bay Times coverage footprint.
Darren Sabedra, Christian Babcock and Nathan Canilao debuted the new basketball predictions show last week and have returned to prognosticate a half dozen East Bay, South Bay and Peninsula games.
All in good fun, of course.
Canilao and Sabedra went 4-2 last week and share the co-lead heading into Week 2 of the picks. Babcock went 3-3, with Archbishop Mitty’s heartbreaking loss to Ontario Christian making the difference.
This week, the guys predict the results of boys games between Dougherty Valley and Livermore, Mitty and Bellarmine and Bishop O’Dowd and California and girls games between Hillsdale and Menlo-Atherton, Pinewood and Priory and St. Francis and Archbishop Riordan.
The group was in lockstep on the girls side. Not so much on the boys.
In the video podcast, the guys discuss Mitty’s double-overtime girls loss to Ontario Christian, the Livermore boys ending the program’s 121-game EBAL losing streak and the upcoming MLK showcases.
Be sure to check out the video below.
Now on to the picks …
Round 2 picks
BOYS BASKETBALL
Friday
Dougherty Valley (13-6, 1-1) at Livermore (14-4, 1-1), 7:30 p.m.
Babcock: Dougherty Valley
Canilao: Livermore
Sabedra: Livermore
Archbishop Mitty (8-5, 2-1) at Bellarmine (10-3, 2-1), 7:30 p.m.
Babcock: Bellarmine
Canilao: Mitty
Sabedra: Mitty
Saturday
Bishop O’Dowd (10-5) vs. California (10-8) at Diablo Valley College, 4:30 p.m.
Babcock: O’Dowd
Canilao: California
Sabedra: California
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday
Hillsdale (10-3, 2-1) at Menlo-Atherton (11-2, 3-0), 6 p.m.
Babcock: M-A
Canilao: M-A
Sabedra: M-A
Friday
St. Francis (15-1, 2-0) at Riordan (6-4, 1-0), 6 p.m.
Babcock: St. Francis
Canilao: St. Francis
Sabedra: St. Francis
Priory (7-5, 1-0) at Pinewood (11-0, 1-0), 7:15 p.m.
Babcock: Pinewood
Canilao: Pinewood
Sabedra: Pinewood
Round 1 results
BOYS BASKETBALL
Willow Glen 55, Westmont 47
Babcock: Westmont (L)
Canilao: Westmont (L)
Sabedra: Willow Glen (W)
California 70, No. 12 Dublin 65
Babcock: Dublin (L)
Canilao: Dublin (L)
Sabedra: Dublin (L)
Archbishop Riordan 73, No. 4 Bellarmine 49
Babcock: Riordan (W)
Canilao: Riordan (W)
Sabedra: Riordan (W)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
San Ramon Valley 58, Carondelet 48
Babcock: San Ramon Valley (W)
Canilao: San Ramon Valley (W)
Sabedra: Carondelet (L)
Ontario Christian 96, No. 1 Archbishop Mitty 87, 2 OT
Babcock: Mitty (L)
Canilao: Ontario Christian (W)
Sabedra: Ontario Christian (W)
Pinewood 55, Salesian 38
Babcock: Pinewood (W)
Canilao: Pinewood (W)
Sabedra: Pinewood (W)
Season standings
Canilao: 4-2
Sabedra: 4-2
Babcock: 3-3