I think of it this way Isaac: I've picked every single game correctly so far in this competition, it's just so happens that the teams I pick quite often go out and lose.

I picked Brisbane far too many times, and Townsville early in the season let me down a bit. West Sydney would have also let a few tipsters down early but once it was apparent they were a very smelly outfit it was easy to tip against them.

It's been a tough year. I, too, suffered through picking Brisbane early.

unfortunately this season i've made the fundamental mistake too often. The fundamental mistake is picking losers instead of winners and, so far, i am just fortunate that others have done it as well. Seriously it has been a tough year on the tipping field with any team capable on their day and the psychological factors eg teams with a point to prove when a player was injured have been hard to pick although home teams have generally performed well.

Has anyone done anything scientific like pick all the home teams, or who is higher on the ladder?

Any idea as to how these methods would have gone??

I came 29th for round 20 with 8/11, and came 3rd once before that, besides them, I have been going crap

Avanti, my girlfriend (in her first NBL tipping competition) mostly picked the higher team and heavily favoured the Sixers (maybe picked them every game?) I think. She's top 20 in the Hoops SA comp.

I started off favouring what I thought were the strongest teams (Crocs and Bullets) and suffered for it. After that, I mostly picked home teams with a few digressions for key games (anyone against the Breakers, for example).

Could yogee do a year round up of the Fantasy League that went the wasy of the Vic Giants?

I gave up on the tips to focus on my all conquering team.

The only thing that tips prove is that those who know nothing about the sport are usually the ones to win the comp.

You know the type. I picked the Bullets to beat the Hawks because a bullet would shoot a Hawk out of the sky.

Yeah, well unfortunately a few people in the fantasy comp tended to get the same way as I did with my tips (ie just plain didnt bother)

When we had a 10 team comp, and maybe only 6 or 7 of the people actually playing, it didnt seem to be worth my 4-5 hours a week i was putting into it.

Hopefully someone can offer me some database assistance (re train me in how to program and use MS Access) which will reduce my time (the new girlfriend is NOT a Net person, so my time is being curtailed, will be even worse when she moves in - and I also have a new job offer for the new NBL season which will chew up some time)

If I can find a way to run it more smoothly, it wont matter if we get drop outs.

I'm actually hoping we will get enough people for 2 conferences next season.

I gave up doing tips about mid season, I always seem to...apart from AFL tips at work...forget to do them a couple fo weeks in a row, and you fall so far behind its not worth it.

i'm fourth or 5th on the hoops comp and about 288 on the main board this week i got 9/11 i missed on breakers over cairns and kings over hawks.

my margins have been way out though if i tip a narrow margin its a blow out and if i tip a blow out its a narrow margin

worst margin i had was a few weeks ago i tipped hunter to beat pigs by 30 and it turned out the margin was about right but the wrong team won which made the difference about 60.

i've tipped with who i think will win on form, injury etc and don't go with the heart.

but it is all in good fun

It's cetainly heating up now!! I've got a carton of beer riding on this round as my 4 way bet with a few mates is coming down to the wire. Fietzy at 8 is my only competition (I'm sitting at 9) but with my vastly superior net margin I only need to peg back one game and that Coopers in mine. Perth Tigers game has hurt me bad.

Is there a mystery prize for the best accumulated margin in the group? Didn't think so.