Sunday, March 26, 2017

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Elite 8 Day 1 

Another number 1 seed goes down, in a bracket in which our participants had Kansas and Oregon.  For the Ducks, Jordan Bell had 8 BLOCKS!!!  8!!!  With that, several of our leaders were blocked out of their previous positions.  By selecting Oregon, Steven Usma 1 remains in the lead.  

Of our remaining champions, Kansas lost, but Gonzaga remains, meaning that of the 6 remaining teams, our participants have five of them.  Updating our champions remaining: Arizona, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Oregon, UCLAVillanova, Wisconsin.  This list will remain the same throughout all of the updates, but I will remove the “bold” from teams as they lose.  This will change as Kentucky and North Carolina play each other in today's late game, In the early game, those that have the Gators are hoping they are able to defeat their SEC rival South Carolina.

As stated earler, Steven Usma 1 remains our leader, and he still has 3 of his Final 4 remaining.  He is joined atop the leaderboard by Measha Williams 3, who flew up to second place while and Christian Searcy remains in third.  Of note, Mac Kroesen is in 6th place, which means he is the highest ranked bracket that lost Kansas as its champion.

Several brackets had Oregon advancing to the Final 4 and several more had Gonzaga.  Only 6 had both the Ducks and Bulldogs to gain 16 points and fly up the standings.  Those 6:  Measha Williams 3, Measha Williams 2, Cherly Spuhler, Amy Zdrowak, Justin Yung and Day Yi 2, not only move up the chart, they also win the "Pick of the Day".

Amy Zdrowak, for all of her greatness in her picks from yesterday jumps up from a tie for 42nd to a tie for 13th. Alas, this also makes her the highest ranked bracket that can no longer earn any points.

Today's games are big for a number of reasons:  the foremost being the winners will be the teams that I get to see in the Final Four.  Secondly, those that have Florida can gain on the group, and we have a lot of North Carolina and Kentucky selections, so the winner will separate a lot of our contestants.  

If you got one of the two winners from yesterday, you advanced up the standings, whereas if you had none correct, you fell.  Only 6 had both selections correct, and they jumped dramatically.

As always, please review the standings and double check my math, as I may have missed something, missed an upset, or just simply miscalculated.  I try to be accurate, but sometimes I do mess up.  I will listen and change things as necessary.  If you point out a potential mistake, I will not take offense, but I will go re-score your entire bracket to make sure everything is accurate.

Please remember to pay, if you have not.  Payment instructions are on the rule sheet, or you can make other arrangements with me as necessary.  I might be calling you out later this week if you have not.

Good luck to everyone, and happy game watching.  Now, on to the standings.

1.   Steven Usma 3 - 103  North Carolina/Florida/3



2.  Measha Williams 3 - 102  North Carolina/Duke/3


3.  Christian Searcy - 101  Arizona/North Carolina/2


4. Jennifer Armstrong - 100  Wisconsin/Kentucky/2

5.  Joshua and Katie Zdrowak - 99  Duke/Kansas/2

6.  Mac Kroesen - 98  Kansas/Gonzaga 2


     Measha Williams 2 - 98  North Carolina/Gonzaga/3


8.  George Walks 5 - 97 Kansas/Gonzaga/2


9.  Greg Kummerlen - 94  Gonzaga/Kansas/2

10.  Adam Jorgensen 2 -93 - North Carolina/Arizona/1



11.  Carolyn Fowler - 91  Gonzaga/North Carolina/2



12.  Vic LaPira - 89  Gonzaga/Kentucky 2

13.  Debbie Searcy - 88  Gonzaga/UCLA/1
       Cheryl Spuhler - 88  Oregon/Gonzaga/3
       Amy Zdrowak - 88  Duke/UCLA/2


16.  Phil Doherty 2 - 87  Gonzaga/North Carolina/2

       Measha Williams 5 - 87  North Carolina/Gonzaga/2

18.  Matt Nieman - 84  Kentucky/Duke/1

       Kulwadee Yung - 84  Kansas/Florida/3

20.  Thomas Bean 1 - 83 North Carolina/Arizona/1
       Colleen Hamilton - 83  North Carolina/Villanova/1


       Eric Sain - 83  North Carolina/Gonzaga/2
       Justin Yung - 83  North Carolina/Duke/3

24.  David Peterson - 82  Kansas/Arizona/0


       Jeff Plamondon - 82 UCLA/Villanova/1

26.  Adam Jorgenson 1 - 81 Arizona/Kansas/0
       Karen Katz - 81  Gonzaga/UCLA/1

       Alex King - 81  Arizona/North Carolina/1
       Chris Kroesen - 81  Kansas/Gonzaga/2
       Jonathan Wasserman - 81  North Carolina/Duke/1
       Day Yi 1 - 81  Arizona/Kentucky/1

       Day Yi 2 - 81  Villanova/UCLA/2
       Biscuit Zdrowak - 81  Duke/Kentucky/2



34.  Thomas Bean 2 - 80  Duke/Kansas/2

35.  Steffan Alexander - 79  Arizona/UCLA/1
       Jessica Ervin-Hang - 79  Oregon/Arizona/2

       Debbie Igdaloff Nieman - 79  Villanova/Kansas/2
       Emily Lawson 3 - 79  Villanova/Kentucky/1
       Hannah Sosa - 79  Florida/Kentucky/2


       Jason Spuhler - 79  Duke/UCLA/1
       Hershey Zdrowak - 79  Duke/North Carolina/1

42.  Thomas Bean 3 - 78  Arizona/North Carolina/2


       Matt Hopps - 78  North Carolina/Gonzaga/2
  .    Silas Nichols - 78  Duke/Kansas/0
       Pepe Sosa - 78  North Carolina/Arizona/1

46.  Eric Inge - 77  North Carolina/Duke/1

47.  Jim Coleman - 76  UCLA/Duke/0
       Measha Williams 4 - 76  Duke/UCLA/0

49.  Dan Barsky - 75  North Carolina/Arizona/1
       Koma Gandy Fischbein - 75  Villanova/UCLA/1
       Katie Kollmeyer - 75  UCLA/Villanova/0


       Ty Leatherman 2 - 75  Villanova/North Carolina/2

53.  Jeremy Spuhler - 74  Duke/UCLA/1

54.  Phil Doherty 4 - 73  Arizona/Kansas/1
       Max Macon 2 - 73  North Carolina/Gonzaga/2
       Steven Usma 1 - 73  North Carolina/Florida State/1


       Wes Wiggins - 73  Arizona/North Carolina/2



58.  Paul Cummings - 72  UCLA/Villanova/1
       Jacey Fowler 1 - 72  Florida State/North Carolina/1
       Kingfish Parham - 72  Kentucky/Gonzaga/3

61.  Thomas Bean 4 - 71  Gonzaga/North Carolina/2
       Brent Bellinger - 71  Gonzaga/North Carolina/1
       Martha Kroesen - 71  Gonzaga/North Carolina/2

       Emily Lawson 1 - 71  Villanova/Kansas/1
       Kyle Sheehan - 71  Duke/North Carolina/1

       Measha Williams 1 - 71  North Carolina/Duke/2
       Katie Zdrowak - 71  North Carolina/Arizona/1

68.  Phil Doherty 3 - 70  UCLA/Gonzaga/1



69.  Carolyn Fowler and Jane Reynolds - 69  Duke/North Carolina/2
       Sasha Moon - 69  Duke/Kansas/0
       Rich Samuels 1 - 69  Villanova/Louisville/1
       Rich Samuels 2 - 69 Arizona/Miami/0
       Roxy Sheehan - 69 Notre Dame/UCLA/0

       George Walks 1 - 69  Kansas/Gonzaga/1

75.  Kent Armstrong - 68  Kansas/Duke/0


       Jacey Fowler II - 68  Villanova/Kentucky/2
       George Walks 3 - 68  Oregon/Arizona/2

78.  Phil Doherty 1 - 67  Kansas/Arizona/1
       Alvaro Gonzalez - 67  North Carolina/Arizona/2

       Arlene Amo Hopps - 67  Villanova/North Carolina/1
       Max Macon 1 - 67  Kansas/Duke/0


       Glen Merchant (with Mango and Duncan) - 67  Gonzaga/UCLA/1
       Allison Parker - 67  North Carolina/Arizona/1
       Steven Usma 2 - 67  Miami/Arizona/0

85.  Colleen Hamilton 2 - 66  Villanova/North Carolina/2


       Traci Sheehan - 66  UCLA/Duke/1

87.  Anthony LaPira - 65  Arizona/UCLA/0

88.  Jane Reynolds - 64  North Carolina/Duke/1

       Joshua Zdrowak - 64  Kansas/Villanova/2

90.  Ty Leatherman 1 - 63  Duke/Kansas/0
       Ashley Poer - 63  Arizona/North Carolina/1
       George Walks 2 - 63  North Carolina/Duke/1



93.  Luke LaPira - 62  Gonzaga/UCLA/1


        George Walks 4 - 62  Gonzaga/Kentucky/2

95.  A.J. Rippin - 61  Arizona/UCLA/0
       Samantha Sheehan - 61  Duke/UCLA/0

97.  Brian Badger Spatchek - 60  Villanova/Kansas/1
       Albert Harper III - 60  North Carolina/Duke/1
       Abigail Sosa - 60  Arizona/North Carolina/1

100.  Jason Murray - 59  Arizona/Kansas/1

101.  Philip Kroesen - 58  Kentucky/SMU/2
102.  Jamie Foreman - 56  Villanova/Louisville/1


         Emily Lawson 2 - 56  Gonzaga/Kansas/2
         Eddy P - 56  Wisconsin/Michigan/0

105.  Keith Zdrowak - 51  UCLA/Duke/0
         Colonel Kareem Montague - 50  UCLA/Villanova/0

107.  Barkley Sosa - 49  Villanova/Kentucky/1

108.  Jessica Koch - 48  Miami/Notre Dame/0

109.  John Wiederhold - 45  Villanova/Kentucky/1

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