Showing posts with label Glen Merchant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glen Merchant. Show all posts

Saturday, April 9, 2016

NCAA Tournament Pool - Final Standings

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Final Standings

I am sure that you are tired of waiting for the standings, so I will make my synopsis quick.  Congratulations to Villanova Wildcats on winning the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament.  And congratulations go Glen Merchant, Hilary Kroesen and Day Yi for selecting the Wildcats.  Unfortunately for Hilary and Day, the rest of their bracket did not stand up well to the competition, so they did not win, place or show in the pool.

The winners of the pool, in order, are Glen Merchant, Greg Kummerlen, and Jonathan Wasserman.  The fact that Greg came in second has absolutely nothing to do with the free tab I received while watching the Elite 8 games at his sports bar (since there was no free tab, hint, hint!)

We have an unprecedented occurrence in the race for last place.  There was a tie between Phil Doherty 2 and Phil Doherty 4.  Since both entries are for the same person, I will not break the tie, but just give last place money back to Phil Doherty.

Glen, Greg, Wass and Phil, let me know your PayPal, or address to give you your winnings.

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.

For more adventures from the Final Four – please check out the previous 5 entries at WeMakeItRain, for a detailed account of our trip to Houston.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING THE POOL.  I THOROUGHLY ENJOY THIS EVERY YEAR, AND I WILL CONTACT YOU ALL NEXT YEAR IF YOU WANT TO KEEP PLAYING.

Now, on to the standings.

1.         GLEN MERCHANT – 138

2.         GREG KUMMERLEN – 116

3.         JONATHAN WASSERMAN 2 – 112

4.         Kareem Montague – 111
5.         Measha Williams 2 – 110
6.         Colleen Hamilton 1 – 108
            Kevin McAlister – 108
            Allison Parker – 108
9.         Hilary Kroesen – 106
10.       Josh and Katie Zdrowak – 104
11.       Measha Williams – 102
12.       Martha Kroesen – 101
            Duncan Merchant – 101
14.       Carolyn Fowler and Jane Reynolds – 100
            Anthony LaPira – 100
            Roxy Sheehan – 100
            Amy Zdrowak – 100
18.       Cory Mauro – 99
            Steven Usma 3 – 99
            Justin Yung – 99
21.       Kent Armstrong – 98
            Kim Bancsi – 98
            Eric Inge – 98
            Rich Samuels 2 – 98
25.       Rebecca Seelig – 97
26.       Alex King – 96
            Jane Reynolds – 96
            Steven Usma 1 – 96
29.       Keith Bornhorst – 95
            Karen Katz – 95
            Joshua Zdrowak – 95
32.       Carolyn Fowler – 94
            Mango Merchant – 94
            Day Yi – 94
35.       Debbie Nieman – 93
            Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 93
            Measha Williams 1 – 93
38.       George Walks 3 – 92
39.       Rich Samuels 1 – 91
            Measha Williams 3 – 91
            Kulwadee Yung – 91
42.       Bryan Apolinar – 90
            Lee Seelig – 90
44.       Phil Doherty 1 – 89
45.       Katie Kollmeyer – 88
            Kline Kroesen – 88
47.       Stephanie Aichele – 87
            Jacey Fowler II - 87
49.       Brent Bellinger – 86
            Pepe Sosa – 86
51.       Jacey Fowler I  - 85
            George Walks 2 – 85
            Hershey Zdrowak – 85
54.       Andrew Giannone – 84
            Colleen Hamilton 2 – 84
            Matt Hopps – 84
57.       Jen Armstrong – 83
58.       Ty Leatherman – 82
59.       Vic LaPira – 81
            Abigail Sosa – 81
            Jason Spuhler – 81
62.       Kyle Sheehan – 80
            Day Yi 1 – 80
64.       Matt Nieman – 79
65.       Steven Usma 2 – 78
66.       Chris Kroesen – 77
            Mac Kroesen – 77
68.       Jessica Koch – 75
            Emily Lawson - 75      
            Barkley Sosa – 75
            Cheryl Spuhler – 75
72.       Jason Murray – 74
73.       Phil Doherty 3 – 71

            Kingfish Parham – 71 – DEFENDING CHAMPION

75.       Charli Aichele – 70
            Steffan Alexander – 70
77.       Michael Litsey – 69
            Hannah Sosa – 69
            Katie Zdrowak – 69
80.       Kyle Henderson – 68
            Jeff Plamondon – 68
            Ashley Poer 1 – 68
83.       George Walks 1 – 66
84.       Jack Henderson – 64
            Traci Sheehan – 64
86.       Samantha Sheehan – 63
87.       Serena Davila – 61
            Ashley Poer 2 – 61
89.       Alvaro Gonzalez – 60
            Silas Nichols 1 – 60
91.       Silas Nichols 2 – 58
92.       George Walks 4 – 57
            Keith Zdrowak – 57

94.       PHIL DOHERTY 2 – 56
            PHIL DOHERTY 4 - 56

Monday, March 28, 2016

NCAA Pool Standings - Final Four

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Elite 8 Day 2

The Elite 8 is complete, and Syracuse is the surprise of the ball.  Most people did not think that Syracuse should have even been in the tournament, and now they are one of four teams left, which includes the top seeded North Carolina Tar Heels.  See you in Houston Tar Heel and Orange fans (excepting Donald Trump).

North Carolina was an overwhelming selection to make it to the Final Four, so if you did not pick the Tar Heels, you lost ground in the pool.  Nobody had Syracuse in the Final Four, so everybody that selected North Carolina wins the “Pick of the Day” award.

The “Worst Pick of the Day” goes to Keith Bornhorst, who had North Carolina into the Elite 8, and then did not select a Final Four winner from that quadrant.

Greg Kummerlen and Glen Merchant remain in the lead, but Greg has maxxed out his points, as he has no remaining points to earn.  In fact, a large number of entrants have reached the highest amount of points that they can.  In the standings below, I have noted who has winners/runners-up remaining.  For possible winners of the pool, you will receive 10 points for a correct semi-final selection, and 12 points for having the Finals correctly.

Our pool has 3 remaining champions, as all but Syracuse have been selected by various entrants.  For the many of you that had Virginia, you join the rest of us. The remaining champions in the pool are:  Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Villanova and Virginia. 

Since I will be at the Final Four, I will not be updating the pool after Saturday’s games, or immediately after Monday’s final.  Instead, I will be live blogging with my cohorts from Houston, so look for those entries.

It appears to me that the winners will be (I did not calculate the tiebreakers yet):

If Villanova beats North Carolina – Glen Merchant; Greg Kummerlen; Jonathan Wasserman 2

If Villanova beats Syracuse – Glen Merchant; Greg Kummerlen; Kevin McAlister

If Oklahoma beats North Carolina – Karen Katz; Greg Kummerlen/Glen Merchant (Tie)

If Oklahoma beats Syracuse – Karen Katz; Greg Kummerlen/Glen Merchant (Tie)

If North Carolina beats Villanova – Glen Merchant, Measha Williams 2; Colleen Hamilton 1

If North Carolina beats Oklahoma – Joshua and Katie Zdrowak; Measha Williams 2; Collen Hamilton 1

If Syracuse beats Villanova – Glen Merchant; Greg Kummerlen; Kevin McAlister

If Syracuse beats Oklahoma – Greg Kummerlen/Glen Merchant (Tie); Anthony LaPira

I will do the final standings of the entire pool sometime next week.

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.

Good luck to everyone, and happy game watching.  Now, on to the standings.  (All caps is champion, only capitalized is runner-up).

1.         Greg Kummerlen – 116
            Glen Merchant – 116 - VILLANOVA
3.         Kevin McAlister – 108
4.         Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 102 – North Carolina
5.         Duncan Merchant – 101
            Kareem Montague – 101 – North Carolina
7.         Anthony LaPira – 100 - Oklahoma
            Measha Williams 2 – 100 – NORTH CAROLINA
9.         Steven Usma 3 – 99
            Justin Yung – 99 - Oklahoma
11.       Kent Armstrong – 98
            Kim Bancsi – 98
            Colleen Hamilton 1 – 98 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Eric Inge – 98
            Allison Parker – 98 – North Carolina
            Rich Samuel 2 – 98
17.       Rebecca Seelig – 97
18.       Alex King – 96
            Jane Reynolds – 96
20.       Keith Bornhorst – 95
            Karen Katz – 95 - OKLAHOMA
            Joshua Zdrowak – 95
23.       Carolyn Fowler – 94
            Mango Merchant – 94
            Joshua and Katie Zdrowak – 94 – NORTH CAROLINA/Oklahoma
26.       Debbie Niemann – 93
27.       Measha Williams 4 – 92 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Martha Kroesen – 91 – North Carolina
            Measha Williams 3 – 91
30.       Bryan Apolinar – 90
            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 90 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Lee Seelig – 90
            Roxy Sheehan – 90 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Amy Zdrowak – 90 – NORTH CAROLINA
35.       Cory Mauro – 89 – NORTH CAROLINA
36.       Kline Kroesen – 88 - Oklahoma
37.       Jacey Fowler II – 87
38.       Brent Bellinger – 86
            Pepe Sosa – 86 - Oklahoma
            Steven Usma 1 – 86 – North Carolina
41.       Jacey Fowler I – 85
            George Walks 2 – 85
            Hershey Zdrowak – 85
44.       Andrew Giannone – 84
            Matt Hopps – 84
            Hilary Kroesen – 84 – VILLANOVA
47.       Jen Armstrong – 83
            Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 83 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Measha Williams 1 – 83 – NORTH CAROLINA
50.       Ty Leatherman – 82
            George Walks 3 – 82 – OKLAHOMA/North Carolina
52.       Vic LaPira – 81
            Rich Samuel 1 – 81 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Abigail Sosa – 81
            Jason Spuhler – 81
            Kulwadee Yung – 81 – NORTH CAROLINA/Oklahoma
57.       Kyle Sheehan – 80
            Day Yi 1 – 80 - OKLAHOMA
59.       Phil Doherty 1 – 79 – NORTH CAROLINA
            Matt Nieman – 79
61.       Katie Kollmeyer – 78
            Steven Usma 2 – 78
63.       Stephanie Aichele – 77 – North Carolina
            Chris Kroesen – 77
            Mac Kroesen – 77
66.       Emily Lawson – 75
            Barkley Sosa – 75 - OKLAHOMA
            Cheryl Spuhler – 75
69.       Colleen Hamilton 2 – 74 – North Carolina
            Jason Murray – 74
71.       Day Yi 2 – 72 - VILLANOVA
72.       Kingfish Parham – 71
73.       Charli Aichele – 70
            Steffan Alexander – 70 – Oklahoma
75.       Michael Litsey – 69
            Hannah Sosa – 69
            Katie Zdrowak – 69
78.       Kyle Henderson – 68
            Jeff Plamondon – 68
            Ashley Poer 1 – 68
81.       Jessica Koch – 65 – North Carolina
82.       Jack Henderson – 64
            Traci Sheehan – 64
84.       Samantha Sheehan – 63
85.       Serena Davila – 61
86.       Phil Doherty 3 – 61 – North Carolina
            Ashley Poer 2 – 61
88.       Alvaro Gonzalez – 60
            Silas Nichols 1 – 60
90.       Silas Nichols 2 – 58
            George Walks 4 – 57
            Keith Zdrowak – 57
93.       Phil Doherty 2 – 56
            Phil Doherty 4 – 56

            George Walks 1 – 56 – North Carolina

Sunday, March 27, 2016

NCAA Pool Standings - Elite 8 Day 1

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Elite 8 Day 1

The Elite 8 has begun, and both number 1 seeds fell.  Kansas – the overall number 1 seed, the betting favorite, and the most selected champion in our pool, lost to Villanova, and Oregon, the most suspect number 1 seed, lost to Buddy Hield and the Oklahoma Sooners.  See you in Houston Wildcat and Sooner fans.

Kansas and Oklahoma were by far the most popular selections in our group for yesterday’s games, so if you did not at least select 1 game correctly, then you lost ground.  Congratulations to Steve Usma 3, Hilary Kroesen, Katie Kollmeyer, Mac Kroesen and Day Yi 2, for offsetting their choices of teams other than Oklahoma by winning their one game by correctly choosing Villanova for the Final Four.  This is not enough for the “Pick of the Day” award.

That award is shared jointly by Glen Merchant, Justin Yung, Josh and Katie Zdrowak (combined entry), and Amy Zdrowak who correctly selected both Villanova and Oklahoma as advancing to the Final Four.  Those picks, and the 16 points that go along with it, move you up in the standings considerably.

Some movement around the top, but no change to the leader as Greg Kummerlen remains in first.  This is not likely to last, however, as Greg has lost both of his finalists, and his only remaining points possible is by getting North Carolina into the Final Four.  So, if you are behind Greg and still have your winner and/or runner-up, you are still alive!  This is especially true for Glen Merchant, who has risen into a tie for first place.  He still has his entire final four alive!

It is now official that we will have a new champion.  Kingfish Parham, our defending champion, hovered near the top for a while this year, but has slipped in the standings recently, making it incredibly difficult to repeat.  However, as of yesterday, Kingfish can officially no longer earn any more points.  He has been dethroned, but let’s give Kingfish a big round of applause.
 
Two more potential champions, including the favorite, have been defeated, leaving our pool with 4 remaining champions.  For those of you that selected the favorite, Kansas, or took a flyer on Oregon, your chances took a tremendous hit. The remaining champions in the pool are:  Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Villanova and Virginia. 

We have an All-ACC day today, as North Carolina plays Notre Dame and Virginia takes on Syracuse.  Crazy, but yes Notre Dame and Syracuse are in the ACC.  Who knew?

For those of you that have North Carolina and Virginia as your champions/runners-up, the games today are of tremendous importance.  Nobody has Syracuse advancing into the Final Four, but we do have someone with Notre Dame.  Could that person know more than the rest of us?  We shall see.

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.

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

1.         Greg Kummerlen – 108
            Glen Merchant – 108
3.         Kevin McAlister – 100
4.         Jane Reynolds – 96
5.         Keith Bornhorst – 95
6.         Mango Merchant – 94
            Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 94
8.         Duncan Merchant – 93
            Kareem Montague – 93
            Debbie Niemann – 93
11.       Anthony LaPira – 92
            Measha Williams 2 – 92
13.       Steven Usma 3 – 91
            Justin Yung – 91
15.       Kent Armstrong – 90
            Kim Bancsi – 90
            Colleen Hamilton 1 – 90
            Eric Inge – 90
            Allison Parker – 90
            Rich Samuel 2 – 90
21.       Rebecca Seelig – 89
22.       Alex King – 88
23.       Jacey Fowler II – 87
            Karen Katz – 87
            Joshua Zdrowak – 87
26.       Carolyn Fowler – 86
            Pepe Sosa – 86
            Joshua and Katie Zdrowak – 86
29.       Matt Hopps – 84
            Hilary Kroesen – 84
            Measha Williams 4 – 84
32.       Jen Armstrong – 83
            Martha Kroesen – 83
            Measha Williams 3 – 83
35.       Bryan Apolinar – 82
            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 82
            Ty Leatherman – 82
            Lee Seelig – 82
            Roxy Sheehan – 82
            Amy Zdrowak – 82
41.       Cory Mauro – 81
            Abigail Sosa – 81
            Jason Spuhler – 81
44.       Kline Kroesen – 80
            Kyle Sheehan – 80
46.       Matt Nieman – 79
47.       Brent Bellinger – 78
            Katie Kollmeyer – 78
            Steven Usma 1 – 78
50.       Jacey Fowler I – 77
            Chris Kroesen – 77
            Mac Kroesen – 77
            George Walks 2 – 77
            Hershey Zdrowak – 77
55.       Andrew Giannone – 76
56.       Barkley Sosa – 75
            Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 75
            Measha Williams 1 – 75
59.       George Walks 3 – 74
60.       Vic LaPira – 73
            Rich Samuel 1 – 73
            Kulwadee Yung – 73
63.       Day Yi 1 – 72
64.       Phil Doherty 1 – 71
            Kingfish Parham – 71
66.       Charli Aichele – 70
67.       Steffan Alexander – 70
            Steven Usma 2 – 70
69.       Stephanie Aichele – 69
            Michael Litsey – 69
            Hannah Sosa – 69
            Katie Zdrowak – 69
73..      Kyle Henderson – 68
            Ashley Poer 1 – 68
75.       Emily Lawson – 67
            Cheryl Spuhler – 67
77.       Colleen Hamilton 2 - 66
            Jason Murray – 66
79.       Jack Henderson – 64
            Traci Sheehan – 64
            Day Yi 2 – 64
82.       Samantha Sheehan – 63
83.       Serena Davila – 61
            Ashley Poer 2 – 61
85.       Alvaro Gonzalez – 60
            Silas Nichols 1 – 60
            Jeff Plamondon – 60
88.       Silas Nichols 2 – 58
89.       Jessica Koch – 57
            George Walks 4 – 57
            Keith Zdrowak – 57
92.       Phil Doherty 4 – 56
93.       Phil Doherty 3 - 53
94.       Phil Doherty 2 – 48

            George Walks 1 – 48