Showing posts with label Phil Doherty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Doherty. 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

Friday, March 25, 2016

NCAA Pool Standings - Sweet Sixteen Day 1

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Sweet 16 Day 1

The Sweet 16 has started – with a whimper.  Four games, four blowouts.  And, we have ended up exactly where we should be on the left side of the bracket, with Elite 8 matchups of one seeds versus two seeds.  BORING.

For our pool, this means that there was significant movement up and down, as a number of entrants correctly picked all 4 winners last night, and at 4 points per game, lots of people made significant jumps.  If you didn’t have 3 games right, you probably dropped some places. 

Since all favorites won last night, there was not a lot of differentiation among picks, and there were no bonus points awarded.  So, the “Picks of the Day” Award goes to everyone that correctly picked all 4 games.  There were too many to list, just know, you won if it was you.  I also want to award a “Belated Pick of the Day” award to Justin Yung, who correctly selected Wisconsin over Xavier in the last round, and I forgot to recognize him.  Consider this mention – and his scores – the correction.

We have a new leader, who is actually an old leader.  Greg Kummerlen has retaken the lead, with a couple of Merchants, Duncan and Glen, charging up the field.  Greg, if you read this, I might be sending a small group – including several people in this pool, to your new place on Singer Island tomorrow evening to watch the games.  The race for last place (and money back) remains between Phil Doherty 2 and George Walks 1.

We are down to 7 remaining champions, as Duke and Miami both joined the ranks of the defeated.  The remaining champions in the pool are:  Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Villanova and Virginia.  One more champion is guaranteed to lose tonight as North Carolina plays Indiana, meaning no more than 6 champions will remain after tonight.

For the pool, we had 0 unanimous selections, as Maryland, Duke and Texas A & M and Miami were all chosen by our participants.  Tonight will have some separation as Indiana has some fans, as done Iowa State (Of course a lot of entries selected the favorites North Carolina and Virginia).  Notre Dame and Wisconsin even have a couple of people excited about there chances to gain points tonight.  Hopefully we will see some close, exciting games tonight.

I apologize for not sending any mid-week updates; I was busy.  I will continue with the regular updates through Monday, and then some additional information next week.

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.

            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 – 92
2.         Debbie Niemann – 89
3.         Mango Merchant – 86
4.         Kevin McAlister – 84
            Glen Merchant – 84
            Jane Reynolds – 84
7.         Jacey Fowler II – 83
8.         Colleen Hamilton 1 – 82
9.         Matt Hopps – 80
            Measha Williams 2 – 80
11.       Keith Bornhorst – 79
12.       Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 78
13.       Duncan Merchant – 77
            Kareem Montague – 77
            Rebecca Seelig – 77
            Jason Spuhler – 77
17.       Anthony LaPira – 76
18.       Measha Williams 4 – 76
19.       Steven Usma 3 – 75
20.       Kent Armstrong – 74
            Kim Bancsi – 74
            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 74
            Eric Inge – 74
            Ty Leatherman – 74
            Allison Parker – 74
            Rich Samuel 2 – 74
            Pepe Sosa – 74
28.       Hershey Zdrowak – 73
29.       Alex King – 72
            Hilary Kroesen – 72
31.       Jen Armstrong – 71
            Karen Katz – 71
            Martha Kroesen – 71
            Kingfish Parham – 71
            Joshua Zdrowak – 71
36.       Charli Aichele – 70
            Bryan Apolinar – 70
            Carolyn Fowler – 70
39.       Jacey Fowler I – 69
            Vic LaPira – 69
            Cory Mauro – 69
            Rich Samuel 1 – 69
            George Walks 2 – 69
44.       Andrew Giannone – 68
            Kline Kroesen – 68
            Kyle Henderson – 68
47.       Phil Doherty 1 – 67
            Matt Nieman – 67
            Measha Williams 1 – 67
            Measha Williams 3 – 67
51.       Katie Kollmeyer – 66
            Lee Seelig – 66
            Roxy Sheehan – 66
54.       Chris Kroesen – 65
            Michael Litsey – 65
            Abigail Sosa – 65
            Katie Zdrowak – 65
58.       Kyle Henderson – 64
            Ashley Poer 1 – 64
60.       Barkley Sosa - 63
            Cheryl Spuhler – 63
            Justin Yung – 63
63.       Brent Bellinger – 62
            Steven Usma 1 – 62
            Amy Zdrowak - 62
            Joshua and Katie Zdrowak – 62
67.       Mac Kroesen – 61
            Hannah Sosa – 61
            Kulwadee Yung – 61
70.       Day Yi 1 – 60
71.       Emily Lawson – 59
            Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 59
73.       Steffan Alexander – 58
            Colleen Hamilton 2 - 58
            Jason Murray – 58
            George Walks 3 – 58
77.       Stephanie Aichele – 57
78.       Jack Henderson – 56
            Silas Nichols 1 – 56
            Jeff Plamondon – 56
81.       Silas Nichols 2 – 54
            Steven Usma 2 – 54
83.       George Walks 4 – 53
            Keith Zdrowak – 53
85.       Traci Sheehan – 52
86.       Samantha Sheehan – 51
87.       Day Yi 2 – 50
88.       Serena Davila – 49
            Phil Doherty 3 – 49
            Jessica Koch – 49
            Ashley Poer 2 – 49
92.       Phil Doherty 4 – 48
            Alvaro Gonzalez – 48
94.       Phil Doherty 2 – 44

            George Walks 1 – 44

Monday, March 21, 2016

NCAA Tournament Pool Standings - Sweet Sixteen

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS
Round 2 Day 2

The second round has come to a close, and what a ridiculous day it was.  With the exception of Wisconsin (which was a 7 seed), all of the higher seeds won, so no true Cinderellas escaped from the second round yesterday.  With that being said, Stephen F. Austin almost took down the ACC’s Notre Dame, until the Fighting Irish had 3 chances at a layup in the last 9 seconds or so, the last of which was just a tip of the ball which happened to go into the basket, by a player who had not scored in the entire game until that point.  Northern Iowa suffered more of a heart breaker as the Panthers actually led SEC co-champion Texas A & M BY 12 WITH 44 SECONDS LEFT!!!  Not only has a team come back by that many points in that short a time span in tournament history – IT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE IN AN NCAA GAME!!!  Amazing.

What does that mean for our pool – well, for one thing, it means that not much movement occurred given the lack of upsets.  It also means that some people that took some chances on smaller schools lost the opportunity to score big points.  Nobody took as big a chance as Michael Litsey and Andrew Giannone, who both had Northern Iowa advancing to the Elite 8.  For that, they have the “Hard Luck Brackets of the Day”.

We did have one game yesterday that qualified for the bonus as number 7 seed Wisconsin defeated 2 seed Xavier on a ridiculous fade-away three pointer from the corner with a  man in his face as time expired.  Something tells me that we will see that shot on “One Shining Moment”, along with the Notre Dame tip, and a couple of A & M’s dunks from their comeback.  Several brackets correctly picked Wisconsin over Xavier so they received the 5 bonus points.  Those brackets were: Jen Armstrong, Anthony LaPira, Steve Usma 3, Hannah Sosa, Silas Nichols 2 and Day Yi 2.  That was a great pick, but as you can see, there were 6 of those.  We only had 1 person with Syracuse advancing to the Sweet 16, and for that Debbie Nieman receives the “Pick of the Day” award.

With the assistance of her Syracuse pick, Debbie Nieman remains in first place.  The race for last place has tightened up as Jessica Koch has relinquished her claim on the basement.  We now have a three-way tie for last, between Phil Doherty 2, Alvaro Gonzalez and George Walks 1.  Who will receive their money back?

We have 9 remaining champions in the pool are:  Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Villanova and Virginia.  We will definitely have some drop off next round as Miami plays Villanova, Oregon plays Duke and North Carolina plays Indiana, so Thursday-Friday’s games are huge.  This list will remain the same throughout all of the updates, but I will remove the “bold” from teams as they lose.

For the pool, we had 0 unanimous selections, as about 3 entries had someone other than Oregon advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.  We collectively thought that at least 1 number 1 seed would lose, which despite all of the upsets did not occur.

I will send an update or two during the slow week to keep everyone interested in the pool before Thursday.  These mid-week updates will include the champions/runners-up of each entry so that you can gauge exactly where you stand.

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.

            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.         Debbie Niemann – 77
2.         Greg Kummerlen – 76
3.         Jacey Fowler II – 75
4.         Colleen Hamilton 1 – 74
            Mango Merchant – 74
6.         Jason Spuhler – 73
7.         Kevin McAlister – 72
            Jane Reynolds – 72
            Measha Williams 2 – 72
            Measha Williams 4 – 72
11.       Pepe Sosa – 70
            Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 70
13.       Rebecca Seelig – 69
14.       Matt Hopps – 68
            Glen Merchant – 68
16.       Keith Bornhorst – 67
17.       Hershey Zdrowak – 65
18.       Alex King – 64
            Anthony LaPira – 64
20.       Jen Armstrong – 63
            Kingfish Parham – 63
22.       Charli Aichele – 62
            Bryan Apolinar – 62
            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 62
            Eric Inge – 62
            Ty Leatherman – 62
            Rich Samuel 2 – 62
28.       Jacey Fowler I – 61
            Michael Litsey – 61
            Cory Mauro – 61
            Duncan Merchant – 61
            Kareem Montague – 61
33.       Andrew Giannone – 60
            Kline Kroesen – 60
35.       Karen Katz – 59
            Matt Nieman – 59
            Steven Usma 3 – 59
            Joshua Zdrowak – 59
39.       Kent Armstrong – 58
            Kim Bancsi – 58
            Carolyn Fowler – 58
            Katie Kollmeyer – 58
            Allison Parker – 58
44.       Rich Samuel 1 – 57
            Abigail Sosa – 57
            George Walks 2 – 57
            Katie Zdrowak – 57
48.       Kyle Henderson – 56
            Hilary Kroesen – 56
            Ashley Poer 1 – 56
            Kyle Sheehan – 56
52.       Phil Doherty 1 – 55
            Martha Kroesen – 55
54.       Jason Murray – 54
            Roxy Sheehan – 54
            Steven Usma 1 – 54
57.       Stephanie Aichele – 53
            Vic LaPira – 53
            Hannah Sosa – 53
60.       Silas Nichols 1 – 52
            Day Yi 1 – 52
62.       Barkley Sosa - 51
            Cheryl Spuhler – 51
            Measha Williams 1 – 51
            Measha Williams 3 – 51
66.       Steffan Alexander – 50
            Silas Nichols 2 – 50
            Lee Seelig – 50
            George Walks 3 – 50
            Amy Zdrowak – 50
71.       Chris Kroesen – 49
            Kulwadee Yung – 49
73.       Justin Yung – 48
74.       Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 47
75.       Brent Bellinger – 46
            Colleen Hamilton 2 – 46
            Joshua and Katie Zdrowak – 46
78.       Mac Kroesen – 45
            Keith Zdrowak – 45
80.       Jeff Plamondon – 44
81.       Emily Lawson – 43
            Samantha Sheehan – 43
83.       Steven Usma 2 – 42
            Day Yi 2 – 42
85.       Serena Davila – 41
            Ashley Poer 2 – 41
            George Walks 4 – 41
88.       Phil Doherty 4 – 40
            Traci Sheehan – 40
90.       Phil Doherty 3 – 37
            Jessica Koch – 37
92.       Phil Doherty 2 – 36
            Alvaro Gonzalez – 36

            George Walks 1 – 36