NCAA Tournament Pool Standings Round 1 Day 2

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS

Welcome back.  I know that games were played yesterday, but this is the standings after the completion of Round 1 (Friday’s games).  All second round totals/standings will be sent out after tomorrow.

Some interesting developments in Day 2.  Two champions went down, with the third seeded Duke Blue Devils losing to Mercer and the 6^th seeded Massachusetts Minutemen losing to Tennessee.  For the third major upset of the day, North Dakota State beat Oklahoma.  Nobody gets any special mentions for picking Tennessee as they were actually the betting favorite in Vegas.  More people than I thought picked North Dakota State, so the pick of the day goes to Cesar Gonzalez for actually selecting Mercer to beat Duke.

Stephen F. Austin pulled a VCU and beat VCU with quite possible the most bizarre regulation time ending in tournament history - a four point play.  A fair number of people had Stephen F. Austin, so only one entry receives special mention, as Trouble Kroesen was on the edge of the seat watching the ending of the game.

As far as the brackets go, Virginia, Arizona and Wichita State were all unanimous picks, which means that absolutely nobody in our pool selected any of the 16^th seeds.  That makes sense in that a 16 has never beaten a 1 in the men’s tournament.  It has happened on one occasion in the women’s tournament, back in 1998 when the 16 seeded Harvard Crimson, led by nations leading scorer Allison Feaster, defeated the number 1 seed Stanford Cardinal – at Stanford.  But I digress …

So I mentioned earlier that two champions went down, Arlene Hopps had selected UMass, and several entries – Steven Usma, Justin Yung, Kristen Bolton and Ty Leatherman all selected Duke.  Ty gets a pass as she is an alumna.  Steve Usma also gets special mention as he not only lost Duke, but he was the only person to have selected North Carolina Central. 

Please note – I will be sending out PayPal information soon!

Please check and/or double check my math with our brackets.  I am definitely not perfect, so I welcome the opportunity to correct any mistakes I may have made.

Congratulations to Cesar Gonzalez – who vaults into first place after correctly picking 28 of the first 32 games.  His only misses – he had Oklahoma State over Gonzaga, UMass over Tennessee, George Washington over Memphis and New Mexico over Stanford.  Great job Cesar.

A note – the standings will be posted over at WeMakeItRain.blogspot.com starting with this one.  Head over to that website to view the standings as I post them.  As this is new for this year, I will still send out an e-mail when the standings are completed – at least for the next couple of days.  After that – keep checking the blog for the results.

On to the standings!

1.         Cesar Gonzalez – 53

2.         Jane Reynolds – 52

3.         Anthony LaPira – 51

            Pepe Sosa – 51

5.         Greg Kummerlan – 49

6.         Alvaro Gonzalez – 47

            Ava Manon Gonzalez – 47

            Barkley Sosa – 47

9.         Steffan Alexander – 46

            Kim Bancsi I – 46

            Brent Bellinger – 46

12.       Jacey Fowler I – 45

            Colleen Hamilton 1 – 45

Megan Kossove – 45

15.       Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 44

            Jason Spuhler – 44

17.       Karen Katz – 43

            Silas Nichols – 43

            Jacey Fowler II – 43

20.       Willa Fearrington 1 – 41

            Adam Jorgensen – 41

            Marc Rodney – 41

            Rich Samuels – 41

            Abigail Sosa – 41

            Hershey Zdrowak – 41

26.       Erin Devlin – 40

            Albert Harper III – 40

            Meredith Tanen – 40

            Jonathan Wasserman I – 40

30.       Philip Kroesen – 38

            Trouble Kroesen – 38

            Allison Parker I – 38

            Katie Zdrowak – 38

            Keith Zdrowak – 38

            Train Zimmerman – 38

36.       Ashley Poer 1 – 37

            Ryan Whitten – 37

38.       Michael Litsey – 36

            Cheryl Spuhler – 36

            Michael Williams 2 – 36

            Amy Zdrowak – 36

42.       Kyle Henderson 2 – 35

            Martha Kroesen – 35

            George Walks 1 – 35

            Michael Williams 3 – 35

46.       Willa Fearrington 2 – 34

            Matt Hopps – 34

48.       Kim  Bancsi 2 – 33

            Carolyn Fowler – 33

            Hilary Grace – 33

            Katie Butler Litsey – 33

            Sam Lozier – 33

            Hannah Sosa – 33

            Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 33

            Stacia Wilkaitis – 33

56.       Melissa Lazaerchick – 32

            Robert Tanen – 32

            George Walks 5 – 32

59.       Debbie Igdaloff Nieman – 30

            Alex Sotelo – 30

61.       Kyle Henderson 1 – 29

            Kyle Henderson 3 – 29

            Eric Inge – 29

            Mango Merchant – 29

            Allison Parker 2 – 29

            Steven Usma – 29

67.       J.C. Carralero 1 – 28

            Matt Nemo Nieman – 28

            Griffey Parker – 28

            George Walks 3 – 28

71.       Ashley Poer 2 – 27

            Justin Yung – 27

            Christina Pagdilao – 27

74.       Sean McInerney 2 – 24

            Kingfish Parham – 24

            Bridget Talley – 24

            George Walks 2 – 24

78.       Kristen Bolton – 23

            Arlene Hopps – 23

            Hilary Kroesen – 23

            Antonio Marinucci – 23

82.       J.C. Carralero 2 – 22

            Tanya Fresneda – 22

            George Walks 4 – 22

            Joshua Zdrowak – 22

86.       J.C. Carralero 3 – 21

            Jack Henderson – 21

            Chris Kroesen – 21

            Bill Lazarchick – 21

            Ty Leatherman – 21

            Sasha Moon – 21

            Michael Williams 1 – 21

93.       Colleen Hamilton 2 – 20

Day Yi – 20

95.       Mac Kroesen – 19

            Colin White – 19

97.       Sean McInerney 1 – 17