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.

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            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