NCAA Tourney Pool Round 2 Day 1

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS

Round 2 Day 1

My humblest of apologies.  In short, I am an idiot.  For some reason, yesterday morning as I was calculating all of the scores, I had it in my head that Wisconsin lost to Pittsburgh, when in fact they won a close-fought, horrible game.  The crazy part is that I cannot blame it on an error in score on a website, or that the newscaster said the wrong team name, because I WATCHED THAT GAME.  Yes, I was drinking some beer when I watched it, but I watched it.  Now, as anyone who watched that game can attest, that was one of the worst NCAA Tournament games of all time, and how poorly Wisconsin played is probably what made me think they lost.  That being said, there is no excuse for my mistake of calling out Jen Armstrong for picking Wisconsin, when they in fact won.  The points have been recalculated for that game as of the current standings.  For those of you that had Pittsburgh, I subtracted a point, while for those of you that correctly chose the Badgers, you received a point.

While I am confessing by tournament related sins, I believe I also mis-spelled Greg Kummerlen’s name, as well as Lee Seelig’s, which should be corrected by now.  If you see any other mistakes, please let me know.

We were going to lose at least one champion yesterday as Kentucky and Indiana were paired together, and with the Hoosiers being victorious, all those that support the Wildcats, including yours truly, will slowly sink into the abyss that is our standings. That leaves 10 remaining champions. The champions selected in this pool are:  Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Villanova and Virginia.  This list will remain the same throughout all of the updates, but I will remove the “bold” from teams as they lose.

We did have some entrants select Little Rock and a couple of others selected Yale to advance to the second round, and a surprising number who had Wichita State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.  Alas, that did not occur, but one bonusable (is that even a word) game occurred yesterday with Gonzaga beating – and I mean absolutely beating – 3^rd seeded Utah.  Being the game with the most points at stake for the winner, I have to give the “Pick of the Day” award to the eleven entrants that had Gonzaga defeating Utah.  Those entries are Measha Williams 2, Jacey Fowler II, Jane Reynolds, Measha Williams 4, Jason Spuhler, Colleen Hamilton 1, Rebecca Seelig, Charli Aichele, Hershey Zdrowak, Allison Parker and Kulwadee Yung.  Three entrants had Gonzaga beating Fresno State in the second round, and although they received the two points for a correct selection, they did not receive the 5 b onus points for the upset.

I will not award any recognition for an entrant missing a very important game as the worst decision yesterday in the pool was my scoring of the Wisconsin-Pittsburgh first round game.  Because of that, I am the chump of the day.

We have a new leader, so congratulations to Debbie Nieman for taking over first place.  We also have a new leader for last place Jessica Koch.   However, do not feel sorry for Jessica as she has her entire Final Four intact, and 7 of her Elite 8, so I do not expect her to stay in the basement for long.

For the pool, we only had 1 unanimous selection – Kansas, which advanced.  More importantly for the scoring, that means some people had North Carolina and Virginia not advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.  This means you Virginia folks gained some ground.

Some important separation games today, as the entries are split on Wisconsin-Xavier, and those that have Texas A & M, Notre Dame and Maryland can all gain some ground on others who selected against those teams.  Watch those, as they are much more fun than that Duke-Yale debacle from yesterday.  During the contest I was perusing twitter and everybody was making fun of that game.  One of my favorites was, “If you think this game is bad now, CBS just announced that Coldplay will be performing at halftime”.

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.         Debbie Niemann – 67

2.         Greg Kummerlen – 66

            Mango Merchant – 66

            Measha Williams 2 – 66

5.         Jacey Fowler II – 65

6.         Colleen Hamilton 1 – 64

            Jane Reynolds – 64

            Measha Williams 4 – 64

9.         Jason Spuhler – 63

10.       Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 62

11.       Kevin McAlister – 60

            Glen Merchant – 60

13.       Rebecca Seelig – 59

14.       Matt Hopps – 58

            Pepe Sosa – 58

16.       Keith Bornhorst – 57

17.       Charli Aichele – 56

18.       Michael Litsey – 55

            Kingfish Parham – 55

            Hershey Zdrowak – 55

21.       Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 54

            Andrew Giannone – 54

            Alex King – 54

            Jacey Fowler I – 54

25.       Duncan Merchant – 53

            Kareem Montague – 53

27.       Bryan Apolinar – 52

            Eric Inge – 52

            Kline Kroesen - 52

            Ty Leatherman – 52

            Rich Samuel 2 – 52

32.       Cory Mauro – 51

            Abigail Sosa – 51

            Carolyn Fowler – 51

35.       Allison Parker – 50

            Ashley Poer 1 – 50

37.       Karen Katz – 49

            Matt Nieman – 49

            Joshua Zdrowak – 49

40.       Jen Armstrong – 48

            Kent Armstrong – 48

            Kyle Henderson – 48

            Katie Kollmeyer – 48

44.       Martha Kroesen – 47

            Anthony LaPira – 47

            Rich Samuel 1 – 47

            George Walks 2 – 47

            Katie Zdrowak – 47

49.       Kim Bancsi – 46

            Hilary Kroesen – 46

51.       Phil Doherty 1 – 45

            Vic LaPira – 45

53.       Silas Nichols 1 – 44

            Kyle Sheehan – 44

            Roxy Sheehan – 44

            Steven Usma 3 – 44

57.       Measha Williams 1 – 43

58.       Steffan Alexander – 42

            Jason Murray – 42

            Lee Seelig – 42

            Steven Usma 1 – 42

            Amy Zdrowak – 42

            Day Yi 1 – 42

64.       Stephanie Aichele – 41

            Barkley Sosa - 41

            Cheryl Spuhler – 41

            Measha Williams 3 – 41

            Kulwadee Yung – 41

69.       George Walks 3 – 40

            Justin Yung – 40

71.       Chris Kroesen – 39

            Jonathan Wasserman 1 – 39

            Hannah Sosa – 39

74.       Joshua and Katie Zdrowak – 38

75.       Silas Nichols 2 – 37

            Keith Zdrowak – 37

77.       Brent Bellinger – 36

            Colleen Hamilton 2 – 36

            Jeff Plamondon – 36

80.       Mac Kroesen – 35

            Emily Lawson – 35

            Ashley Poer 2 – 35

            Samantha Sheehan – 35

84.       Steven Usma 2 – 34

85.       Serena Davila – 33

86.       Traci Sheehan – 32

            George Walks 1 – 32

88.       Day Yi 2 – 31

89.       Phil Doherty 2 – 30

            Phil Doherty 4 – 30

91.       Phil Doherty 3 – 29

            George Walks 4 – 29

93.       Alvaro Gonzalez – 28

94.       Jessica Koch – 27

NCAA Tournament Elite 8 Day 1

All:

Half of the Final Four is set, with Kentucky and Notre Dame playing one for the ages and Wisconsin setting up a semi-final rematch with the Wildcats.  The lead that George Walks 1 of West Palm Beach had was short lived, as Kingfish Rod Parham of Atlanta retakes the lead.  I suppose that George should have went with the favorite Wildcats.  A ton of entries had Kentucky and Wisconsin, so there is no “Pick of the Day”.  

We lost two champions yesterday, so four selected champions remain.  One more will fall today as Gonzaga plays Duke.  Although nobody has Louisville or Michigan State winning, several entries do have them advancing to the Final Four, so that is a nice place to pick up some much needed and valuable points.  As a reminder, he champions selected this year are:  Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Notre Dame, SMU, Villanova, Virginia, Wisconsin.  Bold teams remain in the tournament.

Have fun watching the Elite 8 today.  Remember today’s game count for 8 points each.

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As always, please double check your math as I may have missed something.  I corrected a few ballots from yesterday’s results, as yes, I even double-check myself.

Now, on to the standings.  Ties, for now, are listed alphabetically.

1.         Kingfish Rod Parham – 116  Kentucky/Duke

2.         George Walks 1 – 112 Wisconsin/Iowa State

3.         Paul John Reichert IV – 105 Kentucky/Duke

4.         Kim Bancsi Lumpkin 2 – 103 Wisconsin/Virginia

            Si Nichols 1 – 103 Wisconsin/Duke

            Silas Nichols – 103 – Kentucky/Duke

7.         Griffey Parker – 101 Kentucky/Villanova

8.         Adam Jorgensen – 100 Wisconsin/Duke

            Paul John Reichert 2 – 100 Duke/Kentucky

10.       Jacey Fowler 2 – 97 Kentucky/Duke

11.       Carolyn Fowler and Jane Reynolds – 95 Villanova/Kentucky

            Si Nichols 2 – 95 Kentucky/Duke

13.       Anthony LaPira – 92 Kentucky/Duke

14.       Serena Davila – 90 Kentucky/Gonzaga

            Jacey Fowler – 90 Kentucky/Gonzaga

            Debbie Nieman – 90 Duke/Kentucky

17.       Greg Kummerlen – 89 Kentucky/Duke

            Brian Spatchek – 89 Wisconsin/Gonzaga

            Cheryl Spuhler – 89 Virginia/Kentucky

20.       Day Yi – 87 Kentucky/Duke

21.       Trenton May – 86 Virginia/Kentucky

22.       Arlene Hopps – 85 Villanova/Arizona

23.       Albert Harper III – 84 Kentucky/Villanova

            Ashley Poer 1 – 84 Wisconsin/Gonzaga

25.       Colleen Hamilton – 83 Kentucky/Villanova

26.       Cory Mauro – 82 Kentucky/Duke

            Rich Samuels 2 – 82 Kentucky/Virginia

            Jonathan Wasserman – 82 Kentucky/Virginia

29.       Brent Bellinger – 81 Kentucky/Duke

            Carolyn Fowler – 81 Kentucky/Villanova

31.       Jed Dorsey – 80 Wisconsin/Villanova

            Amy Zdrowak – 80 Kentucky/Duke

33.       Karen Katz – 79 Kentucky/Villanova

            Kareem Montague – 79 Kentucky/Villanova

            Sasha Moon – 79 Kentucky/Duke

            Ashley Poer 2 – 79 Iowa State/Kentucky

            Jason Schultz – 79 Kentucky/Virginia

            Steve Usma 4 – 79 Kentucky/Virginia

            Joshua Zdrowak – 79 Duke/Kentucky

40.       Mac Kroesen – 78 Virginia/Kentucky

            Sam Lozier – 78 Wisconsin/Virginia

            Allison Parker – 78 Duke/Kentucky

            Steve Usma 1 – 78 Kentucky/Villanova

44.       Alvaro Gonzalez – 77 Kentucky/Virginia

            Kyle Henderson – 77 Kentucky/Virginia

            Michael Litsey – 77 Wisconsin/Virginia

            Matt Nieman – 77 Kentucky/Blank

            Traci and Kyle Sheehan – 77 Duke/Wisconsin

            Stacia Wilkaitis 1 – 77 Kentucky/Villanova

50.       Steven Usma 3 – 76 Gonzaga/Kentucky

            Stacia Wilkaitis 2 – 76 Villanova/Wisconsin

52.       Erin Devlin – 75 SMU/Kentucky

            Koma Gandy – 75 Wisconsin/Duke

            Ty Leatherman – 75 Duke/Kentucky

            Katie Butler Litsey – 75 Arizona/Villanova

            Chad Upson – 75 Kentucky/Iowa State

            George Walks 3 – 75 Arizona/Virginia

            Katie Zdrowak – 75 Kentucky/Gonzaga

59.       Rich Samuels 1 – 74 KentuckyVirginia

            Barkley Sosa – 74 Kentucky/Duke

            George Walks 2 – 74 Kentucky/Duke

            Justin Yung – 74 Virginia/Kentucky

63.       Kim Bancsi Lumpkin – 73 Wisconsin/Virginia

            Vic LaPira – 73 Kentucky/Gonzaga

            Noel Martinez – 73 Kentucky/Duke

            Jane Reynolds – 73 Kentucky/Iowa State

67.       Steffan Alexander – 72 Kentucky/Duke

            Matt Hopps – 72 Kentucky/Duke

            Steven Usma 2 – 72 Kentucky/Duke

70.       Abigail Sosa – 71 Kentucky/Virginia

            Hannah Sosa – 71 Kentucky/Duke

            George Walks 5 – 71 Villanova/Arizona

73.       Alex King – 70 Arizona/Duke

            Jen Mahoney – 70 Wisconsin/Virginia

            Pepe Sosa – 70 Kentucky/Villanova

76.       Eric Inge – 69 Kentucky/Duke

            Rich Samuels 3 – 69 Notre Dame/Oklahoma

            Hershey Zdrowak – 69 Arizona/Villanova

79.       Jessica Koch – 68 Kansas/Duke

            Martha Kroesen – 68 Kentucky/Gonzaga

            George Walks 4 – 68 Kentucky/Duke

82.       Jason Spuhler – 67 Kentucky/Virginia

83.       Kyle Henderson – 65 Arizona/Virginia

84.       Keith Zdrowak – 61 Villanova/Kentucky

85.       Chris Kroesen – 56 Arizona/Villanova

86.       Braeden Helland – 51 Kentucky/Northern Iowa

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Championship Monday

WOW - this tournament has definitely taken another unexpected turn as we lost another potential champion when overall number 1 seed and overwhelming favorite Florida lost to Connecticut.  In the other half, eighth seeded Kentucky beat 2 seed Wisconsin, meaning that we have the highest seeds to ever collectively play in the NCAA Championship game (15).  The picks of the day go to Barkley Sosa and JC Carralero, for selecting Kentucky and Connecticut respectively.  Although a few (very few) of the other entries had Kentucky or Connecticut, Barkley and JC put themselves right into the championship picture, especially since Barkley is now the tournament leader!  

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For now, Barkley leads, but JC has a chance to win with a Connecticut victory Monday night!

On to the standings:

1.  Barkley Sosa – 118
2. Cesar Gonzalez – 111
3. Pepe Sosa – 108

4. J.C. Carralero 1 – 107  UCONN

5. Jason Spuhler – 106

6. Karen Katz – 101
7. Jane Reynolds – 100
8. Brent Bellinger – 99
Robert Tanen – 99
10. Steffan Alexander – 96
11. Alvaro Gonzalez – 96
Ava Manon Gonzalez – 96
13. Jacey Fowler I – 95
Michael Litsey – 95
15. Meredith Tanen – 94
16. Cheryl Spuhler – 93
17. Adam Jorgensen – 92
Mango Merchant – 92
19. Colleen Hamilton 1 – 91
Marc Rodney – 91
21. Kim Bancsi I – 90
22. Erin Devlin – 89
Abigail Sosa – 89
24. Debbie Igdaloff Nieman – 88
Train Zimmerman – 88
26. Willa Fearrington 2 – 86
Carolyn Fowler – 86
Carolyn Fowler and Jane Reynolds – 86
29. Kyle Henderson 1 – 85
Greg Kummerlan – 85
31. Trouble Kroesen – 84
32. Megan Kossove – 83
Anthony LaPira – 83
              Ashley Poer 1 – 83
35. Albert Harper III – 82
Melissa Lazaerchick – 82
37. Kyle Henderson 2 – 81
Rich Samuels - 81
39. Jacey Fowler II – 80
        Hershey Zdrowak – 80
Keith Zdrowak – 80
42. Silas Nichols – 79
Hannah Sosa – 79
44. J.C. Carralero 2 – 78
Allison Parker I – 78
Jonathan Wasserman I – 78
47. Ashley Poer 2 – 77
George Walks 1 – 77
Katie Zdrowak – 77
50. Matt Hopps – 76
51. Kim  Bancsi 2 – 75
         Stacia Wilkaitis – 75
Michael Williams 3 – 75
54. Jack Henderson – 74
Kyle Henderson 3 – 74
Philip Kroesen – 74
Antonio Marinucci – 74
Allison Parker 2 – 74
Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 74
60. Willa Fearrington 1 – 73
Martha Kroesen – 73
62. Sam Lozier – 72
Matt Nemo Nieman – 72
64. Kingfish Parham – 69
65. Sean McInerney 2 – 68
Michael Williams 2 – 68
67. Bridget Talley –67
Ryan Whitten – 67
69. Hilary Kroesen – 66
Mac Kroesen – 66
Katie Butler Litsey – 66
72. Eric Inge – 65
Ty Leatherman – 65
Alex Sotelo –
75. Griffey Parker – 64
76. Arlene Hopps – 63
George Walks 3 – 63
78. Bill Lazarchick – 62
Colin White – 62
            Day Yi – 62
81. Sean McInerney 1 – 61
Sasha Moon –  61
Justin Yung – 61
84. Colleen Hamilton 2 – 60
George Walks 5 – 60
86. Hilary Grace – 59
87. Amy Zdrowak – 58
Joshua Zdrowak – 58
89. Chris Kroesen – 57
Michael Williams 1 – 57
91. J.C. Carralero 3 – 54
Tanya Fresneda – 54
Christina Pagdilao – 54
94. George Walks 4 – 52
95. Kristen Bolton – 51
96. George Walks 2 – 48
97. Steven Usma – 39

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Onto the Final Four

We lost another potential champion when Connecticut beat Michigan State.  The second game was just as important as several people had Michigan in the Final Four and a few hand them in the championship game.

The top of the charts tightened up as 89 people in the pool failed to earn any points yesterday.  That leaves only 8 who gained ground on everyone else, including Barkley Sosa, who picked Kentucky for the Final Four, and is the highest bracket with both teams in her championship game left in the tournament.  Barkley was joined in selecting Kentucky by Pepe Sosa, Mango Merchant and Kyle Henderson 1.

Not to be outdone, Connecticut had exactly four entries that thought the Huskies could get this far:  JC Carralero 1, Steffan Alexander, JC Carralero 2 and Alex Sotelo.

The Sosa and Carralero brackets just picked their favorite teams (although they likely actually thought their favorite teams had enough talent to advance this far), so the picks of the day go to Mango Merchant, Kyle Henderson 1, Steffan Alexander and Alex Sotelo.

I do have to give some - but not much (and not pool related) - credit to Adam Jorgensen, who in December declared at lunch that the Big 10 would have 3 Final Four teams.  They didn't, but they did come awfully close.  Of course, Adam was referring at the time to Indiana and two out of Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State - so he wasn't that close.

Three of the four remaining teams are selected as potential champions, with nobody having Kentucky winning it all.  I will try, if I have time, to send out the final calculations of the final standings on the 8 different outcomes of the Final Four later in the week, so everybody will be 100% clear on where they stand.

For now, Cesar Gonzalez still leads, but the pack is charging up on him!

On to the standings:

1. Cesar Gonzalez – 111 Florida/Arizona
2. Barkley Sosa – 108  Florida/Kentucky
3. Jason Spuhler – 106  Florida/Louisville
4. Karen Katz – 101  Florida/Louisville
5. Jane Reynolds – 100  Iowa State/Wichita State
6. Brent Bellinger – 99  Michigan State/Louisville
Robert Tanen – 99  Louisville/Michigan State
8. Pepe Sosa – 98  Michigan State/Kentucky
9. J.C. Carralero 1 – 97  Connecticut/Louisville
10. Steffan Alexander – 96  Florida/Arizona
11. Alvaro Gonzalez – 96 Arizona/Florida
Ava Manon Gonzalez – 96 Florida/Arizona
13. Jacey Fowler I – 95  Michigan State/Louisville
Michael Litsey – 95  Florida/Louisville
15. Meredith Tanen – 94  Wichita State/Florida
16. Cheryl Spuhler – 93 Florida/Wisconsin
17. Adam Jorgensen – 92  Michigan State/Duke
Mango Merchant – 92  Michigan State/Baylor
19. Colleen Hamilton 1 – 91  Florida/Wichita State
Marc Rodney – 91  Florida/Louisville
21. Kim Bancsi I – 90  Michigan State/Louisville
22. Erin Devlin – 89  Florida/Arizona
Abigail Sosa – 89  Michigan State/Wichita State
24. Debbie Igdaloff Nieman – 88  Florida/Wisconsin
Train Zimmerman – 88  Arizona/Michigan State
26. Willa Fearrington 2 – 86  Florida/Louisville
Carolyn Fowler – 86  Florida/Louisville
Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 86  Wichita State/Michigan State
29. Kyle Henderson 1 – 85  Arizona/North Carolina
Greg Kummerlan – 85  Florida/Arizona
31. Trouble Kroesen – 84  Wichita State/Florida
32. Megan Kossove – 83  Florida/Louisville
Anthony LaPira – 83  Arizona/Michigan State
        Ashley Poer 1 – 83  Michigan State/Louisville
35. Albert Harper III – 82  Michigan State/Louisville
Melissa Lazaerchick – 82  Florida/Michigan
37. Kyle Henderson 2 – 81 Louisville/Michigan State
Rich Samuels – 81  Villanova/Duke
39. Jacey Fowler II – 80  Florida/Michigan
        Hershey Zdrowak – 80  Kansas/Arizona
Keith Zdrowak – 80  Florida/Michigan
42. Silas Nichols – 79  Michigan State/Duke
Hannah Sosa – 79  Florida/Wisconsin
44. J.C. Carralero 2 – 78  Louisville/Kansas
Allison Parker I – 78  Michigan State/Louisville
Jonathan Wasserman I – 78  Florida/Arizona
47. Ashley Poer 2 – 77  Wichita State/Florida
George Walks 1 – 77  Arizona/Florida
Katie Zdrowak – 77  Louisville/Florida
50. Matt Hopps – 76  Florida/Arizona
51. Kim  Bancsi 2 – 75  Michigan State/Arizona
         Stacia Wilkaitis – 75  Florida/Wisconsin
Michael Williams 3 – 75  Arizona/Virginia
54. Jack Henderson – 74  Florida/Wisconsin
Kyle Henderson 3 – 74  Florida/Louisville
Philip Kroesen – 74  Wichita State/Florida
Antonio Marinucci – 74  Florida/Louisville
Allison Parker 2 – 74  Virginia/Duke
Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 74  Michigan State/Duke
60. Willa Fearrington 1 – 73  Louisville/Florida
Martha Kroesen – 73  Villanova/Michigan
62. Sam Lozier – 72  Wisconsin/Kansas
Matt Nemo Nieman – 72  Arizona/Florida
64. Kingfish Parham – 69  Florida/Duke
65. Sean McInerney 2 – 68  Michigan State/Louisville
Michael Williams 2 – 68  Arizona/UCLA
67. Bridget Talley –67  Florida/Arizona
Ryan Whitten – 67  Arizona/Villanova
69. Hilary Kroesen – 66  Arizona/Kansas
Mac Kroesen – 66  Virginia/Arizona
Katie Butler Litsey – 66  Florida/Creighton
72. Eric Inge – 65  Syracuse/Arizona
Ty Leatherman – 65  Duke/Florida
Alex Sotelo – 65  Louisville/Kansas
75. Griffey Parker – 64  Michigan State/Wichita State
76. Arlene Hopps – 63  Massachusetts/Syracuse
George Walks 3 – 63  Florida/Duke
78. Bill Lazarchick – 62 Florida/Louisville
Colin White – 62  Virginia/Wisconsin
        Day Yi – 62  Florida/Wisconsin
81. Sean McInerney 1 – 61 Florida/Louisville
Sasha Moon –  61 Michigan State/Arizona
Justin Yung – 61  Duke/Virginia
84. Colleen Hamilton 2 – 60  Wichita State/Florida
George Walks 5 – 60  Kansas/Duke
86. Hilary Grace – 59  Louisville/Iowa State
87. Amy Zdrowak – 58  Virginia/Creighton
Joshua Zdrowak – 58  Michigan State/Arizona
89. Chris Kroesen – 57  Louisville/Virginia
Michael Williams 1 – 57  Florida/Arizona
91. J.C. Carralero 3 – 54  Kansas/Louisville
Tanya Fresneda – 54  Florida/Michigan
Christina Pagdilao – 54  Duke/Virginia
94. George Walks 4 – 52 Florida/Michigan
95. Kristen Bolton – 51  Duke/Florida
96. George Walks 2 – 48  Virginia/Creighton
97. Steven Usma – 39  Duke/Villanova

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NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS

We had a ridiculously exciting Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament, complete with 3 double digit seeds advancing to the Sweet 16, and 4 upsets worthy of bonus points.  Those upsets were Dayton over Syracuse, Connecticut over Villanova, Stanford over Kansas and Kentucky over Wichita State.  We had people that selected each of those upsets and gathered bonus points.  Our second day leader – Cesar Gonzalez, had both the Dayton and the Connecticut picks.  Yes, he had DAYTON in the Sweet 16.  He also still has 7 of his final 8 alive, with his only miss being that he had New Mexico coming out of the South regional.  Also selecting Dayton was Carolyn Fowler and Alex Sotelo.  Kudos also go to Train Zimmerman and his brother Mango Merchant, who were the only two that selected Stanford over Kansas.  More than several had Connecticut over Villanova, but much fewer than expected had Kentucky over Wichita State.  SUCKERS!!!

A special mention to Hannah Sosa and Justin Yung, both of whom selected the vaunted Harvard Crimson to defeat the trendy pick Michigan State Spartans.  The boys from the Ivy League almost pulled out the victory, and I must admit that I have never been more excited for cheering against my national champion pick.

As for the bracket busters, we lost 4 more champions, with Wichita State, Kansas, Villanova and Syracuse going down.  Several had each of those, but the second day leader that lost each was Carolyn Fowler (Wichita State), George Walks 5 (Kansas), Rich Samuels (Villanova) and Eric Inge (Syracuse).  Eric Inge took the loss particularly well, saying simply, “Just burn my bracket”!

Lots of big matchups this week, but the biggest, by far, seems to be Virginia v. Michigan State, as the pool is roughly equally split between those two teams.  That should be the game the separates the eventual winners from the rest.

Further updates will continue this week with listings of final four and champion picks, and, if I have time, the divisional scoring leaders.  Remember to go to WeMakeItRain.blogspot.com for all of your scoring updates.

Once again – please check my math and let me know if you have any questions.

Congratulations again to Cesar Gonzalez – who maintains sole possession of first place as of the end of the second round.

On to the standings!

1.         Cesar Gonzalez – 87

2.         Jane Reynolds – 76

3.         Brent Bellinger – 75

4.         Alvaro Gonzalez – 72

            Ava Manon Gonzalez – 72

            Barkley Sosa – 72

7.         Anthony LaPira – 71

8.         Pepe Sosa – 70

            Jason Spuhler – 70

10.       Hershey Zdrowak – 68

11.       Jacey Fowler I – 67

12.       Kim Bancsi I – 66

            Willa Fearrington 2 – 66

14.       J.C. Carralero 1 – 65

            Erin Devlin – 65

            Kyle Henderson 2 – 65

            Karen Katz – 65

            Greg Kummerlan – 65

19.       Steffan Alexander – 64

            Adam Jorgensen – 64

            Train Zimmerman – 64

22.       Colleen Hamilton 1 – 63

Megan Kossove – 63

            Michael Litsey – 63

25.       Carolyn Fowler – 62

            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 62

            Meredith Tanen – 62

28.       Rich Samuels – 61

            Abigail Sosa – 61

            Cheryl Spuhler – 61

31.       Jacey Fowler II – 60

            Trouble Kroesen – 60

            Mango Merchant – 60

            Debbie Igdaloff Nieman – 60

35.       Silas Nichols – 59

            Ashley Poer 1 – 59

            Marc Rodney – 59

            Robert Tanen – 59

39.       Albert Harper III – 58

            Allison Parker I – 58

            Allison Parker 2 – 58

42.       Willa Fearrington 1 – 57

            Kyle Henderson 1 – 57

            Katie Zdrowak – 57

45.       Michael Williams 2 – 56

            Keith Zdrowak – 56

47.       Ryan Whitten – 55

            Michael Williams 3 – 55

49.       Kyle Henderson 3 – 54

            Philip Kroesen – 54

            Katie Butler Litsey – 54

            Jonathan Wasserman I – 54

            Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 54

54.       Eric Inge – 53

            Martha Kroesen – 53

            George Walks 1 – 53

            Justin Yung – 53

58.       Matt Hopps – 52

Sam Lozier – 52

60.       Kim  Bancsi 2 – 51

            Hilary Grace - 51

            Hannah Sosa – 51

            Stacia Wilkaitis – 51

64.       J.C. Carralero 2 – 50

            Melissa Lazaerchick – 50

            Amy Zdrowak – 50

67.       Alex Sotelo – 49

            Matt Nemo Nieman – 48

            Griffey Parker – 48

            George Walks 5 – 48

71.       Bridget Talley – 47

            George Walks 3 – 47

73.       Jack Henderson – 46

            Hilary Kroesen – 46

            Antonio Marinucci – 46

            Christina Pagdilao – 46

77.       Kingfish Parham – 45

            Ashley Poer 2 – 45

79.       Sean McInerney 2 – 44

80.       J.C. Carralero 3 – 42

            Mac Kroesen – 42

            Bill Lazarchick – 42

            Colin White – 42

            Joshua Zdrowak – 42

85.       Ty Leatherman – 41

            Sasha Moon – 41

87.       George Walks 2 – 40

88.       Arlene Hopps – 39

Steven Usma – 39

90.       Tanya Fresneda – 38

Day Yi – 38

92.       Chris Kroesen – 37

            Michael Williams 1 – 37

94.       Colleen Hamilton 2 – 36

95.       Kristen Bolton – 35

96.       Sean McInerney 1 – 33

97.       George Walks 4 – 32