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

NCAA Tournament Pool Standings

NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL STANDINGS

Sweet 16 Day 2

Last night’s basketball action was fantastic, and it had a dramatic effect on our pool.  Cesar Gonzalez still leads, but he lost two of his final four.  Jane Reynolds is hot on his heels, but she lost her champion and has zero of her final game choices left.  With 8 points per game today, and with lots of entries on both sides of the Arizona-Wisconsin matchup, today’s games could very well shake things up some more.

We lost three champions last night, with Virginia, Iowa State and Louisville all losing.  Given that lots of entrants selected either Michigan State or Michigan, and given that Kentucky is a traditional basketball blueblood, the picks of the day go to the five people that chose Connecticut into the Elite 8: Steffan Alexander, Robert Tanen, JC Carralero, Sam Lozier, and Alex Sotelo.  To be fair, JC did have Connecticut in multiple brackets, though.  I am sure that he is a bit bittersweet about his primary bracket, as besides Connecticut, he had two other games right.  His lone loss was Louisville, his champion.

Good luck tonight everybody.

On to the standings:

1.         Cesar Gonzalez – 103 Florida/Arizona  2

2.         Jane Reynolds – 92  Iowa State/Wichita State 1

            Barkley Sosa – 92  Florida/Kentucky 3

4.         Brent Bellinger – 91  Michigan State/Louisville 3

5.         Jason Spuhler – 90  Florida/Louisville 3

6.         Alvaro Gonzalez – 88 Arizona/Florida 3

            Ava Manon Gonzalez – 88 Florida/Arizona 3

8.         Jacey Fowler I – 87  Michigan State/Louisville 3

9.         Karen Katz – 85  Florida/Louisville 3

10.       Adam Jorgensen – 84  Michigan State/Duke 2

11.       Colleen Hamilton 1 – 83  Florida/Wichita State 2

            Anthony LaPira – 83  Arizona/Michigan State 2

            Robert Tanen – 83  Louisville/Michigan State 3

14.       Kim Bancsi I – 82  Michigan State/Louisville 2

            Pepe Sosa – 82  Michigan State/Kentucky 3

16.       J.C. Carralero 1 – 81  Connecticut/Louisville 3

            Erin Devlin – 81  Florida/Arizona 2

            Kyle Henderson 2 – 81 Louisville/Michigan State 2

            Abigail Sosa – 81  Michigan State/Wichita State 3

20.       Steffan Alexander – 80  Florida/Arizona 3

            Hershey Zdrowak – 80  Kansas/Arizona 1

            Train Zimmerman – 80  Arizona/Michigan State 3

23.       Michael Litsey – 79  Florida/Louisville 2

24.       Willa Fearrington 2 – 78  Florida/Louisville 1

            Carolyn Fowler – 78  Florida/Louisville 2

            Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds – 78  Wichita State/Michigan State 2

            Meredith Tanen – 78  Wichita State/Florida 2

28.       Kyle Henderson 1 – 77  Arizona/North Carolina 2

            Greg Kummerlan – 77  Florida/Arizona 2

            Cheryl Spuhler – 77 Florida/Wisconsin  2

31.       Trouble Kroesen – 76  Wichita State/Florida 2

            Mango Merchant – 76  Michigan State/Baylor  3

33.       Megan Kossove – 75  Florida/Louisville 2

Ashley Poer 1 – 75  Michigan State/Louisville 2

            Marc Rodney – 75  Florida/Louisville 3

36.       Albert Harper III – 74  Michigan State/Louisville 3

37.       Willa Fearrington 1 – 73  Louisville/Florida 2

            Rich Samuels – 73  Villanova/Duke 2

39.       Jacey Fowler II – 72  Florida/Michigan 2

            Debbie Igdaloff Nieman – 72  Florida/Wisconsin 3

            Keith Zdrowak – 72  Florida/Michigan 3

42.       Silas Nichols – 71  Michigan State/Duke 3

43.       Allison Parker I – 70  Michigan State/Louisville 2

            George Walks 1 – 70  Arizona/Florida  3

            Jonathan Wasserman I – 70  Florida/Arizona 4

46.       Katie Zdrowak – 69  Louisville/Florida 2

47.       Matt Hopps – 68  Florida/Arizona  3

            Michael Williams 2 – 68  Arizona/UCLA 2

49.       Kim  Bancsi 2 – 67  Michigan State/Arizona 3

            Ryan Whitten – 67  Arizona/Villanova 2

            Michael Williams 3 – 67  Arizona/Virginia 3

52.       Kyle Henderson 3 – 66  Florida/Louisville 2

            Hilary Kroesen – 66  Arizona/Kansas 2

            Philip Kroesen – 66  Wichita State/Florida 2

            Melissa Lazaerchick – 66  Florida/Michigan 3

            Antonio Marinucci – 66  Florida/Louisville 3

            Allison Parker 2 – 66  Virginia/Duke

            Jonathan Wasserman 2 – 66  Michigan State/Duke 3

59.       Eric Inge – 65  Syracuse/Arizona  2

            Martha Kroesen – 65  Villanova/Michigan 2

61.       Sam Lozier – 64  Wisconsin/Kansas 2

            Matt Nemo Nieman – 64  Arizona/Florida 3

            Griffey Parker – 64  Michigan State/Wichita State 2

64.       Hannah Sosa – 63  Florida/Wisconsin 2

            J.C. Carralero 2 – 62  Louisville/Kansas 2

66.       Kingfish Parham – 61  Florida/Duke 3

            Ashley Poer 2 – 61  Wichita State/Florida 3

            Justin Yung – 61  Duke/Virginia 1

69.       Sean McInerney 2 – 60  Michigan State/Louisville 3

70.       Hilary Grace – 59  Louisville/Iowa State 1

            Bridget Talley – 59  Florida/Arizona 2

Stacia Wilkaitis – 59  Florida/Wisconsin 2

73.       Jack Henderson – 58  Florida/Wisconsin 2

            Mac Kroesen – 58  Virginia/Arizona 3

            Katie Butler Litsey – 58  Florida/Creighton 1

            Amy Zdrowak – 58  Virginia/Creighton 1

            Joshua Zdrowak – 58  Michigan State/Arizona 2

78.       Ty Leatherman – 57  Duke/Florida 2

            Alex Sotelo – 57  Louisville/Kansas 1

80.       Arlene Hopps – 55  Massachusetts/Syracuse 1

            George Walks 3 – 55  Florida/Duke 1

82.       J.C. Carralero 3 – 54  Kansas/Louisville 1

            Bill Lazarchick – 54 Florida/Louisville 2

            Christina Pagdilao – 54  Duke/Virginia 1

            Colin White – 54  Virginia/Wisconsin 2

86.       Sean McInerney 1 – 53 Florida/Louisville 3

            Sasha Moon –  53 Michigan State/Arizona 3

88.       Colleen Hamilton 2 – 52  Wichita State/Florida 2

            George Walks 5 – 52  Kansas/Duke 1

90.       Chris Kroesen – 49  Louisville/Virginia 2

            Michael Williams 1 – 49  Florida/Arizona 2

92.       George Walks 2 – 48  Virginia/Creighton 0

            Tanya Fresneda – 46  Florida/Michigan 2

Day Yi – 46  Florida/Wisconsin 2

95.       George Walks 4 – 44   Florida/Michigan 3

96.       Kristen Bolton – 43  Duke/Florida 2

97.       Steven Usma – 39  Duke/Villanova 0