Saturday, March 19, 2011

March Madness with a Canine Twist


Ken Cooper's NCAA Bracket Contest is off to a good start.  Spot Moskowitz, my adopted stray Jack Russell mutt,  is in the top 33% of bracketeers after the first round, despite having spent a recent week in the Hospital.  He has Kansas winning the Championship, having not listened to me about Ohio State's "advantages".

Here's Ken's update:

Yes, we go old school at Tournament Headquarters.  Even with VCU taking G-Town down last night, we use the term “First Round”.  Highlights from the first round:

1.       President Obama leads the pool.  Unbelievable.  Other celebrity entrants include Dick Vitale, Snoop Dogg and Sports Illustrated.
2.       This is the Penn State Track March Madness Pool and 26/94 took Temple.  What the Heck?
3.       Our condolensces to Ricardo Hall – had to make picks without his Terps in the Field.  Did they make the NIT, unlike the Golden Beavers of the University of Minnesota?
4.       Crash:  Nice work.
5.       Sorry Kansas.  There will be no Rock Chalk this year.  How do I know that?  Marshall Cannon took KU and he sinks faster than an anchor in the ocean after the first round.  Watch.
6.       Amazing consistency between the years – the average number of first round picks this year was 22.93.  Previous three years it was 22.34 (2010), 22.66 (2009) and 21.94 (2008)
7.       For the first time in recent memory, someone did not lose their champ in the first round.  Where is Ron Moore when you need him?
8.       Apple does not fall far from the tree – Tom Bikso takes Carolina as champ.  Tommy Bisko takes Carolina.  Matt Bisko takes Duke?  Guess who is the favorite child.
9.       The following had Morehead State as the upset:  Mark Anderson, Coop, Luis Lee, Maddi Raz and Steph Smyth

Profile of Champions

Duke
26
Kansas 
24
Ohio St.
18
Pitt
7
UConn
5
UNC
5
ND
4
Kentucky
2
SDSU
2
Syracuse
1
94

Results:

Current
Total
Place
Name
Points
1
Obama, Barack
29
2
Hall, Ricardo
26
3
Lee, Luis
26
4
Cannon, Marshall
25
5
Morse, Mike
25
6
Gross, Michael
25
7
Lincoln, Matt
25
8
Strandberg, David
25
9
McCann, Ian
25
10
Pruitt, Christopher
25
11
Murphy, Patrick
25
12
Morse, Willie
25
13
Smyth, Steph
25
14
Wood, Kyle
25
15
Bisko, Matthew
25
16
Dubya, G
25
17
Sabel, Douglas
25
18
Novak, Jay
25
19
Hamer, Bob
25
20
Ross, Tom
25
21
Konzal, Sean
25
22
Vitale, Dick
25
23
Noballs, Uhaff
25
24
Walter, Anne
24
25
McCandless, Tyler
24
26
McCarthy, Dennis
24
27
Riter, Christie
24
28
Cooper, Kevin
24
29
Smith, Holden
24
30
Will, Sean
24
31
Moskowitz, Spot
24
32
Anderson, Mark
24
33
Matechak, Kelly
24
34
Heitzmann, Colin
24
35
Mangan, Larry 2
24
36
Adkins, Jeff
24
37
Mohr, Josh
24
38
Cooper, Kevin 2
24
39
Licari, Danielle
23
40
Carney, James
23
41
Gifford, Bob
23
42
Angelo, Peter
23
43
Bettis, Lena
23
44
Morse, Karen
23
45
Kletter, Todd
23
46
Munro, Scott
23
47
Brescia, Gina
23
48
Whittaker, Marty
23
49
Bisko, Tom
23
50
Bodine, Jethro
23
51
O'Reilly, Aidan
23
52
Gough, Rob
23
53
Kunetz, Dan
22
54
Cole, Jason
22
55
Mangan, Larry
22
56
Whittaker, Bill
22
57
Wintersteen, Kyle
22
58
Jones, Darryl
22
59
Oliver, Precious
22
60
Roth, Andy
22
61
Radzwich, Maddi
22
62
Hoover,Douglas
22
63
Ancharski, Frank
22
64
Cooper, Kyle
22
65
Clelland, Jim
22
66
Weaver, JudyLynn
22
67
Caldwell, Ryan
22
68
Chadwick, Walt
22
69
Cooper, Ken
22
70
Dogg, Snoop
22
71
Illustrated, Sports
22
72
Cooper, Kyle 2
22
73
Rupe, Mark
22
74
Verhoeven, Nick
21
75
Tate, Andy
21
76
Walter, Doug
21
77
Clinton, Joe
21
78
Boyer, Brian
21
79
Tait, Dani
21
80
Bisko, Tommy
21
81
Dimitrova, Katya
21
82
Hamer, Allison
21
83
Berseth, Kyle
21
84
Caldwell, R.B.
21
85
Wimmer, Mark
21
86
Riter, Tony
21
87
Smith, Harry
20
88
Radzwich, Bob
20
89
Hutz, Matt
20
90
Jackson,Jayson
20
91
Stewart, Zeb
20
92
Crash, Mike
20
93
Morse, Hallie
19
94
Oppenheimer, Hank
18

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