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