NCAA Brackets Improve Slightly

Direct from Ken Cooper to you, with only one small edit.  Ken's comments are great.  Don't forget to tip your waitresses. (My only picks are in the name of my dog Spott Moskowitz, named for the legendary character in The Odd Couple.  His choices have improved and he finds himself in the top 1/3 of the group.  All without gonads.)

From Ken:

Picks are starting to improve slightly as the Low Seeds show some heart.  10 of 16 spots in Sweet 16 taken by #1-#4 seeds.  Still lots of games to be played.

• Congrats to Harry Smith, Nick Verhoeven and Wim for the Top 3 spots throught the Sweet 16.  Wim hasn't been this lucky since his wedding night.
• Any UNC or Kansas fans still sweating?  Has anyone heard from Andy Tate?
• Has a cinderella story ever ended as abruptly as it did for Norfolk State?  Ouch. 
• Congrats to Tony Riter and Harry Smith who correctly picked Ohio into the Sweet 16.  When asked, both sheepishly admitted they thought they were picking Ohio State, not Ohio.
• 15 people had NC State into Sweet 16.  "tonite, we are the WolfPack!"
• Chris Garrison, Spott Moskowitz and David Strandberg stuck to proper pool selection and had Xavier into Sweet 16.  Arent they always in the Sweet 16?   
• There is a battle for last between Scott Munro and his Mizzou pick and Chris Garrison and Fla State.  But for now, let's all welcome Raz as the current cellar dweller.

• The average number right of 9.33 is about average in pool history. 
• If you did not request an email of your picks - you can see you picks in the "Players Pick" tab

Coop

Current			Total
Place	Move	Name	Points
1	2	Smith, Harry	47
2	4	Verhoeven, Nick	46
3	6	Wimmer, Mark	46
4	6	Obama, Barack	46
5	(4)	Bilas, Jay	46
6	7	Rupe, Gavin	45
7	39	Dickey, Alex	45
8	(4)	McCandless, Tyler	45
9	(2)	Licari, Danielle	44
10	25	O'Reilly Aidan	44
11	63	Hardyk, Drew	44
12	30	Morse, Karen	44
13	30	Noballs, Uhaff	44
14	(12)	Roth, Andy	43
15	(3)	Caldwell, R.B.	43
16	36	Whittaker, Whit	43
17	(1)	Kletter, Ekaterina	43
18	37	Cooper, Kyle	43
19	(2)	Smith, Harry SYR	43
20	(1)	Novak, Jay	43
21	41	Mangan, Larry	42
22	5	Cooper, Kathleen	42
23	6	Caldwell, Kevin	42
24	10	Bisko, Matthew	42
25	11	Lincoln, Matt	42
26	(18)	Brownie	42
27	11	Berseth, Kyle	42
28	11	Miller, Kristin 1	42
29	11	Ancharski, Frank	42
30	14	Moskowitz, Spott	41
31	49	Bettis, Lena	41
32	(18)	Adkins, Jeff	41
33	49	Caldwell, Sean	41
34	15	Hansen, Steve PSU	41
35	15	Cole, Jason	41
36	47	Bisko, Tom	41
37	14	Weaver, JudyLynn	41
38	(23)	Dubya, G	41
39	(34)	Buenting, Mike	41
40	13	Sabel, Douglas	41
41	13	Kletter, Todd	41
42	42	Bettis, Lena 2	41
43	13	Jones, Darryl	41
44	13	Garrison, Chris LTF	41
45	43	Tate, Andy	41
46	12	Wood, Kyle	41
47	(25)	CRASH	41
48	(25)	Sports Illustrated	41
49	(25)	McCarthy, Dennis	40
50	16	Caldwell, Ryan	40
51	(21)	Dickey, Brandt	40
52	16	Oliver, Steve	40
53	(22)	Smith, Holden	40
54	15	Will, Sean	40
55	16	Gifford, Bob	40
56	16	Angelo, Peter	40
57	16	Heitzmann, Colin	40
58	(17)	Cannon, Marshall  2	40
59	37	Fat Ass	39
60	37	Venne, Lisa	39
61	(43)	Moore, Ron	39
62	24	Hutz	39
63	(43)	Hansen, Steve LTM	39
64	(43)	Clelland, Jim	39
65	(2)	Walter, Doug	38
66	(38)	Carney, James	38
67	(35)	Hall, Ricardo	38
68	2	SNAKE	38
69	6	Hamer, Bob	38
70	7	O'Brien, Kevin Kelly	38
71	22	Riter, Tony	38
72	22	Murphy, Patrick	38
73	6	Wintersteen, Kyle	37
74	(63)	Radzwich, Maddi	37
75	6	Bodine, James	37
76	(29)	Cooper, Kevin	37
77	(29)	Strandberg, David	37
78	9	Jackson,Jayson	37
79	(19)	Vitale, Dick	37
80	(19)	Venne, Lisa 2	36
81	(56)	Pruitt, Christopher	36
82	(56)	Rupe, Mark	36
83	(50)	Bisko, Tommy III	36
84	(47)	Boyer, Brian SYR	36
85	(9)	Hamer, Allison	36
86	(8)	Cannon, Marshall	36
87	(42)	McCann, Ian	35
88	(3)	Oliver, Owen	35
89	0	Morse, Mike	35
90	(31)	Cooper, Ken	35
91	(1)	Clinton, Joe	34
92	(25)	Mangan, Larry 2	34
93	(2)	Oppenheimer, Hank	34
94	(2)	Garrison, Chris PSU	34
95	3	Anderson, Mark	33
96	(32)	Munro, Scott	32
97	(2)	James, LeBron	32
98	(33)	Radzwich, Bob	30