And our 2018 Stomp the Lunatic Champion is Haden Hopkins!!!!!   Haden managed to correctly predict Villanova’s victory over Michigan to score 1200 points – running away from Dan Fischer at 1050, Doug Crowe and Andrew Braslow at 1040.

In the Upset Pool, there was little drama, as Christy Lindvall had so many points by the time the Final Four started that no one could catch her.  Christy’s 291 points were well ahead of second place finisher, Triona Weeks at 259 points and Alex Simon at 247.

Dan Fischer got some consolation to finishing 2nd place, as he won the second chance pool with 880 points, giving him a 40 point victory over Mark Schumaker and KJ Martin.

Here are all of our 2018 Stomp the Lunatic Prize Winners!

STANDARD POOL WINNERS

1) Haden Hopkins (1200 pts)

2) Dan Fischer (1050 pts)

3 tie) Doug Crowe and Andrew Braslow (1040 pts)

5) Mark Schumaker (1010 pts)

6) Jen Miller (1000 pts)

7) Matt Richter (990 pts)

8 tie) Bob Belton and James Franklin (980 pts)

10 tie) Chris Franklin, David Ogle, Joseph Laucius and Michael Cheung (970 pts)

LAST) Sam Luy (270 pts)

UPSET POOL WINNERS

1) Christy Lindvall (291 pts)

2) Triona Weeks (259 pts)

3) Alex Simon (247 pts)

4) Andrew Braslow (232 pts)

5) Haden Hopkins (229 pts)

SECOND CHANCE WINNERS

1) Dan Fischer (880 pts)

2 tie) Mark Schumaker and KJ Martin (840 pts)

As for our delusional Lunatic, thanks to picking Villanova as his champion in his “sane” picks, he managed to sneak up to a respectable tie for 44th place with 880 points.   If we include the tie-breaker, 45 entries Stomped the Lunatic this year – still a very sound beating of our resident crazy college basketball fanatic.

I hope that everyone enjoyed the games – it was such a memorable tournament.  We had a 16 seed win for the first time against a 1 seed, and an 11 seed from the Missouri Valley Conference make it all the way to the Final Four.   There were buzzer beaters, upsets, and tons of entertaining basketball.  But most of all, I would like to thank all of you for continuing to make this such a wonderful tournament and giving me a chance to rant about my favorite sport.

Congratulations again to Haden, Christy and Dan – our 2018 Stomp the Lunatic Champions!!!   And congratulations again to the Villanova Wildcats – the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions!!!!