The Hokies did finish off St. Louis – and the First Round is in the books.  And thanks to Upset Friday, that First Round saw 12 underdogs (a 13 seed, three 12 seeds, an 11 seed, three 10 seeds and all four 9 seeds) advance.

That’s why it was so impressive that our leader, Sam Brunner went 29-3 in the First Round to be the leader of the Standard Pool.  Sam only missed on Baylor, Ohio State and UC-Irvine to take a 20 point lead in the pool.  Brody Atkinson, Tanmay Gautam, Kyle Kelly (our 2013 Stomp the Lunatic Champion), John Greene, and Jocelyn Knox all did an impressive job of going 27-5 to be tied for 2nd.  And there is a group of 11 people just 30 points behind – going 26-6.

In the Upset Pool, Tanmay Gautum is our leader with 163 points.  He might have missed two more games from Sam – who is in second place with 159 points.  But he picked 13 seed UC-Irvine giving him the edge in the Upset Pool.  Kyle Kelly at 149 points, Dave Evans (our 2010 Upset Pool Champion) at 147 points and Murli Buluswar as 142 points rounded off the top 5 of the Upset Pool.

The Lunatic’s Crazy Picks are in a large pack at 22-10 – tied for 150th.  A thorough stomping so far.

But the points double for victories on Saturday and Sunday – so there is plenty of time to come back.   That is, assuming that the 12 underdogs didn’t take out one of the teams you had going far in your bracket.   🙂

Congratulations to all our leaders – it amazes me how constantly impressive all of you do at picking the games.  Having 17 entries go 26 out of 32 with this many upsets is really awesome!!!!!!   Good luck to everyone over the weekend!!!!!!