Unlike the championship game, which was crazy close between Virginia and Texas Tech, our standard pool was not close.  Jim Carini correctly predicted that Virginia would beat Texas Tech to run away with the Standard Pool at 1390 points.  Jim is un-officially a 3 time winner of the Stomp the Lunatic contest.  We know he is the 2004 Champion, but we both remember back in 1999 before the website existed – when Jim also took the title.  This time, Jim was able to beat 360 other entries to take the title.

Congratulations also go out to Ian Berglund – who finished 2nd in the Standard Pool at 1230, and Brody Atkinson and Brian Lawton who tied for 3rd at 1210.

In the Upset Pool, Brody Atkinson was able to get the final 6 points he needed with Virginia winning the championship to beat John Woodburn 273-268.  And in our Second Chance Pool, Sam Luy was able to jump everyone thanks to the Virginia victory to score 800 points and win by 40 points over Sarah Ahles.

Lets congratulate all of our 2019 Stomp the Lunatic Prize winners!!!!

STANDARD POOL

1) Jim Carini – 1390 pts

2) Ian Berglund – 1230 pts

3 TIE) Brody Atkinson and Brian Lawton – 1210 pts

5 TIE) William Craft and Scott Bartlett – 1180 pts

7) Mike Rosser – 1170 pts

8) Lowell Isaacs – 1160 pts

9) Ashley Peterson – 1150 pts

10 TIE) John Franklin, Kennedy Urban and Cinde Johnson – 1140 pts

LAST) Wendy Joseph – 290 pts (you should not have challenged Jim)

 

UPSET POOL

1) Brody Atkinson – 273 pts

2) John Woodburn – 268 pts

3) Michael Cheung – 266 pts

4) Lauren Martin – 265 pts

5) Jocelyn Knox – 262 pts

 

SECOND CHANCE POOL

1) Sam Luy – 800 pts

2) Sarah Ahles – 760 pts

3 TIE) Kennedy Urban, Joseph Laucius, and Taylor Early – 680 pts

 

The Lunatic was thoroughly stomped – once Duke was beat, his picks sadly fell all the way to 187th place.  One of the most complete stompings in memory!!!!  Well done by everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a fantastic tournament – so many close games!  So many surprises!  And such a deserving champion – the Virginia Cavaliers!!!!!!  As always, a huge thank you to all of you for making this such a fun tournament and giving me the chance to rant and rave about this great game of college basketball.

Congratulations again to Jim Carini – our 2019 Stomp the Lunatic Champion, Brody Atkinson – our Upset Pool Champion and Sam Luy – our Second Chance Pool Champion!!!!!!!   And congratulations again to the Virginia Cavaliers – our 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion!!!!!!