To:It was a crazy first round – and that makes what some of our leaders have done even more impressive.  We had two 13 seeds, a 14 seed, and a 15 seed win games – and yet our leaders still got so many games correct. 

In the Standard Pool, our leader is Joey Ams – who managed to correctly pick 26 winners.  But we have many who are within 20 points. Getting 25 correct was Will Caldwell, TJ Acuto, Lowell Isaacs, Kevin Busby, Ryan Callahan, and Sam Luy.  And getting 24 correct was both of Mark Walsh;s picks, Michael Cheung, both of Joseph Laucius’ picks, Nick Kindig, Adam Davis, and Ethan Busby 

In the Upset Pool, Ryan Callahan and Joey Ams are tied at top with 142 points.  They are followed by Sam Luy at 139, and Adam Davis and Kevin Busby at 135. 

As for the Lunatic, he only got 21 games right – so he is lurking in a tie for 76th place. So far, a pretty solid stomping. Of course, his daughter Katie who thought the games were football got 23 games right by just picking school names she liked. Meanwhile, apparently the Lunatic curse has been extended to Elizabeth – she is in last of the entries in the prize pool as she only got 11 games right. Charlie so badly wanted to do 2 picks this year thinking that will help him. He got 21 right in one pick and 20 in the other – so he is not happy that he is losing twice to his sister.

If you are not one of our leaders, don’t despair.  There is lots of opportunity to make up ground in the later rounds.  And if you have powers like the Lunatic to curse all your teams into early losses, the second chance pool will come out Monday night after the games.  Everyone likes having a second chance!!!!