What an incredible Final 4 we have on Saturday.  We have Gonzaga, who is beating everyone they play by double digits.  We have Baylor, who have started to play amazing basketball again – with only a couple of late season losses as blemishes on their record.  We have Houston, who has a defense that is stopping everyone they play against.  And you have UCLA, the surprise team who has become the 2nd team in history to go from the First 4 games to the Final 4.  So excited for the games!!!!!

I am sure that there are other people excited about the games – our fourth round leaders.  This is now a critical time in the tournament as people have hopefully put themselves in position to win if their predicted champion does.

Our leader in the Standard Pool is Kelly Woods – who managed to get 3 of the Final 4 teams (Gonzaga, Baylor and Houston) right to earn 850 points.  She is closely followed by Joe Haggerty and John Greene – who are in a tie for 2nd just 40 points behind.  The rest of the top 10 (Adam Davis in 5th at 780 pts, Emily Schumaker and Kevin Bostic in 6th at 770 pts, Gregg Farber and Hailey Peterson in 8th at 760 pts. and Kelly Woods’ second bracket and Joe Chapman in 10th at 750 pts) can catch up if they get a Final 4 game correct that Kelly does not.

In the Upset Pool, our leader is Gregg Farber – whose bold pick of UCLA winning the National Championship has paid off by giving him 269 points in the upset pool.  He is followed by Joe Chapman at 256, Ryan Callahan at 247, Hailey Peterson at 237, Adam Davis at 235 and Amy Hattaway at 231.

In the Second Chance Pool, my wonderful wife Elizabeth got all 4 of the Final 4 correct to lead at 600 pts.  She is followed by Tom Forrest and Kennedy Urban at 520 pts, and 12 people at 480 pts.

There might only be 3 more games left in the tournament – but with 120 points for the semi-finals and 160 points for the champion, there is still time for some of you to catch the leaders and make it into the prize pool.  Well that is assuming you are not the Lunatic, who is totally being stomped in a tie for 170th place.  

Good luck to everyone over the weekend and on Monday night, as we crown the 2021 National Champion!!!!!