Congratulations to William E Craft!  Assuming the Lunatic has done his research correctly, Bill’s Fever Dream became only the 3rd ever bracket to win both the Standard and Upset pools in the same year.  Bill isn’t the only person who is owed some congratulations – we had just enough people who were confident enough to pick the Huskies and jump into the top of the standings for one of the Stomp the Lunatic prizes.

Also have to congratulate the four people who made the best of the second chance, as Kathleen Godwin, Patti Carini, Jeff Carpenter and Rich Napolitano all scored 560 points to tie for the second chance pool top prize!!!!

Here are all our prize winners:

STANDARD POOL

• 1) William E. Craft – 1000 pts
• 2) Patti Carini – 920 pts
• 3) HH – 850 pts
• 4th tie) Brent Hassell, Kristian Schmidt, and Rick Flynn – 830 pts
• 7th tie) Steve Glass and John Woodburn – 820 pts
• 9) Laura Carini – 780 pts
• 10) Cooper Ams – 770 pts
• LAST) Sonny and Laura Hummel – 250 pts

UPSET POOL

• 1) William E. Craft – 302 pts
• 2) Brent Hassell – 269 pts
• 3) Patti Carini – 266 pts
• 4) Cooper Ams (Entry #2) – 262 pts
• 5) Cooper Ams (Entry #1) – 249 pts

SECOND CHANCE POOL

• Tie 1) Kathleen Godwin – 560 pts
• Tie 1) Patti Carini – 560 pts
• Tie 1) Jeff Carpenter – 560 pts
• Tie 1) Rich Napolitano – 560 pts

As for the Lunatic, he was left stomped for the entire tournament as he ended up with only 470 points in a tie for 125th.  If we include the tie-breaker (which isn’t used for prizes, but can certainly be used to stomp the Lunatic), 133 of you managed to Stomp the Lunatic! That is a thorough stomping – well done by everyone.  I am sure that it will take a while to get over the sting of his Boilers becoming only the 2nd team in history to lose to a 16 seed and then watch helplessly as the 9 seed goes and runs through the region.  But I am also sure that 11 months will be enough time for the Lunatic to lick his wounds, lose his sanity, and return for another year of sleep deprivation and a soul-crushing stomping.

Congratulations again to all of our winners.  But a special congratulations to Bill Craft for an amazing set of picks to not only win the standard pool but also the upset pool.  And of course, congratulations to the 2023 National Champions – the Connecticut Huskies!!!!