It is hard to write whenever the Boilers get eliminated from the tournament. But the Lunatic also knows that there are some people in the pool who have done an amazing job, and this late in the tournament, they deserve to get recognized for their amazing picks.

In the Standard Pool, Mark Walsh has held onto his lead with 940 points. Mark has a 60 point lead over Heath Lindvall at 880 points. Bill Richter is all alone in 3rd place at 870 points. Tied for 4th place are Kathy Godwin and my son Charlie at 860 points. We have a 4-way tie for 6th at 840 points between Ryan Zotti, Jay Carini, Cinde Schumaker and John Greene. Wrapping up the top 10 is Stacy Dooms at 830 points.

In the Upset pool, Mark has taken over the lead with 263 points, now followed in 2nd by Shirli Zelcer at 258 points. Matt Reilly is 3rd at 256 points, Mack Fournier is 4th at 247 points, and Al Lester rounds out the top 5 at 241 points.

In the Second Chance Pool, Sonny Mao has taken over the lead with 440 points. But he is followed closely by 11 people tied for 2nd at 400 points. Congratulations go out to Lauren Martin, Drew Bradley, William Craft, Michael Cheung, Autumn Busby, Brian Betz, Audra Chamowitz, John Franklin, Jerry Caldwell, and Debbe Evans.

With Purdue losing, the Lunatic’s sane picks have surpassed his insane picks (the ones he really cared about). His sane picks had boring choices like Duke beating Arizona for the championship, so I guess they could still move up the standings if the Blue Devils and Wildcats keep winning. But those picks were never going to have a chance to win – too many people have picked Duke. The chance for the insane picks to rocket up the standings with a Purdue victory are now sadly going to fall to the bottom of the standings.

It looks like a lot of people will Stomp the Lunatic this year. Good luck to all the leaders and the teams you are rooting for!!!!!