And Brent Peterson still is hanging on to the lead in the pool! At 670 points, he has a 30 point lead over Harold Ingram and a 40 point lead over Rusty Ahles and Sudeep Behari.

In the Upset Pool, Logan Horgan has the lead with 257 points – leading Brent by 15 points, and Austin McElroy by 24 points.

And then there is the Second Chance Pool – Drew Bradley got 7 of 8 games correct, taking a 40 point lead over 26 people who correctly got 6 games right.

We also have our first guaranteed prize, David Gatewood has not only managed to score just 260 points through the Sweet 16 – yes, that is less points than Brent had after the first round. But withLouisvilleandTexasbeing 4 seeds, David’s picks qualify, and with no teams surviving to make it to the Elite 8, he also can’t score any more points. My guess is that David – who runs the excellent and fun Loser’s Pool, where you pick the teams you think will lose the tournament, accidentally put in the teams he thought would lose. In that case, he was very successful since his teams have all lost. So, David will get his entry fee back and it is time for me to say those seven words that I get to say every year – he should not have challenged the Lunatic! OK – I just have to say that, the reality is everyone should challenge the Lunatic – we all must stomp the Lunatic. But David should have known better than to have challenged Brent Peterson…..

Speaking of the Lunatic, he is lurking around in the main pool in a tie for 33rd place. However, the Lunatic curse has knocked off his crazy picks (Duke) and second chance picks (Ohio St). So, it is just another reason why the Kansas Jayhawks better be careful on Sunday – the Lunatic curse has no one else but his sane picks champion to focus on – and we all know the power of the Lunatic curse.

Congratulations toFlorida,UConn,Arizona,Butler, UNC,Kansas,Kentucky, and VCU on making it to the Elite 8!!!!!! And good luck to all of your favorite teams to making the Final 4.