Bob Long March Madness Pool

Bob Long March Madness Pool

WINNERS:

1st: Will Appman (98 points)–EARNINGS: $350

2nd: Jimmy Lagreca (87 points)–EARNINGS: $50

3rd: Doug Fleishner (84 points)–EARNINGS: $20

Congratulations to these players on their winnings.  Also, by request, congratulations to Jim Reid, who finished in last place with a grand total of 39 points.

The winners and their totals are official, and the 8th Annual Bob Long March Madness Pool has concluded.  Thanks to everyone for entering the pool this year, I hope you all enjoyed participating, and I hope you enjoy the Championship Game on Monday night.  Go Bulldogs.

Final Standings:

1st: 98 points- Will Appman

2nd: 87 points- Jimmy Lagreca

3rd: 84 points- Doug Fleishner

4th: 82 points- Alex Chrostowski

5th: 72 points- Chris Muggler

6th: 71 points- Richie Villanti

7th: 70 points- Andrew Ansel

T8: 68 points- Pat Hill, David Ansel

10th: 67 points- Dan O’Dea

Standings (through Round 4)

1st: 82 points- Will Appman

2nd: 72 points- Chris Muggler

T3: 71 points- Jimmy Lagreca, Richie Villanti–Final Score

4th: 70 points- Andrew Ansel–Final Score

T5: 68 points- Doug Fleishner, David Ansel, Pat Hill–Final Score

8th: 67 points- Dan O’Dea

T9: 66 points- Alex Chrostowski, Joe DiFurio, Mark Dell’Antonio–Final Score

T12: 65 points- Dan LaMorte, Seamus Morgan (only player in field to have National Champion remaining [West Virginia])

13th: 64 points- Ger Brett

14th: 63 points- Max Breitmeyer

15th: 62 points- Ryan Otis

(through Round 3)

1st: 66 points- Will Appman (props to him for being the only person to pick Butler over Syracuse)

2nd: 63 points- Richie Villanti

3rd: 62 points- Andrew Ansel

T4: 60 points- (Doug Fleishner, Pat Hill, David Beavers)

7th: 59 points- Dan O’Dea

T8: 58 points (Mark Dell’Antonio, Taylor Balch, Mike Silvestri, Jon King, Alex Chrostowski, Joe DiFurio)

Through Round 2, only 10 people still have their National Champion pick in play (9 Kentucky’s, 1 West Virginia [Seamus Morgan]), including only 2 of the 13 players listed above (Andrew Ansel and David Beavers).  It should be a very interesting final week of the tournament.

(through Round 2)

1st: 47 points- Richie Villanti

2nd: 46 points- Jon King

3rd: 45 points- Jeff Delman

T4: 44 points- (David Beavers, Pat Hill)

T6: 42 points- (Mark Dell’Antonio, Will Appman, Taylor Balch, Mike Silvestri, Alex Chrostowski, Andrew Ansel)

To answer Ryan’s question below, the scoring will be as follows: 32 points per round.  Therefore, 32/# of games in each round=points earned per win.  For example, since there are 32 points in the first round, each game is worth 1 point.  With 16 games in the second round, each game is worth 2 points.  Then a third round win is worth 4 points, a fourth round win is worth 8 points, etc. 

Standings (after Round 1)

T1- 26 points (Jon King, Mike Silvestri, Alex Chrostowski)

T4- 25 points (Richie Villanti, Pat Gavin)

T6-24 points (Will Appman, Pat Hill, Andrew Ansel, Steven Vigilante)

T10-23 points (6 people)

The prizes will be as follows:

First place: $350

Second place: $50

Third place: $20

If there is a tie, the tiebreaker will be the member with the higher number of teams in the final rounds of the tournament.  For example, the first tiebreaker is whether or not the person picked the champion.  The second tiebreaker will be how many teams the person had in the championship game, 0, 1, or 2.  Then it will be the number of teams in the Final Four, the Elite 8, and so on until the tie is broken.  If, for some reason, there was a tie the entire way, the earnings will be split (this is almost guaranteed not to happen, however).

Any questions can be posted on this page.

I will be giving constant updates on the leaders and the winnings throughout the tournament.  For more information on the pool, join the Facebook group, “8th Annual Bob Long NCAA March Madness Pool ’10.”