We are under way with a total of 116 entries in the tournament this year. That’s our best showing in many years, and the winner (obviously we all think it will be our own entry that will win it all) stands to come away with a substantial profit – maybe not enough to get your kid into Stanford, but plenty enough to pay that kid’s phone bill for a month or so.
We want to advise you that some reports are now available for you to look over and browse at this point. The “Pool Choice” and “Pool Distribution” reports display all of the picks for each entry and summarize the picks by school. Just click on the Quick Reports link above and peruse to your heart’s content. You might note that 47 entries have Duke winning it all and then there is a substantial drop off to the second favorite pick, Gonzaga, with a mere 16 picks as the champion. Interestingly, 89 of the entries, 77%, have one of the four Number One seeds taking the title. Our league statistician Numlock MacGeek has informed us that four number one seeds have all graduated to the finals only once in the entire history of the tournament and furthermore, in the tournament’s 56 year existence only 21 number one seeds have come away with the title. Good luck!
Games have been close and exciting up to this point, but no huge upsets. Still, with six games complete only 10 entries are perfect, so don’t fret if you’ve got a few clunkers at this point…..well, maybe except for Tripstersmatilda, who has managed only one correct pick so far.