Final Game

Well good job to everyone. This is much better than last year. Last year it was over before the final four games ever happened. Monday night it all comes down to Kentucky and Kansas, TJ and Jordan. On a side note I had this championship game happening...2 years ago during the John Wall year. But anyways, it's a 6 point swing Monday night, and the only person that can pass TJ is Jordan because he is the only one who has Kansas winning it all. So here are the final standings before we find out the winner.

Player	1	2	3	4	5	Total
TJ Morrison	23	22	18	12	5	80
Jordan Gray	23	18	15	12	10	78
Skyler Aitken	23	22	15	8	5	76
Chad Alldredge	20	20	18	12	5	75
Kyle Pierce	22	20	12	8	10	75
Nick Barnum	21	20	18	8	0	68
Trevor Irvine	19	22	12	8	5	66
Rob Miguel	19	14	15	8	5	61
McArthurs	19	14	9	8	10	61
Jocelyn Aitken	20	10	9	8	5	56
Brandon Griffeth	17	12	9	4	5	50
Tommy Leavitt	18	16	12	0	0	46

It's lonely on top of the leaderboard

I'm sure TJ can tell you all about it, since he is now the undisputed leader.

Player	Play-in	1	2	3	4	Total
TJ Morrison	0	23	22	18	12	75
Skyler Aitken	3	23	22	15	8	71
Chad Alldredge	0	20	20	18	12	70
Nick Barnum	1	21	20	18	8	68
Jordan Gray	0	23	18	15	12	68
Kyle Pierce	3	22	20	12	8	65
Trevor Irvine	0	19	22	12	8	61
Rob Miguel	0	19	14	15	8	56
Jocelyn Aitken	4	20	10	9	8	51
McArthurs	1	19	14	9	8	51
Tommy Leavitt	0	18	16	12	0	46
Brandon Griffeth	3	17	12	9	4	45

Yup, there it is...TJ is the leader. Chad can no longer pass him after the NC loss. Jordan still has a shot...to tie. If that's the case, I will work out the tie-breaker with them. Kyle could get as high as third, but he definitely can't win. Speaking of Kyle, happy birthday Kyle! Ok, back to march madness. Chad is out, Jordan can tie and if Kentucky loses to Louisville, and KU beats OSU, then I can pull ahead of TJ. But that's who it comes down to...TJ, me, and Jordan. TJ will probably win it, but you never know. I will have everything definite next week after Saturday. The games will be final and it will all come down to one game, which makes evaluating scenarios much easier. On a more serious note, if Kentucky wins next game, Brandon will leapfrog Tommy, which would be big news since Brandon took last place last year. If UK loses, Brandon is a lock for last, and I will still have a shot at TJ. So let's go Louisville (Nothing personal Brandon) and Kansas!

The Final Four

The rest of the Final Four of the NCAA tournament will be set tomorrow (Louisville and Ohio St. are already there. UK(Kentucky)/Baylor and UNC/KU(Kansas) are the last games.), but the final four of our pool has basically been decided. They are TJ, Chad, Jordan, and me and here are the scores as of right now.

TJ Morrison	0	23	22	18	4	67
Skyler Aitken	3	23	22	15	4	67
Chad Alldredge	0	20	20	18	8	66
Nick Barnum	1	21	20	18	0	60
Jordan Gray	0	23	18	15	4	60
Kyle Pierce	3	22	20	12	0	57
Trevor Irvine	0	19	22	12	0	53
Rob Miguel	0	19	14	15	4	52
Jocelyn Aitken	4	20	10	9	4	47
Tommy Leavitt	0	18	16	12	0	46
Jessica&Brady McArthur	1	19	14	9	0	43
Brandon Griffeth	3	17	12	9	0	41

NOTE: This is all done by eye, I haven't sat through each bracket and compared and made formulas. This is just a quick glance and some (probably flawed) logical thinking on my part. Something could happen that I didn't notice. Moving on.

Right now, TJ has the inside track, and is the favorite to win. Almost anyone who picked Kentucky to win can't pass TJ. They aren't close enough to make up the points, or their bracket isn't different enough from here on out. Chad is the only one who has Kentucky winning that can pass TJ. That will be decided tomorrow during the KU/UNC game. If UNC wins, Chad will pass TJ, and TJ will only catch up if OSU beat UNC in the final four...if KU loses Jordan and I are done.

The only way I can pass TJ is if my bracket goes perfectly. I have Baylor tomorrow over UK. If that happens, I will get 4 points, while almost everyone else loses their championship team. Then I will need KU to beat UNC, and then beat OSU. I'm not sure about this, but if all of that happens, I will want Baylor or Louisville to win it all, because if KU wins it all, Jordan gets 7 points that no one else will. However, I'm pretty sure with the 4 points from Baylor, he wont be able to catch me.

If Jordan's bracket goes perfectly, he can win(well as long as Kentucky doesn't lose to Baylor). As soon as Kansas loses he is done...except if Baylor beats UK and KU still wins it all and I build up a big enough lead.

So there you go. TJ has the largest room for error, followed by Chad and then Jordan and me. There is still a chance I made an error, and someone else has a chance, but I don't believe it could happen. But you can always hope right? Good luck to everyone...and because this is my blog, and I can cheer for me, let's go Baylor and Kansas!

Lack of Posts

If any of you were trying to check the scoring, I apologize. The Hunger Games threw off my schedule for the past two days. In case you haven't seen it, go see it. Totally awesome. On a personal note, while 3 of my final 4 are still ok, my champion is gone...stupid MSU. So while I'm still holding the top spot with TJ, I don't think I make it much longer unless UK loses soon. Anyways, here are the scores. This is as of last night.

Player	Play-in	round 1	round 2	round 3	Total
TJ Morrison	0	23	22	18	63
Skyler Aitken	3	23	22	15	63
Nick Barnum	1	21	20	18	60
Chad Alldredge	0	20	20	18	58
Kyle Pierce	3	22	20	12	57
Jordan Gray	0	23	18	15	56
Trevor Irvine	0	19	22	12	53
Rob Miguel	0	19	14	15	48
Tommy Leavitt	0	18	16	12	46
Jocelyn Aitken	4	20	10	9	43
Jessica&Brady McArthur	1	19	14	9	43
Brandon Griffeth	3	17	12	9	41