NCAA Pool: Favorites Rule Elite Eight
24 March 07
If you look up “March Madness” in the DSM-IV, the manual of psychiatric disorders, you’ll find the basic symptoms: last-second shots, big comebacks, torn-up brackets. The Sweet Sixteen had all of these. The only team to win by double digits was Carolina, and USC was killing them until the Tarheels went on a tear and USC coach Tim Floyd lost his cool. But the DSM-IV also lists big upsets as essential indicators of this seasonal mania. These were markedly absent. The Ducks of Oregon, a 3-seed, are the biggest underdogs of the last eight. Go Ducks.
Ongoing scores are here.
Congratulations to Victor “Enzo” DiNubile who had all eight teams. Dominic still leads the way. Here are the standings:
| Name | TOTAL |
| Dominic C. | 78 |
| Tyson Smith | 74 |
| Sean Murphy | 73 |
| Victor DiNubile | 72 |
| Dan O’Hara | 71 |
| Mike Stevens | 71 |
| Statistical Genius | 71 |
| Rod Reber | 71 |
| Mike Riccio | 69 |
| Matthew McKown | 67 |
| Sophia Kelley | 67 |
| Ben Cramer | 67 |
| Joe Kelley Jr | 67 |
| Brian Schwartz | 67 |
| Brandon Silverstein | 66 |
| John Maggio | 66 |
| Austin Kelley | 65 |
| Greg Dobbins | 65 |
| Clint Kakstys | 65 |
| Sarah Trigg | 65 |
| Theo Smith | 65 |
| Harper Langston | 65 |
| Ben Cosgrove | 64 |
| Joey Litman | 63 |
| Serge Shea | 63 |
| Joe Kelley III | 63 |
| Jason Warshof | 62 |
| Evan Hughes | 62 |
| Dina Basile | 62 |
| William Berlind | 60 |
| Mike Ferrara | 60 |
| John Grady | 59 |
| Raymond | 59 |
| Ralph Dunn | 59 |
| Emily Richards | 59 |
| Stefan Tornquist | 57 |
| Donna Kelley | 57 |
| William Dantona | 56 |
| Hope Hall | 56 |
| Mike Reber | 52 |
| Curtiss Hannum | 48 |
| Jessica Cohen | 46 |
| Steve McClure | 46 |
| Michael Devitt | 44 |
| Ben McGrath | 43 |
| Connie Reber | 42 |
| Meems (Michelle) Dantona | 41 |
| Joyce Merritt | 41 |
| Paul Owen | 40 |
| Ben Walton | 40 |
| Debra Harbin | 38 |
| James Koerner | 37 |
| Dan Houghton | 37 |
| Lillith Iversen | 36 |
| Michael O’Brien | 35 |
| Albert Vega | 34 |
| Rob Cavalcante | 31 |
| Laura Kelley | 31 |
| Barry Gardener | 31 |
| Elizabeth Perez | 29 |
| Doris Silver | 25 |
| Bob Rosenbaum | 0 |
| EJ Murphy | 0 |