Gators, Bruins, Hoyas, Buckeyes
John Thompson and Patrick Ewing have led Georgetown back to the Final Four. Of course, this is Patrick Ewing Jr. (I love that his jersey says “Ewing Jr.”) and John Thompson III, the sons of the great Georgetown player and coach. The new Ewing has only a bit role, but he did his bit, and UNC fell apart in the closing minutes. Georgetown will play the Ohio State University, and Florida will play UCLA in a rematch of last year’s final. Gators, Bruins, Hoyas, and Buckeyes—that’s a pretty weird bunch of mascots.
Looking back now, it seems obvious that Georgetown, Florida, UCLA, and Ohio State would make it. What was I thinking with Louisville and UNC? But only Tyson Smith, of all the contestants in The Modern Spectator NCAA pool, was smart enough to write that down two weeks ago. Congrats to Tyson who leads the way. He has OSU beating UCLA in the championship.
| Name | TOTAL |
| Tyson Smith | 96 |
| Sean Murphy | 89 |
| Dan O’Hara | 87 |
| Brian Schwartz | 83 |
| Joe Kelley Jr | 83 |
| Mike Stevens | 83 |
| Dominic C. | 83 |
| Brandon Silverstein | 82 |
| Victor DiNubile | 82 |
| Rod Reber | 81 |
| Mike Riccio | 80 |
| Jason Warshof | 79 |
| Joe Kelley III | 79 |
| Matthew McKown | 78 |
| William Berlind | 77 |
| John Maggio | 77 |
| Theo Smith | 77 |
| Austin Kelley | 76 |
| Greg Dobbins | 76 |
| Statistical Genius | 76 |
| Clint Kakstys | 75 |
| Sarah Trigg | 75 |
| Ben Cosgrove | 74 |
| Joey Litman | 74 |
| Serge Shea | 74 |
| William Dantona | 73 |
| Dina Basile | 73 |
| Sophia Kelley | 73 |
| Harper Langston | 70 |
| Stefan Tornquist | 68 |
| Donna Kelley | 68 |
| Evan Hughes | 67 |
| Ben Cramer | 67 |
| Mike Ferrara | 66 |
| John Grady | 65 |
| Raymond | 64 |
| Mike Reber | 63 |
| Steve McClure | 62 |
| Hope Hall | 62 |
| Curtiss Hannum | 59 |
| Emily Richards | 59 |
| Ralph Dunn | 59 |
| Jessica Cohen | 52 |
| Michael Devitt | 49 |
| Debra Harbin | 48 |
| Connie Reber | 47 |
| Ben Walton | 45 |
| Ben McGrath | 43 |
| Lillith Iversen | 42 |
| Dan Houghton | 42 |
| Joyce Merritt | 41 |
| Meems (Michelle) Dantona | 41 |
| Paul Owen | 40 |
| Albert Vega | 39 |
| James Koerner | 37 |
| Laura Kelley | 36 |
| Barry Gardener | 36 |
| Rob Cavalcante | 36 |
| Michael O’Brien | 35 |
| Elizabeth Perez | 29 |
| Doris Silver | 25 |
| Bob Rosenbaum | 0 |
| EJ Murphy | 0 |
I want that NCAA basketball and t-Shirt!
— tyson Mar 26, 07:55 PM #You have to root for UCLA to beat Forida and OSU to win it all. If OSU beats Florida in the final, I think Sean wins it.
— Austin Mar 27, 02:30 PM #