I'll try to post the leaders each day in our ESPN Pool. * indicates players from OutPicks2 group.

AFTER DAY 1

Standing alone in first place:

Quaker Fan 130

Nice job! Only missed Oklahoma State, Gonzaga and Western Kentucky! Nailed the UNC-Wilmington stunner over USC, plus Tulsa and Missouri milder upsets.


Just 10 points back:

Iowa City GymDog 120
Bronxville B Man 120
DC BballDC 120
Chicago UW Fan 120
Go Terps pat125 120
Quinn in DC 120
Breesboys Flyin Illini 120*
zeigler Entry 120* (Interesting note on this one. Don't be fooled-its not our fearless leader Cyd, but Jessica!!! Not sure if that's Cyd's sister or his drag name. Either way nice job!!)


And another 10 behind:

Shore Entry 110
Amsterdam Windmills 110
McNamara Entry 110
UCLA Jono 110
On Court GoMonica 110
sportin life 110
DC SportsNut 110
Pittsburgh David 110
Arizona Devilsfan 110
Cross Entry 110
Spinosa spin70 110
Bloomington IUFan1975 110
Gonzaga George 110
faydman 110
AZ Cat 110
Riley Entry 110*
DClaremont entry 110*
Sparty 110*
Indy Other Daryl 110*
Stickney Entry 110*
Ramsfanxx 110*
Martin jsm 110*
NYC Skeletons 110*
Chicago Rian 110*
Go LaTech Bulldogs 110*
Denis's Definites 110*

I demand a recount!

I'm just glad I'm not in last place anymore. I'm not used to being on the bottom.

[quote]Originally posted by Theo:
I'm just glad I'm not in last place anymore. I'm not used to being on the bottom.

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It's a new experience for many of us.

George, not sure what happened, but I was on the list yesterday, but not on the list today. HELP!

Leaders after completion of first round. Not everyone is listed, just those within 20 points of the lead. * indicates OutPicks2 entry.

Chicago UW Fan 250
Iowa City GymDog 250
Quaker Fan 250
Quinn in DC 250
Shore Entry 250
Stickney Entry 250*


McNamara Entry 240
Housman Entry240
Jim@ Outsports 240
faydman 240
DC BballDC 240
Martin jsm 240*
Denis's Definites 240*


DC SportsNut 230
MikeyB 230
Duke Fan 4 $$ 230
On Court GoMonica 230
UCLA Jono 230
DC DCBucky 230
Chicago Rian 230*
Go LaTech Bulldogs 230*
California Uclaute 230*
Mtl-Zeno Rookies 230*
Indy Other Daryl 230*
Ramsfanxx 230*
SCU Top Fan Entry 230*
Riley Entry 230*
Breesboys Flyin Illini 230*
zeigler Entry 230*

Help!!! I've fallen off the map! Top twenty out of a total of how many George. I want to know how many are down there with me.

COMPLETE STANDINGS AFTER DAY 3 (*-OutPicks2 group member)

ALL ALONE IN FIRST PLACE:

Bronxville B Man 360

AND ALL THE REST:

Stickney Entry 350*

faydman 340
DC BballDC 340
Housman Entry 340

UCLA Jono 330
Quinn in DC 330
Shore Entry 330
Chicago UW Fan 330
Duke Fan 4 $$ 330
Quaker Fan 330
On Court GoMonica 330
Spinosa spin70 330
Indy Other Daryl 330*
Go LaTech Bulldogs 330*
zeigler Entry 330*

Pittsburgh David 320
McNamara Entry 320
Sparty 320*
New York TwinsFan 320*

DC DCBucky 310
Bloomington IUFan1975 310
MikeyB 310
Palm Springs Schwenk 310
Arizona Devilsfan 310
Iowa City GymDog 310
Breesboys Flyin Illini 310
SCU Top Fan Entry 310*
Riley Entry 310*
Ramsfanxx 310*
Zeno Rookies 310*
Chicago Rian 310*

Go Terps pat125 300
Dick Vitale Is A Moron 300
San Fran Joey Joe Joe 300*
Scottttt 300*
Martin jsm 300*
DClaremont entry 300*

Manhattan PS151 290
Goyanks4868/ dukerepeats 290
Duck Boy 290
sportin life 290
DC SportsNut 290
Portland musicalnuke 290
Go Stanford 290
Chicago Jdog 290*
Yellow Muffins 290*
LA SportsGyMarc 290*
NYC Skeletons 290*

Jim@ Outsports 280
AZ Cat 280
Kobe's Boobirds 280
Theo 280
Cross Entry 280
Oswalt Entry 280
NEOhio osufan 280
Amsterdam Windmills 280
USC Trojan110 280
Wichita Itsplaytym 280
Denis's Definites 280*
chicago clueless 280*
Berkhouse Entry 0 280*
Tampa Ribbie 280*

Iowa State Cyclones 270
Gamecock 270
Gonzaga George 270
omaha huskerjock 270*
lescavage Entry 0 270*
Cowboys HskrFan 270*
LA jfcubfan 270*
Jersey njred 270*
Durham 270*
Carey Entry 270*
Garrett Entry 270*

sparty on 260
SJ TexasEX 260
Wichita Jayhawks 260*

MiamiDr 250
PurdueFan's Entry 250
PCC 250*
Bike Jocks 250*
Raleigh RobGinNC 250*

Rex's Insanity 240*
MunsonMan 240*

Hey George,
Somehow I got wiped out of the group, so I relogged in...and am now listed...and I think I am tied for the lead at least in our group..I am now listed in OutPicks2. Thanks for keeping track of all this.
GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!
(Have been drinking all day celebrating....Oh good it is also St. Patricks Day).....Need to go out again and start another round....

Wow you guys must have been kicked bad during the second round - cause I did poorly and shot UP in the standings!
Yeah, I know you don't see me listed - couldn't figure out how to register with ESPN as jockworship so I am OUT on Outsports - I am "Housman Entry" and I did NOT have MO, SLU, or UCLA in my Sweet 16 and still jumped to the top tier of our group! Even in the top 3% on ESPN -
so my question is - who the hell did you pick?? LOL

Hey, look at me! Too bad I changed many of my picks for the pool that actually wins money...


Jock--You can see who everyone picked if you click on their screen name on ESPN. You can see how many teams everyone has left.

[ March 18, 2002: Message edited by: BballDC ]

Whoa - just remembered that I didn't pick Kent State to go anywhere either! So, really what teams did you guys pick for the 16??!!

Well, my guess is that most people probably had Bama, USC, Cincy, GA, and/or MS State. They were the seeds that should have gone.

If someone had Kent St, SIU, MO, and TX picked for the sweet 16, I would have called them Tojan, er..., I mean crazy!!

You get more points for correct picks down the road anyway. It is going to be who gets the most of the Elite 8, Final Four, and championship game that counts.

Having said that, GO DUKE!!!

I actually had Kent St. and Texes in the sweet 16, unfortunately i aslo had gonzaga, cincy, usc, hawaii, mich. st, etc..

New leaders from the Outsports groups.

DC BballDc and Housman Entry are tied with 460 points. Next are Pittsburgh David and faydman with 440. All four are in OutPicks. I'll post the complete standings later this week.

[quote]Originally posted by GoMonica:


If someone had Kent St, SIU, MO, and TX picked for the sweet 16, I would have called them Trojan, er..., I mean crazy!!

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Haha. I wish I were that lucky. Upside to my picks is that 3/4 of my Final Four picks are in tact. (Guess who my fourth pick was)

Well, my final four is still intact despite my wretched ranking. But I've lost the rest of my elite 8. Goddamn SEC just killed me.

I'm picking Arizona to win it all, because in my bracket I have them losing to Oklahoma and Arizona ALWAYS destroys my bracket, no matter what I do with them.

I have 360 points--between the two groups (if I read them both correctly) I am tied for....62nd place!!!

I still have 6 of my Elite 8 and all of my Final 4 though.

[ March 18, 2002: Message edited by: Joe in Philly ]

I need to stick to college football. I am stinking at this.....

Wow, I can't believe I (PittsburghDavid) am tied for second after what I considered an abominable first round! I have the Salukis and the Golden Flashes to thank, I think...but now both must lose!!!!!!

SWEET SIXTEEN STANDINGS

Here are the complete Outsports Tournament Challenge standings as we head into the Sweet Sixteen weekend. First number is your current total and the second number is the highest possible score you can get, provided things break your way!!! (*-OutPicks2 member)


DC BballDC 460 1460
Housman Entry 460 1340

Pittsburgh David 440 1400
faydman 440 1160

Quaker Fan 430 1390
Quinn in DC 430 1430
Stickney Entry 430 1230*
California Uclaute 430 1390*

San Fran Joey Joe Joe 420 1420*
Scottttt 420 1180*

Duke Fan 4 $$ 410 1330
UCLA Jono 410 1010
Chicago UW Fan 410 1250
Arizona Devilsfan 410 1370
On Court GoMonica 410 1330
Shore Entry 410 1330
Iowa State Cyclones 410 1410
Ramsfanxx 410 1370*
SCU Top Fan Entry 410 1250*
Go LaTech Bulldogs 410 1370*
zeigler Entry 410 1210*
Indy Other Daryl 0 410 890*

Go Terps pat125 400 1320
Bronxville B Man 400 1280
Dick Vitale Is A Moron 400 1400
Jim@ Outsports 400 960
McNamara Entry 400 1280
DClaremont entry 400 1240*
New York TwinsFan 0 400 1240*
Denis's Definites 400 1320*
Martin jsm 400 1400*

Manhattan PS151 390 1190
Spinosa spin70 390 1350
Iowa City GymDog 390 1190
DC DCBucky 390 790
Portland musicalnuke 390 990
MikeyB 390 1230
sportin life 390 1390
P CC 390 1030*
lescavage Entry 390 1270*
Zeno Rookies 390 1270*

NEOhio osufan 380 1140
Wichita Itsplaytym 380 1340
Theo 380 1340
Sparty 380 940*
chicago clueless 380 1300*

Chicago Rian 370 1130*
omaha huskerjock 370 1290*
LA jfcubfan 370 1210*
LA SportsGyMarc 370 970*
Chicago Jdog 370 1290*
Garrett Entry 370 1250*
Jersey njred 370 1250*
Yellow Muffins 370 1330*
Riley Entry 370 1330*
Bloomington IUFan1975 370 1050
Gamecock 370 1170
Goyanks4868/ dukerepeats 370 1210
Breesboys Flyin Illini 370 930
MiamiDr 370 1330
Palm Springs Schwenk 370 1330

Berkhouse Entry 360 1320*
Wichita Jayhawks 360 1200*
Rex's Insanity 360 960*
Kobe's Boobirds 360 1320
Cross Entry 360 1160
Oswalt Entry 360 1160
AZ Cat 360 1200

Duck Boy 350 1310
DC SportsNut 350 1270
Cowboys HskrFan 350 1270*
Durham 350 1310*
NYC Skeletons 350 1270*

SJ TexasEX 340 1100
sparty on 340 940
USC Trojan110 340 1180
Amsterdam Windmills 340 1140
Tampa Ribbie 340 1220*

Gonzaga George 330 1170
Go Stanford 330 850
PurdueFan's Entry 330 1010
Raleigh RobGinNC 330 1130*
Bike Jocks 330 1170*
Carey Entry 330 1210*

MunsonMan 300 1220*

Oh My God!! Dead last!! I'm so ashamed.

Never fear Munson Man -- it looks like I have the fewest potential points available. So your stay as the bottom will be short lived! (damn USC, damn Marquette!) At least baseball season is close (oh wait, damn I'm a Brewers fan )

This is looking familiar for me. Mediocre score with lots of potential. I can here my 10th grade english teacher now...

Hey I'm next to last! And I started the damn thing! You'd think i'd get some bonus points at least!

Updated standings as of Friday:
(First # is total points, second # is potential points. * indicates OutPicks2 group members)

Housman Entry 500 1100

Duke Fan 4 $$ 490 930

Quaker Fan 470 1110
Stickney Entry 470 1230*
California Uclaute 470 950*

DC BballDC 460 900
San Fran Joey Joe Joe 460 1140*
Scottttt 460 900*

On Court GoMonica 450 930
Shore Entry 450 1090
Iowa State Cyclones 450 970
Arizona Devilsfan 450 1250
Chicago UW Fan 450 1210
Ramsfanxx 450 1130*
Go LaTech Bulldogs 450 970*
Indy Other Daryl 450 650*

faydman 440 640
Go Terps pat125 440 1160
Pittsburgh David 440 840
Denis's Definites 440 920*
Martin jsm 440 1120*
DClaremont entry 440 1200*

Portland musicalnuke 430 870
MikeyB 430 830
sportin life 430 1110
DC DCBucky 430 750
Iowa City GymDog 430 950
Quinn in DC 430 1030
Manhattan PS151 430 1190
Zeno Rookies 430 870*

Theo 420 900
Wichita Itsplaytym 420 1100
chicago clueless 420 860*

UCLA Jono 410 970
MiamiDr 410 1050
Bloomington IUFan1975 410 930
zeigler Entry 410 970*
Chicago Rian 410 730*
omaha huskerjock 410 850*
SCU Top Fan Entry 410 1010*
Jersey njred 410 970*
Riley Entry 410 930*
Yellow Muffins 410 1090*

Jim@ Outsports 400 960
Dick Vitale Is A Moron 400 1000
AZ Cat 400 800
McNamara Entry 400 840
Bronxville B Man 400 760
New York TwinsFan 400 1000*
Berkhouse Entry 400 1160*

DC SportsNut 390 870
Duck Boy 390 910
Spinosa spin70 390 950
P CC 390 990*
Durham, NC Ian at Duke 390 910*
Cowboys HskrFan 390 870*
lescavage Entry 390 990*

SJ TexasEX 380 1100
sparty on 380 940
USC Trojan110 380 1180
NEOhio osufan 380 980
Sparty 380 420*

Palm Springs Schwenk 370 810
Gamecock 370 930
Breesboys Flyin Illini 370 930
Goyanks4868/ dukerepeats 370 810
Chicago Jdog 370 930*
Garrett Entry 370 810*
LA SportsGyMarc 370 970*
Carey Entry 370 1090*
LA jfcubfan 370 770*
Bike Jocks 370 930*

Oswalt Entry 360 880
Cross Entry 360 920
Kobe's Boobirds 360 960
Rex's Insanity 360 920*
Wichita Jayhawks 360 920*

NYC Skeletons 350 870*

Amsterdam Windmills 340 700
Tampa Ribbie 340 740*

Gonzaga George 330 730
PurdueFan's Entry 330 570
Go Stanford 330 850
Raleigh RobGinNC 330 570*

MunsonMan 300 860*

WOW - Housman Entry at #1 - that's ME! Guess most everybody had Duke along with me to at least get to the Elite Eight. Lots of you guys have potential points to beat me out - and soon!
Would like to give a nice plug to the Big XII - with 3 of the 8 in the Elite.

OK - just went to the ESPN site to see where I sit nationally and I'm in the 99% bracket, meaning I'm above 99% of the other players. AWESOME - sorry don't mean to seem to brag and rub it in - just REALLY surprised!
Alright - now all I can do is hope Kansas goes all the way now - they've given me a couple frights already! Boschee! Boschee! I want sweaty Boschee balls cutting down the net!

OH YEAH - Kansas SCORES 104 points and makes it to the Final Four!
And I just saw the Outsports analysts predicted Oregon and Maryland to win - so far, no good. I've got Connecticut in the next game!

Nick Collison and Drew Gooden in the center started the flood, but this team is so deep that, like I've said before, they are scary. Pro-level players and a pro-like score.

Now it's up to the terps to get pass UConn. Whew!

REVISION!!!

Mission Accomplished! On to Atlanta! WoHooo!

[ March 24, 2002: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

[quote]Originally posted by BballDC:
Hey, look at me! Too bad I changed many of my picks for the pool that actually wins money...

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How things change in a week! Down to #22 in the Outsports pool, but if Kansas wins, I win the office pool for money! But I'd like to see the Terps win.

Updated standings as we head to the Final Four:
(Current Total followed by Potential Points. *OutPicks2 member)

Martin jsm 840 1120*

sportin life 830 1110

San Fran Joey Joe Joe 820 1100*

On Court GoMonica 810 930
Chicago UW Fan 810 1210
Ramsfanxx 810 1090*
Yellow Muffins 810 1090*

DClaremont entry 800 1200*

Duck Boy 790 910

USC Trojan110 780 1180
Wichita Itsplaytym 780 1060
Theo 780 900

Arizona Devilsfan 770 1170
Iowa State Cyclones 770 890
MiamiDr 770 1050
Go LaTech Bulldogs 770 890*

Go Terps pat125 760 1160
Berkhouse Entry 760 1160*

Portland musicalnuke 750 870
DC SportsNut 750 870
Quaker Fan 750 1030
Quinn in DC 750 1030
Cowboys HskrFan 750 870*
Stickney Entry 750 1150*
California Uclaute 750 870*
Durham 750 870*
Zeno Rookies 750 870*

Housman Entry 740 1020

Shore Entry 730 1010
Duke Fan 4 $$ 730 850
Riley Entry 730 850*

Dick Vitale Is A Moron 720 1000

Manhattan PS151 710 1110
MikeyB 710 830
lescavage Entry 710 990*

DC BballDC 700 820

Palm Springs Schwenk 690 810
Jersey njred 690 970*
zeigler Entry 690 970*

Kobe's Boobirds 680 960
Jim@ Outsports 680 960

Gamecock 650 930
Bike Jocks 650 930*
SCU Top Fan Entry 650 930*

McNamara Entry 640 760
Cross Entry 640 920
Rex's Insanity 640 920*
Denis's Definites 640 760*
Wichita Jayhawks 640 920*

P CC 630 910*

SJ TexasEX 620 1020
Scottttt 620 900*

Goyanks4868/ dukerepeats 610 610
UCLA Jono 610 610
omaha huskerjock 610 730*
Garrett Entry 610 610*
LA SportsGyMarc 610 890*

Pittsburgh David 600 600
Oswalt Entry 600 880
AZ Cat 600 720
New York TwinsFan 600 880*

Amsterdam Windmills 580 700
NEOhio osufan 580 860
MunsonMan 580 860*

Bloomington IUFan1975 570 850
Chicago Jdog 570 850*
Carey Entry 570 850*

Bronxville B Man 560 680

Spinosa spin70 550 830
Iowa City GymDog 550 550

sparty on 540 820
chicago clueless 540 540*

Breesboys Flyin Illini 530 530
Indy Other Daryl 530 530*

faydman 520 520

DC DCBucky 510 510
NYC Skeletons 510 790*

Tampa Ribbie 500 500*

Go Stanford 490 770
Gonzaga George 490 610
Chicago Rian 490 490*
LA jfcubfan 490 490*

PurdueFan's Entry 450 570
Raleigh RobGinNC 450 570*

Sparty 420 420*

Whoa how did I get up there? Did everybody else bet against the Terps?

I know they're not the most exciting team around but they've been ranked pretty high this year.

Martin jsm if you picked them to loose I may be top dog. GO TEEERRRPPS.

Here's the leaderboard as we head into tonight's title game: (Current points followed by potential)

sportin life 950 1110
Chicago UW Fan 930 1090
DClaremont entry 920 1080
Duck Boy 910 910
USC Trojan110 900 1060

Complete finals standings will be posted this week.

Thank God I'm not dead last anymore. Hey, if Maryland wins, I might even be middle-of-the-pack

Woah, how did I get up to #4? Wow, I had myself written out of it when I was 17th from the cellar! I'm maxed out on points so I won't be able to move up and there are people below who can surpass my total I just hope Trojan110 doesn't pass me ...so I guess I have to say "Go Hoosiers"!

I think I'm guaranteed a Top 10 finish and I owe it all to my Ducks and their run to Elight Eight.

TERPS RULE!!!!

DITTO!!!