Day One Results - Willow smart, the rest of us, well, not so much. Willow laps the field!!!

Folks,

Well, as the old saying goes, history may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. After Day One, just like last time, Willow is mopping the floor with the rest of us. There are a lot of us in the pool this year (27, I think) and I'll have to send you all a scorecard so you can keep track of who's who. I will also post this message on the blog. After this weekend I'd like to move away from email altogether, so get used to checking hoopkids.blogspot.com for messages.

16 games yesterday. Remember that during Round One, we give 1 point if a 1-10 seed wins, 2 points for 11-12 seed win, 3 points for a 13-14 seed win and 4 points for a 15-16 seed win. Only three games gave more than one point yesterday. Those games, and the geniuses who picked them are:

12.TX A&M over 5.Syracuse - Knott, Ellie, John, Matt, Willow

11. UWM over 6.OK - Alexander, Dana, Dave, David, Dayle, Dykes, Eileen, Ellie, Gena, Liz, Matt, Scott, Steve, Willow, Winkler

12. Montana over 5. Nevada - Acy, Bill, Sarah, Willow

Pretty impressive of Willow to get all three big upsets right. Maybe today's my day. Or maybe not. At least I'm beating Maggi, which is really all I care about. As she said in the blog, our side bet is that the loser this year really has to make the traveling trophy for pool winners happen. We've been threatening to do this for years now, but now that it's part of the bet, it'll happen. You should all be rooting for me to beat Maggi because she'll do a better job of making the trophy, your trophy, people, happen.

So, after Day One, here are the standings:

Player	R1D1
Willow	16
David P.	14
John	14
Knott	14
Sarah	14
Bill	13
Calvin	13
Eileen	13
Matt	13
Steve	13
Dave W.	12
Dayle	12
Favs	12
Mike	12
Scott	12
Sophie	12
Acy	11
Dana	11
Gena	11
Jonathan	11
Liz	11
Ruth	11
Ben	10
Dykes	10
Maggi	10
Ellie	9
Hank	9
Alexander	8

Good luck on Round One Day Two. Let's all have a safe pool out there.

Meister