Sunday Results and Standings after Round Two

OK, OK, people, settle down. Let's take stock and see where we are at this dramatic juncture. First, the bad news: Maggi is now 5 points ahead of me. Our picks are so similar that from this point forward it's going to be hard for me to catch her. And now the worse news: she knows it. Life's getting tougher and tougher around here.

We had a number of geniuses at work today. In terms of total picks right today, Maggi, Matt, Sarah and Mike all got 6 of the 8 games right, for a staggering 12 total points. Killer. You'll see that all four of these Einsteins shot up the standings. The top tier of the standings are also sick-makingly stuffed with Prown-Colemans. [Sounds of sobbing and retching offstage.]

In terms of individual game picking, most people got wins by Texas, Memphis, UConn, Villanova. About half picked Georgetown, slightly fewer got West Virginia right. Nobody picked Bradley. Only Gena, Sarah and Steve got the George Mason game (what on earth made you think to pick them? Amazing.)

Anyoldhoo, the standings after Round Two are:

Player	Thru Sat	Sun	R2-Total
1.Mike	37	12	49
2.David P.	40	8	48
2.Sarah	36	12	48
4.Dave W.	38	8	46
4.Maggi	34	12	46
4.Matt	34	12	46
7.Eileen	39	6	45
7.John	35	10	45
9.Bill	34	10	44
9.Scott	34	10	44
11.Favs	35	8	43
11.Sophie	35	8	43
11.Steve	33	10	43
14.Ruth	34	8	42
15.Calvin	33	8	41
15.Knott	33	8	41
17.Dana	33	6	39
18.Acy	32	6	38
18.Ben	30	8	38
18.Dayle	30	8	38
18.Dykes	30	8	38
18.Jonathan	30	8	38
23.Willow	35	2	37
24.Hank	26	8	34
25.Liz	27	6	33
26.Gena	28	4	32
27.Ellie	25	4	29
28.Alexander	19	6	25

I wish I were doing better. I wish Maggi were doing worse. I wish the Big 10 didn't blow. I wish I were taller. I wish I were richer. It is a sad day, having to wait until Thursday for more basketball. Now who do I root for?

The Poolmeister (Just a matter of time until someone found the Text Color button, right? Might as well be me.)