What's The Scenario?

OK, so we've run the 8 different final four scenarios through our highly efficient simulator, xCro, to deliver the outcomes for each.  You'll be finding yourself rooting for Loyola-Chicago all the way if you aren't already.

You'll most certainly be rooting against a Kansas championship as the top 3 are repulsive.

Another interesting fact is that if anyone but Kansas wins, we'll have a brand new ABC Champion.  The basketball gods have shined upon us and kept a Cutter or Fusco off the Wall of Fame.  I would assume this has something to do with the fact that these 4 brackets still remain unpaid.



Also, if you haven't remitted payment to the commissioner yet, please try to do so as soon as possible.  PayPay and Venmo are both accepted.

PayPal - matt.atallian@gmail.com (also that yellow Add to Cart button literally inches away)
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With 25 brackets this year, payouts will be as follows:

First Place : $200
Second Place : $40
Third Place : $10

Here are your Final Four scenarios and resulting podium finishers:

Villanova wins National Championship
1) Vince Cortese
2) EEB
3) D-Weenis (somehow)

Loyola-Chicago beats Villanova
1) Claire Brooking (she's 2)
2) Tom Moffa
3) Vince Cortese / Kung-Fu Kenny tiebreaker

Loyola-Chicago beats Kansas
1) Claire Brooking (still 2)
2) Kung-Fu Kenny
3) Nico Tennant

Michigan beats Villanova
1) Tom Moffa
2) Chris Fusco
3) Vince Cortese / Kung-Fu Kenny tiebreaker

Michigan beats Kansas
1) Kung Fu Kenny
2) Chris Fusco
3) Nico Tennant

Kansas wins National Championship
1) Nico Tennant
2) Winner of UJ / Meech tiebreaker
3) Loser of UJ / Meech tiebreaker

Enjoy the games and have a safe holiday weekend!

Standings After Elite 8

Started from the bottom

After another wild weekend that saw Loyola-Chicago play K-State for a Final Four berth, we finally have updated standings.  With wins from Kansas, Michigan, and of course Loyola-Chicago, we see perennial bottom feeders Uncle Kenny and Tom Moffa rise to the top of the pack.

Uncle Kenny with a very impressive right side of the bracket has taken a 1 point lead over our resident bowler Tom Moffa.

Tom propelled himself upward by being the only entry with 3 Final Four teams correct.  Kansas and Nova were gimmes.  Everyone slept on Michigan.  Most brackets went with UNC coming out of the West.  We all should have known better!!

Here are the standings ... If you're red, you're out of points.  Feels good to not have a Cutter in contention this year.  What a breath of fresh air.

Name	Total
Uncle Kenny	80
Tom Moffa	79
Chris Fusco	76
Nico Tennant	75
UJ	70
Meech	70
Vince Cortese	65
Claire Brooking	65
BG	63
EEB	63
KC Bomber	63
Boy Pierce	63
D-Weenis	62
Rebecca Cutter	61
Billz Moss 81	60
Joe Fadule	60
Chris Woody	59
Rachael	58
Cate Brooking	58
Cro	55
Pat Shields	50
Michelle Liller	49
Deege Larrimore	47
Ben Lobitz	45
Carter Fusco	37

I'll be back tomorrow with updated scenarios so we know exactly how this will play out over the weekend.

Standings After Ridiculous Opening Weekend

Never before has the yellow highlighter been so neglected.  When grading Sunday's games, there were certain entries that totally refrained from the bright yellow streak.

For the first time in tournament history, a region did not send a 1, 2, 3, or 4 seed to to the Sweet 16.  The upper left hand corner of everyone's bracket is a total abomination.  As it would turn out, only 2 of our 25 brackets have an eligible final four team left coming from that region.  If you guessed Claire and Cate Brooking, well dammit you'd be correct.

Cate is still alive a kicking with an all wildcat final in Villanova and Kentucky.  Claire went totally off the cuff and has Loyola-Chicago riding the 11 seed all the way the title by defeating Purdue.  They are not of this tournament by any means.

On Wednesday March 14th at approximately 10:32 PM, I received the following text from Meech.

True or False.  EEB's daughters finish higher than Cro.

The answer was an obvious yes.  The below standings do not lie.  They are both in prime position to defeat Cro.  Remember, Sweet 16 starts Thursday.  Thursday and Friday games will be worth 5 points.  Saturday and Sunday get bumped up to 10.  If you haven't paid, please try to do so in the near future.  Despite the standings, no money will be going to the Cutters this year.

Name	Total
Rebecca Cutter	41
Billz Moss 81	40
Pat Shields	40
UJ	40
Nico Tennant	40
Uncle Kenny	40
Chris Woody	39
Michelle Liller	39
Rachael	38
BG	38
EEB	38
KC Bomber	38
Deege Larrimore	37
Chris Fusco	36
Ben Lobitz	35
Meech	35
Joe Fadule	35
Vince Cortese	35
Boy Pierce	33
Carter Fusco	32
Cro	30
Claire Brooking	30
Tom Moffa	29
Cate Brooking	28
D-Weenis	27

Stadings Jam After Saturday March 17th

Current Leader

We've got a bit of a log jam here as people start to feel the effects of losing Virgina, Arizona, and other teams they had making a deeper run into the tournament.  Big winners yesterday we're Rachael Riff and Rebecca Cutter who each ended the day with a 14 point haul.  Only miss was Loyola-Chicago beating Tennessee at the death.

We also still have 3 brackets with the final four intact.  It would be wise for everyone to root for Nevada to beat Cincinnati today.  Especially if you have UVA or Arizona.  Need Cincy out ASAP to stop the bleeding!!

Also big shout out to Claire and Cate Brooking for correctly picking UMBC over UVA and Loyola-Chicago to the Sweet 16.  That sort of foresight is exactly what's needed to make sure Cro remains beltless for generations to come.

Here's the standings through yesterday.  Remember, 2 points per game today.

Name	Total
Billz Moss 81	36
Pat Shields	36
Rachael	36
UJ	36
Chris Woody	35
Rebecca Cutter	35
BG	34
Chris Fusco	34
EEB	34
Nico Tennant	34
Uncle Kenny	34
Ben Lobitz	33
Deege Larrimore	33
Meech	33
Michelle Liller	33
KC Bomber	32
Joe Fadule	31
Vince Cortese	31
Carter Fusco	30
Boy Pierce	29
Tom Moffa	29
Cro	28
Cate Brooking	24
Claire Brooking	24
D-Weenis	23

Standings After Shocking Conclusion To Round 1

Name	Total
UJ	26
Deege Larrimore	25
Billz Moss 81	24
Chris Fusco	24
EEB	24
Pat Shields	24
Uncle Kenny	24
Ben Lobitz	23
Chris Woody	23
Joe Fadule	23
BG	22
Nico Tennant	22
Rachael	22
Meech	21
Michelle Liller	21
Rebecca Cutter	21
Vince Cortese	21
Carter Fusco	20
Cro	20
KC Bomber	20
Boy Pierce	19
Tom Moffa	19
Claire Brooking	18
Cate Brooking	16
D-Weenis	15

Standings After Thursday March 15th

Well that escalated quickly!! After a routine afternoon of chalky pics and no surprises, the Buffalo Bulls pulled off the biggest upset of the day.  And it wasn't even close!  The thorough beating sent Cro into a 20 minute curse laden rant, as his national runner-up was sent home.  It never ceases to amaze how quickly Cro excuses himself from the invitational year after year.

Ben Lobitz and Chris Woody lost their national champion.  Just an absolutely remarkable loss.  Brackets with Virginia winning that region just got a massive boost as well.  There is almost no competition in South Region.  Who's going to beat UVA now?  Kentucky?  Cincinnati?  I just don't see it happening!

Here's a fun fact before your standings:

St. Bonaventure eliminated UCLA.
Syracuse eliminated Arizona State.
Buffalo eliminated Arizona.

The big, bad Pac 12 was just schooled by New York State.

Name	Total
Billz Moss 81	14
Chris Woody	14
UJ	14
Pat Shields	14
Deege Larrimore	13
EEB	13
Uncle Kenny	13
Chris Fusco	13
Joe Fadule	12
Rachael	12
Vince Cortese	12
Ben Lobitz	11
BG	11
Meech	11
Michelle Liller	11
Rebecca Cutter	11
Nico Tennant	11
Boy Pierce	10
Cate Brooking	10
Cro	10
Carter Fusco	10
KC Bomber	10
Tom Moffa	10
Claire Brooking	9
D-Weenis	8