North Carolina Defeats Michigan State

Too many turnovers, too many missed shots for Michigan State as the Tar Heels win convincingly in Detroit. The Spartans were never really in this one. I tuned in a bit late to the game and they were already down 21-7, but it really was lights out from then on. The experience of UNC really was shining through tonight as they win 89-72 in the final game of the 2009 tournament.

Congratulations goes to Todd Swank for winning the 2009 OfficePool64.com Tournament Contest with 168 points.

Your Top Ten Pick Sheets for the 2009 Office Pool

1. 168 - Todd Swank
2. 167 - Jennifer Stokes
3. 160 - Dave Borgman
4. 159 - Rich Kodelka - 1
5. 158 - Bob Dreis
6. 157 - Chrissy Nelson
7. 157 - Mike Wittchow - 1
8. 153 - Connie Cuddihy
9. 152 - Jeff Olson
10. 151 - Sean Q 2

See you in 2010....

Round Five Teams - Saturday

Saturday's Active teams.

Eliminated teams are in red.

1 Connecticut Huskies - picked by 11
2 Michigan State Spartans - picked by 2
1 North Carolina Tar Heels - picked by 24
3 Villanova Wildcats - picked by 0

The Final Four Is Set

There are exactly 8 scenarios remaining in the 2009 office pool. Game days are Saturday, April 4 and Monday, April 6.

1. If Michigan St beats Villanova
2. If Villanova beats Michigan St
3. If Michigan St beats N. Carolina
4. If N. Carolina beats Michigan St
5. If Connecticut beats Villanova
6. If Villanova beats Connecticut
7. If Connecticut beats N. Carolina
8. If N. Carolina beats Connecticut

Round Four Teams - Saturday & Sunday

Thursday and Friday's Active teams, sorted by region.

Eliminated teams are in red.

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies - picked by 19
3 Missouri Tigers - picked by 6

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers - picked by 49
3 Villanova Wildcats - picked by 5

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals - picked by 48
2 Michigan State Spartans - picked by 9

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels - picked by 40
2 Oklahoma Sooners - picked by 15

Round Three Teams - Thursday & Friday

Thursday and Friday's Active teams, sorted by region.

Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers picked by 62
2 Duke Blue Devils picked by 42
3 Villanova Wildcats picked by 19
4 Xavier Musketeers picked by 4

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies picked by 57
2 Memphis Tigers picked by 53
3 Missouri Tigers picked by 11
5 Purdue Boilermakers picked by 4

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals picked by 59
2 Michigan State Spartans picked by 31
3 Kansas Jayhawks picked by 28
12 Arizona Wildcats picked by 0

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels picked by 55
2 Oklahoma Sooners picked by 45
3 Syracuse Orange picked by 20
4 Gonzaga Bulldogs picked by 9

Standings After The First Weekend

I've had a couple of requests for it today, I've compiled the numbers for the last five hours, the ever frustrating 'Player Scenarios' page is now active. Frustrating because it shows your best finish and your worst finish. For almost everyone, you can finish in 1st place or last place. So at this point, I'm not sure how good of a report this is. From the years I've used the software, the key number to look at is 'other combinations'. The larger that number is, the better your odds of actually landing a first place pick sheet are.

Check the 32,768 Player Scenarios

This report can also be found on the Office Pool Menu on the right column of this page and at the top right corner of all other report pages.

Our current standings after two rounds of games

1 - Brad Nelson
2 - Samly Ku
3 - Eliot Komar
4 - Cory Ross
5 - Sean Q2

Round Two Teams - Sunday's Games

Saturday's Round Two games with active teams in each region.
Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers
4 Xavier Musketeers
8 Oklahoma State Cowboys
12 Wisconsin Badgers

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals
2 Michigan State Spartans
3 Kansas Jayhawks
9 Siena Saints
10 USC Trojans
11 Dayton Flyers
12 Arizona Wildcats
13 Cleveland State Vikings

WEST Region
3 Missouri Tigers
6 Marquette Golden Eagles

SOUTH Region
3 Syracuse Orange
6 Arizona State Sun Devils

Round Two Teams - Saturday's Games

Saturday's Round Two games with active teams in each region.
Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
2 Duke Blue Devils
3 Villanova Wildcats
6 UCLA Bruins
7 Texas Longhorns

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies
2 Memphis Tigers
4 Washington Huskies
5 Purdue Boilermakers
9 Texas A&M Aggies
10 Maryland Terrapins

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels
2 Oklahoma Sooners
4 Gonzaga Bulldogs
8 LSU Tigers
10 Michigan Wolverines
12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

The End Of The First Round Games

For somebody out there, this graphic makes sense.

Round 1 Games Begin

At Wednesday's 'Last Call' email we were at 43 entries, we've ended up at 65 entries total, just topping the highest year total by two pick sheets. I don't have the final dollar numbers yet as there are a few people's name that are new to me and I'm not sure if they were recruited by someone. Pencil in nine free pick sheets currently, though I may add one or two to that number. Figure around $500-ish in dollar amount.

After 16 games have played in the 1st round, the most correctly picked games was 14 by three people: Chad Redmann, Eliot Komar, Sean Quinlan 2. 19 pick sheets correctly guessed 13 games, while 21 pick sheets had success with 12 games.

Round 1, Day 1 - Who's In Play

steve WEST Bracket Connecticut Chattanooga BYU Texas A&M Purdue Northern Iowa Washington Mississippi St California Maryland Memphis CS Northridge EAST Bracket UCLA VCU Villanova America Texas Minnesota Duke Binghamton SOUTH Bracket North Carolina Radford LSU Butler Illinois Western Kentucky Gonzaga Akron Clemson Michigan Oklahoma Morgan St

Office Pool 2009 Is Live

Deadline Has Passed

[Make sure to hit the SUBMIT PICKS button at the bottom of the entry page]

Entry Fee: $10.00 - per pick sheet

Picks Due: Tip-Off, Thursday, March 19 @ 11:30 AM [CMT]

31 Automatic Bids - Conference Tournaments

31 automatic bids are earned by the Conference Tournament Champions. Here is the list of conferences, schedule and winner when known.

	Dates-Winners [record]	Conference [record]
1.	Duke Blue Devils [28-6]	ACC [11-5]
2.	Binghamton Bearcats [23-8]	American East [13-3]
3.	East Tennessee St Buccaneers [23-10]	Atlantic Sun [14-6]
4.	Temple Owls [22-11]	Atlantic 10 [11-5]
5.	Louisville Cardinals [28-5]	Big East [16-2]
6.	Portland State Vikings [23-9]	Big Sky [11-5]
7.	Radford Highlanders [21-11]	Big South [15-3]
8.	Purdue Boilermakers [24-9]	Big Ten [11-7]
9.	Missouri Tigers [28-6]	Big 12 [12-4]
10.	CSU Northridge Matadors [17-3]	Big West [11-5]
11.	Virginia Commonwealth Rams [24-9]	Colonial [14-4]
12.	Memphis Tigers [31-3]	Conference USA [16-0]
13.	Cleveland State Vikings [24-10]	Horizon [13-6]
14.	Cornell Big Red [21-9]	Ivy League [11-3]
15.	Siena Saints [26-7]	MAAC [16-2]
16.	Akron Zips [23-12]	MAC [10-6]
17.	Morgan State Bears [23-11]	MEAC [17-3]
18.	Northern Iowa Panthers [23-10]	Missouri Valley [14-4]
19.	Utah Utes [24-9]	Mountain West [15-4]
20.	Robert Morris Colonials [24-10]	Northeast [15-3]
21.	Morehead State Eagles [19-15]	Ohio Valley [26-10]
22.	Southern Califonia Trojans [21-12]	Pac-10 [12-9]
23.	American Eagles [24-7]	Patriot [13-1]
24.	Mississippi St Bulldogs [23-12]	SEC [9-7]
25.	Chattanooga Mocs [18-16]	Southern [11-9]
26.	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks [24-7]	Southland [13-3]
27.	North Dakota State Bison [26-6]	Summit [16-2]
28.	Western Kentucky Hilltopers [24-8]	Sun Belt [15-3]
29.	Alabama St Hornets [22-9]	SWAC [16-2]
30.	Utah State Aggies [30-4]	WAC [14-2]
31.	Gonzaga Bulldogs [26-5]	West Coast [14-10]

2009 Tournament Schedule

Key Tournament Dates courtesy of NCAA Sports

Pre-Tournament Events
March 15 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS
March 17 - Opening Round game [play in game]

First Weekend Of Games
March 19-20: Round One Games
March 21-22: Round Two Games

Second Weekend Of Games
March 26-27: Round Three Games
March 28-29: Round Four Games

Final Weekend Of Games
April 4: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 6: Round Six, Championship Game