Elite 8 edition

I am quickly becoming a fan of the quasi-annual get together that Szecho L. and I have during March Madness.  It's rare that I meet someone with such arcane knowledge of college basketball players that extends as far back as mine, so it's entertaining to discuss basketball history, especially tournament history.  Unfortunately for us, the first two games of the night that were on while we were enjoying some beer and pizza were total duds.  I think at one point we almost got excited when Butler got to within 11 points in the second half, but North Carolina hit another 3, and we went back to discussing point guards from Memphis teams of old and why the Big 12 has so many former Illinois head coaches among their ranks.  Baylor barely scored 20 points in the first half, and never threatened to make their game close.

I was mistaken about one thing in the early games.  I said that no one would get any points for South Carolina, and I was wrong.  One person did (Missy W. #2).  I was right about not having to worry too much about it, since traditionally if you had a wacky bracket enough to have had South Carolina in the Elite 8, you probably have a bunch of other wacky stuff that didn't actually happen.  That is exactly the case here.

The later games were better, and we had our first overtime of the tournament and a couple of buzzer beaters in the same game.  That was fun.  From a pool perspective, a lot went according to form tonight.  North Carolina was a very popular pick to make it at least this far, so damage was limited to mostly people that picked a Butler upset.  The real blood bath was UCLA/Kentucky.  Most people had one of these 2 teams going to the Elite 8 and the split was roughly even.  That means if you lost this game, you essentially lost 8 points to the field (4 you didn't win + 4 won by Kentucky).  That's a lot to recover from, and this game knocked a ton of people out.  The other side of the bracket didn't much matter except at the margins.

IT should come as little surprise that no one got 4/4 today.  The best picking were the 8 people that got 3/4.  Among those were the biggest mover in the rankings today, Roth W. #2, who started the day in  135th and finished in 47th.  He is still alive for all four places as a result.

Remember yesterday when I said the big winner of the day was Kirt R. #2 because he went 4/4 and got all 16 points?  Well, it looks like it's feast or famine for Kirt R. #2 because he was one of 15 people today who went 0/4.  On the bright side, he is still somehow alive for 4th place.  Everyone else that went 0/4 today is mathematically eliminated from all payouts.

In other fun news, Jill M. #2 became our first entrant to have all points accounted for.  After Butler went out, she could no longer gain any more points and finishes the pool with 49.  She wasn't the only person.  By the end of the day, 16 people lost every Final 4 team.  Currently, the best of those brackets was Todd K. #2 who is currently in 83rd place with 59 points.  If anyone is curious, there are no brackets left that can go 4/4.  There's still 35 people that have both finalists alive, but only one of those people has Florida as one of them.

For those that want to see what they are alive for, here's the matrix view:

Name	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
Adam E.	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
Adam S. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Adam S. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Alex N. #1	Michigan	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Alex N. #2	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Alex N. #3	Michigan
Allie I.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Ally H.	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
Alyssa B.	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
Alyssa N.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan	Arizona
April K.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Arianna S.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan
Ashley D.	Baylor	Baylor	UCLA	UCLA
Ava S.	Sweet 16	Purdue
Barack O.	Sweet 16	Michigan	Michigan	W. Va.
Becky H.	Sweet 16	W. Va.	UCLA	UCLA
Bella S.	Sweet 16	Michigan	Michigan	Arizona
Ben J. #1	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
Ben J. #2	Sweet 16	Michigan	Michigan	W. Va.
Ben J. #3	Michigan	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Ben J. #4	Michigan	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.
Ben J. #5	Michigan	W. Va.	Purdue	Purdue
Ben S. #1	Arizona	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA
Ben S. #2	Sweet 16	Michigan	Arizona	Arizona
Bosun S.		UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Brad E.	W. Va.	W. Va.	Purdue	Purdue
Brad R.	Michigan	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Brandon H.	W. Va.	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Brayden R.	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Brent E. #1	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Brent E. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Brent E. #3	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan
Brent E. #4	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
Brent S. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Brent S. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Brett K. #1	Sweet 16	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Brett K. #2	Sweet 16	UCLA	UCLA
Brett W.	Sweet 16	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan
Brian K.	Butler	Butler	Butler	Wisconsin
Carrie F.	Butler	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
Chad L. #1	Sweet 16	Michigan	Purdue	Purdue
Chad L. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Chad L. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Chris L. #1	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA
Chris L. #2	Arizona	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA
Chris L. #3	Arizona	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA
Chris M.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Chris T. #1	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Chris T. #2	Arizona	Arizona	Butler	Butler
Chris T. #3
Chrissy I.	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Cool Guy	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Cory W.	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.
Craig G.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Daisy N. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan
Daisy N. #10
Daisy N. #11	Purdue	Butler	Butler	Butler
Daisy N. #12	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Daisy N. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Arizona
Daisy N. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Daisy N. #4	Butler	Butler	Butler	Butler
Daisy N. #5	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Daisy N. #6	W. Va.	Michigan	Purdue	W. Va.
Daisy N. #7	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan
Daisy N. #8	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Daisy N. #9	Butler	Butler	Butler	Butler
Damien R. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Purdue	Arizona
Damien R. #2	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Arizona
Damien R. #3	UCLA	Wisconsin
Dan D. #1	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Dan D. #2	Wisconsin
Dan Dz.
Dan S.	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
David S.	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Dennis R. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Dennis R. #2	Butler	Butler
Dustin B. #1	W. Va.	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Dustin B. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Dylan B.	Arizona	Arizona
Eleanor	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Elizabeth N.	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Emily W.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Eric R. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Eric R. #2	Sweet 16
Eric V.
Gigi I.	Butler	Butler	Butler	Butler
Gutless Jack		Baylor		UCLA
Hal R. #1	Wisconsin
Hal R. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Hal R. #3
Howard S. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Howard S. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Howard S. #3	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.
Hutch H. #1	Sweet 16	W. Va.	W. Va.	Arizona
Hutch H. #2	Arizona	Arizona	Baylor	UCLA
Irene H. #1	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Arizona
Irene H. #2
Irene H. #3	Arizona
Irene H. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Irene H. #5	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jack K. #1	Sweet 16
Jack K. #2	Sweet 16
Jack K. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan
James G. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan	Arizona
James G. #2	Sweet 16	Purdue	Purdue	UCLA
James R.	Michigan	Michigan	W. Va.	Purdue
Jana T.	Arizona
Jax I.	Butler	Butler	Butler	Wisconsin
Jaxon S.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Arizona
Jay H. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jay H. #2	Butler	Butler	Butler	Baylor
Jay H. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Butler	Butler
Jeff S.
Jill M. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jill M. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jim D. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jim D. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jim D. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jim D. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jim K.	Sweet 16
Jim W.	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Joe D. #1
Joe D. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Purdue
Joe D. #3		Baylor		Baylor
Joel B. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Baylor
Joel B. #2	Sweet 16	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
John E. #1	Sweet 16	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
John E. #2
John M. #1	Sweet 16
John M. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Jon F.	Michigan	Michigan	Arizona	Purdue
Josh C.	UCLA		UCLA
Josh D.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	W. Va.
Josh S. #1	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Butler
Josh S. #2	Arizona
Joshua R.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Purdue	Purdue
Julie S.	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Purdue
Kansas C. #1
Kansas C. #2	Baylor
Kansas C. #3				UCLA
Kansas C. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Karen C.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Ken P.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16		Arizona
Kevin F. #1	W. Va.	Purdue	Butler	Butler
Kevin F. #2	Sweet 16	Purdue	Purdue	Arizona
Kevin F. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Kiah H.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Kirt R. #1
Kirt R. #2	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor
Klei R.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Kyle V.	Purdue			Wisconsin
Larry G. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Larry G. #2	Michigan	Michigan	Arizona	UCLA
Larry G. #3
Larry G. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Luis B. #1	W. Va.	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Luis B. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Luis B. #3	Sweet 16	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Luis B. #4	Sweet 16	Michigan	Arizona	Arizona
Luis B. #5	Sweet 16	Michigan	Michigan	W. Va.
Marc R.	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Matt M.	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.	W. Va.
Matt N.	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Michelle D.	Michigan	Arizona	Butler	Butler
Michelle L. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Michelle L. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Michelle L. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Arizona	UCLA
Michelle L. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	UCLA
Michelle L. #5	Sweet 16	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Michelle R.	Arizona	Arizona	UCLA	UCLA
Mike C. #1
Mike C. #2	Butler	Butler	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Mike McQ. #1	Michigan	W. Va.	Arizona	Arizona
Mike McQ. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Mike S. #1	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Mike S. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	UCLA	Arizona
Mike W.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	UCLA
Mindi W.	Baylor	Baylor	UCLA	UCLA
Missy W. #1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Missy W. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Missy W. #3	W. Va.	Purdue	Purdue	UCLA
Molly R.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Nathan R.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Paul R. #1
Paul R. #2
Pete J. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Arizona
Pete J. #2	Sweet 16
Pete J. #3	Baylor	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Pete J. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Pete J. #5	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Pete J. #6	Baylor	Baylor	Butler	Baylor
Presley J.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Ray W. #1	Sweet 16
Ray W. #2
Ray W. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Richard Z.
Riley Y.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Rob I.	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Ron KY
Ron V. #1	UCLA	UCLA
Ron V. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Michigan
Roth W. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Roth W. #2
Roth W. #3	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Roth W. #4	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Ryan S.	Butler	Butler	Baylor	Butler
Sanjay T.	Baylor	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Scott H. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Scott H. #2	Baylor
Scott Has.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Arizona	Arizona
Scott K. #1	Sweet 16	Arizona	UCLA	Baylor
Scott K. #2	Arizona
Seth D.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Stefan K.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Szecho L. #1	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Szecho L. #2	Sweet 16	Purdue	Arizona	Purdue
Taima B.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Taylor F.	Purdue	UCLA		UCLA
Tim N.	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Tim's Stepson	Purdue	Arizona
Todd K. #1	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
Todd K. #2	Sweet 16	Purdue	Purdue	Purdue
Wayne D. #1	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
Wayne D. #2	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16	Sweet 16
Zach V.	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA

Remember that if your name is listed in yellow, it means that I haven't received any payment yet.  This includes 3 of the top 4 brackets currently.  Please make sure to remedy that ASAP.  Thank you....

For those that are left alive, here are the updated probabilities:

For 1st:

1. Kansas C. #3 (19.2708%)

2. Bosun S. (12.5%)

3. Dan Dz. (10.9375%)

4. Paul R. #1 (7.8125%)

5. Paul R. #2 (6.25%)

5. Ron KY (6.25%)

7. Kansas C. #1 (3.8411%)

8. Irene H. #2 (3.3203%)

9. Joe D. #1 (3.125%)

9. Hal R. #3 (3.125%)

9. Gutless Jack (3.125%)

12. Larry G. #3 (2.3437%)

12. Chris T. #3 (2.3437%)

12. Eric V. (2.3437%)

12. Joe D. #3 (2.3437%)

16. Kirt R. #1 (2.0833%)

16. Jeff S. (2.0833%)

18. Daisy N. #10 (1.9531%)

19. John E. #2 (1.5625%)

19. Richard Z. (1.5625%)

21. Mike C. #1 (0.7161%)

21. Roth W. #2 (0.7161%)

23. Ray W. #2 (0.3906%)

Fun fact, regardless of anything else, if Florida wins the championship, Bosun S. will win the pool.  If Florida loses at any time, Bosun is eliminated from all spots.  That's why his odds are 1/8 = 12.5%.

...2nd place:

1. Irene H. #3 (9.375%)

1. Dan D. #2 (9.375%)

3. Ron KY (7.0312%)

4. Eric V. (5.8593%)

5. Joe D. #1 (5.4687%)

6. Kansas C. #3 (3.6458%)

7. Paul R. #1 (3.5156%)

7. Dan Dz. (3.5156%)

9. Irene H. #2 (3.4765%)

10. Josh C. (3.125%)

10. Jack K. #2 (3.125%)

10. Hal R. #1 (3.125%)

10. Ray W. #1 (3.125%)

10. Kyle V. (3.125%)

15. Chris T. #3 (2.7343%)

15. Jim K. (2.7343%)

15. Daisy N. #10 (2.7343%)

18. Jeff S. (2.4739%)

18. Kirt R. #1 (2.4739%)

20. Kansas C. #1 (2.3046%)

21. Kansas C. #2 (1.9531%)

22. Jack K. #1 (1.5625%)

22. Larry G. #3 (1.5625%)

22. Hal R. #3 (1.5625%)

25. Mike C. #1 (1.5234%)

25. Roth W. #2 (1.5234%)

27. Paul R. #2 (1.1718%)

27. Josh S. #2 (1.1718%)

27. Scott K. #2 (1.1718%)

27. Ray W. #2 (1.1718%)

31. Eric R. #2 (0.5468%)

32. John M. #1 (0.3906%)

32. Scott H. #2 (0.3906%)

32. Alex N. #3 (0.3906%)

32. John E. #2 (0.3906%)

32. Richard Z. (0.3906%)

32. Pete J. #2 (0.3906%)

32. Jana T. (0.3906%)

...3rd place...

1. Irene H. #3 (10.1562%)

2. Dan D. #2 (7.8125%)

3. Taylor F. (3.125%)

3. Ray W. #1 (3.125%)

3. Paul R. #1 (3.125%)

3. Tim's Stepson (3.125%)

3. Molly R. (3.125%)

3. Paul R. #2 (3.125%)

3. Ava S. (3.125%)

3. Missy W. #1 (3.125%)

3. Hal R. #1 (3.125%)

12. Chris T. #3 (2.7343%)

13. Dan Dz. (2.6041%)

14. Jack K. #2 (2.3437%)

14. Ron V. #1 (2.3437%)

14. John M. #1 (2.3437%)

17. Kansas C. #1 (2.3046%)

18. Eric V. (2.1484%)

19. John E. #2 (1.9531%)

19. Richard Z. (1.9531%)

21. Larry G. #3 (1.5625%)

21. Joe D. #1 (1.5625%)

21. Kyle V. (1.5625%)

21. Dylan B. (1.5625%)

21. Ken P. (1.5625%)

21. Dustin B. #2 (1.5625%)

21. Scott K. #2 (1.5625%)

21. Josh S. #2 (1.5625%)

21. Dennis R. #2 (1.5625%)

21. Gutless Jack (1.5625%)

31. Mike C. #1 (1.5234%)

31. Roth W. #2 (1.5234%)

33. Jim K. (1.1718%)

33. Hal R. #3 (1.1718%)

35. Kirt R. #1 (1.1718%)

35. Jeff S. (1.1718%)

37. Ron KY (0.7812%)

37. Damien R. #3 (0.7812%)

37. Kansas C. #2 (0.7812%)

37. Pete J. #2 (0.7812%)

37. Daisy N. #10 (0.7812%)

37. Joe D. #3 (0.7812%)

37. Daisy N. #3 (0.7812%)

37. Ray W. #2 (0.7812%)

45. Scott H. #2 (0.5859%)

45. Alex N. #3 (0.5859%)

45. Jana T. (0.5859%)

48. Eric R. #2 (0.5468%)

49. Kansas C. #3 (0.5208%)

50. Jack K. #1 (0.3906%)

51. Irene H. #2 (0.3515%)

...4th place...

1. Dan D. #1 (12.5%)

2. Eric V. (6.25%)

3. Joe D. #1 (3.9062%)

3. Tim's Stepson (3.9062%)

5. Chris T. #3 (3.5156%)

6. John E. #2 (3.125%)

6. Dennis R. #2 (3.125%)

6. Ray W. #1 (3.125%)

6. Molly R. (3.125%)

6. Jack K. #2 (3.125%)

11. Kansas C. #1 (2.7604%)

12. Ron KY (2.7343%)

13. Jack K. #1 (2.3437%)

13. Larry G. #3 (2.3437%)

15. Dan Dz. (2.2135%)

16. Paul R. #2 (1.9531%)

16. Paul R. #1 (1.9531%)

16. Jim K. (1.9531%)

19. Chris L. #1 (1.5625%)

19. Brett K. #2 (1.5625%)

19. Wayne D. #1 (1.5625%)

19. Irene H. #3 (1.5625%)

19. Daisy N. #2 (1.5625%)

19. Kirt R. #2 (1.5625%)

19. Hal R. #1 (1.5625%)

19. Joel B. #1 (1.5625%)

19. Dustin B. #2 (1.5625%)

19. Hal R. #3 (1.5625%)

19. Howard S. #1 (1.5625%)

19. Missy W. #1 (1.5625%)

31. Mike C. #1 (1.1979%)

31. Roth W. #2 (1.1979%)

33. Damien R. #3 (1.1718%)

33. Ron V. #1 (1.1718%)

35. Daisy N. #3 (0.7812%)

35. Daisy N. #1 (0.7812%)

35. Scott H. #2 (0.7812%)

35. Alex N. #3 (0.7812%)

35. Josh C. (0.7812%)

35. Dan D. #2 (0.7812%)

35. Jana T. (0.7812%)

35. Daisy N. #10 (0.7812%)

35. Dennis R. #1 (0.7812%)

44. Irene H. #2 (0.7421%)

44. Eric R. #2 (0.7421%)

46. Ava S. (0.3906%)

46. Richard Z. (0.3906%)

46. Kansas C. #2 (0.3906%)

46. Pete J. #2 (0.3906%)

46. Ray W. #2 (0.3906%)

46. John M. #1 (0.3906%)

46. Dylan B. (0.3906%)

46. Josh S. #2 (0.3906%)

46. Scott K. #2 (0.3906%)

55. Kirt R. #1 (0.2604%)

55. Jeff S. (0.2604%)

But wait, there's more....  We have an 2 Elite 8 games tomorrow that are both worth 8 points.  This is about the time when every game makes a huge swing in the standings.  For the record, no one picked Xavier to go the Final 4.  Here are the eliminations:

If Xavier wins:

Ava S. is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Chris T. #3 is eliminated from 1st place contention. Daisy N. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Daisy N. #2 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Daisy N. #3 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Damien R. #3 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Dan D. #2 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Dennis R. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Dennis R. #2 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Dustin B. #2 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention.

Eric V. is eliminated from 1st place contention. Hal R. #1 is eliminated from 2nd & 4th place contention. Hal R. #3 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Howard S. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Jack K. #1 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Jack K. #2 is eliminated from 2nd & 3rd place contention.

Jeff S. is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Jim K. is eliminated from 2nd & 3rd place contention. Joel B. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention.

John E. #2 is eliminated from 1st & 2nd place contention. John M. #1 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Josh C. is eliminated from 2nd & 4th place contention. Kansas C. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Kansas C. #3 is eliminated from 3rd place contention. Ken P. is eliminated from 3rd place contention.

Kirt R. #1 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Kirt R. #2 is eliminated from 4th place contention.

Larry G. #3 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd & 3rd place contention. Pete J. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Ray W. #1 is eliminated from 2nd & 3rd place contention.

Richard Z. is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention.

Ron KY is eliminated from 1st & 3rd place contention. Ron V. #1 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention.

If Gonzaga wins:

Alex N. #3 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Brett K. #2 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Chris L. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention. Daisy N. #10 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd & 3rd place contention. Dylan B. is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Eric R. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Eric V. is eliminated from 3rd place contention. Hal R. #1 is eliminated from 3rd place contention. Irene H. #2 is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention. Jana T. is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention.

Joe D. #1 is eliminated from 1st & 2nd place contention.

Joe D. #3 is eliminated from 1st & 3rd place contention. Josh S. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention.

Mike C. #1 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Molly R. is eliminated from 3rd & 4th place contention.

Paul R. #2 is eliminated from 1st & 2nd place contention. Ray W. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention.

Ray W. #2 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention.

Roth W. #2 is eliminated from 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Scott H. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Scott K. #2 is eliminated from 2nd, 3rd & 4th place contention. Taylor F. is eliminated from 3rd place contention. Wayne D. #1 is eliminated from 4th place contention.

So, that's a little more of a blood bath than I was expecting, specially considering that no one has Xavier in the final 4.  Probably the teams that would lose if Gonzaga won would be people that had Arizona, and will fall too far back if they lose 8 points to the Gonzaga crowd.  I'm hoping for a good game.  Gonzaga looks to be a pretty heavy favorite, but that could be said for all of Xavier's games so far, I think.

Good luck to everyone!!!!