At the end of the season, I run a free contest for picking the results of the NCAA Tournament.
The contest is mainly a way for me to keep in touch with friends,
but I will open it to a limited number of entries from the Internet.
THE 2012 HOOPS CONTEST BEGINS IN MARCH. -- Ron
Rand Wise takes over the top spot. Michael Colquitt, Yehuda Waitman, Robert Waitman, Stephen Colquitt, Andy Kaufman and the ODDS of winning by bodog.net from USA TODAY all break into the Top 10. Rich O'Malley, Mark Schreiber and the COMPUTER RATINGS by Jeff Sagarin from USA TODAY hang on in the Top 10 one more year.
POINTS FULLNAME YEARS 2011 2010 2009 ------ ------------------------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ 313.5 Rand Wise, '09 Champ 3 52.0 109.0 152.5 309.0 Rich O'Malley 3 39.0 120.0 150.0 306.0 Michael Colquitt, '11 Champ 3 120.5 89.0 96.5 278.5 Yehuda Waitman 3 64.5 65.0 149.0 271.0 RATINGS(USA TODAY/Sagarin) 3 47.5 85.0 138.5 269.0 Mark Schreiber 3 75.5 58.5 135.0 267.0 Robert Waitman, '01 Champ 3 67.0 68.0 132.0 266.5 Stephen Colquitt 3 55.5 82.0 129.0 262.0 ODDS(USA TODAY/bodog.net) 3 58.0 68.0 136.0 261.0 Andy Kaufman, '95 '10 Champ 3 52.5 123.0 85.5 260.5 John Pasquesi 3 60.5 66.0 134.0 258.0 William Vickers, '98 coChamp 3 69.0 61.0 128.0 256.0 Jennifer Zeiler 3 61.0 67.0 128.0 255.5 Jamie Hollowell 3 54.5 63.0 138.0 255.5 Mike Panza, '00 Champ 3 36.5 81.0 138.0 251.5 Bill Cobau 3 56.5 118.0 77.0 251.5 Joel Reissman 3 55.5 62.0 134.0 250.5 HOOPS CONTEST CONSENSUS 3 62.5 63.0 125.0 250.0 POTUS(Barack Obama) 3 67.0 59.5 123.5 249.0 Gavin Davis 3 54.0 75.0 120.0 247.5 Joe Holloway, '86 Champ 3 55.5 56.0 136.0 247.0 Michael Carmen 3 55.0 56.0 136.0 246.5 Alana Brandt 3 69.0 85.0 92.5 246.5 Michael Farro 3 63.0 105.5 78.0 246.5 Ronald Days 3 54.0 50.0 142.5 244.0 Daniel Vogel 3 45.0 60.0 139.0 243.5 Chris Malone, '90 Champ 3 53.0 56.0 134.5 243.0 Arlene Pedovitch 3 50.0 64.0 129.0 241.0 Peggy Brodsky 3 54.0 65.0 122.0 241.0 Andrew Drexler 3 53.0 118.0 70.0 240.0 Alex Olivas, '08 Champ 3 60.5 90.0 89.5 239.0 Bruce Gow 3 49.0 73.0 117.0 238.0 Jacob Wachspress 3 49.0 61.0 128.0 236.5 Bruce Ingram,co'98,'07Champ 3 58.5 46.0 132.0 236.0 NWK STAR-LDGR(Bracket Boy) 3 59.0 59.0 118.0 235.5 Blucher Cooper V 3 52.5 63.0 120.0 234.5 Matthew Cramer 3 56.5 65.0 113.0 231.5 Tim Wolfert 3 42.5 58.0 131.0 230.0 Joe Fabian 3 54.0 100.0 76.0 230.0 ESPN (Dick Vitale) 3 47.0 50.0 133.0 228.5 Nick Layzer 3 58.5 67.0 103.0 227.0 Jeff Kleinlein 3 53.0 55.0 119.0 226.5 Ken Van Ness 3 56.5 56.0 114.0 226.5 Jeff Guthrie 3 53.0 76.0 97.5 225.5 Richard Meyer, '02 Champ 3 66.5 86.0 73.0 224.0 Kevin Lewis 3 46.0 53.0 125.0 223.0 Paul Roett 3 59.0 69.0 95.0 223.0 Andrew Brandt 3 47.0 54.0 122.0 222.5 Aidan Schechter 3 49.5 117.0 56.0 222.0 Brendan Moriarty 3 64.0 76.0 82.0 222.0 Ken Colquitt 3 50.0 85.0 87.0 222.0 George Perkins 3 47.5 55.5 119.0 222.0 Ron McBay 3 45.5 83.0 93.5 219.5 Mark Edge 3 45.5 52.0 122.0 218.0 COACHES(USA TODAY/ESPN) 3 50.0 72.0 96.0 217.5 Steve Tibensky 3 59.5 72.0 86.0 216.5 Dan Wachspress, '84 Champ 3 51.5 62.0 103.0 216.0 Brian Pendleton 3 36.0 48.0 132.0 213.5 Stanley Tibensky 3 53.5 113.0 47.0 212.0 Jerry Traigle 3 68.0 46.0 98.0 209.5 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 3 57.0 62.5 90.0 208.5 Bob Bateman 3 53.0 67.0 88.5 208.5 John Horton 3 52.5 55.0 101.0 208.0 Tony Trzcinka 3 45.0 69.0 94.0 207.0 Chuck Dieringer 3 50.0 65.0 92.0 206.0 Charles Breitbart 2 114.0 92.0 205.0 Mike Oshins / Ali Kur 3 49.0 82.0 74.0 204.5 Rob Greanias 3 52.5 68.5 83.5 202.5 Dana Farro 3 55.5 62.0 85.0 201.0 Marvin Ingram 3 61.0 66.0 74.0 200.0 Carl Smith 3 70.0 51.0 79.0 200.0 Butch Cooper, NITC'10 3 52.0 44.0 104.0 198.5 Joey Sampson 3 54.5 61.0 83.0 198.0 David Schechter 3 54.0 59.0 85.0 197.5 Vic Bolton 3 42.5 78.5 76.5 197.0 Robert Altman 3 50.5 68.0 78.5 196.5 Arnie Breitbart 2 60.0 136.5 196.5 Mark Ingram 3 55.5 57.0 84.0 196.0 Chris Pike 3 54.0 61.5 80.5 196.0 Bruce Schnek 3 50.0 71.0 75.0 196.0 OFFICIAL RPI 3 49.5 69.0 77.5 195.0 CBS/SI.com(Seth Davis) 3 49.0 75.0 71.0 191.5 Lawrence Brandt 3 52.5 67.0 72.0 191.0 J.D. Zeiler 3 63.5 53.0 74.5 191.0 Brian Hooper 3 53.0 64.0 74.0 191.0 Valerie Begeal 3 51.0 79.0 61.0 191.0 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED(PST,AG) 3 44.5 69.5 77.0 190.0 Joseph Quintas 2 71.0 119.0 190.0 Paul Quintas 3 48.0 52.0 90.0 188.5 Jonathan Kaufman 3 44.5 86.0 58.0 188.0 Bob Van Gulick 3 51.0 61.0 76.0 187.5 Steve Spiegel, '03 Champ 3 53.5 68.0 66.0 186.5 Kimmie Hollowell 3 54.5 40.0 92.0 186.5 Noah Schechter 3 46.5 54.0 86.0 186.0 Amy Tibensky 2 82.0 104.0 186.0 ATL JOURNL-CONST(MBradley) 3 38.0 54.0 94.0 185.0 Timothy Colquitt 3 56.0 65.0 64.0 183.0 David Kee, '96 Champ 3 51.0 49.0 83.0 183.0 Todd Zeiler 3 50.0 47.0 86.0 182.5 Kyle Lewis 3 46.5 49.0 87.0 182.5 Michael Gee 3 45.5 59.0 78.0 182.0 Mike Barry 2 59.0 123.0 181.0 Rhoads Hollowell 3 52.5 51.0 77.5 180.5 Jeremy Oshins 3 46.5 61.0 73.0 178.5 Jody Yarmush 3 63.5 40.0 75.0 178.0 Brook Brown 3 42.0 66.0 70.0 176.0 Terry Neville 3 50.0 50.0 76.0 176.0 Wright Howell 3 44.5 61.0 70.5 175.0 Dan Ginsburg 3 47.5 79.0 48.5 173.0 Mike Styrcula 2 58.0 115.0 170.0 Cory Schwartz 2 80.0 90.0 169.5 Melissa Dieringer 3 44.0 52.0 73.5 168.5 Pat McGriff 2 50.5 118.0 168.0 Dave Wood,'05Champ,PPP08 3 45.0 49.0 74.0 167.0 Patricia Colquitt 2 70.0 97.0 166.5 Joe Felix 3 50.5 51.0 65.0 166.5 Mike Begeal 3 47.5 59.0 60.0 165.0 Kevin Barry 3 59.0 40.0 66.0 156.5 Emily Barry 3 54.5 49.0 53.0 155.5 Pam Russell 3 52.5 39.5 63.5 152.0 Jim Carson 3 43.0 48.5 60.5 149.0 Warren Adams, '06 Champ 3 43.0 47.0 59.0 144.5 Jeff Miller 2 66.5 78.0 144.5 Sharon Keld 3 37.0 41.0 66.5 144.0 Andre Traylor 2 63.0 81.0 141.0 Justin Holt 2 58.0 83.0 141.0 George Elliott 2 55.0 86.0 138.0 Sam Drexler 2 71.0 67.0 138.0 Brian Cashman 2 61.0 77.0 137.0 Christopher Brown 2 57.0 80.0 137.0 Vernon Scott 2 53.0 84.0 135.0 Rob Saunders 2 53.0 82.0 134.0 Andrew Rast 1 134.0 134.0 Lauren Barry 1 134.0 132.0 Hank Rubenstein 1 132.0 130.0 Othe Kendrick 1 130.0 130.0 Kevin Gillis 2 61.0 69.0 129.0 Christina Daugherty 1 129.0 128.0 Chris Dooley 1 128.0 128.0 Donnell Tillman 2 54.0 74.0 126.0 Talia Waitman 2 42.0 84.0 124.5 Alexandra Ferguson 2 46.5 78.0 122.0 Tony Lima 2 72.0 50.0 121.5 Kevin Cuskley, PPP'10 2 48.5 73.0 121.0 Bruce Cole 2 52.0 69.0 120.0 Russell Henneman 2 40.0 80.0 118.5 ESPN (Doug Gottlieb) 2 45.0 73.5 115.0 Grover Simmons 1 115.0 115.0 Joe Saunders 1 115.0 113.5 John Sloneker 2 44.0 69.5 110.0 Nicholas Jellins 1 110.0 108.0 Beth Frank 2 52.0 56.0 107.0 Carter Watson 1 107.0 106.0 WALL ST JOURNL(Metrics) 1 106.0 103.0 Brad Lewis 2 52.0 51.0 102.0 Kyle McKinney 1 102.0 102.0 Marcelle Breitbart 1 102.0 101.5 Allen Truesdale 2 49.5 52.0 98.5 Cato Laurencin 1 98.5 97.0 Craig Meschels 1 97.0 94.0 Jonathan Sampson 2 49.0 45.0 93.0 Jon Finkelstein 1 93.0 89.0 Jim Stapleton 2 38.0 51.0 86.0 Ace Strong, PPP'09 1 86.0 84.0 Patrick Barry 1 84.0 81.0 Sam Spaulding, '97 Champ 1 81.0 80.0 Danise Barry 1 80.0 77.0 Jennifer Rast 1 77.0 75.0 Mike Giarla 1 75.0 73.0 Linda Tillman 1 73.0 73.0 Stephen Tibensky, Jr. 1 73.0 72.0 Kathy Wright 1 72.0 71.5 Kenisha Barnes 1 71.5 70.0 Thomas Franz 1 70.0 70.0 Amy Lindsay 1 70.0 69.0 Barry Bragin 1 69.0 68.5 Frank Tibensky 1 68.5 68.0 Zach Oshins 1 68.0 66.5 Samuel Bayles 1 66.5 65.0 Steve Waterhouse 1 65.0 64.5 TNT(Charles Barkley) 1 64.5 62.5 Dana Waitman 1 62.5 62.0 Jason Pike 1 62.0 59.0 SI.com(JPosnanski) 1 59.0 58.5 Patrick W. Barry 1 58.5 58.5 Michael Flint 1 58.5 58.0 Angelo Carr 1 58.0 58.0 ESPN BRACKETOLOGY(Various) 1 58.0 57.0 Matthew Tanton 1 57.0 57.0 Derek Rader 1 57.0 56.0 Nola Scott 1 56.0 55.0 Stephen Lottenberg 1 55.0 53.0 Quintin Tookes 1 53.0 52.5 Ray Bayles 1 52.5 52.5 David Nix 1 52.5 50.0 Dave Waterman 1 50.0 50.0 Michael James 1 50.0 49.5 MEDIA POLL (A.P.) 1 49.5 49.0 Dick + Donna Colver 1 49.0 48.5 John D. Jackson, Jr. 1 48.5 48.5 Bobby Close 1 48.5 47.5 Talbot Nunnally 1 47.5 46.0 Wanda Truesdale 1 46.0 45.0 Ira + Jacob Davis 1 45.0 45.0 Anne Lewis 1 45.0 45.0 Steven Shockley 1 45.0 44.0 Darren Watson 1 44.0 41.0 Joanie Mavor 1 41.0 40.5 Adina Waitman 1 40.5 39.0 Robert Truesdale, '94 Champ 1 39.0 38.0 Jennifer Moriarty 1 38.0 37.0 Corey Hollowell 1 37.0
FULLNAME AVERAGE COUNT ------------------------------ ------- ---------- Charles Breitbart 114.0 1 Carter Watson 107.0 1 WALL ST JOURNL(Metrics) 106.0 1 Michael Colquitt, '11 Champ 104.8 2 Cato Laurencin 98.5 1 Andy Kaufman, '95 '10 Champ 87.8 2 Bill Cobau 87.3 2 Andrew Drexler 85.5 2 Michael Farro 84.3 2 Stanley Tibensky 83.3 2 Aidan Schechter 83.3 2 Amy Tibensky 82.0 1 Rand Wise, '09 Champ 80.5 2 Danise Barry 80.0 1 Cory Schwartz 80.0 1 Rich O'Malley 79.5 2 Joe Fabian 77.0 2 Alana Brandt 77.0 2 Richard Meyer, '02 Champ 76.3 2 Alex Olivas, '08 Champ 75.3 2 Mike Giarla 75.0 1 Stephen Tibensky, Jr. 73.0 1 Tony Lima 72.0 1 Kenisha Barnes 71.5 1 Sam Drexler 71.0 1 Joseph Quintas 71.0 1 Brendan Moriarty 70.0 2 Patricia Colquitt 70.0 1 Amy Lindsay 70.0 1 Stephen Colquitt 68.8 2 Zach Oshins 68.0 1 Robert Waitman, '01 Champ 67.5 2 Ken Colquitt 67.5 2 Mark Schreiber 67.0 2 Jeff Miller 66.5 1 Samuel Bayles 66.5 1 RATINGS(USA TODAY/Sagarin) 66.3 2 Steve Tibensky 65.8 2 Mike Oshins / Ali Kur 65.5 2 Jonathan Kaufman 65.3 2 William Vickers, '98 coChamp 65.0 2 Valerie Begeal 65.0 2 Steve Waterhouse 65.0 1 Yehuda Waitman 64.8 2 Jeff Guthrie 64.5 2 Gavin Davis 64.5 2 TNT(Charles Barkley) 64.5 1 Ron McBay 64.3 2 Paul Roett 64.0 2 Jennifer Zeiler 64.0 2 Marvin Ingram 63.5 2 John Pasquesi 63.3 2 Dan Ginsburg 63.3 2 POTUS(Barack Obama) 63.3 2 Talia Waitman 63.0 2 ODDS(USA TODAY/bodog.net) 63.0 2 Andre Traylor 63.0 1 Nick Layzer 62.8 2 HOOPS CONTEST CONSENSUS 62.8 2 Dana Waitman 62.5 1 Alexandra Ferguson 62.3 2 CBS/SI.com(Seth Davis) 62.0 2 Jason Pike 62.0 1 Bruce Gow 61.0 2 COACHES(USA TODAY/ESPN) 61.0 2 Kevin Gillis 61.0 1 Brian Cashman 61.0 1 Steve Spiegel, '03 Champ 60.8 2 Matthew Cramer 60.8 2 Kevin Cuskley, PPP'10 60.8 2 Rob Greanias 60.5 2 Timothy Colquitt 60.5 2 Carl Smith 60.5 2 Vic Bolton 60.5 2 Bruce Schnek 60.5 2 Bob Bateman 60.0 2 Arnie Breitbart 60.0 1 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 59.8 2 Lawrence Brandt 59.8 2 Peggy Brodsky 59.5 2 OFFICIAL RPI 59.3 2 Robert Altman 59.3 2 ESPN (Doug Gottlieb) 59.3 2 NWK STAR-LDGR(Bracket Boy) 59.0 2 Mike Barry 59.0 1 SI.com(JPosnanski) 59.0 1 Dana Farro 58.8 2 Mike Panza, '00 Champ 58.8 2 Joel Reissman 58.8 2 Jamie Hollowell 58.8 2 Brian Hooper 58.5 2 Patrick W. Barry 58.5 1 Michael Flint 58.5 1 J.D. Zeiler 58.3 2 Angelo Carr 58.0 1 Mike Styrcula 58.0 1 Justin Holt 58.0 1 ESPN BRACKETOLOGY(Various) 58.0 1 Blucher Cooper V 57.8 2 Joey Sampson 57.8 2 Chris Pike 57.8 2 Chuck Dieringer 57.5 2 Arlene Pedovitch 57.0 2 Jerry Traigle 57.0 2 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED(PST,AG) 57.0 2 Tony Trzcinka 57.0 2 Christopher Brown 57.0 1 Derek Rader 57.0 1 Dan Wachspress, '84 Champ 56.8 2 David Schechter 56.5 2 Ken Van Ness 56.3 2 Mark Ingram 56.3 2 Bob Van Gulick 56.0 2 Joe Holloway, '86 Champ 55.8 2 Michael Carmen 55.5 2 Jacob Wachspress 55.0 2 George Elliott 55.0 1 Stephen Lottenberg 55.0 1 Chris Malone, '90 Champ 54.5 2 Jeff Kleinlein 54.0 2 Beth Frank 54.0 2 Brook Brown 54.0 2 Donnell Tillman 54.0 1 Jeremy Oshins 53.8 2 John Horton 53.8 2 Mike Begeal 53.3 2 Quintin Tookes 53.0 1 Vernon Scott 53.0 1 Rob Saunders 53.0 1 Wright Howell 52.8 2 Daniel Vogel 52.5 2 David Nix 52.5 1 Michael Gee 52.3 2 Bruce Ingram,co'98,'07Champ 52.3 2 Ronald Days 52.0 2 Bruce Cole 52.0 1 Jody Yarmush 51.8 2 Emily Barry 51.8 2 Rhoads Hollowell 51.8 2 Brad Lewis 51.5 2 George Perkins 51.5 2 Allen Truesdale 50.8 2 Joe Felix 50.8 2 Andrew Brandt 50.5 2 Pat McGriff 50.5 1 Tim Wolfert 50.3 2 Noah Schechter 50.3 2 Paul Quintas 50.0 2 David Kee, '96 Champ 50.0 2 Terry Neville 50.0 2 Michael James 50.0 1 Kevin Barry 49.5 2 Kevin Lewis 49.5 2 MEDIA POLL (A.P.) 49.5 1 Dick + Donna Colver 49.0 1 Mark Edge 48.8 2 Todd Zeiler 48.5 2 ESPN (Dick Vitale) 48.5 2 John D. Jackson, Jr. 48.5 1 Bobby Close 48.5 1 Butch Cooper, NITC'10 48.0 2 Melissa Dieringer 48.0 2 Kyle Lewis 47.8 2 Talbot Nunnally 47.5 1 Kimmie Hollowell 47.3 2 Dave Wood,'05Champ,PPP08 47.0 2 Jonathan Sampson 47.0 2 ATL JOURNL-CONST(MBradley) 46.0 2 Pam Russell 46.0 2 Wanda Truesdale 46.0 1 Jim Carson 45.8 2 Warren Adams, '06 Champ 45.0 2 Ira + Jacob Davis 45.0 1 Steven Shockley 45.0 1 Anne Lewis 45.0 1 Jim Stapleton 44.5 2 John Sloneker 44.0 1 Darren Watson 44.0 1 Brian Pendleton 42.0 2 Joanie Mavor 41.0 1 Adina Waitman 40.5 1 Russell Henneman 40.0 1 Sharon Keld 39.0 2 Robert Truesdale, '94 Champ 39.0 1 Corey Hollowell 37.0 1
Qualifying with their third entry in the final year of the decade, Yehuda Waitman, Patrick Barry, Brian Cashman, Stanley Tibensky, Steve Tibensky and the picks from THE NEWARK STAR-LEDGER's Bracket Boy all debut in the Top 10.
FULLNAME AVERAGE COUNT (min 3) ---------------------------- ------- ----- John Breier 122.5 3 Ronald Days 119.9 5 Yehuda Waitman 116.5 3 Allen Truesdale 113.1 4 Patrick Barry 112.3 3 Brian Cashman 112.0 3 Stanley Tibensky 109.7 3 Steve Tibensky 109.3 3 Pat McGriff 109.3 6 NWK STAR-LDGR(Bracket Boy) 108.0 3 John Horton 105.8 10 HOOPS CONTEST CONSENSUS 105.8 10 Gary Presley 104.8 3 Mark Ingram 104.7 6 Hank Rubenstein 103.6 4 Steve Spiegel, '03 Champ 103.4 10 USA TODAY(JSagarin) 103.3 5 Shaw Yang 103.2 3 Ken Van Ness 102.8 10 Michael Carmen 102.6 6 Brad Lewis 102.4 9 Brian Pendleton 102.4 5 Richard Meyer, '02 Champ 100.8 10 George Elliott 100.4 5 Grover Simmons 100.3 6 Ron McBay 100.1 10 Andrew Rast 99.4 6 Jeff Kleinlein 99.1 8 Matt Elsberry 99.0 4 Quintin Tookes 98.9 4 Dana Farro 98.8 10 Marvin Ingram 97.9 9 Andrew Brandt 97.5 10 Kevin Gillis 97.2 10 Alex Olivas, '08 Champ 96.9 5 Dan Wachspress, '84 Champ 96.9 10 Chuck Dieringer 96.5 10 Chris Pike 96.4 9 Christopher Brown 96.3 3 Ira Winston 95.7 3 Bruce Ingram,co'98,'07Champ 95.5 10 Mark Schreiber 95.3 6 Chris Malone, '90 Champ 95.1 10 Jason Knapp, '04 Champ 94.8 9 Ace Strong, PPP09 94.7 3 Tellus Langford 94.7 3 Joseph Quintas 94.3 3 Mark Edge 94.3 3 Carl Smith 93.9 5 Robert Waitman, '01 Champ 93.6 10 Barry Bragin 93.4 7 Bruce Gow 93.2 10 Russell Henneman 92.3 3 Sam Spaulding, '97 Champ 91.9 8 Paul Quintas 91.8 10 Bob Bateman 91.8 10 Jerry Traigle 91.8 4 Mike Panza, '00 Champ 91.4 10 Mike Barry 91.1 9 Rich O'Malley 90.9 10 Thomas Walls 90.8 4 Robert Altman 90.5 10 Matthew Cramer 90.4 8 Brook Brown 90.3 4 Jonathan Sampson 90.0 4 Nick Layzer 89.9 9 Charles Breitbart 89.6 9 Andy Kaufman, '95 Champ 89.6 10 William Vickers, '98 coChamp 89.4 10 Tony Trzcinka 89.2 5 Dan Vogel 88.9 9 J.D. Zeiler 88.8 10 Andre Traylor 88.5 7 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 88.0 10 Michael Flint 88.0 4 Joe Fabian 87.9 4 Bob Wood 87.8 3 Donnell Tillman 87.7 8 Sharon Keld 87.7 10 ESPN (Dick Vitale) 87.6 5 Joe Holloway, '86 Champ 87.0 10 George Perkins 86.9 9 Kevin Barry 86.8 9 Marcelle Breitbart 86.5 6 Jamie Hollowell 86.4 7 Arnie Breitbart 86.3 10 Kevin Lewis 86.1 8 David Kee, '96 Champ 85.9 10 Vernon Scott 85.8 5 Steve Shockley 85.5 3 ATL JOURNL-CONST(MBradley) 85.4 7 Kyle McKinney 85.1 10 John Pasquesi 84.9 9 Arlene Pedovitch 84.8 9 Warren Adams, '06 Champ 84.8 9 NCAA OFFICIAL RPI 84.5 4 Rob Greanias 84.4 10 Cory Schwartz 84.1 10 Othe Kendrick 83.9 7 Kenneth Colquitt 83.8 10 Jacob Wachspress 83.4 9 Rand Wise, '09 Champ 83.4 8 Joey Sampson 83.2 6 Tony Lima 82.6 6 Gavin Davis 82.5 6 David Nix 82.4 8 Mike Giarla 82.2 9 Jeffrey Miller 82.1 9 Melissa Dieringer 82.1 5 Dave Wood,'05Champ,PPP08 81.9 8 Terry Neville 81.7 10 Wright Howell 81.7 5 David Clark 81.5 6 Dean Delker 81.4 7 Kathy Wright 81.1 10 CBS/SI.com(Seth Davis) 80.7 3 Jon Finkelstein 80.4 7 Barbara/Blucher(V) Cooper 80.3 6 Ben Binkley 80.3 4 Tim Colquitt 79.5 4 Pam Russell 79.4 4 Jim Russell 79.3 6 William Cobau 79.2 10 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 79.2 10 Dave Schechter 79.1 7 John Sloneker 79.0 7 Michael Colquitt 78.8 7 Butch Cooper 78.7 10 Linda Tillman 78.6 8 Tiffany Ahlers 78.4 7 Munnawar Pasha 77.4 4 Mike Oshins / Ali Kur 77.4 10 Yudong Chen 77.2 3 Steve Perry 76.5 4 Patricia Colquitt 76.3 4 Rhoads Hollowell 75.9 10 Steve Waterhouse 75.6 5 Maggie Wright 75.5 4 Todd Zeiler 75.3 10 Paul Roett 74.8 6 Vic Bolton 74.6 8 Stephen Colquitt 74.4 9 Jeff Guthrie 74.3 6 Dan Ginsburg 74.3 8 Sam Drexler 73.9 8 Jody Yarmush 73.9 10 Andy Drexler 73.7 10 Bob Van Gulick 73.5 9 Joe Felix 73.2 8 Brad Starks 73.0 3 Brendan Moriarty 72.4 8 Dave Waterman 72.3 7 Jeremy Oshins 71.7 3 Jim Carson 71.6 10 Danise Barry 71.3 4 Keith Parker 70.8 6 Natalie Wargo, '85,'87 Champ 70.7 3 Lawrence Brandt 68.8 7 Emily Barry 68.5 6 Kevin Cuskley 68.1 4 Tony Harris 67.7 3 Nate Spiegel 65.9 4 Evelyn + Al Harper 64.8 6 Jonathan Kaufman 64.8 4 Robert Truesdale, '94 Champ 64.4 4 Taylor Kee 62.8 4 Bruce Cole 61.5 4 Kimmie Hollowell 59.9 5 Talbot Nunnally 58.7 3 Angelo Carr 57.2 3 Ray Bayles 54.8 10 Cato Laurencin 54.2 3
FULLNAME AVERAGE COUNT (min 3) ------------------------- ------- ----- Dan McGrew co-'98 115.2 6 David Brown 109.2 5 David Strickland 108.8 4 Robert Truesdale '94 107.8 10 William Vickers co-'98 106.5 6 Frank Abney 103.0 4 John Pasquesi 100.5 10 Barbara/Blucher V Cooper 98.4 8 Debbi Pritchard 97.9 7 Dave Peña '92 97.6 9 Howell Goldfarb 97.3 4 Robert Waitman 97.1 10 Dan Wachspress 96.1 10 Mike Oshins/Ali Kur 95.2 10 Arlene Pedovitch 94.8 5 Quintin Tookes 94.4 9 Natalie Wargo 94.3 3 Dickey Dean Delker 94.3 4 Buddy Moran '93 94.1 7 Grover Simmons 93.4 10 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 93.2 10 Prasanta Bhowmik 92.8 4 Jeff Miller 92.5 8 Bruce Cole 92.4 5 Andy Drexler 92.3 10 Paul Quintas 91.5 10 Rob Greanias 91.3 4 Shaw-Wen Yang 91.0 6 Kathy Wright 90.8 10 Talbot Nunnally 90.3 8 Chris Malone '90 90.0 9 André Allen 89.7 3 Andy Kaufman '95 89.5 10 George Perkins 89.4 10 Bruce Ingram co-'98 89.3 9 Bruce Gow 89.2 9 Bob Kiely 89.1 7 Dan Griffin 89.0 3 Mike Giarla 88.8 9 Desi Williams 88.8 4 Maggie Wright 88.6 5 André Traylor 88.5 6 Sam Spaulding '97 88.4 7 HOOPS CONTEST CONSENSUS 88.3 3 Marvin Jones 88.3 4 Ron McBay 88.1 10 Dave Wood 88.0 3 John Horton 87.9 8 Kevin Barry 87.8 10 Carl Smith 87.8 9 Karl Hall 87.0 3 Dave Schechter 86.8 6 Dan DiGiacomo 86.0 3 Todd Zeiler 85.8 6 Robert Altman 85.7 10 Othe Kendrick, Jr. 85.4 10 Jody Yarmush 84.8 10 David Kee '96 84.3 4 Earnie McNair 84.2 5 Mike Barry 84.1 9 David Nix 83.8 4 John Bittle 83.3 9 David Clark 83.0 3 John Owens 82.7 3 Gary Presley 82.0 9 Ken Van Ness 81.7 3 Munawwar Pasha 81.0 6 Joe Holloway 80.7 10 Angelo Carr 80.4 5 Kevin Gillis 80.3 10 Andrew Brandt 80.0 5 Rich O'Malley 79.7 7 Ken Colquitt 79.5 6 Bill Cobau 78.6 9 Michael Short 77.3 3 Ken Pritchard 76.5 10 Mike Panza 76.4 5 Jeff Haberman '91 75.3 6 Evelyn Harper 74.7 10 Simcha/Elana Pearl 73.6 5 Butch Cooper 73.3 9 Steve Spiegel 72.2 6 Walter Frye, Jr. 71.0 6 Warren Adams 69.5 4 Glenn Tongue + sons 66.8 8 Christine Jones 64.1 7 Sam Drexler 63.5 4 Ben Epstein 60.0 4 J.D. Zeiler 58.8 4
FULLNAME AVERAGE COUNT (min 2) ------------------------------ ------- ----- Natalie Wargo '85,'87 100.2 5 Dan Wachspress '84 98.3 6 George Perkins 95.0 2 Darrell Thomas 94.0 2 Mike Oshins/Ali Kur 88.3 3 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 85.2 6 Paul Quintas 85.0 4 Glenn Tongue + sons 84.7 3 John Pasquesi 82.0 2 Joe Holloway '86 81.5 4 Ron McBay 80.8 6 Mike Giarla 79.3 3 Robert Waitman 79.0 5 Paul Guenette '88 78.7 3 André Allen 77.0 4 Chris Gacek 74.5 2 Evelyn Harper 73.0 2 Othe Kendrick, Jr. 73.0 2 Robert Altman 72.3 4 Shaw-Wen Yang 72.0 3 Desi Williams 71.5 2 Ken Colquitt 71.0 2 Simcha/Elana Pearl 70.0 2 Ken Epps 69.5 2 Arlene Pedovitch 68.5 4 Andy Kaufman 68.5 4 Grover Simmons 65.5 2 James Early 65.5 2 Ken Pritchard 65.0 2 Chris Malone 64.5 2 Quintin Tookes 64.0 3 Andy Drexler 63.0 2 Buddy Moran 62.5 2 Dave Schechter 62.3 4 Bill Cobau 55.8 4 Steve Levine 46.5 2
Qualifying with their 5th entry, Stanley Tibensky and Yehuda Waitman debut in the Top 10. Ronald Days, Richard Meyer and the CONSENSUS all hang on in the Top 10 one more year.
FULLNAME AVERAGE AVGNEGPTS COUNT (min 5) ---------------------------- ------- --------- ----- Dan McGrew, '98 coChamp 111.0 -42.3 7 David Brown 109.2 5 Pat McGriff 100.9 -55.1 7 Ronald Days 100.5 -56.1 7 Andrew Rast 99.4 -53.6 6 Stanley Tibensky 99.1 -61.5 5 Dave Pena, '92 Champ 99.0 -38.0 10 Richard Meyer, '02 Champ 97.5 -55.9 13 HOOPS CONTEST CONSENSUS 96.5 -53.8 15 Yehuda Waitman 95.8 -59.3 5 Matt Elsberry 95.6 -54.4 5 Dan Wachspress, '84 Champ 94.0 -66.3 28 Debbi Pritchard 93.8 -70.0 8 Barry Bragin 93.4 -65.6 7 John Horton 93.4 -57.8 20 Brad Lewis 93.2 -58.7 11 George Elliott 92.8 -66.8 6 RATINGS(USA TODAY/Sagarin) 92.7 -55.1 7 Grover Simmons 92.6 -60.8 18 Mark Ingram 92.6 -66.6 8 William Vickers, '98 coChamp 92.4 -70.5 18 Ken Van Ness 92.4 -57.0 15 Thomas Walls 92.3 -56.2 6 Jason Knapp, '04 Champ 92.1 -62.0 10 Charles Breitbart 92.1 -60.8 10 Steve Tibensky 91.9 -66.5 5 Chuck Dieringer 91.4 -64.5 13 Dana Farro 91.2 -60.6 13 Allen Truesdale 91.1 -60.2 7 Michael Carmen 90.8 -68.0 8 Marvin Ingram 90.8 -64.7 12 Alex Olivas, '08 Champ 90.7 -64.0 7 Natalie Wargo, '85,'87 Champ 90.5 -82.8 11 Kyle McKinney 90.3 -63.7 11 Blucher Cooper V 90.3 -63.4 5 Robert Truesdale, '94 Champ 90.3 -85.6 16 Sam Spaulding, '97 Champ 90.3 -57.6 15 Robert Waitman, '01 Champ 90.2 -59.7 27 Jeff Kleinlein 90.1 -59.9 10 John Pasquesi 89.5 -69.6 23 Shaw Yang 89.3 -56.7 12 Ron McBay 89.1 -54.0 28 Bruce Ingram,co'98,'07Champ 88.7 -64.6 21 NWK STAR-LDGR(Bracket Boy) 88.4 -61.6 5 Barbara/Blucher(V) Cooper 88.3 -68.0 13 Steve Spiegel, '03 Champ 88.3 -57.7 18 Mark Schreiber 88.3 -66.4 8 Chris Pike 88.2 -61.6 13 Gary Presley 87.7 -46.5 12 Quintin Tookes 87.7 -53.5 17 Kevin Gillis 87.4 -51.4 21 Paul Quintas 87.4 -55.6 26 NCAA SEEDING COMMITTEE 87.2 -65.7 28 Chris Malone, '90 Champ 86.9 -59.4 23 Andrew Brandt 86.8 -66.7 17 Bruce Gow 86.8 -60.2 22 Marcelle Breitbart 86.5 -60.1 6 Carl Smith 86.3 -69.0 16 Bob Kiely 86.3 8 Nick Layzer 86.2 -63.0 12 Andy Kaufman, '95 '10 Champ 86.2 -66.5 26 Mike Barry 86.1 -63.5 19 Dean Delker 86.1 -64.4 11 Kathy Wright 86.0 -68.3 20 Jeff Miller 85.9 -70.7 18 Bob Bateman 85.8 -61.9 14 George Perkins 85.6 -67.8 23 Rich O'Malley 85.6 -66.5 19 Andre Traylor 85.4 -63.3 15 Brian Pendleton 85.1 -72.4 7 Mike Oshins / Ali Kur 84.9 -76.7 25 Michael Colquitt, '11 Champ 84.6 -69.0 9 Paul Guenette, '88 Champ 84.5 -70.0 7 Matthew Cramer 84.5 -66.7 10 Jon Finkelstein 84.4 -64.0 8 Russell Henneman 84.4 -56.5 5 Joe Fabian 84.3 -70.8 6 Earnie McNair 84.2 5 Mike Giarla 84.2 -67.0 22 Donnell Tillman 83.9 -74.3 9 Buddy Moran, '93 Champ 83.9 -108.0 10 Kevin Barry 83.7 -67.1 21 Arnie Breitbart 83.5 -69.3 13 Othe Kendrick 83.5 -62.9 19 Robert Altman 83.4 -65.9 26 John Bittle 83.3 9 Mike Panza, '00 Champ 83.1 -72.4 17 Rob Greanias 83.1 -67.7 16 Desi Williams 83.0 6 Rand Wise, '09 Champ 82.8 -71.7 10 Maggie Wright 82.8 -64.9 9 Andre Allen 82.4 7 Michael Flint 82.1 -77.9 5 David Clark 82.0 -63.4 9 Andrew Drexler 81.5 -75.9 24 Joe Holloway, '86 Champ 81.3 -72.3 26 Arlene Pedovitch 81.3 -69.2 20 Cory Schwartz 81.1 -64.0 13 Tony Lima 81.1 -74.2 7 David Kee, '96 Champ 81.0 -71.7 16 Daniel Vogel 80.7 -69.3 12 David Nix 80.5 -76.8 13 Danise Barry 80.5 -84.0 6 Vernon Scott 80.3 -69.0 6 Jamie Hollowell 80.3 -74.1 9 Sharon Keld 80.2 -70.3 14 Jerry Traigle 80.2 -76.3 6 Tony Trzcinka 80.0 -66.2 7 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED(PST,AG) 79.6 -72.3 14 Ken Colquitt 79.6 -68.0 20 Munnawar Pasha 79.6 -69.8 10 Jim Russell 79.3 -73.5 6 Talbot Nunnally 78.8 -91.0 12 Kevin Lewis 78.8 -73.4 10 Linda Tillman 78.6 -71.9 8 Tiffany Ahlers 78.4 -75.6 7 Jacob Wachspress 78.3 -81.5 11 Brook Brown 78.2 -72.6 6 Gavin Davis 78.0 -69.4 8 Dave Wood,'05Champ,PPP08 78.0 -71.5 13 ATL JOURNL-CONST(MBradley) 77.7 -75.5 11 J.D. Zeiler 77.5 -74.7 16 Jody Yarmush 77.3 -82.5 23 Joey Sampson 76.8 -78.4 8 ESPN (Dick Vitale) 76.4 -74.3 7 Terry Neville 76.4 -77.6 12 Mark Edge 76.1 -79.3 5 OFFICIAL RPI 76.1 -74.3 6 Bill Cobau 75.9 -69.1 25 Todd Zeiler 75.8 -82.3 18 Dave Waterman 75.8 -73.8 8 Jonathan Sampson 75.7 -75.5 6 David Schechter 75.6 -82.9 19 Warren Adams, '06 Champ 75.4 -72.2 15 Jeff Haberman, '91 Champ 75.3 6 Patricia Colquitt 75.0 -90.0 5 John Sloneker 74.6 -71.4 8 Steve Waterhouse 73.8 -83.4 6 Butch Cooper, NITC'10 73.5 -81.2 21 Wright Howell 73.4 -69.4 7 Bruce Cole 73.3 -91.3 11 CBS/SI.com(Seth Davis) 73.2 -79.4 5 Timothy Colquitt 73.2 -84.2 6 Stephen Colquitt 73.0 -83.7 12 Jim Carson 72.7 -84.9 14 Ken Pritchard 72.6 -67.0 13 Simcha/Elana Pearl 72.6 7 Melissa Dieringer 72.4 -81.9 7 Paul Roett 72.1 -78.1 8 Dan Ginsburg 72.1 -75.6 10 Brendan Moriarty 71.9 -86.1 10 Jeff Guthrie 71.9 -81.6 8 Vic Bolton 71.8 -75.5 10 Glenn Tongue + sons 71.6 11 Evelyn + Al Harper 71.2 -83.4 18 Walter Frye, Jr. 71.0 6 Sam Drexler 70.5 -70.8 13 Keith Parker 70.2 -82.4 7 Rhoads Hollowell 70.2 -84.3 14 Angelo Carr 70.2 -95.3 9 Cato Laurencin 69.0 -89.8 5 Bob Van Gulick 69.0 -81.6 12 Joe Felix 68.7 -82.4 10 Pam Russell 68.3 -84.0 6 Kevin Cuskley, PPP'10 67.0 -90.8 9 Lawrence Brandt 66.8 -81.1 9 Jonathan Kaufman 64.9 -86.0 6 Jeremy Oshins 64.5 -88.2 5 Emily Barry 64.3 -94.1 8 Christine Jones 64.1 -110.0 7 Ben Epstein 61.8 5 Kimmie Hollowell 56.3 -104.2 7 Ray Bayles 56.0 -100.9 11
YEAR WINNER SCORE COUNT FINAL GAME MARGIN AVERAGE CONSENSUS LOW SCORER
---- ---------------- ----------- ----- -------------- ------ ---------- ---------- -----------------
1984 Dan Wachspress 1451(131.5) 2 GTOWN > Hous 20(42) 135(111) (158)[139] 125(90) - RMcB
1985 Natalie Wargo 1272(115) 113 NOVA > Gtown 6(6) 105(96) (109)[100] 84(76) - UH
1986 Joe Holloway 104 15 LVILLE > Duke 3 81 (88) 51 - BiC
1987 Natalie Wargo 149 23 IU > Cuse 24 82 (86) 50 - AD
1988 Paul Guenette 99 33 KANS > Okla 11 69 (80) 42 - StL
1989 Dan Clark 94 50 MICH > SetonH 5 68 (72) 46 - BrC
1990 Chris Malone 126 63 UNLV > Duke 14 63 (73) 28 - BE
1991 Jeff Haberman 131 69 DUKE > Kans 25 76 (85) 45 - KPr
1992 Dave Peña 143 77 DUKE > Mich 4 101 (136) 41 - SaD
1993 Buddy Moran 155 78 UNC > Mich 1 105 (121) 23 - KL
1994 Robert Truesdale 152 66 ARK > Duke 20 80 (98) 41 - BuC
1995 Andy Kaufman 160 77 UCLA > Ark 5 96 48 - GI
1996 David Kee 151 93 UK > Cuse 6 95 45 - StSm
1997 Sam Spaulding 99 69 AZ > Uk (OT) 1 77 954 48 - JDZ
1998 Dan McGrew 127 93 UK > Utah 2 73 67 42 - AKau
Bruce Ingram 127
William Vickers 127
1999 Shaun Maher 143,-185 108 UCONN > Duke 0,-2 93,-44 102,-22 45,-114 - OG
(Kyle McKinney) 143,-20 -122,49 - LG
2000 Mike Panza 118,-48 106 MICH ST > Fla 6 78,-85 109,-60 28,-128 - MBi
-134,29 - SM
2001 Robert Waitman 160,-86 103 DUKE > Az 2 105,-49 152,-10 50,-112 - TaNu
-112,50 - TaNu
2002 Richard Meyer 136.5,-38 153 MD > Iu 2.5 83,-75 101,-68.5 34,-1307 - RyMi
-130,347 - RyMi
2003 Steve Spiegel 126,-40.5 123 CUSE > Kans 3 70,-79 78,-70.5 41,-112 - OK
-120.5,44 - RaB
2004 Jason Knapp 130,-36.5 142 UCONN > GaTech 1 75,-80 82,-68 34.5,-128 - MuP
-128,34.5 - MuP
2005 Dave Wood 147,-18.5 142 UNC > Ill 5 89,-62 99,-32.5 31,-134.5 - AF
-134.5,31 - AF
2006 Warren Adams 89,-56.55 114 FLA > Ucla 0,-10 59,-94 55,-100.5 38,-118.5 - SC
(John Horton) 89,-66.5 -126,42 - BuC
2007 Bruce Ingram 170,-2 143 FLA > OhioSt 2.5 107,-46 166,-4.5 41,-118.5 - E&AH
-126.5,46 - PC
2008 Alex Olivas 148.5,-8 153 KANS > Mem (OT) .5 91,-55 90.5,-44 45,-122.5 - TaW
-122.5,45 - TaW
2009 Rand Wise 152.5,-6 165 UNC > Mich St 2.5 94,-60 125,-28.5 38,-126.5 - JMo
-126.5,38 - JMo
2010 Andy Kaufman 123,-44.5 168 DUKE > Butler 3 65,-90 63,-92 39,-118.5 - RT
-118.5,40 - JY
2011 Michael Colquitt 120.5,-348 140 UCONN > Butler 22 53,-102 62.5,-98 36,-118 - BPe
-128,37 - SKe
Record High Winning Score: 170 -- Bruce Ingram '07
Record High Winning Margin: 25 -- Jeff Haberman '91
Record Low Winning Score: 89 -- Warren Adams '06
Record Low Winning Margin: 0,-2 -- Shaun Maher '99
Record Fewest Negative Points: 0 -- (Chuck Dieringer '07)
Record Low Score: 23 -- (Kelly Laurent '93)
Record Most Negative Points: -134.5 -- (Amy Flint '05)
Record High Average Score: 111 -- 1984(2)
Record Low Average Negative Points: -44 -- 1999(108)
Record Low Average Score: 53 -- 2011(140)
Record High Average Negative Points: -102 -- 2011(140)
Record High Consensus Score: 166 -- 2007(143)
Record Low Consensus Negative Points: -4.5 -- 2007(143)
Record Low Consensus Score: 55 -- 2006(114)
Record High Consensus Negative Points: -100.5 -- 2006(114)
Record High Count 168 -- 2010
Record Low Count 2 -- 1984
1 - In 1984, there were 53 teams (including 5 Play-In games) in the NCAA tournament
and a different point scoring system was used. The revised score under the current point system
is shown in parentheses.
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