Updated March 21, 2014
We have 14 participants in this year’s NCAA tourney at Maple Mount, meaning the winner will pocket $21 and second place will get $7. In a year when the Southeastern Conference got only three teams in the tournament, two SEC teams were the most picked to win it all.
Seven people picked top-seeded Florida to bring home the prize, while three others chose the “wishing will make it so” approach of taking 8th seeded Kentucky, including last year’s winner Orville Bray. Sister Amelia Stenger and Marian Bennett, who finished second last year, each picked Arizona as the champion, while Sister Elaine Burke is predicting a repeat for Louisville. Dan Heckel is the only person to pick Michigan State to bring home the big prize.
Victories the first two days count for one point, then with each round the points double. Saturday and Sunday games are worth two points, third round games four points, the semi-final round is worth eight, picking a Final Four game right is worth 16 and picking the champion is 32 points.
After Day One, Jennifer Kaminski is leading the pack, going 14-2, and one of her losses was a buzzer beater by Texas knocking off Arizona State. She and Dan Heckel were the only two to correctly pick the upsets by Harvard and North Dakota State. April Ray and Mike Stelmach also picked the Harvard upset. No one picked Dayton to knock off Ohio State. Sister Jane Miriam Hancock lost a Final Four team when Oklahoma was upset.
Updates will be posted on the Around the Mount blog on the ursulinesmsj.org website after each round. (Go to Blogs, then Around the Mount.). Here are the standings heading into the March 21 games:
1. Jennifer Kaminski 14
2. Sherry Newton 13
2. Dan Heckel 13
4. Sister Amelia 12
4. Sister Elaine 12
4. April Ray 12
4. Kim Gunterman 12
4. Andrew Stelmach 12
9. Orville Bray 11
9. Mike Stelmach 11
11. Marian Bennett 10
11. Bryan Dant 10
13. Sister Jane Miriam 9
13. Cyndi Madi 9
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