THOMAS WOODS is the winner of the 2008 Pac-10 Hoop-Pundits Pool. After buiding up a big lead in the regular season, he barely hung on to win by nine points, not clinching the victory until Stanford lost in the 3rd round of the NCAA Tournament.
CONTEST FACTS AND FIGURES:
Erik Skopil had the most CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND LEADERS questions correct with eleven. Jay D and Jeremy S had the most NCAA TOURNAMENT questions correct with eight. To see how our picks compared with the actual category winners, denoted with a (*), go to Summary of Picks (down the page). The toughest categories turned out to be Coach of the Year and Conference tournament Runner-up with 6 picks each for Stanford. There were also only 13 who picked Kansas to win the national championship. The easiest was Pac-10 last place team and with 100 having Oregon St.
Team Standings - total of top three from each school (best individual)
Joel T won last year, Ryan F and Mike O won in 2006.
UCLA fans dominated the contest this year with ten of the top 16 places.
Most exact margin picks: 8 (Rich Mueller, K Hayashida, Matt C) [Hayashida had none last year]
Fewest exact margin picks: 0 (Joe Saxon, Paul Frickey, Steve LeSueur)
Best winning percentage: 76.9% (70-21) (John D)
Worst winning percentage: 53.8% (49-42) (Michael Liljenquist)
Previous winners:
First ten to send in entries averaged 1049.
Last ten to send in their entries averaged 1022.
Best 2005/2006/2007/2008: Jeremy S #1/#5/#10/#4. (New Hall of Fame Inductee )
Football/Basketball experts: Pat Gammil #5/#3, Dan L #10/#5.
Most Improved Stuart Tower #94 last year to #9, Sam E #115 to #12.
Biggest drop: Corey Crowley-Hall #2 last year to #103 this year and Sean Grove #8 last year to #89 this year.
Congrats to the winner of the NCAA Tournament Pool , Don Le.
FINAL STANDINGS: all ties broken by (1) winning pct; (2) exact picks
| # | NAME | W-L | (E) | TOTAL | 1 | Thomas Woods(UCLA) | 69 - 22 | 6 | 1199 | 2 | Richard Brisacher(UCLA '88) | 67 - 24 | 5 | 1191 | 3 | Pat Gammill(Arizona State) | 67 - 24 | 2 | 1157 | 4 | Jeremy S(UCLA) | 63 - 28 | 1 | 1157 | 5 | Dan L(Arizona State) | 63 - 28 | 6 | 1149 | 6 | Ryan F(Washington) | 66 - 25 | 3 | 1140 | 7 | Rich Mueller(Arizona) | 63 - 28 | 8 | 1138 | 8 | Darren Kot(UCLA fan) | 65 - 26 | 2 | 1137 | 9 | Stuart Tower(none) | 67 - 24 | 5 | 1133 | 10 | Chris M(UCLA) | 67 - 24 | 2 | 1132 | 11 | Scott Canfield(UW 2007) | 65 - 26 | 3 | 1131 | 12 | Sam E.(UCLA) | 65 - 26 | 6 | 1129 | 13 | Juan Pedroza(UCLA) | 66 - 25 | 1 | 1126 | 14 | DaBruins M(UCLA) | 65 - 26 | 2 | 1124 | 15 | Jay D(Arizona State '99) | 64 - 27 | 3 | 1124 | 16 | K Hayashida(UCLA) | 63 - 28 | 8 | 1124 | 17 | John D.(USC) | 70 - 21 | 5 | 1122 | 18 | Neal A(Pacific) | 64 - 27 | 5 | 1121 | 19 | Joe Saxon(Husky/win) | 64 - 27 | 0 | 1121 | 20 | Lance P(UW) | 66 - 25 | 6 | 1120 | 21 | Gary W(IAANG) | 66 - 25 | 2 | 1115 | 22 | Lss Rapozo(USC) | 66 - 25 | 1 | 1111 | 23 | Phil B(WSU) | 65 - 26 | 6 | 1109 | 24 | SJ Melin(Wazzu 97) | 64 - 27 | 4 | 1109 | 25 | Geoff Whittier | 66 - 25 | 3 | 1108 | 26 | Korri Anderson(WSU) | 63 - 28 | 6 | 1108 | 27 | Mike O(Oregon) | 61 - 29 | 5 | 1105 | 28 | Kyle Brisacher(UCLA Class of 2020) | 65 - 26 | 6 | 1100 | 29 | Joe F(ASU) | 67 - 24 | 2 | 1098 | 30 | Dale Wheatley(UCLA Alum) | 64 - 27 | 1 | 1097 | 31 | Dave O O(THE UofA) | 63 - 28 | 3 | 1097 | 32 | Barry R(Arizona State) | 64 - 27 | 3 | 1094 | 33 | Kevin M(UCLA) | 63 - 28 | 4 | 1094 | 34 | Patrick Thrapp(dawgman.com) | 63 - 28 | 1 | 1094 | 35 | Jim R(UCLA '62) | 63 - 28 | 1 | 1090 | 36 | Scott Carpenter(05 Sun Devils) | 62 - 29 | 3 | 1090 | 37 | Jim Halbrook(Oregon/USPS) | 61 - 30 | 3 | 1088 | 38 | Joel T(Stanford) | 65 - 26 | 4 | 1081 | 39 | Anthony Dickson(The 16ers (UCLA)) | 62 - 29 | 3 | 1079 | 40 | Mitchell Brisacher(UCLA Class of 2016) | 63 - 28 | 7 | 1077 | 41 | Brian Odle(ASU) | 62 - 29 | 4 | 1075 | 42 | James Wheeler(ASU) | 66 - 25 | 4 | 1073 | 43 | Glenn Greenleaf(Ducks) | 64 - 27 | 1 | 1073 | 44 | Big Al(USC) | 65 - 26 | 4 | 1068 | 45 | Gabe M(UCLA) | 63 - 28 | 4 | 1065 | 46 | Jimmy N(OSU) | 60 - 31 | 4 | 1061 | 47 | Michael L(Washington) | 62 - 29 | 2 | 1060 | 48 | Kegan R(ASU) | 65 - 26 | 3 | 1058 | 49 | Mark Weller(UW/CWU '97) | 63 - 28 | 4 | 1058 | 50 | Eric Yabu(Cal '89) | 65 - 26 | 3 | 1052 | 51 | Kevin Hinton(UW) | 64 - 27 | 1 | 1048 | 52 | Dan Melin(WSU-99) | 60 - 30 | 3 | 1048 | 53 | Dave H.(Arizona state) | 63 - 28 | 5 | 1046 | 54 | David Pearce(UW '06) | 60 - 31 | 3 | 1045 | 55 | David P | 58 - 33 | 6 | 1038 | 56 | Shawna N(Oregon Ducks) | 58 - 33 | 3 | 1030 | 57 | Terik's Dad(educk) | 59 - 32 | 1 | 1029 | 58 | Ben Browdy(UCLA) | 63 - 28 | 4 | 1028 | 59 | Don C(WSU/UI) | 62 - 29 | 3 | 1028 | 60 | Howie Ludwig(Cal '69) | 59 - 32 | 6 | 1026 | 61 | James F(USC) | 60 - 31 | 1 | 1021 | 62 | Vik Veeceekay(UCLA) | 60 - 31 | 4 | 1020 | 63 | Craig B.(Phoenix Five/Cal) | 59 - 32 | 3 | 1020 | 64 | Ben Lawrence(U of A) | 59 - 32 | 1 | 1019 | 65 | Jeff M | 60 - 31 | 2 | 1015 | 66 | TVofTroy Venegas(USC) | 58 - 33 | 4 | 1015 | 67 | Dennis Lew(Bruin FAN) | 63 - 28 | 3 | 1011 | 68 | Dana B(Arizona (diehard) | 61 - 30 | 4 | 1007 | 69 | Matt W | 59 - 32 | 6 | 1007 | 70 | Tom M(ex Illini) | 60 - 31 | 4 | 1006 | Uncle Bill L(CalPolyBruin) | 60 - 31 | 4 | 1006 | 72 | Greg Padilla(UCLA) | 58 - 33 | 4 | 1006 | 73 | Mike Greenwalt(EWU) | 61 - 30 | 2 | 1005 | 74 | Michelle Temple(Go Bears) | 63 - 28 | 2 | 1004 | 75 | Justin Crane(USC) | 59 - 32 | 3 | 1002 | 76 | John Thornquist(ASU) | 58 - 33 | 1 | 999 | 77 | Dave C(UCLA) | 62 - 29 | 1 | 997 | 78 | Matt C(Washington State) | 60 - 31 | 8 | 997 | 79 | Steve Moore(Cal Alumnus) | 61 - 30 | 2 | 996 | 80 | Erik Skopil(UofO) | 52 - 39 | 3 | 995 | 81 | CDR Tony Deaville(Cal Bears '90) | 62 - 29 | 5 | 993 | 82 | Matt Shaw(UW) | 60 - 31 | 3 | 992 | 83 | Mike Bowles(usc) | 64 - 27 | 1 | 988 | 84 | Brock R(WSU student) | 62 - 29 | 4 | 987 | 85 | Anthony Marble(Bellevue HS) | 58 - 33 | 4 | 986 | 86 | Charles DeMartini(California) | 57 - 34 | 2 | 980 | 87 | David T(Arizona) | 59 - 32 | 1 | 975 | 88 | Tim D(USC) | 56 - 35 | 6 | 975 | 89 | Sean Grove(Oregon '96) | 59 - 32 | 3 | 973 | 90 | Barry Swanson(WSU) | 63 - 28 | 2 | 972 | 91 | Larry Harris(USC) | 59 - 32 | 1 | 972 | 92 | M Brenner(Cal Bears) | 58 - 33 | 3 | 970 | 93 | Ken C.(California) | 60 - 31 | 4 | 969 | 94 | Paul Frickey(Cal 1988) | 56 - 34 | 0 | 965 | 95 | Steve M(USC '97) | 57 - 34 | 3 | 963 | 96 | Pat B(none) | 52 - 39 | 2 | 957 | 97 | Matthew L(ASU) | 57 - 34 | 1 | 954 | 98 | J. Anderson(JayDuck's Picks) | 57 - 34 | 1 | 940 | 99 | Erik T(UCSD Grad) | 61 - 30 | 2 | 938 | 100 | Jameson Greenfield(Husky Fan) | 59 - 32 | 4 | 937 | 101 | Craig K(ASU) | 58 - 33 | 5 | 937 | 102 | Steve LeSueur(ASU/Premier Pools) | 57 - 34 | 0 | 935 | 103 | Corey Crowley-Hall(Linfield/WSU) | 59 - 32 | 2 | 934 | 104 | Richard S(CSUN) | 57 - 34 | 4 | 928 | 105 | Terry O(Arizona Wildcats) | 52 - 39 | 2 | 921 | 106 | Devon A(UCLA 1991) | 54 - 37 | 2 | 907 | 107 | Brian S(Arizona) | 54 - 37 | 1 | 902 | 108 | Burton R(Cougzone) | 55 - 36 | 6 | 886 | 109 | Brendon Lindsey(Linfield) | 52 - 39 | 2 | 811 | 110 | Michael Liljenquist(Oregon State) | 49 - 42 | 2 | 767 |
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