JAYDEE BEE, who finished 39th last year and 83rd in 2002, is the winner of the 2004 NCAA Tournament Pool by making the best possible pick at eight of the sixteen seeds plus the entire Final Four and the NCAA champion for a total of 85 out of a maximum possible 109 points.
Picking the highest rated team by the RPI rankings for each seed would have placed you only 59th.
Former winners of this contest, James C. Duncan (2001), Ken Tomlinson (1999) and Patrick Thrapp (2003) finished 24th, 29th and 35th.
To see the best and worst possible picks and the winning entry, go to: BEST-WORST .
2004
FINAL STANDINGS
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1 JayDee Bee (none) 85
2 Nate Schenker 81
3 Erik Holland 80
4 Scott C (UofA '00) 71
5 Tim D (USC) 67
6 Bill Maffett (Bill Duck '64) 59
Richard Clayton (UCLA '85 and '87) 59
8 Larry Harris (USC) 58
Rob K (illinois) 58
10 Barry A (Ucla) 54
11 Richard U (cal) 52
Peter Sullivan (bruinfan) 52
13 Howard Morrill (Washington) 51
Gordon Mallon (Da Ducks) 51
Dave L (UCLA) 51
16 T Bardhan 50
17 Linas P. (UCLA '83) 48
Dave Witherspoon (Mustangs) 48
19 Michael Conkey (Oregon Ducks) 47
Jeff Ferren (UCLA '91) 47
21 Ron Mgrublian (Arizona) 46
Jim Reach (UCLA '62) 46
Lance P (UW) 46
24 James C. Duncan 45
Kyle Whitson 45
26 Kevin F (Cal '88') 44
27 Russ Kaufman (OSU) 43
Kirk Jones 43
29 Ken Tomlinson (UCLA) 42
Tom M (MDC 63) 42
31 Jeff Schloss (OSU '94) 41
Keith Hines (UCLA'92) 41
Rich S (ucla) 41
34 Vartan Madoyan (ucla) 40
35 Patrick Thrapp (UW/dawgman.com) 39
Kev Hayashida (ucla 87) 39
37 Phil D (UCLA) 38
38 Eric Yabu (Cal '89) 37
39 Jeremy S (Ucla) 36
Dave Perks (Arizona) 36
41 Al Edwards (UCLA) 34
Matt Cornwell (Stanford) 34
Mark Piekarski (UCLA) 34
Scott Canfield (UW 2007) 34
45 Jeff Reeve (UCLA) 33
46 T. J. (Bruin Zone) 32
Ben Browdy (UCLA) 32
48 Dave Andrieu (Oregon) 31
John Hughes (friend) 31
50 Daybe Blacxbarn (Bruin Alumnus) 30
CONSENSUS 30
52 James Landrum 28
Fred Y 28
54 Pat Thompson (TRW) 27
Quintin Ray (educk) 27
56 Ron Sakai (Cal) 26
Ken Wallace (OSU '96) 26
Joel D 26
59 Nooner (Ramblin' Reck) 25
Bill Allen (UCLA Alum) 25
Durell R (Internet) 25
RPI 25
63 John Li (go bears '90) 24
64 Edmund Johnson (UC Berkeley) 23
65 M.D. Wood (St. Marys) 22
Valerie Talavera 22
Ron Duncan (UCLA) 22
68 Az Wildcat88 (cattracks) 21
Steve F (Stanford) 21
70 Dave B (Cal '84) 20
71 M Brenner (Cal Fan) 18
John Emerson (USCHOOPS) 18
Doug Swets 18
Durwin Tsay (UC San Francisco) 18
Daniel Rivero (ucla) 18
76 Paul F (Cal '88) 17
Sean Grove (Oregon '96) 17
78 LCDR Tony D (Go Bears 90') 16
79 Wes Tanac (Oregon) 15
Brevin Wannabe (Stanford) 15
Wally McCormick (Oregon) 15
Ron P 15
AMH 15
Tracey Zappacosta 15
Scott Rothstein (UCLA '91) 15
Paul B (OSU '02) 15
87 Dan Reilly (Dawgman) 14
John Dmohowski (USC) 14
89 Sean TheProfessor (UCLA) 13
90 Gonzo (Oregon Pit Crew) 12
91 Mark WM (Dawgs) 11
92 Bryan R. (Cal Golden Bears) 9
93 Mike T (UCLA) 7
94 Richard S (csun) 6
95 Aaron C. (Oregon State) 2
Christophe Bates (History) 2