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