SJ ERENBERG is the winner of the 2005 NCAA Tournament Pool by making the best possible pick at six of the sixteen seeds plus three of the Final Four and the NCAA champion for a total of 66 out of a maximum possible 114 points. SJ wins a Pac-10 Tournament program and can claim his prize by contacting me using the link at the bottom of the contest home page.
Picking the highest rated team by the RPI rankings for each seed would have placed you only 68th, but the consensus picks were 16th.
Former winners of this contest, Charles DeMartini (1198), Ken Tomlinson (1999), Patrick Thrapp (2003) and Jay Dee Bee (2004) all did very well, finishing 19th, 13th, 25th and 4th.
To see the best and worst possible picks and the winning entry, go to: BEST-WORST .
2005
FINAL STANDINGS
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1 SJ Erenberg (UCLA) 66
2 Howie Ludwig (Cal '69) 65
Jason Park (Andover) 65
4 Jay Dee Bee 63
5 Kyle H (UCLA) 62
6 Joel G. (Washington State) 61
7 Richard Brisacher (UCLA '88) 60
8 Brian Birgen (Wartburg) 59
TJW (Cardinal) 59
10 B Ludwig 57
Kev Hayashida (ucla '87) 57
Stuart T (none) 57
13 Jeffrey Kohn 56
Ken Tomlinson (UCLA) 56
Rex Christensen (ASU 94) 56
16 CONSENSUS 55
17 Richard Lee (Cal) 53
18 Ryan Moore (usc hoops board) 52
19 Charles DeMartini (California) 51
D Silver (UCLA) 51
21 Larry Harris (USC) 50
Todd Justice (Bruin Fan) 50
23 Craig Robinson (Bruin Fan) 49
Korri Anderson (Alaska Anchorage) 49
25 Charlie Stein (UCLA Bball Fan) 48
Chris Miller (UCLA-03) 48
Patrick Thrapp (UW/dawgman.com) 48
Richard Clayton (UCLA) 48
29 C. G. Bates (UCLA) 47
Kyle Haubrich (WSU) 47
Ron M (Arizona '90) 47
Steve N (UCLA) 47
TVofTroy venegas (USC) 47
34 John Emerson (USCHoops) 46
Larry A (UCLA) 46
36 Amit Saxena (UC Berkeley) 45
Damon Ramos (USC) 45
Kevin T (UCLA) 45
39 Sean G (Oregon) 44
Wes Tanac (Oregon) 44
41 Dave L (ucla) 43
Jeremy S (Ucla Bruins) 43
M Brenner (Cal Fan) 43
44 Alex Hall (UCLA '94) 42
Dorothy W (St Mary's) 42
J Mon (oregon) 42
Jason Horton (Washington) 42
Jeff Schloss (OSU '94) 42
John Dmohowski (usc) 42
Ronzo S (go bears) 42
51 Bill Ogden (Ducks) 41
Bob Moorehead (Calif Golden Bears) 41
Del Shannon (Cal) 41
Matt Shaw (PLU) 41
Ryan Bailey (Wazzu) 41
56 Izzy DM 'Round (FSU) 40
Vartan Madoyan (ucla) 40
58 Larry K (Bruin Zone) 39
Peter Plavchan (UCLA) 39
60 Michael Levin (Hook Em Horns) 38
Zippy K (Pac 10 Baby) 38
62 Ben Browdy (UCLA) 37
Bill Allen (UCLA Alum) 37
Howard Morrill (Washington) 37
Kenny Lehmer (ucla 83) 37
Mike Spiva (WildcatsMike) 37
Phil D (UCLA) 37
68 Kim Hastings (Oregon) 35
Lance P (UW) 35
Richard Meyer (UCLA) 35
Scott Cooper (Arizona '00) 35
RPI 35
73 Brian McCormick (UCLA) 34
Joe Mathieu 34
Mark Weller (Washington) 34
76 Jesse Fischer (UW) 33
77 michael brace (wazzu) 32
78 Bruce B Rosenblum 31
FRTS p (USC) 31
80 Andy H (UCLA-BZ) 30
81 Lindsay J (UCLA) 29
Mike O (Oregon) 29
Sam S. (Slammy) 29
Trevor Gribble (UCLA '04) 29
85 Jacob Levin (Trinity) 28
JSK (Badger) 28
87 Bryan R (Cal Golden Bears) 27
Steve Rosenberg(CSUN grad/Bruinfan)27
89 Ben Lawrence (Arizona '01) 26
Craig B (USC) 26
Mark Piekarski 26
92 DeVon'tay Jones (Very) 24
John Poprac (UCLA '88) 24
Michelle Levin (Moo Moo Mizzou) 24
95 Betsy C 21
Mike Holliday (Stanford) 21
97 Ben Ross (Cal) 20
Shawna N (Oregone) 20
99 Ed B (USC) 19
100 Herb Wiltsek (cal) 18
101 Russ Kaufman (OSU (86)) 16
102 ACollyer (OSU) 15
103 Eric Yabu (Cal '89) 13