What a Long Time it's been...

Maybe it has been since before Christmas since the last update. Taking a break from updating my poker news website I'm finally posting on this blog again. BTW, speaking of poker, Blake took a piece of me in a tournament last year, and won the Lock of the Week prize which was 5% of me in another tournament. Anyway, dude won $50 as I cashed in that event. So congrats to him.

Not that he's in this pool... but I will be selling pieces of myself again in the Spring Break event at the Beau Rivage this year again. I'll pick one tournament and try to sell most of myself. Let me know if you want a piece. On to our regularly schedule program...

Anyway, the spreadsheet shows Pitt still has the most wins of any team in the pool (helped by their win on Monday night which I think already hit ESPN standings... wins after I did the update won't count. Wah, wah). Marist still has the least amount. Marist also got a 1/4 of its wins since the last update. That would be 1.

Some trends to notice from the delay in updating. Newcomer Big Daddy Spickard (who is not Rory's father in law) is pushing the vets and has slotted into third place behind Stephen Gerztoff and Rory Obrien. Rory is only one win behind Stephen. Rory's success is partly due to George Mason who had the most wins since the last update: 9.

Rory loves him some Goo Moos in a down CAA. Rory's eating his Mac and Cheese with a tall glass of shut up juice as he cheers for the Green and Gold. George Mason is also the team with the highest win total from last year to already have surpassed it. 17 to 19.

Fairfield's decimation of thier league (8 wins since last update) has enable Geoff Perry to get in contention. Perry is running fourth which is kind of a big deal for him. Fourth is like first to Geoff, at least that's what his mother would say when she'd make a ribbon for his fourth place finish in the sack race despite there being four entrants. Considering more than four are playing this unchartered waters.

The Pac 10 is down. UCLA and Arizona have hit their stride beating up on the cream puffs (AZ 8 wins, UCLA 7 since last update). This is really the part of the pull that changes gears on players. It's a tale of two seasons (three when you count the postseason), as early on some teams like say Illinois look destined for greatness and others mediocrity, such as UCLA, but this year the Big 10 is loaded and the Pac 10 not so much.

As schools like Minnesota (4), Illinois (3), and to a lesser degree Michigan State (3) because they weren't on track in the nonconference, are finding out it's hard to win games in the big 10. Suddenly, without Illinois pacing Stephen others are in contention.

North Carolina, like Duke has won 7 games since last go round, and are enjoying the ease of the ACC. Don't tell that to NC State who have come unglued and only won twice. The Big 12 is beating up on each other like the big 10, with KState finding only four wins, Mizzou 5, Texas 7 (not bad), and Bayl0r 5.

Florida's seven wins contrasted by LSU's two probably indicates in the SEC good teams win and bad teams don'. Only the aforementioned Marist and Loyola Marymount (also 2) won as few games as LSU. UCONN is trying to keep pace with Pitt and 7 wins means they've been strong.

Smaller conference teams that were supposed to have an easier go in conference but haven't include Houston 3, American 4, Cal SB 5, Creighton 5, and Nichols State 5.

6 teams have surpassed last years win total. American is 5 ahead (16 vs. 11), Arizona 4 ahead (20 vs. 16), Marist 3 ahead (4 vs. 1), Georgia 2 ahead (16 vs. 14), UCLA 2 ahead (16 v. 14), GMU 2 ahead (19 v. 16).

Nichols State has broken even 11 and 11, so too UCONN 18 and 18. The team with the most work to do is Michigan State (-15) 13 vs. 28. Then Duke (-14) 21 v. 35, Baylor (-13) 15 v. 28, Kansas State (-13) 16 v. 29.

Whoa... hold up, just discovered an error in my spreadsheet. Pool Rookie Martin Tyson was getting credit for Fairfield's wins instead of Loyola Marymount. Fixing it, that puts him dead last and gives Geoff Roswick a chance to save face. Tyson, has two teams in the single digits in terms of wins--the only two teams in the pool. Ughh.

Course Geoff, though five wins ahead of Martin Tyson, is the only player in the pool without a team with more than 17 wins.

Okay... you guys keep an eye out for any other errors that might be hidden in the spreadsheet. Normally, somebody catches that but normally I update a little more often.