2011 Five Teamer Wrap-Up

Our winner is Big Daddy Spick. I've since learned Big Daddy's real name is Paul Pachuta. Congrats Paul! As a result of a slight mix-up in his emal address Paul never got any updates or spreadsheets to track how he did in the pool until he won. So as surprising as his comeback was for us, it was probably more so for him. Our worst player is Martin Tyson who gets the booby prize of getting his entry back. I think next year, if the last place player doesn't get over 100 points, his $25 will go to second place. Martin Tyson stalled on 99, and he joins a very small list of players to not recoup their 100 win investment. Martin is an online poker player so I'm sure he'll readjust his strategy next year. It took a while for UNC to become the team many of us thought they were going to be but it up ended up being an important part of Paul's winning formula. Paul also scored with Arizona and Florida. Geoff Perry had a solid performance to close out the season in 2nd. He tied with Rory, but as he had the eventual national champion, a 14 game improver, I think we got to give him the tiebreaker. They both win. Nothing. So who really cares who was second and who was third. As usual the worst picker was a newcomer; Martin Tyson. As much as being new to the pool is a good excuse, considering another newbie took the whole thing down, we may have to reevaluate. Tyson had the 2nd worst pick on the board taking 18 win Loyola Marymount who only won 11 games. If he had picked UCONN, instead he would have finished in the middle of the pack at 120. Of note, had Paul Pachuta picked UCONN over Creighton his victory margin, 9 games, would have been an even more crushing 18 games. Baylor was the worst pick, winning 10 fewer games this year, than last. Me and my wife loved them to our detriment. Wonder who influenced her opinion? Michigan State and K-State were also bad selections this year.