Sparty v. UNC/drmarks44 v. Felix

by PJS on Apr 6, 2009 5:46 PM CDT

My money is on North Carolina, and as corny as it sounds, my heart is with Michigan State. I'm a Big Ten guy after all, and having blasted the mainstream media for its anti Big Ten bias, I think a win tonight would more than indicate just how good the conference was this year (more on the year that was in the Big Ten in the coming weeks).

But as much as tonight could be about Ty Lawson v. Kalin Lucas, here at TDG two participants in our bracket pool are still alive tonight.

drmarks44 heads into the championship leading the almost 100 entrants with 126 points. A win for North Carolina means drmarks44 takes home the bragging rights (and a lifetime subscription to TDG). You have to go down to #24 on the current standings to find the only other possible winner of it all. Felix would finish with a tuornament high 132 points if Sparty cuts down the nets tonight.

Here's the top 30 or so as we head into the championship. You'll see quite a few teams bunched at the top who didn't do quite as much as drmarks44 in the first few rounds to stand atop with a UNC win.

1	dmarks44	22	24	24	24	32	North Carolina	126	158
2	section9	19	26	32	32	16	North Carolina	125	157
3	Orr's Jumper	23	26	20	16	32	North Carolina	117	149
4	Rencito	23	16	20	24	32	North Carolina	115	147
5	SpartanDan	24	20	20	16	32	North Carolina	112	144
6	March Gladness	23	28	28	16	16	Louisville	111	111
7	tubbytime	22	24	24	24	16	North Carolina	110	142
8	Trillion Man March	24	28	24	16	16	North Carolina	108	140
9	vikings4ever	21	26	28	16	16	Connecticut	107	107
10	Blommy's Picks	22	22	20	24	16	North Carolina	104	136
10	Paul Get Carter	26	22	24	16	16	Pittsburgh	104	104
12	loockpicks4	23	28	20	16	16	North Carolina	103	135
12	Gopher Nation *	23	24	24	16	16	North Carolina	103	135
12	kdawg	23	24	24	16	16	Pittsburgh	103	103
15	The U of M	24	26	20	16	16	North Carolina	102	134
15	Cinderella Story	22	20	20	24	16	North Carolina	102	134
15	ski-u-mah	20	22	20	24	16	North Carolina	102	134
15	Buddylee853	18	24	28	16	16	Memphis	102	102
15	The Winners.	26	20	24	16	16	Louisville	102	102
20	Logans Lows	24	28	24	8	16	North Carolina	100	132
20	bethewon	24	28	24	8	16	North Carolina	100	132
20	Power Play	20	24	24	16	16	Duke	100	100
23	PAIGOW	25	26	16	16	16	North Carolina	99	131
24	Felix	24	26	24	8	16	Michigan St.	98	130
25	GO GOPHS	25	20	20	16	16	North Carolina	97	129
26	GoAUpher	18	26	20	16	16	Louisville	96	96
27	lonebadger2	23	28	28	16	0	Pittsburgh	95	95
28	Punxsutawney Phil	22	20	20	16	16	Michigan St.	94	126
29	GreasyLlama	21	28	20	8	16	North Carolina	93	125
29	TubbyforPresident	21	28	20	8	16	North Carolina	93	125
29	HillsideBalla63	25	24	20	8	16	North Carolina	93	125
29	fischer	25	28	24	16	0	Villanova	93	93
29	blackIRISH	23	22	24	8	16	Louisville	93	93
29	Louisville #1	25	28	16	8	16	Louisville	93	93
29	COJOMAY	23	30	24	16	0	Pittsburgh	93	93