| Rk | Name | Score | Nickname | Location | School(s) | How you know Brendan | Other info |
| -- | *AGGREGATE PICKS BRACKET* | 280 | This is not a real contestant, it is the aggregate picks of all contestants. | | | | |
| -- | *ALL FAVORITES BRACKET* | 327 | This is not a real contestant, it is a bracket with all the top seeds winning. | | | | |
| -- | *BARACK OBAMA'S BRACKET* | 255 | This is not a real contestant, it is Barack Obama's bracket. | | | | Source: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/promos/politics/blog/BarackNCAABracket.jpg |
| -- | *JOHN MCCAIN'S BRACKET* | 256 | This is not a real contestant, it is John McCain's bracket. | | | | Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/22/13338/4907/865/482204 |
| 228 | A.J. St. John | 201 | | | | | |
| 118 | Abby Smagula | 268 | | boston, ma | Villanova '04 | I am Brian Newbold's gf | Former Villanova pole vaulter |
| 144 | Adam De Guire | 258 | | Cleveland, OH | | regular blog reader since 2006 | |
| 67 | Akash Patel | 293 | CashMoney | Manchester, CT | UConn | high school | |
| 1 | Alex Whitfield | 392 | CORNHUSKERS 94 95 97 | BROOKLYN NY | DUKE UNIVERSITY | BLOG READER SINCE KATRINA | |
| 135 | Amir Sadaghiani | 262 | | New York | Bucknell University (Class of 2003)
University of Notre Dame Law School (Class of 2006) | Personally know Brendan from Law School.
Regular blog reader since studying for bar in the summer of 2006 | The Bucknell Bison will be back next year!!! |
| 6 | Amy Greca | 352 | | Newington, CT | Farmington High | Tom Greca's wife | |
| 219 | Andrew Hiller | 208 | That would be telling | Atlanta, Georgia (for now) | NDLS 2006; Auburn U. 2002; Western Hemisphere School of Security Cooperation 2002-2003. | Skoolmatez | Illinois (following 2005 comeback win); Auburn; NDLS; Duke; Ga. Tech; Georgia. I am not a huge sports fan though. |
| 49 | Andrew Hunter | 302 | Andrew H | Columbia, MO | U of Missouri | reader for 3+ years | Missouri, Gonzaga, St Joseph's anyone playing Kansas |
| 169 | Andrew Leyden | 249 | PenguinSix Coin Flip | | | | |
| 82 | Andrew Long | 285 | Andrew | Long Beach, CA | USC | | Fuck UCLA, they still suck major donkey balls! |
| 91 | Antonia Namnath | 280 | Toni | San Rafael CA | | fate | |
| 241 | Barbara Cross | 158 | | Buffalo, NY | SHA 2000
UB 2000-2004, Current MBA student
| Went to high school with Becky :) | Go UB!!! |
| 174 | Barry McGinnis | 246 | higgins9875 | Charlotte, NC | Michigan | regular reader since Katrina | |
| 101 | Bea Duque Long | 275 | Bea | Long Beach, CA | Cal State Fullerton | | |
| 214 | Becky Loy | 213 | | Knoxville, TN | SHA, USC, ASU | I bore his child. | Mike Brey has an AWESOME assistant coach. ;P |
| 40 | Ben Eng | 308 | | Huntington, WV | James Madison Univ. | Kristy La Plante | |
| 236 | Benjamin Rumery | 189 | | Dayton, Maine | Stonehill College | Dont know him, but was referred to this pool by Danny Pilz | I am probably the fastest runner ever. |
| 194 | Beth Milewski | 233 | Beth | New York, NY | UConn Medical School ('07)
Boston College ('03)
Newington High School ('99) | Brendan and I go way back... like to elementary school! | |
| 186 | Bill Pancoast | 241 | Billy P | rocky hill,ct | Xavier High School 1983 | his blog | UCONN Huskies,Boston Red Sox,Oakland Raiders |
| 95 | Bill Reece | 279 | | Mobile, Alabama | Univ. of Alabama and UAB | Became a reader from his commentary on Katrina (I live on Gulf Coast). Learned about him from Instapundit and like Brendan I am a former federal law clerk, love politics, college football and basketball and have a bizarre facsination with tropical storms. | I am such a big hoops fan I can remember when the Sun Belt was a FOUR bid league-- 1986 (UAB, ODU, VCU and Jacksonville). And the pundits are complaining about it getting 2 bids this year! |
| 26 | Blake Hanson | 319 | | Chicago, IL | Notre Dame Law School '07
Wheaton College '01 | From Law School | Grew up a huge Purdue fan... now pulls for the Irish. |
| 96 | Bob Lutts | 278 | | | | | |
| 219 | Bonnie Stone | 208 | Bonnie | Newington, CT | Southington High School class of '66
CCSU class of '72
Newington High School class of 2010 | I have known of Brendan since he was at Kellogg Middle School and have known him personally since he started at Newington High School and saved the Scribe! | I love to recommend Brendan for anything which can potentially help his career, and thus the life style of his charming wife and daughter! |
| 169 | Brandon Minich | 249 | B. Minich | Mt. Airy, MD | Indiana University of PA, 2004. | Regular Blog Reader since I'm not sure when. | I root for Pitt in basketball, despite being a Penn State fan, because Penn State puts forth horrible men's basketball teams. |
| 122 | Brendan Loy | 266 | Irish Trojan | Knoxville, TN | Newington High School 1999, USC 2003, Notre Dame Law School 2007 | I am Brendan. | I have the world's cutest baby, and that is a scientific fact. |
| 232 | Brenden Roche | 195 | | Hartford, CT | | E Green Class of 1995 | |
| 132 | Brian Dupuis | 263 | DUP | Baton Rouge, LA | LSU | | |
| 124 | Brian Kiolbasa | 265 | BK | Chicago, IL | ASU '03; ND '07 | Law school | I'm the best...around...nothing's going to ever keep me down. |
| 87 | Brian Neudorff | 283 | | Rochester, NY | Purdue University... May 2001 | I know Brendan and Becky through Brendan's blog and have been a guest blogger for Brendan especially during hurricane season. My wife Trish and I met Brendan and Becky last fall. | Die hard Purdue Boilermaker. For four years at Purdue was a member of the Boiler Brass which is the men's basketball band. Went to almost EVERY NCAA Tourny game and site with the Purdue Boilermakers from 97 through 00, but didn't get to go and watch Purdue beat Gonzaga in 2000. During my time at Purdue, we did a cheer that caused Bobby Knight to glare at us and give us nasty look. Also 99 when the Purdue's Women team won the National Championship. During a regular season game in Bloomington after beating IU we rushed the floor and formed a Block P on the court of Assembly Hall. |
| 165 | Brian Newbold | 250 | | | | | |
| 211 | Brian Nicholson | 216 | | Washington, DC. USA! | from Syracuse
Canisius O3
Notre Dame 06 | Know Brendan from law school. | I believe that Gody will pancake anyone who gets in his way during this tournament. |
| 91 | Brian Rogers | 280 | | Murphy, NC | Middle Tenn. State Univ. (1 Year -- 93/94)
Western Carolina Univ. (3 Years -- 94/97) | Heard about it through my cousin. (Jason Rogers) | Carolina Tarheels |
| 21 | Bridget Saviola | 324 | B | buffalo, ny/usa | SUNY Fredonia
SHA | Through Becky referred to his pool by Kristy | Don't have one but I would get in trouble if I picked anything but UNC. |
| 96 | Cam McLachlan | 278 | Cam | Rancho Palos Verdes CA | USC, Cornell, Yale and Northeastern - the universities of my children | Through the Zaks | I love lacrosse - looking forward to a LAX pool some year |
| 163 | Carol LaPlante | 251 | | Buffalo, NY | SHA, LeMoyne, Buff State | | |
| 208 | Carolyn Blessing | 218 | internatlgirl | | ND Law School | | |
| 245 | Casey Zak | 35 | Born2Lose | Rochester, NY | University of Southern California
University of Rochester | I've personally whacked several of his enemies. | |
| 82 | Cath Doo | 285 | cdoo | mish.,/vero beach | | regular blog reader | |
| 69 | Chai Park | 292 | totalbeginner | ND | ND | Law school | |
| 47 | Charles Susano | 303 | | | | | |
| 27 | Chris Aemisegger | 318 | Chris A | Toledo, Oh | Notre Dame
DePaul | Law School | |
| 197 | Chris Bravo | 231 | cdbavg400 | Tucson, AZ | Alumnus of USC, class of '07, and current grad student at U. of Arizona | Daily blog reader since the Bush Push. | Student of Classics? |
| 178 | Chris Evans | 243 | Doc | China | USC | Blog reader since 2004. | |
| 15 | Chris Mulvey | 332 | Chris | Dubai, UAE | Florida State University | Blog reader | Hate every team in the ACC except FSU. I've always liked SEC basketball teams, but not the gators. If I had to pick one favorite team I'd have to say the razorbacks of AK. |
| 141 | Christopher Drewry | 260 | Hoya Paranoia (CRD) | Chicago, IL | Geogetown University
University of Notre Dame School of Law | Mike Tran beats him ruthlessly and relentlessly. | |
| 3 | Chuck Wessell | 369 | AlphabeticalAT | Raleigh, NC | B.S. and M.S. from NC State University. Currently enrolled in the mathematics Ph.D. program at NCSU. | Google. | If Dick Vitale or Billy Packer are calling a game, the mute button is engaged. |
| 42 | Cody Groeber | 306 | | | | | |
| 156 | Colin Son | 255 | CT | San Antonio, TX | USC
A University of Texas system medical school | | |
| 149 | Colleen Duggan | 256 | | norfolk, va | Newington High School/St Paul Catholic High School - 2001
Sacred Heart University - 2005
Old Dominion University - 2009 | best manager of a high school basketball team :) | member of the Sacred Heart University women's basketball team 2001-2005
St Paul High School Class S state champs 2001 - MVP |
| 88 | Conor Sullivan | 282 | | Newington, CT | Newington High School '07
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) '11 | Through Dan Pilz kinda, been in your pool for at least 4 years now | I love Uconn |
| 238 | Courtney Tawresey | 182 | | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Cornell '03, NDLS '06 | law school | I was a swimmer at Cornell. |
| 188 | Crys Dalangin | 240 | | Baltimore, MD | | through Charles Franz | |
| 132 | Dan Dinunzio | 263 | | Newington, CT | Newington High School Class of 2008 | Internet | |
| 2 | Dan Port | 379 | Dan | Los Angeles, CA | USC 2000-2004
Bennington College 2004-2006 | Wrote for Daily Trojan | I'm from Wisconsin originally so I'm a big fan of Wisconsin and Marquette. I worked for the USC men's basketball team for 3 years so I have ties there. |
| 66 | Danielle Thomsen | 294 | | newington, ct | | matt thomsen | |
| 78 | Danny Pilz | 287 | | North Easton, MA/USA | Newington High School class of 2007
Stonehill College class of 2011 | I know Brendan through my father, and I've been participating in the Living Room Times pools for roughly 5 or 6 years (?) | Uconn Huskies
Stonehill Skyhawks (DII) |
| 192 | Darby Shaw | 238 | Kaos | Clackamas OR | USC 1986 | regular blog reader. actually let me post his vid of the Bush Push.
http://dndnl.com/WordPress/ | I bleed cardinal and gold. that should explain it all |
| 118 | Dave Martins | 268 | Dave | Newington, CT | MKMS, Newington, CT
NHS (class of '99-2000)
CCSU
MCC
MXCC | I've known Brandan since our days at Martin Kellogg Middle School all the way through High School. He invited me to this pool. | |
| 74 | Dave Roberts | 289 | Dave | Notre Dame, IN | Notre Dame '09; Georgetown '01 | Law School | |
| 9 | Dave Whelan | 337 | Dave | Newington. CT | NHS | Sister | Uconn. |
| 216 | David Kreutz | 211 | | Seattle, WA | USC, UW | Former roomate and groomsman | |
| 135 | David Mathues | 262 | David Mathues | Louisville, KY | Notre Dame Law School | NDLS classmates | Go Irish! |
| 21 | Dean Thornton | 324 | | torrance CA | long beach state alumnus | reader 3 years | |
| 74 | Denise Reidy | 289 | invernessie | Chicago | | Reader since 2003 | I played lacrosse at SUNY Brockport. State Champions my freshman year!
My high-risk cunning plan is to root for the underdogs, and schools that friends and family attend or have attended. |
| 101 | Dennis Chow | 275 | | Newington, CT | NHS, QU | High School | |
| 43 | Derek McDonald | 305 | BooMan5580 | New Britain, CT/USA | CCSU-still attending/graduating in May 2008
SCSU-attended for 3 years
Newington High School | I know Brendan from high school because we graduated from the same class. | Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Never an athlete. Is a huge hockey fan and dislikes Duke and UCONN. |
| 137 | Diane Krause | 261 | | New Britain, CT | | | Randomness - once again, without any discussion, Josh and I have the same national champion. At least our Final Four is different this year.
And this is NIT but - can you believe UAB's leading scorer's last name is Huffman?!?!?!?! I didn't even know that until after I filled out my bracket. That team and I have a cosmic connection.
And one question - Did you add that "full biography not required" part just for me? ;) |
| 156 | Dmytro Aponte | 255 | | | | | |
| 222 | Don LaPlante | 207 | | Buffalo NY | | known thru Becky (via Kristy) | Fav Team - Duke |
| 71 | Drew Smith | 290 | drew | cahokia il | | randomly | |
| 130 | Duane Homan | 264 | Trader | Rowlett, TX | UTA 1992 | regular blog reader since 2007 | Longhorns |
| 244 | Eddie Regan | 105 | | purcellville, Va | Barry University, St Marys College, West Virginia University | you found me wearing a West Fuckin Virginia shirt on espn | Wvu, NotreDame, Stanford |
| 141 | Emily Wood | 260 | | Chicago, IL | Notre Dame undergrad and law school | Personally know Brendan from law school | Interestingly, I have a soft spot for both Notre Dame and George Mason |
| 178 | Eric Gobel | 243 | Gobel | Chicago, IL | Notre Dame (1999-2003; B.S. 2003)
Northwestern (2004-current; Ph.D. student) | know Brendan through Lisa | Obviously the Irish! And I met Digger Phelps. Also, Mike Brey looks like my dad.
Special Gobel Bracket Rules:
(1) Notre Dame is automatically the national champion.
(2) USC automatically loses in the first round.
(3) One and only one bracket allowed (the same bracket can be entered in multiple pools). |
| 124 | Eric Soskin | 265 | | | Williams College -- Go Ephs!
| Regular blog reader since 2004 | Favorite Div. 1 teams: ND, Butler
Random team I occasionally root for: Davidson
Random team I always root against: Cal
Preference for Democratic presidential nomination: Clinton. Prediction: Gore. |
| 35 | Ernesto Lopez | 312 | el caballero | san diego | ucsb graduate | from a friend | |
| 112 | Esteban Coca | 271 | alphadog | Bartlesville, OK | NMSU Alumnus; ND freak | | |
| 169 | F. X. McGahee | 249 | FX | Aiken, SC, USA | University of South Carolina
(USC Eldest) | Blog reader since Katrina. | Did not knowingly meet any Loys when I lived in Connecticut in '63 and '64.
Did not knowingly meet Brendan or the senior Loys while at the World's Fair in Knoxville in 1982. |
| 163 | Frank Rooney | 251 | | Newington, CT | Fairfield University | | Uconn |
| 7 | Gary Atkinson | 344 | Mister G | Boyce, VA. | | I do not know Brendan; I was referred to this site by a friend | How did you know my girlfriends cousin is Mike Beasley??? |
| 23 | Gary Kirby | 320 | gahrie | San Bernardino, Calif | Woodbridge American High School UK
USC
CSUSB | blog regular | |
| 206 | George Heidkamp | 219 | | | Notre Dame (graduate), USC (attended) | google searching for ND-USC related news one day in 2004 | |
| 149 | Gerry deSimas | 256 | | CT | UMass, Connecticut native | | |
| 37 | Ginny Zak | 310 | MumZ | Phoenix | | He fathered, and continues to father, my beautiful Loyette! | |
| 144 | Gordon Strickland | 258 | | Germantown, MD | Notre Dame! | I personally know Brendan from law school. He idolized me | Notre Dame |
| 112 | Greg Kagan | 271 | | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Nova Southeastnern University, 2003-2007 | | UCONN Huskies! Played Division 2 Soccer. |
| 112 | Greg Plank | 271 | gfish13 | Tempe, AZ | | | see Men's NIT entry |
| 186 | Greg Shtraks | 241 | Washington DC | | The George Washington University - BA '05
The George Washington University - MA '09 | I've done this for three years in a row | GW BABY! |
| 12 | Hannah McLaughlin | 336 | Hannah | Portsmouth, NH | | referred to this pool by Kristy LaPlante | |
| 216 | Ian Auzenne | 211 | | Princeton, New Jersey by way of Lafayette, Louisiana | Princeton '10 | From a fellow WPRB sportscaster that participated in the pool in past years (Barry Caro, Princeton '09) | A second year participant in the Living Room Times Pool, Ian Auzenne looks to improve upon his 50th place finish last year. A sophomore at Princeton, a washed-up whiffleballer, and a sports broadcaster at WPRB-FM, "The Man" is looking for a way to solidify his claim as "King of all sports media." |
| 156 | Ian Drayton | 255 | | Brooklyn, New York | | I have known Brendan since E. Green. We would bond over Letterman. | |
| 31 | Jackie Wilson | 315 | | Hoboken, NJ | Duke 04'
Notre Dame 07' | We went to law school together. | Duke > that other school on Tobacco Road. |
| 149 | Jaime Duque | 256 | Jaime | UC Davis | UC Davis | My sister (Bea) is good friends with Brendan. | |
| 149 | Jake Burke | 256 | jburke | Imperial, NE/US | | | |
| 69 | James Devine | 292 | | ireland | | weather blog after katrina | |
| 106 | James McGinnis | 273 | | | Notre Dame class of 2009 | My mom reads this blog and told me to join up | |
| 49 | Jason Rogers | 302 | | | Graduated from UNC in 1998 and Seton Hall Law School in 2001. Grew up in the Smoky Mtns. of NC about a 90 min. drive from Knoxville. | Have been a regular blog reader since the college football season. Not sure how I found the blog, but I'm sure it came from a google search during company time. | Go Heels, and anyone playing Dook. |
| 14 | Jay Eysol | 335 | | Granger, IN | Purdue University | | |
| 82 | Jay Johnson | 285 | Jay Johnson | Loudon, TN | University of Memphis
University of Tennessee | Blah, blah, blah. | GO TIGERS GO! |
| 183 | Jay Schwartz | 242 | wredhedjay | River Vale, NJ | Union College
Schenectady, NY | blog reader | I'm a former Division I Soccer player. Far too short for basketball(5'10"). |
| 88 | Jeff Belisle | 282 | | Brooklyn, NY | Oswego | don't, referred by Bridget Saviola | |
| 88 | Jeff Cultrera | 282 | Don't U Worry Bout It | Newington | NHS....CCSU | NHS | UNC |
| 9 | Jeff Dickens | 337 | JRDickens | Ft. Worth, TX | UTA | Blog reader since Katrina | |
| 132 | Jeff Freeze | 263 | Jeff | Portage, Indiana | Notre Dame, Michigan State, and IU | Regular blog reader since Katrina.
| My dad was a founding member of the "Tip Off Club" for ND Hoops in the late 70's. I once got to go along and pick up Tim Kempton at the airport and played 1 on 1 in our drive way. (I was 12 and got my but kicked.) |
| 52 | Jeff Morrison | 300 | JD | Des Moines, IA | Iowa State '04 | Regular reader since Katrina | |
| 183 | Jeff Sklar | 242 | | Phoenix, AZ | University of Arizona - BA 2004
USC - JD 2007 | Daily Trojan coworker, circa 2001. | |
| 78 | Jeff Vaca | 287 | calbear | Elk Grove, CA | Cal '82 | Regular blog reader since Katrina | 1974 Sacramento County spelling bee champion |
| 67 | Jeffrey Ferguson | 293 | jferg | Greensboro, NC | | I read the blog | Go Tarheels!!!!! |
| 240 | Jen Ham | 174 | Jen | | USC, UCLA, UCSB | Brendan is my daughter's cousin's father. | |
| 160 | Jenna Auriemma | 253 | | Manchester, CT | Manchester High, UCONN | Through Todd | Uconn Women, Duh!!! |
| 40 | Jennifer Elam | 308 | | Marceline, MO | | Blog reader since Katrina. | |
| 52 | Jeremy Gist | 300 | | Lafayette, Indiana | University of Evansville | regular blog reader since Katrina | Notre Dame |
| 58 | Jeremy Kwock | 298 | | Los Angeles, CA | USC | Don't know him, read his blog regularly. | |
| 198 | Jessica Cowans | 228 | Jess | Chandler, AZ | University of AZ Grad (1997), Mesa Community College Basketball Superstar ;) | Worked with Brendan in Phoenix. | Too early for witty. |
| 144 | Jessica Fortuna | 258 | Jess | Enfield, CT | American International College
Newington High School | from high school | UConn
Texas |
| 230 | Jessica Osborne | 197 | Jozzy B. | Denver, CO | see women's | see women's | My brother competed in the Olympic Trials for swimming. He's kind of a big deal. Me? I can drink your sea-level arse under the table. |
| 208 | Jim Hu | 218 | | | Stanford B.S. 1975
Wisconsin PhD 1987
MIT Postdoctoral
Texas A&M faculty since 1992 | regular blog reader for a few years. | Sometimes I make random picks and forget who to root for. I also make completely unrealistic picks for teams I root for. I actually do know better, but I never want to be in the position of rooting against my favorites just because of a pool. Since 3 of my teams are in this year, I'm likely to come in last! |
| 173 | Jim Wall | 247 | Jim Wall | Guilford, CT | Northeastern 1985
Notre Dame 1998 | | |
| 214 | Joanna Rubin | 213 | | Silver Spring, MD | University of Maryland, College Park
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD | husband grew up with him | |
| 232 | Joe Loy | 195 | Joe | Newington CT USA | Georgetown, et seq :) | | |
| 201 | Joe McDade | 225 | Texasyank | Houston, TX | BA, USC '87; MA, Binghamton University '89; PhD, University of Houston, '96. | Stumbled across the site via google. | English Professor, Houston Community College. |
| 43 | Joe Resper | 305 | Joe Mama | | | | |
| 124 | Joe Swiderski | 265 | | Providence, RI | Notre Dame undergrad, class of 05
Brown graduate, class of 08 | blog reader for 3 years | I grew up 10 minutes outside of Michigan State's campus, so I always root for the Spartans in basketball. Luckily they don't ever play the Irish, unlike the football squads...boo. |
| 149 | Joel Thrift | 256 | | Atlanta, GA | Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech | Bowling team | |
| 178 | Joey Perucki | 243 | | Connecticut | Connecticut | friends | |
| 175 | Johanna Cummings | 245 | | | | | |
| 9 | John Chung | 337 | | | | | |
| 106 | Jon Benski | 273 | | Boise, Idaho | Washington State/Boise State | Regular blog reader for about a year. | Gonzaga |
| 200 | Jon Caplin | 226 | | Chicago, IL | Wisconsin 95-99
Illinois-Chicago 03-05 | Old time drinking buddies since the late 80's! Oh the times we would have slammin' 40's back in the ol' briar patch...
| I once played a season of little league baseball with Mitchell Report alum Jay Gibbons. He was always bigger than the other 9 year-olds... |
| 63 | Jon Schoenwetter | 295 | | | | | |
| 20 | Joseph Hiegel | 325 | Jahiegel | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Provided with NIT bracket | | |
| 222 | Josh Rubin | 207 | jlr | Silver Spring, MD | See NIT entry | See NIT entry | See NIT entry |
| 124 | Joshua Carpenter | 265 | | Cullman, AL | Clemson University | | |
| 101 | Joshua Krause | 275 | | New Britain, CT | | married to long time friend Diane Krause(Huffman) | |
| 130 | Justin Vale | 264 | Justin | Vernon, CT | Manchester Community College
Rockville High School | idk, i found this pool a few years back, and won it.. so ive come back every year. | Uconn is my team, but unfortunatly i dont see them beating UCLA |
| 229 | Katherine Kirkpatrick | 198 | JournalKat7 | South Bend, Indiana | Notre Dame Law School, expected graduation May 2009
University of Southern California, graduated 2006 | Personally know Brendan from NDLS | I pick schools that I have personal associations with - and both my parents went to MSU. Go Spartans! |
| 76 | Katrina Lewonczyk | 288 | | Amherst, MA | Newington High School--2006
University of Massachusetts Amherst-- 2010 | I know him through Angela Lewonczyk. | |
| 52 | Kay Torg | 300 | vtktorg | Charlottesville, VA | Virginia Tech!! | Blog since 2005 and facebook | |
| 118 | Keith DeMonstoy | 268 | Keith | Buffalo, NY | University At Buffalo | | |
| 23 | Keith Evans | 320 | Nacho | Severna Park, Md. | Stephen F Austin
United States Marine Corps | All deseverving credit shall be attributed to Rick Boeckler. | Life Member of B.A.S.S. (Look for me in the elite series in the future)
16 handicap golfer (that was before my new Ping G5 Driver)yeah!!
Former walk-on SFA Baseball Pitcher.
Sudoku Master
Best Time for solving Rubics Cube back in the day - under 2 minutes
All-round fun prankster and
NCAA Junkie!!!!!!
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| 201 | Keith Stefanczyk | 225 | | Weehawken, NJ | Fairfield University - 2002 grad | blog reader past 2+ years | |
| 91 | Kelly Strutz | 280 | | Rochester, NY | Not all that applicable | I'm Kristy LaPlante's sister | I'm deciding between doctoral programs right now, and UNC is in the running (As a result, I suspect you'll see other LaPlante entries predicting a UNC championship) |
| 4 | Ken Inadomi | 360 | willie | | | | |
| 91 | Ken Stern | 280 | Ken | Thomaston, Maine | USC undergraduate until I could not afford it any more...transferred to and graduated from UCLA and also UCLA Law School...nevertheless a USC fan!! | Reader of the blog for several years found it through Rich Tellshow's BCS website. | Formerly a Deputy Attorney General in the Calif. Attorney General's office and then entered private practice. Was managing partner of a 100 person law firm then left the practice of law and moved from L.A. to Maine in 1994 when my wife and I bought the Hawthorn Inn in Camden, Maine. Later sold it and moved to Thomaston where I continue to be a recovering attorney!! |
| 143 | Ken Wagner | 259 | KenW | Nashville, TN | | | |
| 45 | Kevin Curran | 304 | kcatnd | North Wales, PA | Notre Dame Alum (2003-2007) | Regular blog reader since early 2005 | Favorite teams:
1. Notre Dame
2. Nebraska
3. UNC |
| 56 | Kevin Hauschulz | 299 | | East Hartford, CT 06118 | NHS '99
UConn '03
MCC '08
CCSU '11 | answered already | UConn |
| 28 | Kevin Pilz | 317 | Kevin | Newington | Newington High School | My Brother/dad | |
| 60 | Khalil Aboukhaled | 297 | fezafou | South Bend, Indiana | Indiana University | Regular blog reader | Notre Dame, IU
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| 106 | Kristen Wall | 273 | Kristen | Guilford, CT | Baylor University 90 | blog lurker since ? | I saw Dick Vitale at my husband's graduation from ND (MBA 1998) I think his daughter was graduating??? |
| 149 | Kristin West | 256 | Kristin | | Gonzaga, Notre Dame | went to law school with him, bonded over shared love for Gonzaga basketball | |
| 224 | Kristy LaPlante | 206 | Legs LaPlante | Denver, CO | SHA, Ithaca | I found him under a stump in the yard. | See my Women's one...I filled that bracket our first. :) |
| 111 | Kristy McCray | 272 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | USC undergrad, 2002
USC master's in education, 2007 | Know Brendan from USC! Fight on! | I am Luke Walton's future wife. (Just kidding; I really love the Lakers, though.) |
| 162 | Larry Caplin | 252 | Big Turkey | Union Lake, Michigan | University of Detroit Titans.
Grad 1966 |
Becky's Uncle |
Favorite teams are the MSU Spartans,
Wisconsin Badgers, Depauw Tigers. U. of Geogia Bulldogs and U. of Illinois at Chicago Lunatics |
| 206 | Lauren Davis | 219 | | Greenville, SC | Went to Agnes Scott College for Undergrad graduated class of 2003 and am a 2006 graduate of University of Georgia School of Law. | Know Brendan personally through Joel Thrift (no longer my boyfriend but still a friend) and have been a regular blog reader since 2005. | Favorites are UNC, Clemson, & UGA. Grew up in Chapel Hill, so big UNC fan, but live in SC now, so also cheering for Clemson. UGA of course being my Alma Mater I'm cheering for them too. |
| 47 | Lauren Moy-Kim | 303 | Lauren | Chicago | Notre Dame Law
Wheaton College | I know Brendan from school and our mutual love of CT | I have been too busy working this year so this is all just a terrible guess. |
| 122 | Lauren Taylor | 266 | NDLauren | Smyrna, GA | University of Notre Dame, BBA in Accountancy and Political Science in 2004 | Regular blog reader since 2004 | I played in the Notre Dame band and traveled with the basketball band to the 2001 NCAAs in Kansas City (where ND exited in the 2nd round) and the 2003 NCAAs in Indianapolis and Anaheim (where ND exited in the Sweet 16). |
| 78 | Leanna Loomer | 287 | Leanna | Newington CT | Pratt '03 | his mother | USC
Georgetown
U.Conn
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| 45 | Lisa Velte | 304 | | | ND 03, 07L | He was my carpool buddy! (well, sometimes, when he got his ass out of bed...) | I never beat up Dickie V, but I did meet him once! I even have photographic evidence. |
| 15 | Liz Janelle | 332 | | Stowe, VT | Newington High - 1999
Gettysburg College - 2003
American University, Washington College of Law - 2007 | Personally know Brendan from high school! :-) | |
| 5 | Logan Pugh | 355 | | Charlottesville, VA | U. Va. Born in Conn. so UConn. Public Policy student at the brand-new UVA Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy | Regular blog reader since 2005. | Wahoos: CBI Champions 2008. Mark it down. I love rooting for the possible 98th best team in the country. |
| 234 | Loyette Loy | 194 | Brendan and Becky Loy's baby daughter; NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE | Knoxville, TN | Mother Goose Program at the Knox County Library | My daddy made this bracket for me. I told him Kansas was going to win the championship (well, technically I said "Gaaa," but he correctly interpreted that as meaning "Kansas"), and then he flipped a coin a bunch of times and filled in the rest of my bracket for me. Coins are shiny. | I can grab things! I can also roll over! And I like milk. Mmmm, milk. |
| 224 | M.T. Swanson | 206 | | La Porte | Ball State | blog reader | Will be out of town, in New York, consoling and comforting both Silda AND Kristen...as well as serving in my newest capacity as the "spiritual advisor" to Barack Obama. |
| 33 | Mark Gardner | 314 | Gardner | Fredericksburg, VA | Penn State | Reader since Katrina ravaged N.O. | |
| 101 | Mark Jordon | 275 | | Goshen, NY | Newington H.S. class of "99 | | Duke |
| 71 | Mark Saviola | 290 | | | | | |
| 63 | Marlene Saviola | 295 | | | | | |
| 106 | Marty West | 273 | Marty West | Lansdowne, PA | LaSalle University | Read his blog. | MARTY WEST FOUND THE INTERNET IN CULEBRA. Iowa Hawkeyes. LaSalle Explorers. |
| 137 | Matt Higgins | 261 | MHiggo | Hilo, Hawaii | TCU | Regular blog reader since a week before Katrina. | Alumnus of the Billy Tubbs School of Coaching |
| 76 | Matt Kagan | 288 | | Worcester, MA | Southern New Hampshire University 03,MBA 06
Newington High School 99 | NHS! | UCONN BBALL...former soccer player at SNHU |
| 37 | Matt Scarborough | 310 | | Phoenix | P.S. 206 - NYC
UConn | Washed ashore courtesy of Katrina and the waves
| Father once shared elevator with Soupy Sales |
| 149 | Matt Wiser | 256 | Mike's brother Matt | Baton Rouge, LA | Rochester '02, LSU '05, '09, 'infinity | Your father adopted my brother at your wedding | I'm not even sure I've seen an entire NCAA basketball game this year |
| 18 | Matthew Thomsen | 329 | | North Chicago, IL | Newington High 99'
University of New Haven 04'
| Been entering in Brendan's pools since high school | Big Uconn and CCSU fan
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| 172 | Melanie Peralta | 248 | woohooitsmel | costa mesa, ca | UCLA!! | mike tran told me to enter because he won a bet... | i base my pool guesses on school colors... hah. |
| 203 | Meredith Steffen | 224 | mls1221 | Carrollton, Texas | University of Illinois :( | A friend sent this website to me. | University of Illinois - ILL-INI! |
| 36 | Michael Hale | 311 | DBrooks | Columbus, OH | | Regular blog reader since the Hurricane coverage era. | |
| 165 | Michael Rosenkrantz | 250 | Mike R. | Newington, CT | Cornell, Newington HS | NHS | |
| 160 | Michael Tran | 253 | Mike T | Irvine CA | UCLA
Notre Dame Law School | Law School | |
| 190 | Michael Walsh | 239 | | Irvine, CA | USC '91 | Regular blog reader for years | |
| 216 | Mike Dagen | 211 | | Vacaville, Ca | | regular reader since the hurricaine season (weather) of 2002 I believe. | I always fallow the underdogs, that why I never seem to win. |
| 8 | Mike Deeds | 338 | Mike | Fairfax, Virginia | G'town, G'town Law | Blog reader since 2005 | Favorite college b-ball team is G'town. I once got told by Alonzo Mourning to "cut that sh*t out" for flashing a mirror in his face from my college apt balcony. |
| 144 | Mike Marchand | 258 | stubborn son of a . . . oh, you meant something else. Sorry. | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame '01 | I met Brendan through NDToday.com way back in the day. | I'm Trisha Neudorff's stepbrother. Yeah, no kidding. They need to come to Indiana more often. |
| 204 | Mike Wiser | 223 | Mike | Lansing, MI | USC (2003), Stanford (2006), MSU (2011?) in chronological order | I met Brendan at East Coast Orientation. I met Becky there as well. They also met each other there, but don't remember that. I then lived two doors down from him in Trojan Hall, and attended all 4 of his USC Christmas Lighting Ceremonies. And, well, his wedding, but more people can claim that. | Though I was not an NCAA athlete myself, on the fencing team at USC I had to compete against NCAA athletes, as half the teams in our league were NCAA. I even beat a couple of them, due to my high level of inexperience causing me to react unpredictably.
As far as picks, my goal as always is to beat Brendan's pets. I fully expect my bracket to implode, as I don't know much about the teams involved and have made some foolish loyalty picks. I also have a strong preference for teams with good academic reputations. I keep joking that one of these years I'm going to enter the Antichrist bracket, where all religious schools lose early and all schools at the forefronts of evolutionary biology and stem cell research do very well. |
| 116 | Nathan Evangelista | 270 | Lifesrants | Pa | | Blog | |
| 226 | Neil Rampal | 204 | Coconut | Los Angeles, CA | USC 2000-2004
Sweet Home High School 1996-2000 | How could I ever forget his insightful articles in the Daily Trojan. | U
C
L
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SUCKS!! |
| 208 | Neil Waechter | 218 | Domer Law Blog | South Bend, IN, USA | Indiana University alum, 2003
Notre Dame Law School alum, 2007
South Bend St. Joseph's High School, 1997 | Met Brendan at law school, referred through facebook | Ummm... I once had a lengthy conversation about Georgia weather compared to Indiana weather with A.J. Moye, who was on the Indiana team that made a run to the national championship game a few years back. That's all I've got. |
| 211 | Nick Genco | 216 | | jamestown ny | | | |
| 60 | Nick Surmacz | 297 | nick s | new york, ny | indiana & notre dame | law school | |
| 190 | Oanh Tran | 239 | | Irvine, CA | UCLA | | |
| 124 | Pat Caplin | 265 | | West Bloomfield, MI | | Becky's Aunt Pat | Big Ten - 2 of my favorite people are graduates (MSU,WISC) and another is finishing her freshmean yr. (PURDUE) |
| 165 | Pat Gonzales | 250 | PatGLex | Lexington, KY | University of Kentucky | Some link to his blog from the Katrina coverage; I don't even remember when I cam across it! But I've been reading him ever since. | I root for: Kentucky (current employer); Minnesota (previous employer); George Mason (brother-in-law's brother's employer); Louisville (when UK is not playing them) |
| 37 | Patrick Cullen | 310 | Tbone | Plymouth, MI | Central Michigan University ('83-'87) | Regular blog reader since Instapundit first linked him! | I love MAC basketball, actually saw Dick Vitale coach at University of Detroit and was once in a People Magazine photo throwing toilet paper onto the Rose Arena court in Mt. Pleasant, MI. |
| 118 | Patrick Roach | 268 | Patrick | Washington, D.C. | Denison (2000 - 2004), Notre Dame Law School (2004 - 2007) | Law School | Xavier & Notre Dame |
| 31 | Paul Lucht | 315 | | Tempe/AZ/USA | ASU 1989 | Former Colleague @ Intertec | ASU |
| 156 | Peter Timbrell | 255 | Pete | Vernon, CT | Rockville High School | refered to pool by a friend | |
| 192 | Phillip Price | 238 | isaywhateveryo | Houston, TX | McNeese State, Notre Dame | Law school classmate | Notre Dame, UNC, UCLA (just to spite you Brendan haha...j/k) |
| 82 | Quvondo Johnson | 285 | winner | gardena, CA/usa | | | UCLA |
| 137 | Rachel Luberda | 261 | | | | | |
| 49 | Rachel Wetherill | 302 | ditsyquoin | Bluemont VA | UCLA | Been enjoying the living room for many years, but now I'm really excited that it's presented by the Bruins.
Go UckLaw! | Went skinny dipping with Sonny and Cher in the upside fountain outside the Psych building at UCLA in 1967. |
| 100 | Randy Styles | 276 | | South Bend, IN | | | Indiana,Notre Dame |
| 101 | Rick Boeckler | 275 | Uncle Rick | Silver Spring, MD | Fordham University
University of Maryland | | |
| 137 | Rick Garnett | 261 | Rick | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame Law School | Student | Duke |
| 194 | Rob Atherton | 233 | | Littleton, Colorado | William Jewell College- Liberty, Missouri; BA- 1994
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law- JD- 1999 | Regular Blog Reader pre-Katrina | I pick in between games by which mascot would win a fight. Have been burned by Kansas the last 5 years and probably still will pick them.
I've been shot on hunting trips by Bob Knight AND Dick Cheney. ;-) |
| 242 | Robbie Loy | 133 | Brendan and Becky Loy's dog; NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE | Knoxville, TN | I used to run around a circular track chasing a mechanical rabbit thingy. It was very educational. | My dad mentioned it to me while he was cleaning up my poop the other day. | I like teams with dog mascots, and I don't like teams with cat mascots. I like teams from the states where I've lived: Arizona, Indiana and Tennessee. And my dad's from Connecticut, so I like them OK too. |
| 28 | Robert Dokes | 317 | Dokes | Beverly, MA USA | Gordon College '01 | Was referred to this pool by Diane (Huffman) Krause | Rutgers University |
| 205 | Robin Crocker | 222 | redredrobin | Ridgefield, WA | | Blog reader since 2005 | I'm a big fan of Kentucky, Duke, and Texas, but have a new found affinity for West Coast teams, having moved here not that long ago. I want to pick upsets but it's so hard to buck the ranking system! |
| 178 | Roger Snyder | 243 | uscroger | New York | USC Trojans | Brendan and I met on campus at SC | |
| 194 | Rosalie Town | 233 | | Sana'a, Yemen | USC! Fight on! (grad '03)
UT -will start this fall MA prgoram in Middle East Studies. Hook something? | Trojan Hall, Freshman year, 1999. wow, we're old. | Um, I live in Yemen. That's a country. South of Saudi Arabia. One of the poorest in the world. I live in Sana'a, which is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. And really, it hasn't changed much.
Also, I pick Connecticut to win every year. They never seem to. Otherwise, I pick based on names I like (Gonzaga!) or that have some relevance to my life (Georgetown= George Town = My uncle). |
| 18 | Russell Caplin | 329 | Russ | St. Louis, MO | Michicagn State
U of Georgia | Married my cousin | Michigan State |
| 34 | Ryan Dalidowitz | 313 | | Newington, CT | I attended Newington High School and currently am a freshman at Western New England College. I am a fan of UConn basketball. | I don't know Brendan, but was referred to this pool by Danny Pilz. | GOOO UCONN!!!! |
| 58 | Ryan McBride | 298 | | Newington, CT | Northeastern University (2004), Newington High School (1999) | What's up buddy? | Sean McDonugh hates jaeger bombs (true story) |
| 12 | Ryan Morgan | 336 | Ryan | Milwaukee WI | Drake Grad
Badger fan for life | Just surfed on a week ago and have enjoyed the blog | Went to Madison Memorial, which is Wesley Matthew's High School. Grew up near the UW-Madison campus. |
| 176 | Sandy Berman | 244 | sandyb | Durham, NC | | | |
| 183 | Scott Loomer | 242 | Scotty | Kingston, PA | The Fighting Univ. of Hartford "Whatevers" | Brendan's Uncle | |
| 96 | Scott Paine | 278 | | | | | |
| 99 | Scott Robertson | 277 | | Zanesville, Ohio | Millersville University
University of Utah | Blog reader since Katrina | |
| 219 | Scott Schmidt | 208 | | West Hollywood, CA | Georgetown '95
Southern Cal '96
Texas (Ph.D. dropout) | Brendan cyberstalked me until I agreed to meet him. | |
| 165 | Sean Sullivan | 250 | | Boston, MA | Amherst College | | |
| 15 | Shari Long | 332 | Fresh Girl | Memphis, TN | Graduated from: Union University '93 & '94 (Go Lady Bulldogs!! #1 in NAIA!!)
Ole Miss '96
Attended University of Alabama '96 - '98 (two most miserable years of my life)
Claim U. of Tennessee by birthright and Memphis because I live here. | Found Brendan's blog during the Hurricane Katrina hoopla. | Memphis Tigers all the way, baby!!! I also am fiercely loyal to the UT Vols men, unless they're playing Memphis, and of course, I think Pat Summitt and her Lady Vols rock. (Geno Auriemma just sucks rocks.) Also, go Union Lady Bulldogs!! |
| 81 | Sharon Lee | 286 | | Knoxville, TN | | | |
| 237 | Shireen Garcia | 186 | AgentShir | Kapolei, Hawaii | University of Hawaii | I think this is the third or fourth year I've played in his pools. | I served time as a member of UH's marching band, a place where I honed my heckling skills. |
| 148 | Soren Hammerschmidt | 257 | | Banta Sarbaria, AC | BUSC | | NONE. I AM A ROBOT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INPUT. NEED INPUT. INPUT. INP..... |
| 112 | Stacey Dubois | 271 | | Jefferson, NH | University of New Haven - 2006 Graduate | I don't personally know Brendan but Matt Thomsen (husband of my best friend/roomie Tristin Thomsen) started me doing this pool while in college and I've done it every year since! | UNC! :) |
| 124 | Stephen Copenhaver | 265 | | Notre Dame | 3L at ND Law | | |
| 211 | Steve Duvernay | 216 | | Sacramento | The University of California ('03); Notre Dame Law School ('07) | Brendan Loy is my spiritual guide, a sherpa for my soul. | I've perfected a delicious citrus aioli. |
| 60 | Steve Hartranft | 297 | Hart | Indianapolis | | | |
| 178 | Steve Koppitsch | 243 | | LA | USC PhD 2006-2011 | Through Casey | Favorite Teams: USC, Gonzaga, Tennessee |
| 188 | Steve Leys | 240 | | Notre Dame, IN | Notre Dame '05
Notre Dame Law '08 | Law school | |
| 227 | Susie Ogden | 202 | | Seattle, WA | USC baby! | From Trojan Hall at USC. That's what, 9 years of friendship? Whoa. | I have ZERO knowledge of basketball. I always enter so Brendan has someone to put on the bottom tier. |
| 71 | Ted Zak | 290 | | PHX | | | |
| 230 | Toby, Sasha and Butter Zak Loy | 197 | Brendan and Becky Loy's cats; NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE | Knoxville, TN | Cats do not need to go to school. They are born intelligent. | Our humans invited us. | We usually fill out separate brackets, but we decided to combine our considerable brainpower this year in a collaborative effort to defeat the humans. Also, we like teams with cat mascots, and we don't like teams with dog mascots. That is all. Meow. |
| 234 | Todd Stigliano | 194 | Stigs | New Britain, CT | Newington High (99), Providence College(03) | He interviewed me in 8th grade after our soccer team won the state championship. Its been all down hill from there. Go Indians. | I am a friar for life! I have loyalties only to uconn women because of my future father-in-law, geno auriemma. |
| 52 | Tom Caputi | 300 | stumpchamp | Granby, CT | 1st to last: US Coast Guard Academy, NW CT Community, UConn, Post, Hartford (why rush a good time to be had!) | Happenstance - google search | AD scoring 5 2nd half TDs vs. ND. Watching UConn over Duke in the national semi's in a bar on Bourbon St. Any time Duke loses is great. UConn chicks going undefeated. |
| 116 | Tom Greca | 270 | | Newington, CT | CCSU | | |
| 56 | Tom Keck | 299 | | Portland, OR | | | |
| 23 | Tony Gjolaj | 320 | Tony the ND Bowler | south bend, in | nd law '07 | | |
| 82 | Trent Kelso | 285 | TKelso | Chicago, IL | | Katrina introduced us and I've been checkin' in ever since (even though he's a Trojan). | UCLA (guess I gave that one away already, huh?) |
| 176 | Trisha Neudorff | 244 | Trisha | Rochester, NY/USA | Purdue, 1998-2001
SUNY Brockport 2008-2010 | Regular blog reader since 2006. I have personally met Brendan and Becky and am a guest blogger on his site. | This is only my second year entering any kind of hoops pool. I'm hoping that my luck from winning the Irish Trojan fantasy football league will rub off on this pool ;) |
| 199 | Tristin Thomsen | 227 | | North Chicago, IL | Mascenic Regional High School 02'
New Ipswich, NH
University of New Haven 06' | My hubby Matthew Thomsen went to high school with Brendan and is making me fill this out | Ha Ha, I'm rooting for the underdogs |
| 28 | Tyler Condon | 317 | | CT, USA | Rockville High School | referred to by a friend | |
| 63 | Weston Cross | 295 | | Buffalo, NY | UB
BA 2006, MS expected 2008
| Know Brendan through Barbara | UB fan for the past 7 years, pulling for Kent State, the only other team in the MAC that I have respect for.
Ran XC/Track for UB for 2 years as an undergrad, despite growing up just outside of Syracuse, it always makes me happy to see them miss the Tourny. |
| 106 | Willie Wheaten | 273 | Ken Inadomi's dog; NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE | new york | | blog reader since 2005 | usc trojan fan |
| 239 | Yvette Webster | 181 | Why Alice | Round Hill VA | Oh Shenandoah | Rachel made me do it. | I know nothing about sports although I do enjoy hotdogs at games. I'd rather be gopher watching. |
| 243 | Zoe West | 106 | Kristin West's cat; NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE | South Bend, IN | None | I'm Kristin West's cat | Unlike your cats, I don't have an affiliation with cat mascots. Therefore I am guessing based purely on a coin toss. |
