Penn State won the NIT title Thursday night, earning Gordon College alum Robert Dokes the championship of the 5th annual BrendanLoy.com NIT Pool.
Dokes, of Beverly, Massachusetts, finished with 233 out of a possible 317 points. He went 14-2 in the first round, 6-2 in the second round, 2-2 in predicting the Final Four, 1-1 in predicting the finalists (he had Penn State vs. SDSU) and 1-0 in predicting the champion.
Marty West of Lansdowne, PA finished second with 226 points, followed by Mike Marchand of South Bend, IN with 223 points, pool administrator Brendan Loy of Denver, CO with 204, and Sören Hammerschmidt of Leiden, NL with 202.
Jon Caplin of Chicago, who would have won the pool if Baylor had defeated Penn State, finished with 201 points, tied for sixth with Lauren Taylor of Atlanta.
Eight contestants correctly predicted Penn State as the NIT champion: Dokes, West, Marchand, Scott Schmidt (8th), Mark Gardner (T-10th), Trisha Neudorff (T-15th), Brandon Minich (24th) and Mike Wiser (48th).
Here are the full final standings. See also after the jump.
1 Robert Dokes 233
2 Mark West 226
3 Mike Marchand 223
4 Brendan Loy 204
5 Sören Hammerschmidt 202
6 Lauren Taylor 201
6 Jon Caplin 201
8 Scott Schmidt 199
9 Cam McLachlan 195
10 Mark Gardner 194
10 Steve Ivey 194
10 Kevin Hauschulz 194
13 Dave Whelan 193
14 Scott Robertson 186
15 David Kreutz 184
15 Trisha Neudorff 184
17 Gary Kirby 183
18 Brian Putorak 181
19 Jeremy Gist 178
19 Chris Wachtel 178
21 Russell Caplin 177
22 Nick Genco 174
22 Jeff Freeze 174
24 Brandon Minich 173
25 Shaun Sullivan 171
25 Travis Auty 171
27 Kristy LaPlante 167
28 Dan Dinunzio 166
28 Randy Styles 166
30 Kelly Strutz 164
30 Joey Perucki 164
32 Neil Waechter 161
33 Dan Port 160
33 Pat Caplin 160
35 Kevin Curran 159
36 Andrew Hunter 153
36 Larry Caplin 153
36 Karen Torgersen 153
39 Rick Boeckler 152
40 Ken Stern 149
41 Vinny Jankowski 148
42 Michael Holtsberg 147
43 Matt Higgins 146
44 Alex Talcott 145
45 Michael Watkins 144
46 Becky Loy 143
47 Gerry deSimas 141
48 Mike Wiser 140
49 Nate Evangelista 139
50 Michael Rosenkrantz 137
51 Danny Pilz 134
52 Ian Auzenne 132
52 Kate Spitz 132
54 Weston Cross 131
54 Bill Huffman 131
56 Jessica Cowans 126
57 Dave Roberts 125
58 Christopher Barb 124
58 Will McDonald 124
58 Ben Kirst 124
61 Greg Kagan 122
62 Sergio Lopez 117
62 Carol LaPlante 117
64 Eddie Regan 110
65 Charles Fenwick 109
66 Joe Hiegel 108
66 Jared Murray 108
68 Mike Quinn 107
69 Don LaPlante 104
70 Matt Wiser 97
70 Mousa Hamad 97
72 Jason Gilman 93
73 Brian Newbold 90
74 Barbara Cross 72