Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff
After a fantastic day of college basketball (honestly, this has to rank in the all-time top-5 days of NCAA Tournament excitement…the only thing missing was a stunning upset or two), our SunBlog Madness pool is finally starting to show a little separation.
Lowell’s Neil Harrington, one of the co-leaders after the first day, is back on top with 42-points. That translates into 34-of-40 games picked correctly, good enough to place Neil in the 99th percentile of all Yahoo participants. Pretty impressive work, Neil!
However, with the point totals going up with each passing round, the lead is precarious at best. Another Lowellian, Alex Grillakis, sits just a point back in second. And there are two tied for third place at 40-points…Tim Smulligan of Pepperell, MA, and I believe Anthony Caron of Groton, MA (I say I believe, because the team name is AnthonyC28, but I haven’t gotten confirmation of that yet.)
As for yours truly…a nice little rebound Saturday has me back in contention at 36-points, with my Elite-8 still alive. Though I’m not planning on winning this thing (I’m not eligible for the prizes, anyway), perhaps I’ll be able to put up a respectable enough showing to justify my existence as a sports guy!
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