| Rk | Entry Name | Score | Twitter | Nickname | Location | School affiliation(s) | How you know Brendan / Other Info | Champion |
| 1 | Ian Auzenne | 346 | @iauzenne | "The Man" | Lafayette, Louisiana | Princeton Class of 2010. Former Princeton athletics play-by-play guy. Current sometimes play-by-play guy for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's and women's basketball and softball. Morning show producer. Washed-up wiffleballer. | Ninth year in the pool after learning about it from a former colleague. Thanks to Twitter, Ian feels like he's known Brendan forever despite never having met him.
Past Finishes:
2007: 50th
2008: 216th
2009: 148th
2010: 32nd
2011: 92nd
2012: 81st
2013: 91st
2014: 13th | Duke |
| 2 | Chris Peterson | 345 | | dodgers freak | Orem, Utah | Graduated from Weber state. | Found it through nick Newman's fb page. | Duke |
| 3 | Katrina Lewonczyk | 338 | @katrinafrances | | New Haven | Newington High School
UMass Amherst | My sister Angela went to high school with Brendan. I've followed these pools for years.
| Duke |
| 4 | Jeff Freeze | 333 | @bigfreezer | | NW Indiana | | | Kentucky |
| 5 | Russell Caplin | 332 | Trirussc | Darth Daddy | St. Louis, mo | Sparty! (And UGA also). | Cousin | MSU |
| 6 | Cody Groeber | 332 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| 7 | Michael Dea | 328 | kingcambie | | Vancouver, BC Canada | father attended Gonzaga for a year before going to Colorado College so any team nicknamed 'bulldogs' or 'tigers' is looked upon fondly. | first followed Brendan for his hurricane coverage, then discovered he liked USC and ND (so do I). | Kentucky |
| 8 | Steven Smith | 328 | SmythesWorld | Smythe | Henderson, NV | CAL | Twitter/blog follower | Duke |
| 9 | Jeff Aronson | 325 | @jamfan40 | | Springdale, AR | Graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale last year. Root for the Southern Illinois Salukis and Illinois Fighting Illini. | Follow @BrendanLoy on Twitter | Kentucky |
| 10 | Ryan Johnson | 319 | ryanpj | | Roxboro, NC | | Twitter follower for a few years | Duke |
| 11 | Belinda Guerette | 319 | bcdguerette | | Morrison, CO | I'm the daughter of a 60's NC State basketball player. | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 12 | Ryan Pfeifer | 317 | | | Aurora | | | Duke |
| 13 | Joe Perucki | 316 | | | | | | Wisconsin |
| 14 | Gidal Kaiser | 316 | @gidalkaiser | | Pierre, South Dakota | Marquette University, attended. Own a Bally basketball with a Montana State 'M' on it. I'm a sportswriter, which means I don't know crap about college hoops. I look forward to losing to Loyette and Loyacita. | Initially via mid-majority website. | Kentucky |
| 15 | Chris Raggard | 314 | @CoachRaggard | | Florida | | | Kentucky |
| 16 | Nick Newman | 311 | @nicknewman801 | | South Jordan, UT | I did my bachelors degree at Brigham Young University and then did my masters at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. (Unfortunately, my teams are out of the picture).
One of my best friends growing up was the godson of Louisville star (& later, 76ers and Bullets player) Derek Smith. I was invited to his basketball camp multiple times, but interestingly enough, I became a Kentucky fan instead of a Louisville fan. I grew to love KY and southern culture, and later served a Mormon mission there (not by choice).
| Twitter follower for years | Kentucky |
| 17 | Colin Pedicini | 310 | @cmpedicini | | Fort Worth, TX, USA | NMSU '09 / TCU '14 | regular blog reader since Katrina | Wisconsin |
| 18 | Aaron Wagner | 310 | @MeImNot_ | Venom, Godzilla, VenomVGZ | Kansas City, Missouri | Dad/various family members went to Univ. Of Wisconsin, and I plan on attending in a year. | Suggested follow on Twitter. Always a good source of humor. | Wisconsin |
| 19 | Stephanie Combe | 309 | | | Vancouver, WA | | Newington High | Duke |
| 20 | Deanna Schneider | 309 | @deannagabriel | | Pittsburgh, PA (soon to be NYC!!!) | Niagara University, Columbia University, Rush University (I wonder what Rush's nickname would be if they *did* do sports...)
I will be at all the games in Pittsburgh AND the first session on Friday in Columbus to see UB take on WVU. GO BULLS! | I went to SHA with Becky. :) Also, Brendan was awesome this one time i was in Denver and watched the ladies while Becky, V and I met for drinks. :) | Wisconsin |
| 21 | Nate Evangelista | 308 | HashTagPSU | Nate | Pa | Penn State | | Gonzaga |
| 22 | Brian Brown | 308 | IsraelTweet | theBrarian | annapolis | Trojans. Fight On! | through Twitter | Arizona |
| 23 | Charles Price | 307 | @chuck_ep | Chuck_ep | Logan, Utah | I am filling out this bracket for a sport I hardly follow, with teams and colleges that, in some cases, I've never heard of, in the hopes of impressing people I've never met. | Twitter follower | Duke |
| 24 | Brad Cundiff | 303 | bradcundiff | BradC | Woodstock, GA | UK fan since 1978, Part-time JV Boys Basketball Coach since 2007. | via twitter and #PANIC hurricane write-ups. | Kentucky |
| 25 | Scott Fort | 301 | | ScottF | Warrior, Alabama | Attended UAB. Played in the Blazer Band. Met Gene Bartow and was present for his 600th win. | Came to the Irish Trojan blog during the Athlon Cheerleader contest. Stayed for the welcome atmosphere and good discussion. | Kentucky |
| 26 | Mark Widerschein | 300 | Mark | Widerschein | Hanover, New Hampshire | In college at Dartmouth in New Hampshire (#twobidivy), current athlete in rowing, grew up in Columbus as a Buckeye fan! Former TMM member but, yeh... | Twitter follower. | Wisconsin |
| 27 | Gary Atkinson | 300 | | | Paris, VA | | A friend of a friend of a friend of a....well you get it. | Duke |
| 28 | John Cary | 300 | KilroyFSU | | Tallahassee, FL | Michigan State grad school (did not complete)
Florida State (Law and undergrad)
UCF (master's)
Akron (undergrad) | Twitter. Met once in Destin and once in Denver.
| Wisconsin |
| 29 | Kristy McCray | 300 | kristymccray | | Columbus, OH | USC undergrad and master's; less than 4 months away from a Sport Management PhD at Ohio State!!! | USC :) | Wisconsin |
| 30 | Josh Knight | 298 | @thejoshknight | Josh | Bowling Green, KY, USA | Sophomore at Western Kentucky University, UK fan for life. Never pick against the Cats. | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 31 | Paul Huffman | 297 | | | Wethersfield | | I know Brendan through my niece Diane. | Wisconsin |
| 32 | Yossi Kudan | 297 | @yossikudan | | Hallandale, FL | | Twitter | Duke |
| 33 | Michael Tran | 296 | | Mike | Irvine, CA | UCLA
Notre Dame | Law School | Kentucky |
| 34 | Pedro Gonzalez | 296 | Droinho | | Lubbock, tx | Texas tech red raider grad | Alex Johnson | Kentucky |
| 35 | Mike Dagen | 293 | Michaelda | Mike D. | Vacaville, Ca | My grandkids call me "Grumpa". | Started following Brendan during some hurricane way back when. Have played the LRT for many years. My favorite. | Kentucky |
| 36 | Eric Morisset | 293 | | | Denver, CO | University of Florida 1993
University of Denver 2001 | Stapleton, Swigert, | Kentucky |
| 37 | Scott Loomer | 292 | | Uncle Scotty | Kingston, PA | | My nephew | Wisconsin |
| 38 | Jeff McLaughlin | 290 | @LeftCoastJeff | | Western CO | | Twitter, USC fan, Kiffin-bashing. | Duke |
| 39 | Maria Tran | 286 | | Maria | Irvine, CA | UCLA | Mike Tran's girlfriend. | Wisconsin |
| 40 | Ken Stern | 286 | maineiac13 | | Thomaston, ME | USC and UCLA undergraduate. UCLA Law. Now a recovering attorney in Maine. USC fan. Still 4 1/2 feet of snow up against my front door. | | Arizona |
| 41 | Kevin Meacham | 285 | @NoEscalators | | New Jersey | UConn. Fun fact: did you know that in 2014 both the UConn men's and women's basketball team both won the national cham | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 42 | Rick Boeckler | 284 | | | Silver Spring, MD | Fordham University Chess Team | Met Brendan while on a tour of Middle Earth | Kentucky |
| 43 | Brant Parsons | 284 | brantparsons | | Satellite Beach | Graduated from UCF, quietly cheer for Ohio State. Sports journalist at Orlando Sentinel. Covered first and second rounds last year. | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 44 | Elizabeth McRary | 284 | | | | | | Duke |
| 45 | Chris Palmer | 283 | @chrispalm | | Columbia, MD | UVM undergrad, UMass grad school. Lover of all things #TMM. | We do stuff with #BALLZ on the internet. | Gonzaga |
| 46 | Eric Gobel | 283 | | | Chicago, IL | Notre Dame 2003 (I HAD to pick them this season)
Northwestern 2010 (not applicable to March Madness) | through Lisa Velte Kosek from ND law, of course | ND |
| 47 | Jordan Golson | 283 | jlgolson | jlgolson | Durango, CO | I write things about cars for WIRED. | Brendan and I like hurricanes. | Kentucky |
| 48 | Opal Taylor | 281 | oktaylor | Opal | South Florida | #Noles (i.e. I've got nothing to lose). | Twitter follower #panic | Wisconsin |
| 49 | Larry Caplin | 281 | NA | Nick | Union Lake, Mich. USA | Gesu Grade School | Married to Niece Becky | Kentucky |
| 50 | Jon Green | 280 | maverickmaniacs | | Omaha, Nebraska | 2006 graduate of Omaha. Play-by-play voice of Omaha women's basketball | Twitter follower from the mid-majority days | Kentucky |
| 51 | Shaun Sullivan | 279 | | | Frederick, MD | Northern Arizona Univ (99-01)
Coastal Carolina Univ (01-03) XC and T&F | NHS | Wisconsin |
| 52 | Jonathan D. Sangster | 279 | TORARADICAL | TORARADICAL | Aurora, CO | | Twitter and Facebook, we once went to Red Rocks together | Kentucky |
| 53 | Bill Harty | 278 | BHartyNMSU | | Las Cruces, NM | New Mexico State (as obvious from looking at the bracket); Yes: TMM; Yes: Bally Basketball | TMM, Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 54 | Lisa Carter | 278 | lisacarter8 | Carter | Cincinnati | | blog reader from the Katrina days | Kentucky |
| 55 | Nick Manzione | 277 | nickwwe233 | none | Newington, CT | Walt Disney World Cast Member | | Kentucky |
| 56 | Drew Pusatera | 276 | Mpusatera | Drew - Kindergarten | Lake St Louis | Discovery Ridge Elementary | | Kentucky |
| 57 | Peter Timbrell | 276 | @PeteyPete_9 | | Easton MA | Rockville High School (CT); Stonehill College | Referred to pool by a friend | Kentucky |
| 58 | Tom Smithwick | 276 | @obiwankobe | | Bardsdale, CA | Pepperdine alum. USC Basketball is my squad though. Grow oranges for Sunkist. | I think I found Brendan because of weather Tweets. This was quite sometime ago. | Kentucky |
| 59 | Julia Cavagnaro | 276 | juliacavagnaro | | Avon, CT | Bachelor's from San Jose State, master's from UMass, getting doctorate from University of Hartford. Like her dog Indiana, she also has no idea what she's doing. | Through Rhett via TMM. | UNC |
| 60 | Jimmy Smith | 275 | smithadventure | X-Pastor | Denver, CO | Baptist Bible College | from SFC | Wisconsin |
| 61 | Mike Marchand | 275 | @irishmikecomedy | | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame '01 | I've known Brendan since the old NDToday message boards in 2000. I only met him once but that was enough to make awful jokes that time he almost died. Also, Brendan's blogfriend Brian Neudorff is my stepbrother-in-law, if there is such a thing. His wife Trisha is my stepsister. | Virginia |
| 62 | Samantha Sordi | 275 | | | McLean, VA | George Washington | Don't know him, was referred to this pool by Jeb McRary. | Kentucky |
| 63 | Erik Nell | 274 | @eriknell | | Indy | Purdue grad, was a Mid Majority member | TMM twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 64 | Karl Lewin | 274 | @lewinke | | Grapevine, TX | University of Missouri-Rolla (Now Missouri School of Technology) | Presidential election several cycles ago | Wisconsin |
| 65 | Chris Kaiser | 274 | AvogadroJD | | McLean, VA | | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 66 | Patrick Cullen | 273 | @BPRTbone | Tbone | Plymouth, MI | Proud aulmni of the sometimes mighty Chippewas of Central Michigan University. Our big college b-ball moment of fame came in 1988 when we were featured in People Magazine at Rose Arena for our toilet paper snowstorm that we would initiate on the first bucket of every home game at Rose Arena. | Long time blog follower from the pre-Katrina days and a mutual love for Stan Rogers. | Kentucky |
| 67 | Karen Torgersen | 273 | vtktorg | | Blacksburg, VA | Virginia Tech Hokies! | Katrina | Kentucky |
| 68 | Michael Greiner | 272 | devyanks90 | devyanks90 | Rockaway, NJ | Old Dominion '13 (and ODU Ballz owner) | Twitter/Midmajority | Wisconsin |
| 69 | Mark Jordon | 272 | N/A | N/A | Goshen, NY | | I graduated with Brendan from Newington High School | Kentucky |
| 70 | Danielle Rock Davis | 270 | MsRockDavis | Rock | NYC | ND undergrad and law. NCAA Div 1 Fencer at ND where we won TWO national titles. | Law School | Kentucky |
| 71 | Ted Kaiser | 270 | tek13 | | NJ | USC. Export recycled plastic. One of the stars of "Fakebook" | I remember seeing hurricance coverage then started following since Brendan is in fact a Trojan. | Kentucky |
| 72 | Caleb DeCremer | 270 | FortyUter | | Memphis, TN | | | Kentucky |
| 73 | Morgan Pusatera | 269 | mpusatera | Morgan - 2nd Grade | Lake St Louis | Discovery Ridge Elementary | picked #15 Norfolk St over Missouri in her 1st ever bracket! | Kentucky |
| 74 | Julia Prior | 269 | juliaflyer | Julia | DFW | GO FLYERS. F- Xavier.
Proud owner Bally #90 & Dayton Ballz.
Last year when Dayton made the Elite 8, Fiance and I drove 14 hours round trip to see them. Worth every second (and every mile on my poor dilapidated car). | TMM! | Wisconsin |
| 75 | Pat Caplin | 269 | | | West Bloomfield, MI | Sons went to Big 10 Schools. | He married my niece! | Kentucky |
| 76 | Brendan Loy | 269 | brendanloy | | Denver, CO | USC and Notre Dame. Also a Gonzaga fan, and a fan of mid-major schools generally. | I am Brendan. | Kentucky |
| 77 | Josette Torres | 269 | @girlinblack | Josette | Blacksburg, Virginia | Undergrad: Purdue (Boiler Up!)
Grad: Virginia Tech | Brendan's weblog got on my radar during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. | Kentucky |
| 78 | Connor Pelton | 268 | @ConnorPelton28 | | Phoenix, AZ | Currently a freshman at The Arizona State University. Also an Oregon State fan as I grew up in Portland and rooted for the Beavers for the first 18 years of my life. Writer for HouseofSparky.com. | Twitter follower. | Kentucky |
| 79 | Yesh Ginsburg | 268 | @yesh222 | Yesh | Columbus, OH | | Twitter friends :) | Wisconsin |
| 80 | Rebecca Loy | 268 | MileHighBecky | | Denver, CO | USC, Arizona State; nursing student at CU-Denver starting this summer | I am Brendan's wife. | Duke |
| 81 | Brian Nielsen | 268 | cheesypoof23 | Cheesy! | Central City, CO | On Wisconsin! | Twitter. | Kentucky |
| 82 | Brandon Minich | 268 | Brandon | Minich | Knoxville | IUP is my school, man. Elite Eight this year! And in D-II, that's the stage where you go to the last neutral site for some reason! | I think I found him through hurricane coverage? Definitely a blog reader since Ye Olden Living Room Times. | Wisconsin |
| 83 | Grace Vote | 267 | @smace18 | Vote | Davis | Go Ags! | I know him through a mutual (and very respectable) friend. | Arizona |
| 84 | Joe Wright | 267 | Sctvman | | Charleston, SC | College Of Charleston student, have attended almost every game for 5 years. Former Mid-Majority member and writer, also a bracketologist. | Know him via Twitter and Mid-Majority. | Kentucky |
| 85 | Greg Kagan | 267 | | | Rocky Hill, CT | Nova Southeastern University, D2 Soccer | Brother went to HS with Brendan, Won this one of the years. | Kentucky |
| 86 | Katy Searle | 266 | @ktsearlebear | Kbear | Shelley,idaho | BYU | Twitter | Gonzaga |
| 87 | Scott Schmidt | 266 | sosweho | | West Hollywood | Georgetown '95
USC '96 | I used to be BoiFromTroy | Duke |
| 88 | Mike D'Amore | 265 | | | Rocky hill | Uconn. NHS | Knew you in high school! | Virginia |
| 89 | Monique Wiard | 265 | tabbymo | acumo | South Bend, IN | Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (acupuncturist) | longtime reader, annual pool participant | Villanova |
| 90 | Yvette Webster | 265 | | | Round Hill Virginia | retired. Not an athlete -reading is my idea of sport I excel in, followed by cat petting. | Referred by Rachel. Have been doing pool for a while. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Louisville |
| 91 | Carol LaPlante | 264 | | | Cheektowaga, NY | SHA, Lemoyne College, Buffalo State | know him through Becky and SHA girls | Kentucky |
| 92 | Jeb McRary | 263 | tatsumaki4ryu | Jeb | Reston, VA | Appalachian State undergrad
William & Mary MBA
Former Wake Forest fan
| Twitter follower | Villanova |
| 93 | Jerry Palm | 263 | @jppalmcbs | unprintable | Schererville, IN | Purdue | It's a long, sordid tale. | Kentucky |
| 94 | Mike Maietta | 262 | | Phonies | riverside, NJ | | | Kentucky |
| 95 | Gary KIrby | 261 | gahrie | | San Berdoo | USC | I have been an online pest to him for years | Kentucky |
| 96 | Michael St. James | 261 | mcihaelstjames | MSJ | Denver, CO / U.S.A. | Colorado Mesa University
I work on the music you hear during some of the broadcasts. | a terrific Denver neighbor, love his twitter, | Gonzaga |
| 97 | Mike Quinn | 261 | mikequinn_ | isuquinndog | Normal, IL | Illinois St '01 Always cheering for the MVC and mid-majors alike. | Followed blog for hurricanes, met Brendan and Becky at Arch Madness once upon a time. Twitter follower. | Kentucky |
| 98 | Andrew Uyehara | 261 | @lohake | lohake | fairfax, virginia | University of Mary Washington grad. | Long time twitter follower. | Wisconsin |
| 99 | Richard Willis | 260 | @elephande | | Conroe, TX | | Twitter. | Wisconsin |
| 100 | Joe Hiegel | 260 | Jahiegel | | Greenfield, Wisconsin | If I'm doing well in the pool, your tweets, surely, will far sooner focus on broader developments, such as porcine flight and frigid Hades. | Several years a player | Kentucky |
| 101 | Kevin Heaslip | 260 | @kevinheaslip | | Oakton, VA | Professor @ Virginia Tech... UMass and VT Alum... Worked at Florida and Utah State Previously. Have no teams in the field this year. Former Mid-Majority member. | I know Brendan from MidMajority/Twitter. | Kentucky |
| 102 | Alex Talcott | 259 | @AlexTalcott | | Durham, NH | Dartmouth College (future CIT champs), Notre Dame Law. childhood St. John's fan. teach @ Southern NH University (where PJ Carlesimo coached 1 season) | law school | ND |
| 103 | Andrew Kreutz | 258 | AWKreutz42 | | Boise, ID | Washington State University Alumn | My brother is David Kreutz | Virginia |
| 104 | Sean Waterman | 258 | | | Plainville Ct | Newington High School | Know Brendan from High School | Wisconsin |
| 105 | Vanessa Stoner | 257 | vanna516 | vanna516 | Fort Payne, AL | Graduated from University of Alabama & University of Alabama Law School. Big Bama football fan but Duke basketball fan | Twitter followes. | Kentucky |
| 106 | Amanda Rykoff | 256 | @amandarykoff | | Houston, TX | | Twitter. Of course. | Arizona |
| 107 | Paul Zak | 256 | | | Gainesville, FL | | | Gonzaga |
| 108 | Jeff Vaca | 256 | @jvcalbear | | Elk Grove, CA, USA | UC Berkeley '82. | Regular blog reader since Katrina. | Kentucky |
| 109 | Kurt Maddox | 255 | @kurtmaddox23 | Kurt | Loveland, Colorado | Grew Up a Purdue fan because I am from Indiana. Covered Wyoming while working at KGWN in Cheyenne and will be attending CSU in the fall to get my Bachelors | I am Sarah Craddock's Fiance. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Wisconsin |
| 110 | Bruce Campbell | 255 | Chinobc | Stikmata | Chino, Ca | Cal State Fullerton | Twitter | Kentucky |
| 111 | Nic Slivensky | 254 | HoosierParlance | Coley | Washington, DC | IU grad, GMU grad-student | long-time twitter follower! | Wisconsin |
| 112 | Oleg Nudelman | 254 | Notsofearful | | Philly | | Twitter | MSU |
| 113 | Jeff McReynolds | 254 | @j_mac21 | jmac | Vernon, AL | Bama grad (B.A. 2000, M.A. 2006). Gonzaga fan to the core since The Runner in '99. I don't miss a game and attend any time they come to southeast. Need a Bally. | Twitter follower, Lastman participant, mid-major advocate | Kentucky |
| 114 | Aaron DeLay | 253 | aarondelay | | Denver, CO | Metropolitan State University of Denver | He's a communist so I have to play. ;) | Duke |
| 115 | Bill Hobbs | 253 | billhobbs | Bill | Nashville TN/USA | | We shared a beer after a Mitt Romney campaign rally. | Kentucky |
| 116 | Robbie Law | 253 | @robbie_law | | Pleasant Grove, UT | | Been in the pool a few years. BYU fan. | Kentucky |
| 117 | Nick Howard | 252 | nickhoward | | Ohio | Miami (Oh), VCU | the twitter dot com | Kentucky |
| 118 | Rachel Wetherill | 252 | | ditsyquoin | Round Hill VA | Bruin from the Wooden days. "Be quick, but don't hurry" was ingrained in my mind. | Been losing the pool for years. Brendan was one of the first to include the women's NCAA tourney so I have always liked him. | Kentucky |
| 119 | Amy Brinkman | 252 | mpusatera | AmyB | Lake St Louis | Missouri State, Indiana | Mike Pusatera's girlfriend | Kentucky |
| 120 | Bonnie Stone | 252 | | | Old Saybrook, CT | Southington High School, CCSU, retired teacher, volunteer at Ivoryton Playhouse | First heard of Brendan when he was in middle school. Appreciated him through four years as he edited Scribe, fortunately have kept in touch ever since! | Kentucky |
| 121 | Mike Rollins | 251 | mk_rolls | | East Lansing, MI | Maryland by birth, OSU for undergrad, MSU Grad school by proxy. | Initially discovered via Twitter. | Kentucky |
| 122 | Jan Gosau | 251 | | Mu | NM | | twitter follower | Arizona |
| 123 | Matt Wiser | 251 | | | Mobile | University of Rochester '02, LSU '05, '09, '13. Currently Visiting at South Alabama | I know him though my brother. Also from when he decided to come to see Death Valley at night/ | LSU |
| 124 | Joseph/Mark Swanson | 250 | @JSWAN555 | JSWAN | La Porte | La Porte High School, dad (Mark) did this tourney for years, this bracket and all future brackets will dedicated to him and his love of sports. | Through Dad | Virginia |
| 125 | Leanna Loomer | 249 | @oldawnie | oldawnie | Newington CT. USA | Western Illinois University 1967-1968
University of Illinois. 1969-1971
University of Massachusetts 1976-1979
Pratt Institute 1995-2003
I MADE a Bally but gave it to Brendan Loy.
I know girls' rules BB and have played it. | I gave birth to him. | Wisconsin |
| 126 | Matt Blumenfeld | 249 | MABlumenfeld | | Charlottesviile, VA | Attended DIII Lake Forest college. Root for the Wisconsin Badgers. Live around the corner from UVA. | Twitter | Wisconsin |
| 127 | Ray Curren | 249 | currenrr | | New Haven, CT | | | Kentucky |
| 128 | Kyle Cologne | 249 | | | | USC | | Kentucky |
| 129 | Kristy LaPlante | 248 | @KristySez | LaPlante, Tall Girl, Amazon | Denver | All Of Your University Are Belong To ME | I've never heard of the man! | ND |
| 130 | Michael Rosenkrantz | 248 | | | Newington, CT | Rooting interests: UConn, Rutgers, Cornell, Maryland, UNC, Penn St., Quinny | from Newington High School | Kentucky |
| 131 | Rachel Dulitz | 248 | @racheldulitz | | | | | Wisconsin |
| 132 | Steve & Nancy Hartranft | 248 | | Hart | Indianapolis, IN | | We are outlaws | Kentucky |
| 133 | Scott Anglemyer | 248 | @anglescott | | Shawnee, KS | University of Michigan
Emporia State University | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 134 | Don LaPlante | 248 | NA | Don | Cheektowaga, NY | | Kristy's dad | Kentucky |
| 135 | Randy Styles | 248 | @wolfmanbc | wolfmanbc | South Bend, IN | Bethel College '03, Indiana University '10 | | Kentucky |
| 136 | Rachel Horowitz | 247 | esqcapades | | Spring Valley, NY | Have never owned a Bally basketball but avidly follow their activities on Brendan's twitter. Favorite Bally basketball moment was their Presidential pre-debate appearance in 2012. Interesting fact: once won NCAA pool despite knowing nothing about college basketball | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 137 | Adam Hammerman | 247 | adamhammerman24 | | Denver, CO | University of Denver | DU! | Arizona |
| 138 | McClane Jugler | 247 | MakJae9 | | Ogden, UT | Weber State & BYU | i follow Brendan on twitter. | Kentucky |
| 139 | Scott Allen | 247 | @smallen13 | | Indianapolis, Indiana | Ball State Alum/former track and field athlete | twitter | Kentucky |
| 140 | Sean Sullivan | 245 | | | Somerville MA | Amherst College | First became aware of Brendan from Katrina coverage, then found mutual interest in space, and guestblogged space shuttle launches | Kentucky |
| 141 | Danny Sims | 245 | dannysimsglobal | dannysims | Abilene, TX USA | I run an international humanitarian aid nonprofit. We help people help people. | | Kentucky |
| 142 | Katie Ray | 245 | @frogkaytee | frogkaytee | Houston, TX | Attended TCU, class of 99. Lifelong Arizona fan. ( grew up there) | twiiter follower | Arizona |
| 143 | Elizabeth Styles | 244 | | Randys Wife | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame 2003. Mom of 2 little ones, wife to Randy. Bank manager extraordinaire. If I do well, it's because I'm lucky. | I know you thru mutual friend Lisa (Velte) Kosek from law school. Avid follower of the blog beginning during the ND years. | Kentucky |
| 144 | Alex Johnson | 244 | @alexriejohnson | | Dallas, TX | Marquette | twitter. He likes Gummi Bears | Wisconsin |
| 145 | Toddler Strutz | 244 | | | I live basketball. I live Mama and Daddy. | I watch basketball. | Oh, um, Peter Pan music? (from Kelly - Note that these were direct quotes. And that she picked her birthplace rivalry herself.) | Duke |
| 146 | Jessica (Fortuna) Hebert | 243 | @jessialli | | Enfield, CT | American International College | Newington High School | Arizona |
| 147 | Mike McGlynn | 243 | mnmcglynn | | San Jose, CA | DU alum Big Stanford fan. Once again no horses in the race. | Twitter | Kentucky |
| 148 | Mark Ramos | 243 | @MRMark5 | | Richmond, VA | Go Richmond Spiders!!!! (uh... in the NIT) | The Twittah. | Kentucky |
| 149 | Joshua Krause | 242 | | | Wethersfield, CT | | | Kentucky |
| 150 | Matt Thomsen | 242 | | | Saco, Maine | | | Wisconsin |
| 151 | Rhett Umphress | 242 | rhettumphress | | Avon, CT | Ball State alumnus (2x). Slight Indiana fan, but mostly rooting for mid-majors (and against my bracket). Ball State Bally is hanging out by the TV waiting for 12:15. | Through TMM | Gonzaga |
| 152 | Tony Miller | 242 | @tmiller2462 | | Goshen, Elkhart Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA, North America, Planet Earth | Eighth Street Preschool, 1998; Chandler Elementary School, 2003; Bethany Christian High School, 2010; Goshen College, 2014 | The Internet. Twitter. The Mid-Majority. | Wisconsin |
| 153 | Greg Sainer | 241 | @gsainer | | Alexandria, Virginia | Graduated from Eastern Illinois University; follower of University of Illinois basketball (Hail to the Chief!); always love seeing the big ACC schools, Calipari-Kentucky, and Kansas go down in the tournament, particularly to smaller mid-major schools. | Twitter follower...and I may or may not have creeped his Twitter stream to find the link to this. | Wisconsin |
| 154 | Daniel Dinunzio | 241 | Daniel | Dinunzio | Newington | UCONN | Previous Pools/NHS/Newington | Gonzaga |
| 155 | Matt Drachenberg | 241 | mdrache | Matt | Fayetteville, AR | Wichita native, K-state alum, trapped in SEC hell. WSU got screwed with a 7 seed. | Blog buddies with Brendan since Katrina. God, that's been 11 years. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kentucky |
| 156 | Greg Plank | 241 | | gfish13 | Tempe, AZ | Arizona State '01 Former NCAA All-American and 2 x US Olympic Swimming team Trials competitor | I have played this contest before | Kentucky |
| 157 | Bret McCormick | 241 | b_hoss_mac | | Alexandria, LA | I graduated from Louisiana Tech, the reigning two-time Conference USA champion that still can't make it back to the NCAA tourney. I remember watching the Bulldogs play in the 1990 tourney when I was 8 years old. They haven't been back.
Unlike many people in Louisiana, I do not like LSU. At all.
I have cheered for Duke ever since the Hurley-Laettner-Hill years. The Blue Devils were my first team as a kid when I fell in love with basketball, and I still cheer for them. Despite this affiliation with Duke, I mostly root for mid-majors and underdogs. | I follow Brendan on Twitter | Iowa St |
| 158 | Bridget Saviola | 241 | Bridget | Saviola | New York City | SUNY Fredonia
| | Kentucky |
| 159 | Jeff Morrison | 241 | | | Iowa | Iowa State '04. In this bracket, blatant homerism takes on "False Hope Is Worse Than Death." If ISU can't win it all, at least lose to the national champion again. | Blog reader (miss that), met Brendan in 2009 | Kentucky |
| 160 | David Kreutz | 241 | davidkreutz | | Seattle, WA | USC, UW | Former roomate Trojan Hall 99-2000 | Kentucky |
| 161 | Lauren Fowler | 240 | @ndlauren | | Smyrna, GA | ND Class of 2004, former ND basketball band member, and 2010 LRT Women's Champ | Regular blog reader since the old days | Wisconsin |
| 162 | Tory Tomlinson | 239 | @T2Va | | Arlington, VA | Princeton and UVa, so rooting for the Hoos. Family went to Oregon and Wisconsin, so tough second-round pick. | I started following Brendan during a hurricane. I can't remember which one, but I think it was pre-Sandy. | Kentucky |
| 163 | Mike Wiser | 239 | | Voice of Reason | Lansing, MI | USC, 2003;
Stanford, 2006;
MSU, current;
I wasn't NCAA, but I did compete against a large number of NCAA athletes as part of the men's foil team (fencing) at USC. | Who *doesn't* know the red headed stranger? | Kentucky |
| 164 | Courtney Tawresey | 239 | ctawresey | | Denver, CO | Cornell B.A. 2003
Notre Dame Law School, JD. 2006
DU LLM (Tax) 2011 | NDLS | ND |
| 165 | Owen Randall | 238 | owenrandall | | San Francisco, CA | Got eternal glory in my own mind by coming in 3rd place in last year's LRT NIT pool. | Twitter follower, been doing the pools for a few years now. | Arizona |
| 166 | Alison Vargas | 238 | flargas | flargas | Los Angeles, CA | USC
Pepperdine | I know Brendan & Becky from USC | Villanova |
| 167 | Joe Piazza | 238 | @LAOJoe | LAOJoe | Hamilton, ON, Canada | McMaster University
Kansas Jayhawk fan
Bracketologist
Writer for www.Live4SportNetwork.com | Twitter follower. | Villanova |
| 168 | Scott Ohm | 238 | | iSportsLinks.com | Coldwater, MI | Case Western Reserve University | from iSportsLinks.com | Kentucky |
| 169 | Scott Paine | 238 | | | Lebanon, PA | | | Wisconsin |
| 170 | James Ray | 238 | @wrxkaboom | | Houston, TX | Arizona | Twitter | Arizona |
| 171 | Arash Markazi | 238 | @arashmarkazi | Arash | Los Angeles | USC | Daily Trojan | Kentucky |
| 172 | Loyacita Loy (age 5) | 236 | | | Denver, CO | | I am Brendan's daughter. | Kentucky |
| 173 | Mike Pusatera | 235 | mpusatera | MikeyP | Lake St Louis | Florida Gators | Twitter & FB | Kentucky |
| 174 | Diana Gonzales | 235 | trojanchick99 | | Los Angeles, CA | USC | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 175 | Cath Doo | 234 | | | | | | ND |
| 176 | Scott Woods | 234 | @gswoods | | Jonesboro, AR | Arkansas resident, technology enthusiast, and fan of multiple sports. I've been filling out brackets since 1991, when I picked another undefeated team to win it all. | Started following Brendan while escaping Hurricane Isaac. Stuck around for the political coverage, Oscar pools (#EternalGlory2013!), and the #GiantBracket. | Kentucky |
| 177 | Connor Cape | 233 | @Connor_Cape | | Kansas City | not a grad, but a sad Mizzou fan :( | twitter follower via Gabriel Malor! | Kentucky |
| 178 | Mark Gardner | 233 | mpg137 | | Fredericksburg, VA | Penn State | Katrina, the disaster | Arizona |
| 179 | Chris Newbury | 233 | @cjnewbury | | Alexandria, VA | North Carolina graduate. The basketball players I knew attended classes. I can't believe this stuff they keep reporting. | Started following Irish Trojan during Katrina. Referred him to Vail restaurants. | Kentucky |
| 180 | Kelly Strutz | 233 | | | Spartyland | UNC, MSU, waiting impatiently to see where I'll end up next | Sometimes I click "like" on the photos of his kids | MSU |
| 181 | Denver Boone | 233 | DU_Boone | Boone | Denver, CO | UNIVERSITY OF DENVER MASCOT!!! GO PIOS!!!! | Brendan's bally and I go wayyyy back. | Kentucky |
| 182 | John Presper | 231 | | Joe Mama | Centreville, VA | Bucknell '97, UConn Law '03 | Began reading Brendan's blog in 2005. | Kentucky |
| 183 | Justin Vlae | 231 | | | Manchester CT | Eastern Connecticut State University/ UConn | Have been playing the pools for years | Kentucky |
| 184 | Jonathan Bates | 231 | iampangean | | Los Angeles, CA | I graduated from USC but work at UCLA. | I am a Twitter follower. | Virginia |
| 185 | Jeff Poor | 231 | @jeff_poor | War Damn | Destin. FL | AUBURN | War Damn | Kentucky |
| 186 | Eva Cutler | 230 | evacatler | | Denver, CO | 1) University of Denver
2) Philly fan in general
3) Not an athlete. Just a fan
4) Am I at the age that I should know what mid-majority means? Or have I missed something in the news, because that would be embarrassing.
5) I don't own a Bally Basketball :(
6) If I get 50% right I think that would be an accomplishment in itself. | DU sports I would presume. Invited to the pool on facebook. | Villanova |
| 187 | Daniel Pilz | 230 | | | Rocky Hill, CT | Stonehill class of 2011 | | UNC |
| 188 | Craig Smith | 230 | smithcp1 | | RGV, TX | Wisconsin native, Indiana U grad | | Kentucky |
| 189 | Brian Neudorff | 230 | @BrianNeudorff | | TWIN FALLS | Purdue Graduated 2001 - Member of the Purdue Boiler Brass. | Through blogs back in the day when Brendan blogged about Hurricanes. | Kentucky |
| 190 | Abby Newbold | 230 | | Abby | Boston MA | Villanova! As you might know, Brian and I met while playing sports at Villanova (baseball for him, track & field for me). | Through my husband Brian Newbold | Villanova |
| 191 | Chelsea Greca | 229 | | | Newington, CT | Ruth Chaffee Elementary School | My dad went to high school with Brendan | Kentucky |
| 192 | Chris D'Lauro | 228 | CogNerd | Chris | Monument, CO | CU Boulder Ph.D., AFA Fan | Twitter | Villanova |
| 193 | Mark Dygert | 228 | @MDygs2 | | Westminster, CO | Metro State attended
Syracuse (yes I know) rooting
CU, CSU, AFA, UNC, DU
| Followed Mile High Mids last year (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kentucky |
| 194 | Jon Caplin | 227 | @joncaplin | | Lincolnshire, IL | University of Wisconsin | | Wisconsin |
| 195 | Andrew Hunter | 227 | | | Columbia, MO | Missouri | I think I fit in the latter, long time blog reader | Wisconsin |
| 196 | Brian Newbold | 227 | | | Boston, MA | V// | | Villanova |
| 197 | Tom Keck | 227 | | | Philly | | 'SC '03. Old-school blog days | Arizona |
| 198 | Lisa Kosek | 227 | LittleBit12 | | Colorado, CO | | | Arizona |
| 199 | Todd Stigliano | 226 | | Stigs | Manchester, CT | Providence College
Newington High School | Fellow member of the greatest graduating class in NHS history....99 baby! | Wisconsin |
| 200 | Michael Boyd | 226 | vtktorg | Mike | Blacksburg, VA | Virginia Tech, 1978; UNC-Chapel Hill, 1982 (Michael Jordan's Freshman year). | I am Karen Torgersen's husband. Referred by her and striving for eternal glory ever since! | Kentucky |
| 201 | Tim Donahue | 225 | | | Elizabethtown, Kentucky | Die hard University of Louisville fan.
Die hard University of Kentucky hater.
I was the 2012 LRT Men's NCAA Pool winner. (I think it was 2012). | I someone saw this pool on Facebook 3-4 years ago, | Kentucky |
| 202 | Kevin Curran | 225 | KevinCurranX | kcatnd | | University of Notre Dame - Class of 2007 | The Irish Trojan days (began reading early 2005?) | ND |
| 203 | Jim Dingeman | 224 | @gentleman_jim | Gentleman Jim | Pella, IA | UNI Bally owner, #TMM8 | | Arizona |
| 204 | Joshua L. Rubin | 223 | @TerpRubin | Josh | Gaithersburg, MD | University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins | since I have joined ALMOST EVERY SINGLE one of these, if you can't remember, I can't help you. | Kentucky |
| 205 | Jen Deschenes | 223 | justjeno7 | Jen | Newington, CT | Attended CCSU. I'm a fan of the Oregon Ducks, too. | I went to NHS with Brendan. | Duke |
| 206 | Dwight Strayer | 223 | MoStateDwight | | Tulsa, OK | Missouri State | Mid Majority | Kentucky |
| 207 | Kristin Pelham | 223 | zagirl2k | zagirl2k | Dublin, CA (Bay Area) | was at Gonzaga during first Elite 8 run in 99, attended 4 games in Seattle/Phoenix that year. Graduated in 2000, hence the 2K. Lean toward mid-majors, though still bitter towards Wichita State. Have an awesome ACL scar from high school basketball injury. Went with my heart this year, figured I'm not gonna win Eternal Glory by picking Kentucky with everyone else. | through Twitter during your trip to Spokane, last year and whenever it was. have continued to follow on Twitter, have 2 girls of similar ages to yours. | Gonzaga |
| 208 | Doug Mataconis | 223 | @dmataconis | | Warrenton, VA | Rutgers, George Mason | | Kentucky |
| 209 | Terry Havenridge | 223 | Terry_Jim | Terry_Jim | Council Bluffs,Iowa | Graduate Of The Largest US High School Whose Mascot Is The Mighty Bunny | A Twitterer, Rachael - @esqcapades, forwarded info | Kentucky |
| 210 | Tom Greca | 222 | | | Newington, CT | I am one of only 19 men and women in the entire world who has won the Living Room Times NCAA pools. More people have gone into space since 1996 than have won this pool. | Went to Kellogg and NHS with him. | Kentucky |
| 211 | Jenny Steffen | 221 | | | Redwood Falls, MN | Graduate of Bethany Lutheran College | Her fiance (@sorensen_andy) follows Brendan on Twitter. | Kansas |
| 212 | Katie Oberer | 220 | | | East Lansing,Mi | Ohio State for undergrad.
Michigan State for grad school. | Introduced to poll last year and wanted to come back for fun/ shot at #eternalglory. | Arizona |
| 213 | Jessica Cowans | 220 | @neion | | Chandler, AZ | 1997 University of Arizona grad, played junior college basketball (Mesa CC) | Worked with Brendan in PHX | Arizona |
| 214 | Keary Tawresey | 220 | | Courtney's Cat | Denver, CO | Hey, if Brendan gets to enter his cat, so do I! | my lovely owner knows Brendan from NDLS | Kentucky |
| 215 | Dodd Harris | 220 | Amuk3 | Amuk | Louisville, KY | Louisville, '98
Pepperdine Law '01 | Twitter | Virginia |
| 216 | Eric Soskin | 220 | esoskin | | Fairfax, VA | Hoosier by birth, Eph by the grace of God | Blog reader in the old days, reminded of pool by @MelissaTweets on Twitter | Kentucky |
| 217 | Carmine Rinaldi | 220 | | | Basketball Capitol of the World | | Martin Kellogg ..Have been blessed to grace the pages of the Living Room Times. | Kentucky |
| 218 | Mark Grantz | 219 | grantzma | grantzma | Denver | University of Colorado | Twitter follower | Villanova |
| 219 | Loyette Loy (age 7) | 219 | | | Denver, CO | | Brendan is my dad | Arizona |
| 220 | Taylor Greca | 217 | | | Newingrown,ct | John wallace | My dad went to high school with him | Kentucky |
| 221 | Charles Fenwick | 216 | clfenwi | | Jacksonville, FL | | | Arizona |
| 222 | Sean Walker | 216 | @RealDSean | | Utah | A Syracuse man, I am. Wait, they didn't make the tourney? Wait, it was their decision not to go?
Poop. | | Villanova |
| 223 | Vicki Huffman | 216 | | | WETHERSFIELD CT/USA | EASTERN CT STATE U | PERSONALLY KNOW BRENDAN FROM WHEN I BABYSAT HIM | Kentucky |
| 224 | Ginny Zak | 216 | i forgot what it is | MumZ | Gold Canyon,AZ | | M-I-L (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kentucky |
| 225 | Jamie Gray | 215 | JamieAtSLC | | Bronxville, NY | Sarah Lawrence College '17 | Twitter follower. Probably originally from TMM. Fan of the Loylets. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kentucky |
| 226 | Chris Abshire | 215 | @ChrisAbshire | | Houston, Texas (Louisiana native) | Graduated from LSU a couple years ago. Fan of good basketball, but will casually root for Northwestern, Indiana, UNC, Davidson, and the Mountain West. Read the mid-majority from time to time back in its day but wouldn't have considered myself an ardent follower. Just a young guy in sports journalism who grew up loving basketball in the football-obsessed south. | Follow/occasionally interact with Brendan on Twitter. Started with Hurricane Isaac in 2012 (lived in Baton Rouge at the time) and stayed for the array of sports/political/weather tweets plus I want to move to Denver in the near future so learning some about the area is cool, too. | Kentucky |
| 227 | Tim Huffman | 212 | | SNAKE | WETHERSFIELD CT/USA | GREENFIELD SCHOOL | PERSONALLY KNOW BRENDAN FROM ZION ST | Kentucky |
| 228 | Andy Sorensen | 212 | Andy | Sorensen | Redwood Falls, MN | Graduate of Bethany Lutheran College, attended NIT participant Central Michigan. | Follow Brendan on Twitter, think this is my 3rd year in the pool. | Wisconsin |
| 229 | Dave Roberts | 212 | | Dave | Beaufort, SC | Notre Dame, Georgetown | Went to law school together | Kentucky |
| 230 | Chris Dobbertean | 211 | @ChrisDobbertean | | Houston, Texas | Florida, Syracuse, Milwaukee, TMMLegacy | Twitter/FB/Mid-Majority | Kentucky |
| 231 | Dan Port | 211 | @danport | Dan | Los Angeles, CA | From Wisconsin, went to USC, like Virginia as a squad too | Daily Trojan | Kentucky |
| 232 | Matt Konrad | 209 | mattjkonrad | | Minneapolis, MN | University of Minnesota | #TMMLegacy! | Arizona |
| 233 | Flaco Wetherill-Webster | 209 | | El Flaco Loco | Round Hill VA | I've lost my mind and most of my teeth but I'm still 12 pounds of chihuahua fury. Ferocious 4 leggers win! | Brendan promised me a big gallina if I win. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Arizona |
| 234 | Nicholas Eckert | 209 | vidstudent | vidstudent | Columbus, OH | The Ohio State University - graduated with a CSE degree, but will be rooting for VCU in the third round all the same. (Optimism? Not this year.) | @midmajority forever ;_; | Kentucky |
| 235 | Alan Kelly | 209 | @MasonFanatic | | | George Mason '10 '13 | The Mid-Majority (R.I.P.) | Virginia |
| 236 | Brian Griffiths | 208 | BrianGriffiths | | MD | Lifelong Maryland fan. Editor-in-Chief of RedMaryland.com, which has nothing to do with basketball | Twitter follower; regular blog reader since the old days | Kentucky |
| 237 | Michael Crow | 207 | @Crowesq | Mister/Coach/Farmer Crow | Florence, KY | BA - University of Kentucky | Picks used the D20 system.
I know Brendan from Twitter. I am also a happily married geek attorney raising three children. I feel I have the other half of his amulet.
| Arizona |
| 238 | Ryan Morgan | 206 | rpm002 | | brookfield, wi | Badger fan, Drake alum (the only of the 4 Iowa teams that did not make the tournament) | | Arizona |
| 239 | Charlie Seger | 205 | @crseger | @crseger | Norwich England | N. Kentucky (alum)
Indiana (alum)
Butler (wife) | twitter | Kentucky |
| 240 | Jordan Freemyer | 205 | @jfreemyer | | Greeley | Graduated from Northern Colorado in 2010. I also root for that other UNC in Chapel Hill once my Bears are out. | Know him through Mid-Majority and a mutual love of college hoops. | Kentucky |
| 241 | Brenden Roche | 203 | | | Hartford CT | | Elizabeth Green | Kentucky |
| 242 | Rosie Ag | 203 | puertotexan | Rosie in Houston | Houston | Texas A&M. Which is in the NIT. Which you are not playing brackets for this year. #SadRosie | I know Brendan from Man in the Moon in Utah. He stalked me first! I swear it! Now we're Twitter followers. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kansas |
| 243 | Jenni Konrad | 202 | best_day_ever | jlkonrad | Minneapolis, MN | University of MN alum. Married to Matt Konrad. Co-owner of a well-traveled Bally Basketball. | Midmajority | Gonzaga |
| 244 | Diane Huffman Krause | 202 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| 245 | Andrew Combe | 202 | NorthAmericanCow | | Vancouver, WA | | Through Stephanie Combe | Kentucky |
| 246 | Erin Hall | 202 | | | Windsor CT | | Newington High School | ND |
| 247 | Dan Ginsburg | 201 | | DanG82 | Chicago, IL | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Google | Arizona |
| 248 | Kevin Pilz | 201 | @KevVaughanPilz | Mushroom | Newington CT | CCSU | Who doesn't know Brendan? | Providence |
| 249 | Shaun McLean | 201 | @shaunmclean | | Vancouver, BC Canada | | #PANIC #DOOM | Kentucky |
| 250 | Barbara Cross | 201 | Bmcross23 | | Buffalo, NY | Go UB! | We've known each other nearly 15 years? Gasp. | Kentucky |
| 251 | Josh Soma | 201 | @Joshsoma | Soma | Moorhead, MN | I just sit on the couch watching and sometimes live tweeting whatever sport I'm watching at the moment. | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 252 | Lee Johnson | 198 | NewEngland96 | NewEngland96 | CT | CCSU | Twitter follower | Kentucky |
| 253 | Parker Smith | 198 | | | Denver, Co | University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Kristy LaPlante | Kentucky |
| 254 | Steve Moore | 198 | smoore1117 | Steve | Plymouth Meeting, PA | I graduated from Boston University in 2005. I've always been obsessed with the tourney, so of course I picked a college that has been to the tourney just twice since I started school in 2001. The first half against #1 Kansas in 2011 still remains the best 45 minutes of my hoop-fan life. Originally from the Philly area, I've always been a Big 5 fan, so that's my fallback. | Twitter follower, I believe based on ties to Mid-Majority. | Villanova |
| 255 | Jim Logue | 198 | @1jimlogue | | Aurora | | | Kentucky |
| 256 | Kristin Farleigh | 195 | | | North Pole, Alaska | Gonzaga, Notre Dame | Law school | Gonzaga |
| 257 | Ryan Kessler | 193 | @rkessler | Aggiegoodjer | Palmdale, CA | I attended Texas A&M University. I now work in California for a major aerospace company. | Blog/Twitter following since about 2005. | Kansas |
| 258 | Toby Zak Loy | 190 | | | Newington, CT | | I used to be Becky & Brendan's cat. Now I live with Joe & Leanna. I pick cat teams and pick against dog teams. I also pick schools which are geographically relevant to places that I've lived in my life, and sometimes places I've visited (like the Oregon Sand Dunes... Go Ducks!). All else being equal, I will pick the better seeded team. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Arizona |
| 259 | Sarah Craddock | 190 | sarahhcraddock | | Loveland, CO | BA: Minnesota State Mankato
MS: Western Illinois University
PhD in progress: University of Northern Colorado.
Work in higher education, currently at Colorado State University. | Twitter | Kentucky |
| 260 | Loyabelle Loy (age 3) | 188 | | | Denver, CO | | I am Brendan's daughter. | Arizona |
| 261 | Eddie Regan | 181 | | | Purcellville,va | West Virginia University, Saint Mary's College of California, Barry University | He found a picture of me on ESPN from a WVU game | Gonzaga |
| 262 | Kerri Kello | 181 | @fortherecord_x3 | | Mechanicsburg, PA USA | attended college at Butler University (before it was hip and awesome at basketball) | twitter follower. my husband, Michael Hadley, was pretty active in TMM when he was in college. | Villanova |
| 263 | Jenna Stigliano | 175 | | | Manchester, CT | Uconn | Through my husband Todd | Virginia |
| 264 | Sara Fenwick | 174 | aredheadedleo | | Jacksonville, FL | FSU, 2008 | Sister of Charles Fenwick | Virginia |
| 265 | Colleen Duggan | 170 | colleenduggan | | Newington, CT | Newington High School
Saint Paul Catholic High School - 2001 Girls Basketball State Champions - MVP
Sacred Heart University - 4 yrs Division I basketball | Basketball manager at NHS :) | Gonzaga |
| 266 | Pete Prior | 165 | petethekitty | Pete, Bruce, Kitty! | Under the Kitchen Table | CATS ROOL. DOGS DROOL. literally. get it. | I'm a cat. | Villanova |
| 267 | Jerry Khachoyan | 152 | TheArmoTrader | TheArmoTrader | Glendale, CA | Attended UCLA!
I love basketball and scouting prospects
for the NBA, so March Madness is a great time to do it! | Via Twitter. Don't remember how, probably through Weisenthal. | Kentucky |
| 268 | Shiloh Craddock | 148 | sarahhcraddock | | Loveland, CO | Affinity for cat schools and black and white because I'm a handsome tuxedo'ed man. | My owner Sarah knows Brendan through twitter. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Kentucky |
| 269 | Amy Greca | 137 | | | Newington, CT | Farmington High | My husband went to high school with Brendan | Villanova |
| 270 | Corabelle Loomer Loy (cat) | 131 | N/A | Bella | Newington CT USA | meow meow meow meow mrowr
purrrrrrrrrrrrrr purrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Meow. | (Sunbeam) (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Louisville |
| 271 | Charlie Lola | 125 | | CharlieBarleyLolaGranola | Denver, Co | Pet Smart, American K9, "Dogs in the City" | K9 familiars of Kristy and Parker (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Gonzaga |
| 272 | Indiana Umphress | 122 | IndianaWoof | Indy | Avon, CT | Dog of @rhettumphress. Indy has no idea what he's doing. | Knows through Rhett via TMM (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Indiana |
| 273 | Bailey Loy | 111 | | | Denver, CO | | I am Brendan and Becky's dog. I pick in favor of dog teams and against cat teams. Otherwise, I generally favor teams with animal mascots and/or teams associated with places that I or my humans have lived.(ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Gonzaga |
| 274 | Charlie Sorensen | 103 | | | Rochester, MN | Brother of a KU student. For Charlie's bracket, the dogs automatically advance, cats automatically lose and other matchups are decided at random. | Charlie is Andy Sorensen's dog. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Albany |
| 275 | Graham Caplin | 93 | | | Lincolnshire, IL | | First cousin once removed | UC Irvine |
| 276 | Hugh Maddox | 93 | @kurtmaddox23 | Puppy | Loveland, Colorado | I am a yellow lab that thinks Dogs rule Cats Drool...except for Huskies those dogs are Dicks | I am Sarah Craddock's adopted puppy son. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Butler |
| -- | Scott Walker | 318 | | | | | | Wisconsin |
| -- | Barack Obama | 241 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| -- | All Favorites | 301 | | | | | | Wisconsin |
| -- | Joe Lunardi | 238 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| -- | Jay Bilas | 295 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| -- | Jeb Bush | 226 | | | | | | Virginia |
| -- | Seth Davis | 253 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| -- | Otto the Orange (by Tony Miller) | 92 | | | Syracuse, N.Y. | Since Syracuse can't go to the tournament, I took the liberty of picking a bracket for their mascot. Orange uber alles. Fruit would beat orange. Warm colors beat cool colors. Everything beats gray. And I miss the old Big East. | I'm a fruit. I don't know what people are. (ENTERED USING MASCOT BRACKET) | Ok St |
| -- | Will Ferrell | 247 | | | | | | Kentucky |
| -- | The Results | 477 | | | | | | Duke |
| -- | Dick Vitale | 246 | | | | | | Kentucky |