Put a bow on it

Hi there. Well, i have let the reality of the ending of the basketball season set upon me, and will now report how the Blocksma Bracket '09 ended up.

Don't call it a comeback, she's been here for years: Stephanie Clark (nee Bell) has decidedly won the bracket for the 2nd of the 3 years of it's existence. Be assured that there has been much gloating via email, so i am hoping that after this post we will do nothing but look forward to the #1 preseason ranked Spartan's 2009-10 season.

Here is the full list of results:

Rank	Team Name	Score	Correct	Best Score	Best Correct	Champion
1	Stephanie Clark	396	51	396	51	North Carolina (97)
2	Adam Crawford	386	50	386	50	Michigan St. (125)
3	chris eyle (1)	344	46	344	46	North Carolina (152)
4	Zach Vander Meeden (2)	338	43	338	43	North Carolina (160)
5	Betsy Ruhlig	334	45	334	45	North Carolina (162)
6	Brandon Schmitt	323	42	323	42	North Carolina (90)
7	Tiffany Beuschel	319	45	319	45	Michigan St. (117)
8	Rachel Schmitt	318	47	318	47	Pittsburgh (156)
9	Matt Newmyer	313	43	313	43	North Carolina (163)
10	Dustin Bagby (1)	310	46	310	46	Memphis (130)
11	Anne Vezilich	306	44	306	44	Connecticut (151)
12	Matt Blocksma	306	42	306	42	Michigan St. (135)
13	Bob Aalderink	301	45	301	45	Villanova (140)
14	R Banning	299	44	299	44	Pittsburgh (135)
15	Brian Bishop	290	45	290	45	Louisville (122)
16	dwight wade	284	42	284	42	Michigan St. (106)
17	Kyle Selleck (2)	277	41	277	41	Michigan St. (164)
18	doug blocksma (2)	274	38	274	38	Michigan St. (125)
19	Phil Ainslie	268	42	268	42	Duke (164)
20	Kyle Selleck (1)	268	41	268	41	Oklahoma (152)
21	Liz Blocksma	267	42	267	42	Pittsburgh (146)
22	Josh Edwards	266	40	266	40	Michigan St. (147)
23	doug blocksma (1)	265	41	265	41	Pittsburgh (148)
24	Matt Warner	265	41	265	41	Louisville (127)
25	Tricia Joyce	262	41	262	41	Louisville (83)
26	Sven Welz	259	41	259	41	Pittsburgh (172)
27	chris eyle (2)	258	40	258	40	Arizona (164)
28	Matt Collette	249	37	249	37	Oklahoma (144)
29	sean duggan (2)	235	37	235	37	Kansas (127)
30	Samuel Locke	230	36	230	36	Louisville (152)
31	Jen flint	228	37	228	37	Connecticut (145)
32	Aubrey Faith-Slaker (1)	221	35	221	35	Duke (58)
33	Aubrey Faith-Slaker (2)	218	32	218	32	Illinois (73)
34	sean duggan (1)	210	34	210	34	Pittsburgh (135)
35	Zach Vander Meeden (1)	196	33	196	33	Memphis (150)
36	Dustin Bagby (2)	194	32	194	32	Illinois (140)
37	Chris Hess	194	32	194	32	Syracuse (123)

Once again, my heart did better than my head (that is, my Big Ten heavy bracket fared better than my scientically scouted entry), mostly due to my Spartans running to the Finals. Also, i managed to beat out Phil, who admittedly picked completely blindly and would gloat incessantly if he were to best me. again. like last year.

Stephanie will be drowning her guilt of winning with the UNC Champ pick with a batch of Odell's Easy Street Wheat. Mm.. tasty, tasty guilt.