A feisty battle down the stretch. It seemed like UConn might make another dramatic comeback. But, Michigan wins the title and brings the first NCAA title for the Big-10 since 2000. Michigan last won the title in 1989 and had lost in the final game 4 times since 1989 until tonight. See the Michigan History pa...

A feisty battle down the stretch. It seemed like UConn might make another dramatic comeback. But, Michigan wins the title and brings the first NCAA title for the Big-10 since 2000. Michigan last won the title in 1989 and had lost in the final game 4 times since 1989 until tonight. See the Michigan History page if you are interested in seeing which years they made the Finals.

The Big-10 had a great showing this year. They had half the Elite-8, half the Final Four, and then wins the title. See the CONFERENCE STATS page to see how all the conferences fared. ACC performed the poorest of the big conferences and amazingly had the two perennial powerhouses (UNC & Duke) each got knocked out by blowing 19 points leads in this tournament.

In the FINAL LEADERBOARD, Larry Bolden jumps to the top spot with Michigan as his Champ and takes home the really big prize. Congratulations! Andrew Korb drops to second but still takes a big second place prize with a great bracket that had UConn as Champ. Michelle Vorwerk takes the third place prize. The Vorwerk family also had Gavin in 10th place, which also takes home a prize since the entire Top 10 gets paid. What a family performance. Speaking of family performance, my nephew Charlie Williams takes home the 5th place prize by taking his Dad's alma mater as his Champ. Charlie also got third in the Women's pool. It cannot be genetic since I finished 621st.

In the SWEET 16 pool, Jim Heinle takes the top spot and wins the $700 prize. He missed two early games and then was perfect after that. Carl Davies takes the $450 second place prize and then TJ Nolan (a.k.a TJ the DJ) takes the $150 third place prize.

Congratulations to the UCLA Bruins for winning the Women's NCAA Tournament! I was thrilled to see the Bruins roll in Final Game and bring a NCAA title to the Big-10. The blowout made very relaxing and enjoyable Easter Sunday. In the WOMEN'S LEADERBOARD, Rayce Kopach takes takes the big prize of $700 with South Carolina.  Rayce Kopach was the wire-to-wire leader and won it all even though he had South Carolina as his Champ. Ryder Buell takes home the $450 second place prize with UCLA as her Champ. My nephew Charlie Williams splits the $150 third place prize with Dan Willenzik, both with UCLA as their Champ.



All of this year's winners can be found on the FINAL RESULTS page. See you next year!