My NCAA and NIT Pools are being hosted over on The Living Room Tumblr this year. Direct pool entry links: • bit.ly/LRT2014MensPool • bit.ly/LRT2014WomensPool • bit.ly/LRT2014NITPool Also, be sure to “like” the pools on Facebook. Updates will be posted on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook — not here. The NIT Pool deadline is at 5:00 PM Eastern tonight (Tuesday). The Men’s… Read more »
Add three names to The Living Room Times Hall of Eternal Glory: Mike Boyd of Raleigh, NC; Scott Fort of Warrior, AL; and Ross Binder of Minneapolis, MN — champions of the 18th annual Men’s NCAA Pool, 16th annual Women’s NCAA Pool, and 9th annual NIT Pool, respectively. Actually, Fort’s name is not a new addition to the Hall of… Read more »
The field of contenders mathematically alive to win has narrowed to 4, 5 and 3, respectively, in the Living Room Times men’s NCAA, women’s NCAA, and NIT pools. In the men’s pool, we’re down to a “Final Four” of Kevin Pilz, Jimmy Smith, Joe Wright and Mike Boyd. If Syracuse wins the title, Pilz, a Newington, Connecticut resident whose brother… Read more »
With both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments both heading to the Sweet 16, and the NIT down to a “Spectacular 7” with three more quarterfinals tonight to determine the Final Four, let’s review where things stand with my 18th annual NCAA & NIT Pools. In the men’s pool, Jon Caplin, a sports statistician in Chicago and Becky’s cousin, led… Read more »
Jon Caplin, a sports statistician from Chicago (and Becky’s cousin), leads both the Living Room Times Men’s NCAA and Women’s NCAA pools after Saturday’s games. Caplin had a near-perfect first day in the women’s pool, going 15-for-16, missing only #12 Kansas’s upset of #5 Colorado. Meanwhile, he surged to the top of the leaderboard in the men’s pool, buoyed by… Read more »
In a first round (no, it’s not the second round) that saw wins by two #9 seeds, a #10 seed, an #11 seed, three #12 seeds, a #13 seed, a #14 seed and a #15 seed, none of the 286 contestants — an all-time record for Living Room Times pool participation — in the 18th annual LRT pool did better… Read more »
It’s that time of year again! Everybody in the pools! My NCAA and NIT pools are, as always, free to enter. There is no monetary or tangible prize* — just a chance at bragging rights (or, as I like to say, eternal glory). Complete rules here. Entry links below. (Also, “like” the pools on Facebook!) Good luck! Men’s NCAA Tournament… Read more »
As if you need any further evidence that conference realignment has gotten way out of hand, Andy Glockner, Mike Greiner and NU Hoops Fan made a brilliant observation on Twitter just now: if a presidential candidate were to win every state with a current or incoming member of the Big East Conference, they would get 291 electoral votes — enough… Read more »
Legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt is stepping down after 38 seasons, an NCAA-record 1,098 career victories, and an amazing 8 national titles. She will become a coach emeritus with the UT program, as Lady Vols associate head coach Holly Warlick takes over as the team’s new head coach. Summitt was diagnosed eight months ago with early onset dementia,… Read more »
The overwhelming favorites in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, Kentucky and Baylor, won their respective national championships Monday and Tuesday — and in the process clinched Living Room Times pool championships for Tim Donahue of Elizabethtown, KY and Michael Holtsberg of Broomall, PA. Donahue, a Louisville alum and huge fan of Rick Pitino’s Cardinals, clinched the 17th annual… Read more »