tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15937726811810308122024-03-18T10:45:57.750-05:00OfficePool64 - Men's Basketball Office Pool Bracket ContestOne of the few remaining ‘non-corporate’ College Basketball office pool bracket contests on the internet. Printable bracket, game schedules, informative links, and other pool links are available. Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-55204820566579424552024-03-18T09:15:00.002-05:002024-03-18T10:45:26.469-05:0028th Office Pool 64 Bracket Challenge Begins<p>The NCAA basketball tournament pairings have just been announced, and we are excited to announce the launch of our 28th annual Office Pool 64 Challenge. <br /> <br />Last year, we transitioned to CBS Sports Bracket Manager as our pool host, as our previous tournament software is no longer available. There were a few glitches on their site last year, resulting in some of you losing your brackets entirely. Hopefully, they have bolstered their bandwidth to accommodate the increased traffic this year.<br /> <br />Our bracket contest officially kicks off at 12:30 AM (EST) on Thursday, March 21st. If you participated last year, simply log in with your existing account and proceed to fill out your bracket. For newcomers, please create a user account with CBS Sports Bracket Manager and submit your brackets. You will have the flexibility to edit your brackets and monitor your progress throughout the tournament using their mobile app or your home PC.<br /> </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Deadline</b>: 12:30 AM (EST) on Thursday, March 21</li><li><b>Entry Fee</b>: $0 per bracket</li><li><b>Website</b>: <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2geydeojrgm3do===?pool-join-key=pwi32djavb6nb7gtkjoi7u414nko7esn&invited-by=ivxhi4tzhiytknrsge4tonzr&via-medium=copy&ttag=FF24_lk_cbssports_cbb_bpm_copySetupInvite&sender-role=mya2nsasghejri" target="_blank">CBS Sports Bracket Manager</a></li><li><b>Bracket Name</b>: Office Pool 64</li></ul><p></p><div><br /></div>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-59476980384994920232023-12-27T11:02:00.003-06:002023-12-27T11:02:23.029-06:002024 Tournament Schedule<p><b>Pre-Tournament Events</b></p><p>March 17: Teams Announced @ 5:00 PM [CST] on CBS<br />March 19-20: Four Play-In Games<br />March 21: Entry Deadline @ 11:30 AM [CST]</p><b>First Weekend Of The Tournament</b><br />March 21-22: Round One - 64 Teams<br />March 23-24: Round Two - 32 Teams<br /><br /><b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />March 28-29: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />March 30-31: Round Four - 8 Teams<br /><br /><b>Championship Weekend</b><br />April 6: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />April 8: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2024).<br />Retrieved from https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness/schedule</i></blockquote>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-84026890727695835122023-03-02T12:13:00.009-06:002023-03-02T13:13:45.610-06:002023 Office Pool 64 Bracket Challenge Returns<p>Get ready for the 27th annual OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge!<br /> <br />The NCAA basketball tournament pairings have just been announced, and we are excited to announce the launch of our Bracket Challenge. This year, we will be using CBS Sports Bracket Manager to host our pool contest, as our old software website is no longer available.<br /> <br />Our bracket contest officially begins at tipoff, 11:30 AM on Thursday, Marc 16. To enter, please create a user account with CBS Sports Bracket Manager, then submit your brackets. You will now be able to edit your brackets, plus track your progress throughout the tournament using their phone app, or from your home PC. <br /> </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Deadline</b>: 11:30 AM on Thursday, March 16</li><li><b>Website</b>: <a href="https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2ha3dmnjyg43q====?pool-join-key=psi42hjfve6hb0gfkcoz724p4rkx7vs1&invited-by=ivxhi4tzhiytgmbyguzdomjw&via-medium=copy&ttag=FF23_lk_cbssports_cbb_bpm_copySetupInvite" target="_blank">CBS Sports Bracket Manager</a></li><li><b>Bracket Name</b>: Office Pool 64</li></ul><p></p><p>The first game that matters is this Thursday! So make sure to get all your pick sheets entered before tip-off to secure your spot in this year's competition.</p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-13859253649428032362023-03-02T12:07:00.007-06:002023-03-23T10:58:32.865-05:002023 Office Pool Bracket<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjFEwgyfjvVpvgSgmjpJ-itc8gumDWPkY9gPvNX_hXkBTfBMBcT-BYr4iXSckdyWy_OLsHjKMmf2fGeuIsD9a_i8GmzJ6zJgprw7r8wdYL7_qzTX8CHCZWhDrHWSAOJmNE4vd8KUvT4N5IRaQBf1liPniOM0vaenxx5ywiBaC0yya-AiD7wqmI2kD5A/s792/2023-Office-Pool-Bracket.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjFEwgyfjvVpvgSgmjpJ-itc8gumDWPkY9gPvNX_hXkBTfBMBcT-BYr4iXSckdyWy_OLsHjKMmf2fGeuIsD9a_i8GmzJ6zJgprw7r8wdYL7_qzTX8CHCZWhDrHWSAOJmNE4vd8KUvT4N5IRaQBf1liPniOM0vaenxx5ywiBaC0yya-AiD7wqmI2kD5A/w494-h640/2023-Office-Pool-Bracket.png" width="494" /></a></div> <p></p><br /><p><br /></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-62521574642539093852023-03-01T15:18:00.004-06:002023-03-01T15:18:40.563-06:002023 Tournament Schedule<p><b>Pre-Tournament Events<br /></b>March 12: Teams Announced @ 5:00 PM [CST] on CBS<br />March 14-15: Four Play-In Games<br />March 16: Entry Deadline @ 11:30 AM [CST]</p><b>First Weekend Of The Tournament</b><br />March 16-17: Round One - 64 Teams<br />March 18-19: Round Two - 32 Teams<br /><br /><b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />March 23-24: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />March 25-26: Round Four - 8 Teams<br /><br /><b>Championship Weekend</b><br />April 1: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />April 3: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2023).<br />Retrieved from https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness/schedule</i></blockquote><p> </p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-76901754908990621442022-04-05T13:36:00.003-05:002022-04-05T13:39:05.364-05:00The 2022 OP64 Winner Is....<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">After the first half of the game, I thought the game was over and North Carolina would win. They were dominating, looked quick, and were playing defense to win the first half. That all changed in the second half and Kansas playing defense, looked quicker, and dominated the second half to win the Tournament Championship.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Final Score: Kansas 72, North Carolina 69 - 141 points</li></ul>Winning our contest this year is Randy S Page. I see their name entered every year, with just a few entries each time. They had an incredible 68% pick rate! Second best was 65%</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Congratulations Randy !!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">1st - Randy S Page - (144 pts)<br />2nd - Harvey Harris - (143 pts, 62% pick percentage)<br />3rd - Jake - (143 pts, 60% pick percentage)<br />4th - Jerome Lewis - (140 pts)<br />5th - Pat K - (137 pts)<br />6th - William TJ - (136 pts, 161 tie breaker)<br />7th - AJ Wood - (136 pts pts, 110 tie breaker)<br />8th - Duvalst 18 - (134 pts)<br />9th - Duvalst 1 - (133 pts)<br />10th - Duvalst 3 - (132 pts)</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Congratulations to all of the winners!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"> ** Next Year's Pool Update</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">I pains me to say this, after 26 years of running this bracket contest, next year's contest is up in the air.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">I use Turbo Tourney Software to run the office pool contest and incorporate the standings into my website. The coder of the software is retiring, and he sold his company to another office pool company. So the way I am able to run this tournament and add the standings to my website is done. This was the final year for that.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">I certainly want to keep running this pool going forward, this is one of my hobbies and I enjoy doing this. I've looked at a few options for next year, but all of them require you to login to another website and we join a group pool together. I don't know if I can incorporate the standings into my website, but maybe that's no longer needed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">So, big changes for next year unfortunately. I hope you all come along for the next version, whatever form it takes. Maybe I call it quits too, I just don't know right now. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%;">If you have any office pool suggestions, or other pool sites you've used that you like and may work here, please drop me a message at</div>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-54662639310937270282022-04-01T14:00:00.001-05:002022-04-05T09:56:53.347-05:00Championship Weekend Is Here<p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Basketball starts back up on Saturday, with the championship game concluding the tournament Monday night. They have their dream match up for Coach K, plus many more story lines to bring in viewers this year. Kansas, Villanova, Duke, North Carolina are the remaining teams. </p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">There are eight brackets in our office pool this year, that correctly selected three of the final four teams. Nobody predicted all four teams, but that doesn't happen that often, unless a lot of number one seeds make it this far. <br style="direction: ltr;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;">Saturday's Games</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Villanova vs Kansas - 6:09 (CBS)</li><li style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Duke vs North Carolina - 8:49 (TBS)</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;">Monday's Game</strong></p><ul style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">Winner vs Winner - 9:00 (CBS)</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;">** All times are US/Eastern</p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-67197100671384566042022-03-24T14:29:00.007-05:002022-03-24T14:30:56.549-05:00And Then There Was Sixteen<p><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">For this years office pool, we have 366 pick sheets entered into the bracket contest. In 2021, we had 359. In 2019, there was 367. The Standings are current, with the links above to see where you rank.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the second round of games ending last weekend, the Players Scenarios link is now live. This calculates your best and worst finish, plus lets you know who you need to root for to get your best finish.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Sweet Sixteen round of games starts back up this evening. We have four games on Thursday, four games on Friday to complete the third round. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday's Games</span></strong></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Gonzaga vs Arkansas - 7:09 (CBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Villanova vs Michigan - 7:29 (TBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Duke vs Texas Tech - 9:39 (CBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Arizona vs Houston - 9:59 (TBS)</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday's Games</span></strong></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Purdue vs St Peters - 7:09 (CBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Kansas vs Providence - 7:29 (TBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">UCLA vs N Carolina - 9:39 (CBS)</span></li><li><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">Miami (FL) vs Iowa St - 9:59 (TBS)</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">** All times are US/Eastern</span></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-8273784102936207992022-03-19T16:15:00.002-05:002022-03-24T14:31:16.561-05:00Standings Updated After Round One<p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Greetings everyone! Thank you to everyone who submitted pick sheets this year. We ended up with 366 pick sheets in the 2022 bracket contest. The first round has ended, the standings are updated and I hope you caught the Baylor vs North Carolina game. Baylor was down by 25, came back to tie it up, but fell short in the overtime session. So, that means we have lost our first #1 seeded team of the tournament.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are new to this office pool, the standings update once per hour, on the hour, after games have completed.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have any questions, you can always email be at anytime. Enjoy this great weekend of basketball and good luck to everyone!</span></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-67589041452973892692022-03-13T18:00:00.004-05:002022-03-13T18:00:38.514-05:002022 OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge Begins<p>Entries are now being accepted for the 26th Bracket64 Challenge. If you are participating in this years contest, please have all your pick sheets submitted by tip-off of the first game on Thursday.</p><p>The pairings were announced just minutes ago and the 2022 Bracket64 Challenge is underway. Once again there are 68 teams selected in the official tournament bracket. However, we will start out contest when they are down to 64 teams. Our first game that matters this year is back to Thursday!! </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEADLINE</span>: March 17 @ 12:30 AM [ET]<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ENTRY FEE</span>: $0.00 per pick sheet<br /><br /></p><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/22/tournamententry.html">Enter Your Picks Here</a></span></b></div><br />
<br /><b>Bracket Notes</b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS BUTTON at the bottom of the bracket page, or your picks will not be entered into the pool.</li><li>If you are submitting more than one bracket, please place a number after your name to make it unique, or it will overwrite your submitted pick sheet. Example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3</li></ul></div><div><div><b>Printable Office Pool Bracket</b></div>
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<div>If you want to figure your bracket on paper first, like I always do, I have a printable bracket available in PDF format using Adobe Reader, plus a graphic version as well. The PDF version prints out bigger, I recommend to grab that one first. </div><div><br /></div>
<div><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/2022-Office-Pool-Bracket-OP64.pdf">2022 Printable Office Pool Bracket</a> - PDF</div><div><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/march-madness-bracket-2022.html">2022 Printable Office Pool Bracket</a> - HTML</div></div></div><div> </div>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-82150037811076542782022-02-03T13:02:00.000-06:002022-02-03T13:02:01.225-06:002022 Tournament Schedule<p><b>Pre-Tournament Events<br /></b>March 13: Teams Announced @ 5:00 PM [CST] on CBS<br />March 15-16: Four Play-In Games<br />March 17: Entry Deadline @ 11:30 AM [CST]</p><b>First Weekend Of The Tournament</b><br />March 17-18: Round One - 64 Teams<br />March 19-20: Round Two - 32 Teams<br /><br /><b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />March 24-25: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />March 26-27: Round Four - 8 Teams<br /><br /><b>Championship Weekend</b><br />April 2: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />April 4: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2022).<br />Retrieved from https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness/schedule</i></blockquote><p> </p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-60721668997018450782021-04-06T21:00:00.013-05:002021-04-13T14:51:05.931-05:00Our 2021 Office Pool Winner Is....<span style="font-family: inherit;">It felt like the game was over after the first five minutes of the championship game. Baylor dominated. Their defense, rebounding, shooting, speed, everything they did crushed Gonzaga. The Zags did get it to a single digit game with 8-9 minutes to go, and they had to work just to get to that point. It was not an exciting final game to say the least.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<br />But we do have a winner for the 2021 OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge. Congratulations goes out to Edward Rhoads of Carmel, Indiana. Obviously selected Baylor to win it all, but he also had the highest pick percentage at 71% correctly picked.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are this year's Top Ten pick sheets.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks28.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Edward Rhoads - 176</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks248.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Jim Richards - 158</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks5.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Randy Laird - 156</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks196.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">John G Chorlian - 147</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks141.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Sean P Kelly - 145</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks26.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Garry Tapfer - 145</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks282.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Cory Vogel - 145</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks55.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Lance Shannon - 145</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks225.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">www.ganza.com - 144</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/playerpicks236.html" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Randy Page 9 - 143</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; text-align: justify;">The website is having issues again. If you get a blank page, just stop it from loading and you'll see the text. The graphics are not being loaded right now.</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Any how, thank you all for participating and we will see you in 2022!!</span></div></div>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-84850714240151782472021-04-02T13:00:00.006-05:002021-04-13T14:52:24.001-05:00And Then There Were Four, Ummmm Teams<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">We are here, we are down to the four teams: Gonzaga, Baylor, UCLA, Houston. No one predicted these final four teams, but quite a few of you selected three of four teams.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">As odd as the tournament schedule has been this year, the final weekend of games plays out like it always does on Saturday and Monday. Saturday's tipoff is 5:14 ET with Baylor and Houston the first game. Gonzaga and UCLA is the second game with an approximate tipoff time of 8:34 ET. Both games are on CBS.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With only three games remaining, there are eight tournament scenarios that can happen. Here are the current links for those outcomes:<br /> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Gonzaga beats Baylor</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios2.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Baylor beats Gonzaga</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios3.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Gonzaga beats Houston</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios4.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Houston beats Gonzaga</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios5.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If UCLA beats Baylor</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios6.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Baylor beats UCLA</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios7.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If UCLA beats Houston</a><br /><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamentscenarios8.html" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">If Houston beats UCLA</a><br /> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Good luck to those who are still in it.</span></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-33344993268411453112021-03-26T12:30:00.002-05:002021-04-13T14:41:15.188-05:00Second Weekend Games Begins Saturday<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The tournament games will finally start back up on Saturday at 1:40 PM. I don't see it noted if it's Eastern or Central time zone, so check your local listings for the exact start time.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">So this week, rounds three and four will playout over Saturday through Tuesday! Kind of reminds me of what the NFL did with their schedule this past year, not playing on their normally scheduled days we've all gotten accustom too.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">For this years OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge, we have 359 people in the office pool. Which is on pace from 2019 when we had 367 people playing. Now that round two is completed, the Player Scenarios link is now live. It takes several hours to calculate this link as there are right around 32,000 possibilities remaining in the standings.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">I have had some quirkiness happening with my webhost, which started Monday evening. I couldn't get the standings to upload onto the webhost. It was timing out before it could get started. This also happened Wednesday into Thursday. So if the standings links were acting strange during the week for you, it was the host server acting up. If this does happen again, I'll make the standings available on my OneDrive. I believe that would work as a backup plan.</span></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-58463391293633054062021-03-20T13:30:00.009-05:002021-04-13T14:39:05.030-05:00So Good To Have This Tournament Back<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Welcome back to everyone who has been here before and greetings to all the new people.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Just a quick email to this years participants to let you know the standings are live and updating once per hour, at the top of the hour, after games have completed.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">There are no perfect brackets remaining, and 14 of 16 is tops at this point. Way too early for your bracket to be busted, unless you had Ohio State as a final four team.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">If you have any questions, you can always email me at anytime. So, enjoy this great weekend of basketball and good luck to everyone.</span></p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-60482296796179605382021-03-14T23:03:00.000-05:002021-03-14T23:03:45.160-05:002021Bracket Challenge Returns!!<p>It feels so good to say this....</p><p>Entries are finally being accepted for the 25th OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge. We skipped over the 24th contest, obviously due to Covid-19 and the tournament being canceled, and are now at the milestone of our 25th season. I can still count this as my 25th season, right?</p><p>The pairings were announced just minutes ago and the 2021 Bracket Challenge is underway. Once again there are 68 teams selected in the official tournament bracket. However, we will start out contest when they are down to 64 teams. The four play-in games are on Thursday this year and tip-off is on a Friday! Yes, tip-off is on a Friday this year and the rest of the schedule is off by a day from what we are used too. </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEADLINE</span>: Tip-Off, March 19 @ 12:30 PM [EST]<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ENTRY FEE</span>: None<br /><br /></p><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/21/tournamententry.html">Enter Your Picks Here</a></span></b></div><br />
<br /><b>Bracket Notes</b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS BUTTON at the bottom of the bracket page, or your picks will not be entered into the pool.</li><li>If you are submitting more than one bracket, please place a number after your name to make it unique, or it will overwrite your submitted pick sheet. Example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3</li></ul></div><div><div><b>Printable Office Pool Bracket</b></div>
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<div>If you want to figure your bracket on paper first, like I always do, I have a printable bracket available in PDF format using Adobe Reader, plus a graphic version as well. The PDF version prints out bigger, I recommend to grab that one first. </div><div><br /></div>
<div><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/Final_Four_Bracket_2021-OP64.pdf">2021 Printable March Madness Bracket</a> - PDF</div>
<div><a href="http://data.officepool64.com/office-pool-bracket.html">2021 Printable March Madness Bracket</a> - Graphic</div></div></div><div> </div>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-34456566714817544502021-01-25T15:19:00.004-06:002021-01-25T15:19:55.167-06:002021 Tournament Schedule<p><b>Pre-Tournament Events<br /></b>March 14: Teams Announced @ 5:00 PM [CST] on CBS<br />March 18: Four Play-In Games<br />March 19: Entry Deadline @ 11:30 AM [CST]</p><b>First Weekend Of The Tournament</b><br />March 19-20: Round One - 64 Teams<br />March 21-22: Round Two - 32 Teams<br /><br /><b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />March 27-28: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />March 29-30: Round Four - 8 Teams<br /><br /><b>Championship Weekend</b><br />April 3: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />April 5: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2021).<br />Retrieved from https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness/schedule</i></blockquote><p> </p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-11739411404430357362020-03-11T19:00:00.005-05:002021-03-11T12:29:56.310-06:00See You In 2021??<p> If there is a tournament in 2021, we will be back! </p><p>So long for now....</p>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-80113997072842290152020-03-05T09:57:00.002-06:002020-03-05T09:57:43.793-06:002020 Tournament Schedule<b>Pre-Tournament Events</b><br />
March 15: Teams Announced @ 6:00 PM [EST] on CBS<br />
March 17-18: Four Play-In Games<br />
March 19: Entry Deadline @ 12:00 PM [EST]<br />
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<b>First Weekend Of The Tournament</b><br />
March 19-20: Round One - 64 Teams<br />
March 21-22: Round Two - 32 Teams<br />
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<b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />
March 26-27: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />
March 28-29: Round Four - 8 Teams<br />
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<b>Championship Weekend</b><br />
April 4: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />
April 6: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br />
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Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-54797080435670577802019-04-10T14:53:00.003-05:002019-04-10T14:53:56.794-05:00Championship Weekend At US Bank StadiumThis is my 23rd year of hosting this Bracket Contest, and for the first time, I was able to attend a Final Four Weekend. My seats were in the second level, not the greatest, but being there in that atmosphere was undescribable. Especially when the Auburn Player fouled the Virginia player behind the three point line to end the game. The mood inside the stadium when we all finally realized what was happening....wow!<br />
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The games were so good and so fun to witness with the passionate fans that were there for each of the four schools. The Texas Tech fans were the loudest, or at least in my section they were the loudest. I knew all of their cheers by the end of the Saturday games.<br />
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We do have a winner in the 2019 OfficePool64 Bracket Contest. Congratulations goes out to <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks180.html" target="_blank">Tom Johnson</a> of Forest Park, Illinois. His first round wasn't that great as he correctly picked 20 of 32 teams, but when eight teams remain, correctly picking seven of the schools was the difference maker, plus correctly picking the Virginia as the champion.<br />
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Here are the top five brackets<br />
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<a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks180.html" target="_blank">Tom Johnson</a> - 167 Points<br />
<a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks135.html" target="_blank">Chris Charters</a> - 166 Points<br />
<a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks296.html" target="_blank">Jamie Kritischenko</a> - 165 Points<br />
<a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks285.html" target="_blank">Cory Vogel</a> - 162 Points<br />
<a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerpicks271.html" target="_blank">Blake Pierre</a> - 160 Points<br />
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We will see you again in 2020!!Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-54391655578894657872019-04-01T17:30:00.000-05:002019-04-02T14:40:50.925-05:00What A Difference A Week MakesWhat a difference a week makes for the tournament results. First weekend, it was clear the top seeds were ranked correctly by the powers that be with 12 of the top 16 teams advancing. And my though last weekend was, if this trend keeps going, the top seeded teams will again advance keeping a lot of bracket sheets in play. Well, that trend did not continue as we ended up a #1, #2, #3, and a #5 advancing to the championship weekend in Minneapolis.<br />
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We have #1 seed Virginia advancing this year. In my bracket, since they lost as a #1 seed to #16 seed UMBC last year, naturally I was scared to pick them to go far. 186 of the 367 brackets correctly selected them.<br />
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Then we have #2 Michigan St, in a very exciting game beating the favorite Duke team. 72 of you got this one correct. As I look at the one bracket I did on paper, I have Michigan St as my champion, except when I filled it in online, I picked Gonzaga as my champion. Why did I change? I pick Michigan St as my Champion, a lot, and get burned year after year as they always lose to Duke. Izzo was 1-11 versus Coach K. So I went with Gonzaga, and they are out with Mich St advancing. <br />
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Only 28 pick sheets correctly picked Texas Tech to beat Gonzaga. Goodbye to my champion team, but thankfully it wasn't after round one like last year. <br />
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Lastly is Auburn, the #5 seeded team. Just 12 of you brave soles correctly picked them. They were not on my radar this year, but they have been fun to watch. <br />
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We have exactly one bracket correctly picking all four remaining teams. Congratulations! They can win this bracket contest of Auburn or Texas Tech wins the championship.<br />
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That's all I have for today, the last three games start back up in Minneapolis, Saturday evening, which I will be attending and finish up on Monday.Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-90608694960157779782019-03-25T17:30:00.000-05:002019-04-02T14:40:00.839-05:00Top Seeds Are Still In ItWell, that was an uneventful weekend of games. Of the top four seeded teams in each region, 14 of those 16 teams advanced to the next weekend of games. Last year, only 7 of those 16 teams advanced, so quite a difference. No buzzer beaters, only one overtime game that I was aware of. There were a couple of close calls for some of the tops teams, Tennessee, Duke, but for the excitement factor, it was pretty tame.<br />
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On the bracket side, we totaled 367 submitted brackets, which was up from last year's 320 brackets. So thank you to all of you returning players, and there are a ton of you that come back year after year. <br />
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I'm going to keep it short this week. Now that two rounds are over and sixteen teams remain, the player scenarios have calculated. To see what your best place finish can be, as well as your worst place finish, head to the <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/19/playerscenarios.html">player scenarios</a> to see who you need to root for.Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-12805543903035416152019-03-17T17:55:00.005-05:002019-03-17T17:55:56.855-05:002019 OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge BeginsEntries are now being accepted into the 23rd OfficePool64 Bracket Challenge. If you would like to participate in this year's contest, kindly have your pick sheets submitted by tip-off of the first game on Thursday.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadline</span>: Tip-Off, March 21 @ 12:30 PM [EST]<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Entry Fee</span>: None<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Make sure you hit the <span style="font-weight: bold;">SUBMIT PICKS</span> button at the bottom of the page or your picks will not be entered into the pool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span>: When entering multiple times, please place a number after your name to make it unique [or it will over write you last submitted picks] For example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-53377447595009294582018-11-30T12:36:00.001-06:002018-11-30T12:36:06.321-06:002019 Tournament Schedule<b>Pre-Tournament Events</b><br />
March 17: Teams Announced @ 6:00 PM [EST] on TBS<br />
March 19-20: Four Play-In Games<br />
March 21: Entry Deadline @ 12:30 PM [EST]<br />
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<b>First Week Of The Tournament</b><br />
March 21-22: Round One - 64 Teams<br />
March 23-24: Round Two - 32 Teams<br />
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<b>Second Weekend Of Games</b><br />
March 28-29: Round Three - 16 Teams<br />
March 30-31: Round Four - 8 Teams<br />
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<b>Championship Weekend</b><br />
April 6: Round Five - Semi-Finals - 4 Teams<br />
April 8: Round Six - Championship - 2 Teams<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2019).<br />
Retrieved from https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness/schedule</i></blockquote>Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593772681181030812.post-49805696727340704092018-04-04T21:49:00.000-05:002018-04-04T21:49:04.237-05:00DiVincenzo Leads Villanova to VictoryWhen the Championship game began, both teams came out playing hard. Michigan's defense was dominant. They gave Villanova all kinds of trouble and the struggled to score points. The same could be said for Villanova's defense. But then Donte DiVincenzo entered the game and took over the game. It's not surprising he was the Most Valuable Player of the game. If you saw the game, he did not look like a player that should come off the bench. Michigan didn't have an answer and fumbled the remainder of the game away. Hat's off to Villanova as they won their second Championship game in three years. DiVincenzo for the game in 2016 was part of the team, but was wearing a suit, on the team bench.<br />
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This puts a close on our bracket contest. With 166 points, Jeffrey Brewer wins the 2018 Bracket Contest! He had our highest pick percentage at 70% correct and correctly picked three of the last four teams in the tournament. Connie Cuddihy was a close second at 164 points, she also picked three of the last four teams. Mike Krings was our third place finisher, and he also had three of the last four teams correct. It was a trend for the top teams this year. <br />
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Here are our Top Ten pick sheets for 2018<br />
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1. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks170.html">Jeffrey Brewer</a> - 166<br />
2. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks246.html">Connie Cuddihy</a> - 164<br />
3. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks284.html">Mike Krings</a> - 151<br />
4. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks61.html">Tom Johnson</a> - 148<br />
5. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks257.html">Donna Quinlan</a> - 148<br />
6. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks45.html">Jim Richards</a> - 147<br />
7. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks20.html">Mario Arias</a> - 147<br />
8. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks59.html">Zack Phillips</a> - 146<br />
9. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks268.html">John Fortuna</a> - 143<br />
10. <a href="http://data.officepool64.com/18/playerpicks301.html">Sean Q</a> - 141<br />
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Congrats to all of our winners! <br />
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I'll see you in 2019....Steve Cuddihyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617072941840879211noreply@blogger.com0