DiVincenzo Leads Villanova to Victory

When 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.

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.

Here are our Top Ten pick sheets for 2018

1. Jeffrey Brewer - 166
2. Connie Cuddihy - 164
3. Mike Krings - 151
4. Tom Johnson - 148
5. Donna Quinlan - 148
6. Jim Richards - 147
7. Mario Arias - 147
8. Zack Phillips - 146
9. John Fortuna - 143
10. Sean Q - 141

Congrats to all of our winners!

I'll see you in 2019....

We Have A Winner And A Champion

Wow. What a great game tonight by Villanova and North Carolina. It kept me on the edge of my seat and hooting and hollering as the last few shots dropped into their nets. Such an enjoyable game this was to watch versus the semi-final blowouts. Villanova's shooting percentage was just lights out and the difference in the tournament.

Congratulations goes out to: Clint Magness. He correctly picked the winner of the tournament, the runner up, two out of four of the final four teams and six out of the final eight teams. Very well done!

The top five brackets are as follows:

1. Clint Magness
2. Tridi 1
3. Jeff "Maxxxxxxx" Maxwell
4. Kelly Mooberry 1
5. Cory Vogel

I hope you had a fun tournament the past four weeks and enjoyed as much basketball as you could watch. We will see you next season for our 21st year.