Chuck Wessell leads women's pool

Chuck Wessell, a Ph.D. student at N.C. State, leads the 11th annual Living Room Times women's basketball pool heading into the Sweet Sixteen.

Wessell picked both of last night's mild upsets -- by #5 seeds Notre Dame and Old Dominion, both in overtime over #4 seeds -- to break the deadlock at the top of the standings. He has 243 out of a possible 272 points. Maryland alum Josh Rubin and Evansville alum Jeremy Gist are tied for second place with 240 points. The pool is scored on a 5-7-10-15-20-25 basis. Complete standings here and after the jump.

44 of the 91 contestants -- nearly half -- are still mathematically alive to win the pool, as you can see on the Possible Outcomes page. (To sort that page by mathematical likelihood of winning, instead of by current rank, click twice on the column header "# First.")

I'll post an NIT Pool update later today, sometime before tonight's last two quarterfinals tip off at 7:00 PM EDT.

11th annual women's NCAA pool
1. Chuck Wessell - 243
2. Josh Rubin - 240
2. Jeremy Gist - 240
4. Ken Stern - 236
5. Colleen Duggan - 233
5. Steve Leys - 233
7. Kevin Pilz - 231
8. Kay Torg - 229
8. F.X. McGahee - 229
8. Tom Caputi - 229
8. Kevin Curran - 229
--. *ALL FAVORITES BRACKET* - 229
12. Soren Hammerschmidt - 228
12. Matt Kagan - 228
12. Carolyn Blessing - 228
15. Kevin Hauschulz - 226
15. Ken Wagner - 226
15. Joshua Krause - 226
18. Scott Paine - 225
19. Jim Hu - 224
19. Rick Boeckler - 224
19. Carol LaPlante - 224
19. Joseph Hiegel - 224
23. Don LaPlante - 223
24. Michael Rosenkrantz - 222
25. Sean Sullivan - 221
25. Gary Kirby - 221
25. Jackie Wilson - 221
--. *AGGREGATE PICKS BRACKET* - 221
28. Ian Auzenne - 220
29. Mark Gardner - 219
29. Gerry deSimas - 219
31. Rachel Wetherill - 218
32. Bill Pancoast - 217
33. Jeff Freeze - 216
33. Greg Plank - 216
35. Gary Atkinson - 214
36. M.T. Swanson - 211
36. Conor Sullivan - 211
36. Tyler Condon - 211
39. Stacey Dubois - 209
39. Kelly Strutz - 209
39. Scott Loomer - 209
42. Dan Port - 207
42. Matt Thomsen - 207
42. Kristy McCray - 207
45. Joanna Rubin - 206
46. Brian Dupuis - 205
46. Pat Caplin - 205
48. Ryan Dalidowitz - 204
48. Matt Wiser - 204
48. Sandy Berman - 204
48. Greg Kagan - 204
52. Peter Timbrell - 202
52. Jeff Vaca - 202
52. Randy Styles - 202
55. Kristy LaPlante - 201
56. Mike Wiser - 199
56. Leanna Loomer - 199
56. Jeff Morrison - 199
59. David Kreutz - 198
60. Weston Cross - 197
60. Patrick Roach - 197
62. Becky Loy - 196
63. Brendan Loy - 195
63. Jennifer Elam - 195
63. Steve Duvernay - 195
66. Bonnie Stone - 194
67. Amy Aemisegger - 192
67. Joe Loy - 192
67. Brandon Minich - 192
70. Dave Whelan - 190
71. Joyce Kohler - 189
72. Jessica Osborne - 188
73. Ted Zak - 187
74. Jay Johnson - 185
74. Andrew Long - 185
74. Lisa Velte - 185
74. Chris Aemisegger - 185
78. Toby, Sasha and Butter Zak Loy - 183
79. Rose Holden - 182
80. Kim Stone - 181
81. Rosalie Town - 180
82. Danny Pilz - 178
83. Chris Bravo - 176
84. Bob Lutts - 175
85. Yvette Webster - 169
86. Jen Ham - 161
86. Katrina Lewonczyk - 161
88. Ginny Zak - 158
89. Robbie Loy - 146