Gardner still perfect in NIT Pool

With 15 first-round NIT games finished and one still in progress -- Cal leads New Mexico 56-54 with 7:19 left -- Mark Gardner remains in sole possession of first place in the Irish Trojan NIT Pool with a 15-0 prediction record. Randy Styles, Sean Sullivan and Ginny Zak are in a three-way tie for second at 14-1.

Gardner picked Cal over New Mexico, as did Styles and Zak. But Sullivan picked the Lobos, and thus he would tie Gardner for first if they win. If the Bears win, Gardner will finish the first round with a perfect 16-0 record.

UPDATE: Cal won, so Garner is officially 16-for-16! Well done! Full standings here and after the jump.

1. Mark Gardner - 112
2. Randy Styles - 105
2. Ginny Zak - 105
4. Patrick Roach - 98
4. Derek McDonald - 98
4. Sean Sullivan - 98
4. Dan Port - 98
4. Matt Wiser - 98
4. Mike Quinn - 98
4. David Kreutz - 98
4. Pat Caplin - 98
4. Gary Kirby - 98
4. Cam McLachlan - 98
4. Jeff Burch - 98
4. Joshua Krause - 98
4. Chris Bravo - 98
4. Scott Schmidt - 98
4. Matt Thomsen - 98
19. Brian Dupuis - 91
19. Jeff Morrison - 91
19. David Mathues - 91
19. Gerry deSimas - 91
19. Matt Scarborough - 91
19. Greg Plank - 91
19. Don LaPlante - 91
19. Joe Hiegel - 91
19. Dave Whelan - 91
19. Ted Zak - 91
19. Josh Rubin - 91
19. Joey Perucki - 91
19. Tom K. - 91
32. Larry Caplin - 84
32. Chuck Wessell - 84
32. Becky Loy - 84
32. Andrew Long - 84
32. Kevin Hauschulz - 84
32. Kevin Curran - 84
32. Steve Ivey - 84
32. Jennifer Elam - 84
32. Jeremy Gist - 84
32. Brian Nicholson - 84
32. Matt Higgins - 84
32. Rick Boeckler - 84
44. Scott Paine - 77
44. Kay Torg - 77
44. Ian Auzenne - 77
44. Scott Robertson - 77
44. Joshua Carpenter - 77
44. Weston Cross - 77
44. Diane Krause - 77
44. Sandy Berman - 77
44. Mike Dagen - 77
44. Brandon Minich - 77
44. Michael Rosenkrantz - 77
44. Wilson Loftis - 77
56. Jay Johnson - 70
56. Danny Pilz - 70
56. Katrina Lewonczyk - 70
59. MT Swanson - 63
60. Brian Newbold - 56
60. Mike Wiser - 56
60. Brendan Loy - 56

Comments

[MHiggo]

One round in and I'm already down two semifinalists. Gah!

I hope this is a temporary bout of The Stupid and my NCAA picks remain uninfected.

[Brendan]

Heh. I'm hoping the same thing. An 8-for-16 first round is not exactly a glorious achievement! :)

[Gardner]

I hope my NCAA picks are as good as these. Here's to hoping.

[jlr]

Perfect records in the NIT are like having your toast land butter-side up. Yeah, it's cool, but you're going to throw it away eventually anyway.

[jlr]

Of course, I picked my team to lose in the first round to Minnesota and they won; so maybe I deserve not to win this one...