Ouch.

North Carolina 108, Arkansas 77, final -- and it was only that "close" because Arkansas ended the game on a 10-5 run. UNC led 103-67 with 3:14 left. Like I said: ouch.

So, the greatest four-day weekend in sports is over -- and it was a good one. The first day evoked unpleasant memories of last year's largely upset-free, mostly undramatic opening weekend, but Friday, Saturday and Sunday made up for Thursday in a very big way. Two titans, Duke and Georgetown, went down, as did sexy sleeper picks Pitt, UConn, Clemson and USC (sigh); three double-digit Cinderellas, Davidson, Villanova and Western Kentucky, moved on; a whole bunch of high seeds had a whole bunch of close calls; and game after game was hyper-competitive and extremely enjoyable. Hurrah! Long live March Madness!

Pool update shortly -- including, for the first time, the "Possible Outcomes" page showing who's still alive to win. (Now that there are "only" 32,768 scenarios left, my pool software can calculate this.)

UPDATE: Here are the standings of the 13th annual Living Room Times men's basketball pool presented by the UCLA Bruins. And here's the possible outcomes page. (To sort the possible outcomes page by mathematical likelihood of winning, instead of by current rank, click twice on the column header "# First.")

As noted earlier, Ryan Morgan is in first place, 12 points ahead of Ken Wagner. Impressively, Morgan wins in 20% of the 32,768 remaining scenarios -- a very high percentage for this early in the tournament. However, 86 of the 245 contestants, including everyone currently ranked in the Top 30, are still mathematically alive to win.

(The highest-ranked contestants not still mathematically alive are Ken Inadomi and Nathan Evangelista, who are currently tied for 31st but can finish no better than second. The lowest-ranked contestant who still has a shot: George Heidkamp, currently 223rd out of 245, who would win the pool in exactly one of the 32,768 possible scenarios.)

Current standings thru 48 games are after the jump. The maximum possible number of points to date is 272. The pool is scored on a 5-7-10-15-20-25 basis.

13th annual men's NCAA pool presented by the UCLA Bruins
1. Ryan Morgan - 221
2. Ken Wagner - 209
3. Amir Sadaghiani - 207
3. Robert Dokes - 207
3. Khalil Aboukhaled - 207
3. Alex Whitfield - 207
3. Liz Janelle - 207
8. Danielle Thomsen - 204
8. Kevin Hauschulz - 204
8. Matthew Thomsen - 204
8. Chuck Wessell - 204
12. Chris Mulvey - 202
12. Kevin Pilz - 202
12. Jeff Belisle - 202
15. Joe Swiderski - 200
16. Denise Reidy - 199
16. Dan Port - 199
16. Russell Caplin - 199
16. Lisa Velte - 199
16. Mark Gardner - 199
16. Bill Reece - 199
16. Justin Vale - 199
23. Jay Schwartz - 197
23. Larry Caplin - 197
23. Dave Whelan - 197
23. Nick Surmacz - 197
23. Scott Loomer - 197
23. Danny Pilz - 197
23. Scott Robertson - 197
23. Jeff Dickens - 197
--. *ALL FAVORITES BRACKET* - 197
31. Mark Saviola - 195
31. Ken Inadomi - 195
31. Joseph Hiegel - 195
31. Nathan Evangelista - 195
31. Jeff Morrison - 195
31. Joshua Carpenter - 195
37. Gary Atkinson - 194
37. Bridget Saviola - 194
37. Dean Thornton - 194
40. Matt Kagan - 193
40. Carolyn Blessing - 193
42. Conor Sullivan - 192
42. Ernesto Lopez - 192
42. Shari Long - 192
42. Amy Greca - 192
42. Robin Crocker - 192
42. Rachel Wetherill - 192
42. Steve Hartranft - 192
42. Tyler Condon - 192
42. Jeff Vaca - 192
51. Gary Kirby - 190
51. Eric Soskin - 190
51. Weston Cross - 190
51. Tony Gjolaj - 190
51. Drew Smith - 190
51. Jackie Wilson - 190
51. Derek McDonald - 190
51. Jeremy Gist - 190
51. Marlene Saviola - 190
60. Ryan Dalidowitz - 188
60. Jeremy Kwock - 188
60. Gordon Strickland - 188
60. Melanie Peralta - 188
60. Charles Susano - 188
60. Jeffrey Ferguson - 188
60. Jennifer Elam - 188
60. Ryan McBride - 188
68. James Devine - 187
68. Jeff Cultrera - 187
68. Soren Hammerschmidt - 187
68. Jason Rogers - 187
68. Andrew Hunter - 187
68. Kristy McCray - 187
74. Matt Scarborough - 185
74. Keith Evans - 185
74. Jay Johnson - 185
74. Joe McDade - 185
74. Rick Boeckler - 185
74. Jay Eysol - 185
74. Ken Stern - 185
74. Andrew Long - 185
74. Paul Lucht - 185
74. Kay Torg - 185
74. Logan Pugh - 185
74. Brian Rogers - 185
74. Christopher Drewry - 185
74. Colin Son - 185
74. Peter Timbrell - 185
74. Trent Kelso - 185
74. Tom Greca - 185
--. *AGGREGATE PICKS BRACKET* - 185
91. Marty West - 183
91. Brian Dupuis - 183
91. Dan Dinunzio - 183
91. Jenna Auriemma - 183
91. Ben Eng - 183
91. Bob Lutts - 183
91. Adam De Guire - 183
91. Keith DeMonstoy - 183
91. Brian Neudorff - 183
91. Cam McLachlan - 183
101. Tristin Thomsen - 182
101. Chai Park - 182
101. Leanna Loomer - 182
101. David Mathues - 182
101. John Chung - 182
106. Greg Kagan - 181
106. Michael Hale - 181
108. Jon Schoenwetter - 180
108. Ginny Zak - 180
108. Joshua Krause - 180
108. Pat Caplin - 180
108. Ted Zak - 180
108. Cath Doo - 180
108. Brian Newbold - 180
108. Kelly Strutz - 180
108. Sean Sullivan - 180
108. Joe Resper - 180
108. Patrick Cullen - 180
108. Dennis Chow - 180
108. Quvondo Johnson - 180
108. Johanna Cummings - 180
108. Ian Drayton - 180
108. Tom Caputi - 180
--. *BARACK OBAMA'S BRACKET* - 180
124. Benjamin Rumery - 179
125. Dave Martins - 178
125. Willie Wheaten - 178
125. Lauren Moy-Kim - 178
125. Abby Smagula - 178
125. Mike Deeds - 178
125. Jon Benski - 178
125. Chris Aemisegger - 178
125. Akash Patel - 178
125. Mike Marchand - 178
125. Phillip Price - 178
135. Jim Wall - 177
136. Lauren Taylor - 176
136. Randy Styles - 176
136. Jake Burke - 176
136. Gerry deSimas - 176
136. Greg Plank - 176
136. Nick Genco - 176
136. Joel Thrift - 176
143. Mark Jordon - 175
143. Dmytro Aponte - 175
143. Antonia Namnath - 175
146. Blake Hanson - 174
146. Sandy Berman - 174
146. Kevin Curran - 174
146. Dave Roberts - 174
150. Jessica Fortuna - 173
150. Joey Perucki - 173
150. Beth Milewski - 173
150. Patrick Roach - 173
150. Eric Gobel - 173
150. Jim Hu - 173
150. Scott Paine - 173
150. Jeff Freeze - 173
150. Roger Snyder - 173
159. Jeff Sklar - 172
160. Cody Groeber - 171
160. Brian Nicholson - 171
160. Rick Garnett - 171
160. Hannah McLaughlin - 171
160. Matt Wiser - 171
160. Bill Pancoast - 171
160. M.T. Swanson - 171
--. *JOHN MCCAIN'S BRACKET* - 171
167. Brian Kiolbasa - 170
167. Emily Wood - 170
167. Keith Stefanczyk - 170
167. Crys Dalangin - 170
167. Pat Gonzales - 170
167. Stephen Copenhaver - 170
173. Brandon Minich - 169
173. Michael Walsh - 169
173. Tom Keck - 169
173. Duane Homan - 169
177. Andrew Hiller - 168
177. Becky Loy - 168
177. Katrina Lewonczyk - 168
177. Joanna Rubin - 168
177. Chris Evans - 168
177. Darby Shaw - 168
183. Sharon Lee - 166
183. Matt Higgins - 166
183. Frank Rooney - 166
183. Stacey Dubois - 166
183. Chris Bravo - 166
183. Greg Shtraks - 166
183. Barry McGinnis - 166
183. Rachel Luberda - 166
183. Carol LaPlante - 166
183. Kristy LaPlante - 166
183. Esteban Coca - 166
183. Jon Caplin - 166
195. Bea Duque Long - 165
195. Joe Loy - 165
195. Steve Leys - 165
198. Oanh Tran - 164
199. Scott Schmidt - 163
199. Rosalie Town - 163
199. Katherine Kirkpatrick - 163
199. James McGinnis - 163
199. Neil Waechter - 163
199. Michael Tran - 163
199. Steve Koppitsch - 163
199. Kristen Wall - 163
199. Rob Atherton - 163
208. Josh Rubin - 162
209. Colleen Duggan - 161
209. A.J. St. John - 161
209. Jaime Duque - 161
212. Michael Rosenkrantz - 160
213. Trisha Neudorff - 159
214. Jessica Cowans - 158
215. Ian Auzenne - 156
215. Yvette Webster - 156
215. Kristin West - 156
218. Meredith Steffen - 154
218. F. X. McGahee - 154
220. Mike Wiser - 153
220. Bonnie Stone - 153
222. Don LaPlante - 152
223. Jen Ham - 149
223. Lauren Davis - 149
223. George Heidkamp - 149
223. Todd Stigliano - 149
227. Courtney Tawresey - 147
228. Steve Duvernay - 146
228. Shireen Garcia - 146
228. Diane Krause - 146
231. Brenden Roche - 145
232. Andrew Leyden - 144
232. Neil Rampal - 144
234. Toby, Sasha and Butter Zak Loy - 142
235. Mike Dagen - 141
235. Brendan Loy - 141
235. David Kreutz - 141
238. Robbie Loy - 133
238. Barbara Cross - 133
240. Susie Ogden - 132
241. Jessica Osborne - 127