Ryan Morgan extends men's pool lead

Ryan Morgan predicted both of the NCAA Tournament's biggest upsets to date -- West Virginia over Duke and Davidson over Georgetown -- and now he's got a sizable lead in the 13th annual Living Room Times men's basketball pool presented by the UCLA Bruins. (You can see his bracket here.)

Morgan, a Drake alum and Wisconsin fan who lives in Milwaukee and surfed onto the Irish Trojan's Blog just a week ago, has a 12-point lead over his nearest competitor, Ken Wagner of Nashville. The pool is scored on a 5-7-10-15-20-25 basis.

Morgan has 200 out of a possible 251 points. Wagner has 188. Liz Janelle, Robert Dokes, Khalil Aboukhaled, Alex Whitfield and Amir Sadaghiani are tied for third with 186.

Aboukhaled (a.k.a. "fezafou") briefly tied Morgan, who had led overnight, when Villanova won Sunday's early game. (Morgan picked Clemson.) But when Tennessee beat Butler in overtime, Morgan retook sole possession of the lead (Aboukhaled picked the Bulldogs), and he increased that lead a few minutes later when Davidson stunned Georgetown.

Morgan picked Memphis, North Carolina and Louisville in the final three second-round games. Everyone near the top of the leaderboard made the same picks, so major changes tonight are impossible. Morgan is guaranteed to remain in sole possession of first place heading into the Sweet Sixteen.

Complete standings here and after the jump.

13th annual men's NCAA pool presented by the UCLA Bruins
1. Ryan Morgan - 200
2. Ken Wagner - 188
3. Liz Janelle - 186
3. Robert Dokes - 186
3. Khalil Aboukhaled - 186
3. Alex Whitfield - 186
3. Amir Sadaghiani - 186
8. Chuck Wessell - 183
8. Kevin Hauschulz - 183
8. Danielle Thomsen - 183
8. Matthew Thomsen - 183
12. Kevin Pilz - 181
12. Jeff Belisle - 181
12. Chris Mulvey - 181
12. Mark Saviola - 181
12. Joshua Carpenter - 181
17. Matt Kagan - 179
17. Joe Swiderski - 179
19. Denise Reidy - 178
19. Mark Gardner - 178
19. Russell Caplin - 178
19. Bill Reece - 178
19. Justin Vale - 178
19. Lisa Velte - 178
19. Dan Port - 178
26. Dave Whelan - 176
26. Jay Schwartz - 176
26. Larry Caplin - 176
26. Nick Surmacz - 176
26. Scott Robertson - 176
26. Scott Loomer - 176
26. Danny Pilz - 176
26. Jeff Dickens - 176
--. *ALL FAVORITES BRACKET* - 176
34. Joseph Hiegel - 174
34. Jeff Morrison - 174
34. Nathan Evangelista - 174
34. Ken Inadomi - 174
38. James Devine - 173
38. Bridget Saviola - 173
38. Gary Atkinson - 173
38. Dean Thornton - 173
42. Carolyn Blessing - 172
43. Ken Stern - 171
43. Paul Lucht - 171
43. Tyler Condon - 171
43. Conor Sullivan - 171
43. Robin Crocker - 171
43. Ernesto Lopez - 171
43. Shari Long - 171
43. Jeff Vaca - 171
43. Rachel Wetherill - 171
43. Steve Hartranft - 171
43. Amy Greca - 171
54. Jackie Wilson - 169
54. Gary Kirby - 169
54. Weston Cross - 169
54. Derek McDonald - 169
54. Tony Gjolaj - 169
54. Jenna Auriemma - 169
54. Marlene Saviola - 169
54. Jeremy Gist - 169
54. Eric Soskin - 169
54. Keith DeMonstoy - 169
54. Drew Smith - 169
65. Greg Kagan - 167
65. Jeffrey Ferguson - 167
65. Ryan Dalidowitz - 167
65. Gordon Strickland - 167
65. Melanie Peralta - 167
65. Ryan McBride - 167
65. Jeremy Kwock - 167
65. Jennifer Elam - 167
65. Charles Susano - 167
74. Johanna Cummings - 166
74. Jason Rogers - 166
74. Soren Hammerschmidt - 166
74. Andrew Hunter - 166
74. Kelly Strutz - 166
74. Ted Zak - 166
74. Ginny Zak - 166
74. Kristy McCray - 166
74. Jeff Cultrera - 166
74. Pat Caplin - 166
84. Benjamin Rumery - 165
85. Joe McDade - 164
85. Christopher Drewry - 164
85. Logan Pugh - 164
85. Keith Evans - 164
85. Jay Johnson - 164
85. Matt Scarborough - 164
85. Brian Rogers - 164
85. Kay Torg - 164
85. Andrew Long - 164
85. Rick Boeckler - 164
85. Jay Eysol - 164
85. Phillip Price - 164
85. Dave Martins - 164
85. Tom Greca - 164
85. Jon Benski - 164
85. Colin Son - 164
85. Peter Timbrell - 164
85. Trent Kelso - 164
--. *AGGREGATE PICKS BRACKET* - 164
103. Dan Dinunzio - 162
103. Bob Lutts - 162
103. Adam De Guire - 162
103. Marty West - 162
103. Ben Eng - 162
103. Brian Neudorff - 162
103. Cam McLachlan - 162
103. Brian Dupuis - 162
103. Jake Burke - 162
112. Chai Park - 161
112. Antonia Namnath - 161
112. David Mathues - 161
112. Tristin Thomsen - 161
112. John Chung - 161
112. Leanna Loomer - 161
118. Michael Hale - 160
118. Blake Hanson - 160
118. Dave Roberts - 160
118. Kevin Curran - 160
122. Joe Resper - 159
122. Joshua Krause - 159
122. Roger Snyder - 159
122. Jon Schoenwetter - 159
122. Patrick Roach - 159
122. Tom Caputi - 159
122. Ian Drayton - 159
122. Quvondo Johnson - 159
122. Patrick Cullen - 159
122. Jessica Fortuna - 159
122. Sean Sullivan - 159
122. Dennis Chow - 159
122. Brian Newbold - 159
122. Cath Doo - 159
--. *BARACK OBAMA'S BRACKET* - 159
136. Mike Deeds - 157
136. Mike Marchand - 157
136. Abby Smagula - 157
136. Hannah McLaughlin - 157
136. Chris Aemisegger - 157
136. Lauren Moy-Kim - 157
136. Akash Patel - 157
136. Willie Wheaten - 157
144. Jim Wall - 156
145. Michael Walsh - 155
145. Nick Genco - 155
145. Duane Homan - 155
145. Gerry deSimas - 155
145. Greg Plank - 155
145. Randy Styles - 155
145. Lauren Taylor - 155
145. Tom Keck - 155
145. Joel Thrift - 155
154. Mark Jordon - 154
154. Dmytro Aponte - 154
154. Becky Loy - 154
154. Katrina Lewonczyk - 154
154. Joanna Rubin - 154
154. Andrew Hiller - 154
160. Sandy Berman - 153
161. Jeff Freeze - 152
161. Carol LaPlante - 152
161. Greg Shtraks - 152
161. Barry McGinnis - 152
161. Joey Perucki - 152
161. Eric Gobel - 152
161. Stacey Dubois - 152
161. Chris Bravo - 152
161. Rachel Luberda - 152
161. Jim Hu - 152
161. Frank Rooney - 152
161. Scott Paine - 152
161. Beth Milewski - 152
174. Jeff Sklar - 151
175. Bill Pancoast - 150
175. Matt Wiser - 150
175. Oanh Tran - 150
175. Brian Nicholson - 150
175. M.T. Swanson - 150
175. Cody Groeber - 150
175. Rick Garnett - 150
--. *JOHN MCCAIN'S BRACKET* - 150
182. Brian Kiolbasa - 149
182. Keith Stefanczyk - 149
182. Rosalie Town - 149
182. Crys Dalangin - 149
182. Pat Gonzales - 149
182. Neil Waechter - 149
182. Yvette Webster - 149
182. Emily Wood - 149
182. Stephen Copenhaver - 149
191. Brandon Minich - 148
192. Chris Evans - 147
192. Darby Shaw - 147
192. A.J. St. John - 147
195. Jon Caplin - 145
195. Sharon Lee - 145
195. Matt Higgins - 145
195. Esteban Coca - 145
195. Kristy LaPlante - 145
200. Joe Loy - 144
200. Steve Leys - 144
200. Jessica Cowans - 144
200. Bea Duque Long - 144
204. Jen Ham - 142
204. Kristin West - 142
204. Scott Schmidt - 142
204. James McGinnis - 142
204. Kristen Wall - 142
204. Katherine Kirkpatrick - 142
204. Steve Koppitsch - 142
204. Michael Tran - 142
204. Rob Atherton - 142
213. Josh Rubin - 141
214. Jaime Duque - 140
214. Colleen Duggan - 140
214. Meredith Steffen - 140
214. Courtney Tawresey - 140
218. Michael Rosenkrantz - 139
219. Don LaPlante - 138
219. Trisha Neudorff - 138
221. George Heidkamp - 135
221. Ian Auzenne - 135
221. Toby, Sasha and Butter Zak Loy - 135
224. F. X. McGahee - 133
225. Mike Wiser - 132
225. Diane Krause - 132
225. Bonnie Stone - 132
228. Brenden Roche - 131
229. Neil Rampal - 130
229. Andrew Leyden - 130
231. Lauren Davis - 128
231. Todd Stigliano - 128
233. Mike Dagen - 127
234. Robbie Loy - 126
235. Shireen Garcia - 125
235. Steve Duvernay - 125
237. Loyette Loy - 124
238. David Kreutz - 120
238. Brendan Loy - 120
238. Jessica Osborne - 120
241. Barbara Cross - 119

Comments

[Casey]

I would just like to note that I am the only contender who has no surviving teams in the Sweet Sixteen. I have already maxed out at 35 points, and have thus secured last place for all eternity. (Thanks USC)

How awesome am I?

man casey your really funny