Battle of the Otts

The first weekend of the Glimm Memorial came down to Otto versus Otter.

Otto Kern’s Ottomatic 1 had a perfect first day to jump to the lead in the first round of the NCAA tournament — but Otto couldn’t hold off Jack Otter’s OtterV 3.0 in the second round.

OtterV 3.0 correctly picked 13 of 16 games in the second round, including the big upset by Arkansas over St. John’s, to blow past Otto and into first place after the second round.

TJ Berka’s What Up Larsa Pippen? bracket nearly matched OtterV — Berka picked 14 of 16 games correctly, but missed out on the Arkansas upset and its bonus points.

At the end of the first weekend of play, OtterV3.0 was in first place with 70.5 points, What Up Larsa Pippen? was in second with 70, and Ottomatic was in third with 64.5.

In the women’s pool, Jeff Keating’s jkedit5 and Earl Camburn’s Paige Buckets (not to be confused with third-place Paige1) have both picked 89.6% of games correctly to jump to the lead, tied with 62 points. Paige Mordarski’s Paige1 trails by half a point.

Some GlimmBits:

  • There are a few cool new tools available: An End Game Scenario page, which looks at all 32K+ scenarios remaining and tells you how in how many you can win, and a What If? calculator, where you can simulate the rest of the tournament and see if you’ll win. The tools are available for the men’s pool here and the women’s pool here.
  • If anyone is in Sacramento, go and check on the Macht household and make sure Dan and Rosaleen are OK. Dan’s Hoopskillet bracket is in last place, and Rosaleen’s Harris Hoops is in second-to-last place. Something must be wrong with that Sac-town water.
  • Clare Bear Kern’s 63 points leads the Kids Championship, and is good enough for fourth place overall in the men’s pool. In the women’s pool, Eli Rosenberg’s Eliskul32 holds a half-point lead over Sydney Kwarta’s Sydney Hummingbirds .
  • Are you sure you’ve paid? There are still a good amount of stragglers. Check out the men’s and women’s payment trackers — if you’re listed on the ‘have not paid’ list, please either venmo me your entry fee and let me know if it’s a mistake. 
  • Enjoy this breather over the next few days, then buckle up: Games resume on Thursday for the men and Friday for the women.