Lauren Kimball never had to sweat. As UConn romped its way to the women’s national championship, so too did Kimball to her first Glimm title.

In fact, just to erase any doubt, Kimball gave herself some insurance: She finished first and second in the women’s Glimm.

Her LK1 bracket finished with 153 points, 6.5 points ahead of her second-place LK2 bracket. Jim Catapano’s JimCat finished third with 145 points.

Three teams finished tied for fourth (including two brackets named after UConn stare Paige Buecker) with 144 points, just outside the money: Earl Campburn’s Paige Buckets, Dan Stamm’s Paige vs. Dawn and Pete Catapano’s PCwomen2.

In the men’s bracket, Francesca Catalano had a much tougher path. In the second straight must-win game for her Cesca bracket, her team had a win percentage below 5 at some point during the second half. But days after Houston pulled off a near-impossible comeback over Duke, Florida pulled off an improbable comeback over Houston — leaving Cesca atop the standings.

Catalano finished with 159 points to win her first Glimm title. Nick Putnam’s NPD1 finished in second (147), followed by Sean Ceglinsky (146.5). Jack Otter’s OtterV 3.0 (146.5) and Carson Derosiers’s Carson-Derosiers1 (146) rounded out the top five. 

Some final Glimmbits:

• The only other prize that wasn’t clinched before the championships was the Orlov, the prize going to the person who finished in the exact middle of the men’s pool. This year, with 284 entries, that went the person who finished in 142nd place. In fact, five people finished in 139th place, so we have to go the tiebreaker — looking for the person who finished in fourth place in the tiebreaker. That person? Jerry Kleinbaum’s DoctorK bracket. 
  
• Women’s champ Lauren Kimball finished within striking distance of the rare double championship — her LK1 bracket finished in sixth place.
  
• Your host had one of his best Glimms in years, but not good enough to finish in the money. My Pennypacker bracket finished in seventh place.