NCAA Player Pool: Day 1

Isn't this the most wonderful time of the year? I know Andy Williams erroneously makes the claim that Christmas (Thank God we can call it Christmas again) time is the most wonderful time, but that song was written in the 60's. That was a time before the moral decay of society was so bad that public gambling became accepted and encouraged. Even emotionless corporations get in on the action now with company office pools. Even former President Obama had his brackets announced every year.

State sponsored gambling! (That sound you heard was all the Libertarians in this group angrily banging their fists on a copy of Atlas Shrugged.)

I don't appreciate that Libertarian joke.
But I do appreciate your Constitutional right to make it. 

If you want to check out live updates, I made a fancy Google Doc. I'll try to keep up with it throughout the day, but I'm solo-parenting a 3-year-old and an 11-month-old, so stick with me. Also pray for me. 

Out of the gate, your early top 5 are Tyler Harrison, Dylan Ninos, Hoosier9, and, perhaps the most handsome entrant of all, Shane Setnor with two entries. 

On the floor, the hero of day doesn't wear a cape or tights, but he does sport a man-bun. Houston's Rob Gray went ham yesterday, dropping 39 points on SDSU. While 18 of the 39 entries are feeling good about that selection, I assume all zero of us feel good about his hair. 

All the pieces matter. All the points matter.
Also, it's Freamon with an A. Come on, man.

Nipping on his heals is Allerik Freeman, who was kind enough to donate 36 points to the cause. 11 entries had Mr. Freeman, though his effort comes in a losing cause. This makes this the best Freeman performance since Clarke Peters in The Wire. Colin Sexton's 25 points is just behind Freeman and the 11 point difference could be made up tomorrow after Alabama's win over VT yesterday. 

On the opposite end, I got an angry email from Bryan Hart Man personally blaming me for making him select Killian Tillie and his 2 points. Joke is on me too, Bryan, because I and 6 other people also selected this dud. I suggest Mr. Tillie make it up to us tomorrow or else Hart Man might start sending him angry emails as well. 

Perhaps the biggest blow is Deandre Ayton bowing out of the tournament with 14 points. 19 entries had him and just lost their 4th seeded player. The 6 entries who selected CJ Massinburg (19 points) for their 13th seed are elated.