After doing this for 25 years, we guess it makes sense that (for the fifth year in a row), the average commissioner (249.5 points) has bragging rights over the average pool entrant (214.1). Also completely logical is the idea that females (226.5) sit comfortably atop males (212.83), and that children (228.38) bettered their betters. Most sensible of all is the universal truth that dogs (228.5) are smarter than humans (214.89) who are smarter than lawyers (206.25). And we guess it really did hurt when angels (183.0) fell from heaven.
This year's top Tag Team was the Donadio Group (240.25), which sported nearly a ten point lead over its nearest competitor. The Rivals of Millan (220.17) have quite a ways to go before they can rival Whiteside and his Enemies (230.67), or even get the better of People who know Natalini (220.4). Last year's Tag Team darlings, the Members of DBR (214.88), this season became mired in mediocrity, barely ahead of the Ripley Believe it or Nots (212.25). And, as we've grown accustomed over a quarter of a century, the Leach Gang (207.33) can't shoot straight, although at least they were more accurate than the Boys from 12A (205.57) and the Urban Engineers (186.78).
Regionally, if you want to pick pools, go West, young man (or young woman -- we don't discriminate here, especially since (as noted above) women scored better than men), as Western entries averaged 225.0, better than New England (218.0), the South (211.25), the Mid-Atlantic region (211.25), and the Midwest (211.0). Even in Pennsylvania, West(ern PA, 222.5) is smarter than the rest of the state (215.3). And if you think going all the way out to China (210.0) will help you, think again.
Neither Philadelphia (208.4) nor New York (203.25) were particularly good places from which to pick pools this season, but halfway in-between in Central Jersey (240.25), it wasn't so bad. The Philadelphia suburbs (216.0) once again kicked the collective butts of the Philadelphia urbs (208.4).
People named Matt (245.0), Ed (240.0), Brett (231.0), and Kevin (229.5) are good people to trust, but whatever you do, don't listen to George (202.0), Harry (196.0), Al (189.5), or Bob (181.5). And you probably shouldn't try to be like Mike (203.56), either. Neither smart nor stupid were Luke/Lucia (229.0), Jack/Jake (223.5), John/Jon (219.88), Nick (215.33), David (211.2), Jeff (208.0), and Rick (205.5).
Our most popular college, with 12 votes, was Penn State, although Nittany Lion groupthink (210.58) was only good for 21st place among participating universities. Among rivalry schools, Princeton (237.0) trounced Penn (180.5), Michigan (226.0) edged Michigan State (222.5), Temple (221.2) clobbered Villanova (165.0), UNC (234.0) piled on against Duke (217.0), and Ursinus (211.5) bested Widener (202.0). Brand new ACC member Syracuse (204.5) showed outgoing Maryland (195.4) the door.
Looking at conference affiliations of favorite schools, the West Coast Conference (245.0) and Conference USA (235.0) were the class of the contest. The SEC can not only boast two teams in the Final Four, but also a tie for 3rd (along with the AAC) in our contest, with a 224.0 average. The ten member Big 12 (221.0) skunked the twelve member Big 10 (212.62). And the new, improved ACC (210.52) couldn't even beat out the Patriot League (219.0) or the Atlantic 10 (217.0). Fans of lower division schools (216.5) have a ways to go before they can move up, while it appears Ivy Leaguers (207.0) aren't as smart as they think. The CAA (205.0), the Southern Conference (179.0), and most of all the new Big East (165.0), probably ought to take up croquet or something.
When it comes to occupations, those in writing (236.5) and entertainment (243.0) seem to know what they're doing. Financial executives (234.5) are just a bit cleverer than people who work with numbers (223.0) or computers (221.33). Students (223.5) can now justify not listening to teachers (209.67). Attorneys (204.2) rank in the middle of Real Estate (205.0) and Insurance (192.0) professionals. Retired people (204.0) have once again shown they're retired for a reason. And clearly health care professionals (190.0) and engineers (185.4) have way too much on their plates to worry about a silly little contest like this.
Next time: Rivals! And we all know you don't want to miss that.
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