Chicks dig Zags

We know that one of four teams will be the 2017 NCAA Champion. So we have four scenarios to discuss:

Scenario 1: "Winnah, winnah, Duck dinnah"

If Oregon wins it all, here's who our winners will be:

(1) R Schlegel (312)
(2)(tie) L Leach (309)
(2)(tie) P Leach (309)

Out of the money: R Wanger (301)

Scenario 2: "If a team wins the national championship, and nobody picked them, does it still make a sound?"

If South Carolina takes the title, as predicted by nobody in our contest, here's who our winners will be:

(1) R Wanger (301)
(2) Naumgarten (299)
(3) J Donadio (297)

Out of the money: Da Dye (292); Harlan (292)

Scenario 3: "If the shoe fits"

Evidence suggests that Naumgarten is actually long-time entrant Baumgarten, who apparently (unintentionally) misspelled his own name. Fitting, if the national champion turns out to be a school that committed the worst academic fraud in the history of the NCAA, and still hasn't been punished. So if UNC steals the championship, here's who our winners will be:

(1) Naumgarten (339)
(2) Sciarabba (320)
(3) S Adams (317)

Out of the money: Feinblatt (303)

Scenario 4: "Chicks dig Zags"

If Gonzaga gets two more wins, our top three positions will all be held by female contestants. Perhaps not surprising, but certainly a historic first in a contest that hasn't seen such an event in 28 years. Those three dominant pool-pickers will be:

(1) Harlan (332)
(2) Burch (330)
(3) K Ripley (329)

Out of the money (and male): Marshall (320)

NOTE that we haven't checked to make sure that all the winners listed above actually paid for the contest. To the extent that someone didn't pay, they will certainly be allowed bragging rights, but all prizewinners will come from among the ranks of the paid-in-full.