Go Aggies!

I have verified that the capital of Djibouti is in fact Djibouti. And the winner of the 2007 St. John's Hoops Al McGuire Memorial Final Four contest is . . .

Marty Michael!

A more deserving participant I cannot imagine. For his efforts Marty will receive a basketball autographed by the 2006-2007 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, which was utterly shafted by the NCAA selection committee.

The SJH Final Four contest places disproportionate emphasis on picking the winner, although this year four entrants did so. However, Marty was the only person who correctly named Ohio State as the runner-up.

As a point of trivia, this is the first year yours truly has scored a goose egg in his own contest. In fact, it may be the first time anyone has blanked. Here are the final resuts:

8 - Marty Michael
6 - Andy Pearson
6 - Scott Skaro
5 - Michael Dowding
3 - Matt Thurber
3 - Dan Haase
2 - Bruce Holt
2 - Pat Odean
2 - Krall
2 - Matt Butts
2 - Steve Cerkvenik
2 - Jim Julian
2 - Bob Root
2 - Steve Naumann
2 - Steve Balza
2 - Audrey Schroeder
2 - Sam Kayser
1 - Griff
0 - Steve Yaeger

Thanks for playing. Please let me know if you will or will not be playing hoops at St. John's this weekend. We tip off at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, as usual.