With the first weekend of the NCHC playoffs in the books, and with the ECAC, Hockey East, WCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffs continuing, here's another look at the score so far in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 (in which all rounds count the same). Also included are the scores for the predictions by the USCHO staff (who, it should be pointed out, don't have to pick all the games at once) and a "Higher Seed" entry, showing what would have happened if the higher seed for each game had been picked to win. Thus, in the "Higher Seed" entry, all first-round/quarterfinal series get picked as sweeps. The current overall lead is shared between William Sangrey and myself, with 58 points each. Scoring reminder: Each correct winner you pick in each round earns you two points. There is no bonus in a first-round/quarterfinal series for picking the number of games that the series lasts. Overall NAME TOTAL Bill Fenwick 58 William Sangrey 58 Charlie Shub 56 Tony Buffa 56 Mark Lewin 56 Jim Dixon 52 Nathan Hampton 52 Sean Keller 52 * John Edwards 48 Andy Weise 48 Scott Kaplan 48 * Craig Knowles 8 USCHO 60 Higher Seed 58 * Did not submit picks for all conferences ECAC Hockey East NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Tony Buffa 14 Nathan Hampton 12 William Sangrey 12 John Edwards 12 Jim Dixon 12 Charlie Shub 12 Sean Keller 12 Andy Weise 12 Bill Fenwick 12 Jim Dixon 10 Charlie Shub 12 William Sangrey 10 Nathan Hampton 12 Bill Fenwick 10 John Edwards 12 Tony Buffa 10 Mark Lewin 12 Mark Lewin 10 Scott Kaplan 12 Sean Keller 8 Andy Weise 10 Scott Kaplan 8 Craig Knowles 8 USCHO 12 Higher Seed 12 USCHO 12 Higher Seed 12 WCHA NCHC NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL John Edwards 12 Mark Lewin 8 Sean Keller 10 Tony Buffa 8 Bill Fenwick 10 Scott Kaplan 8 William Sangrey 10 William Sangrey 8 Charlie Shub 8 Charlie Shub 8 Jim Dixon 8 Bill Fenwick 6 Mark Lewin 8 Jim Dixon 6 Andy Weise 8 Andy Weise 6 Tony Buffa 8 Nathan Hampton 6 Scott Kaplan 8 Sean Keller 6 Nathan Hampton 6 USCHO 8 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 8 Higher Seed 8 Atlantic Hockey Big Ten NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Mark Lewin 12 Bill Fenwick 10 Bill Fenwick 10 William Sangrey 10 Sean Keller 10 Jim Dixon 10 Tony Buffa 8 Tony Buffa 8 Nathan Hampton 8 Nathan Hampton 8 William Sangrey 8 John Edwards 8 Charlie Shub 8 Charlie Shub 8 Scott Kaplan 6 Andy Weise 6 Jim Dixon 6 Mark Lewin 6 Andy Weise 6 Sean Keller 6 John Edwards 4 Scott Kaplan 6 USCHO 12 USCHO 8 Higher Seed 8 Higher Seed 10 Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask]