With the first weekend of the ECAC, WCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffs in the books, here's a look at the score so far in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #2 (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, along with the WCHA semis, get picked as sweeps. The current overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is held by Nathan Hampton with 26 points. 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 Nathan Hampton 26 Scott Kaplan 24 John Edwards 24 William Sangrey 22 Tony Buffa 22 Andy Weise 22 Mark Lewin 20 Bill Fenwick 20 Sean Keller 18 Jim Dixon 16 USCHO 18 Higher Seed 22 ECAC WCHA NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Andy Weise 6 Bill Fenwick 8 Nathan Hampton 6 Andy Weise 8 Tony Buffa 6 Nathan Hampton 8 Scott Kaplan 6 Tony Buffa 6 John Edwards 6 Scott Kaplan 6 William Sangrey 6 John Edwards 6 Mark Lewin 4 Mark Lewin 6 Sean Keller 4 Sean Keller 6 Jim Dixon 4 William Sangrey 4 Bill Fenwick 4 Jim Dixon 4 USCHO 4 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 6 Higher Seed 4 Atlantic Hockey Big Ten NAME TOTAL NAME TOTAL Mark Lewin 6 Nathan Hampton 6 William Sangrey 6 William Sangrey 6 Nathan Hampton 6 John Edwards 6 Scott Kaplan 6 Scott Kaplan 6 John Edwards 6 Jim Dixon 4 Tony Buffa 6 Tony Buffa 4 Bill Fenwick 4 Bill Fenwick 4 Andy Weise 4 Andy Weise 4 Sean Keller 4 Mark Lewin 4 Jim Dixon 4 Sean Keller 4 USCHO 6 USCHO 4 Higher Seed 6 Higher Seed 6 Bill Fenwick [log in to unmask]