With the first week/weekend of the Hockey East and NCHC playoffs in thebooks, and with the ECAC, WCHA, Atlantic Hockey, and Big Ten playoffscontinuing, here's another look at the score so far in the Pick the TourneysContest #1 (in which the later rounds are weighted more heavily than theearlier ones). Also included are the scores for a "Higher Seed" entry,showing what would have happened if the higher seed for each game had beenpicked to win. Thus, in the "Higher Seed" entry, all first round and quarter-final series get picked as sweeps. USCHO predictions showed up for the semifinal round of the Big Ten, so I’veincluded those along with the continuing predictions for the ECAC. Stillnada from the rest of USCHO. The current overall lead in the Pick the Tourneys Contest #1 is held by SeanKeller with 129 points. Scoring reminder: Three points are awarded for each correctly predictedwinner in the first round and in the quarterfinals. An additional bonuspoint was given for correctly forecasting the number of games (2 or 3) aseries would go. Scoring for the rest of the contest is as follows: 8 points for correctlypicking semifinal winners, and 16 points for picking the championship gamewinner. OverallNAME TOTALSean Keller 129Jim Dixon 124Andy Weise 123Scott Kaplan 112Mark Lewin 110Tony Buffa 106William Sangrey 98Bill Fenwick 92 * USCHO 38Higher Seed 99 * Did not submit picks for all conferences ECAC Hockey EastNAME TOTAL NAME TOTALSean Keller 30 Sean Keller 18Jim Dixon 29 Scott Kaplan 18Scott Kaplan 29 Andy Weise 18William Sangrey 24 Tony Buffa 18Andy Weise 23 Jim Dixon 15Mark Lewin 23 Mark Lewin 15Bill Fenwick 21 William Sangrey 12Tony Buffa 18 Bill Fenwick 12 USCHO 22 Higher Seed 21Higher Seed 25 CCHA NCHCNAME TOTAL NAME TOTALAndy Weise 32 Jim Dixon 15Sean Keller 27 Sean Keller 14Tony Buffa 24 Mark Lewin 14Jim Dixon 20 Scott Kaplan 14Mark Lewin 20 Bill Fenwick 14William Sangrey 20 Andy Weise 11Scott Kaplan 19 Tony Buffa 11Bill Fenwick 16 William Sangrey 11 Higher Seed 19 Higher Seed 12 Atlantic Hockey Big TenNAME TOTAL NAME TOTALJim Dixon 19 Andy Weise 28Scott Kaplan 17 Sean Keller 27Mark Lewin 15 Jim Dixon 26Bill Fenwick 14 Mark Lewin 23Sean Keller 13 Tony Buffa 23Tony Buffa 12 William Sangrey 19William Sangrey 12 Scott Kaplan 15Andy Weise 11 Bill Fenwick 15 Higher Seed 11 USCHO 16 Higher Seed 23 --Bill Fenwick DJF 5/27/94Cornell '86 and '95 JCF 12/2/97LET'S GO RED!!