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Cutting down the nets on AOA NCAA Tournament Pool III

Congrats to Evan, the winner of this year's AOA NCAA tournament pool. Here's his winning bracket.

He topped a field of 42 entrants in AOA's pool this year and wins a $25 gift card to Stewart's. Victory tastes like Peanut Butter Pandemonium. (Or so we hear.)

Evan's winning bracket had 41 of 63 games picked correctly, including two Final Four teams: Florida and Wisconsin. He narrowly edged out Joe, who compiled the same number of points but lost the tie breaker on number of correct picks (38).

This year's tournament was bonkers. And AOA's pool reflected that. No one in the group correctly picked UConn to win the whole thing, and only three people had even two of the Final Four teams.

For some perspective: Only .2 percent of the brackets entered at Yahoo had UConn winning the tournament. And only .3 percent even had the Huskies in the Final Four.

After the jump, the top 10 from this year's pool. Thanks to everyone who played.

bracket / games picked correctly / points

1. evan's Ingeneous Bracket (Evan) / 41 of 63 / 77 points
2. sadxmas (Joe) / 38 of 63 / 77 points
3. Scott's Swell Brakcet (Scott) / 45 of 63 / 76 points
4. Diana's Unstrategic Bracket (Diana) / 40 of 63 / 75 points
5. guess works (Spencer) / 42 of 63 / 74 points
6. The Americans (Mike) / 42 of 63 / 74 points
7. Hollie's Swell Bracket (Hollie) / 43 of 63 / 73 points
8. Mac's Bracket (Adam) / 40 of 63 / 73 points
9. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (Steve Verdini) / 39 of 63 / 72 points
10. Jennifer's Unrivaled Bracket (Jennifer) / 39 of 63 / 72 points