Thursday, March 13, 2014

2015 CONTEST INFORMATION!
 

PLEASE EMAIL the MAILMAN with your ONE BEST E mail address ASAP

SELECTION SUNDAY - Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 6 PM! 

The BRACKETS will be available for study!

You will be invited to join the HUNTINGTON ACRES GROUP on CBS SPORTS via Email on SUNDAY!

PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PICKS ON YOUR BRACKETS ON LINE BEFORE THURSDAY,MARCH 19, 2015 at 10 AM!
 Use www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/printable_men (see links on right column) to download and print up a bracket.


The link to Our CBSSports Bracket  Game Group is http://mmhuntingtonacres.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM14_paste_cbsinv
 BUZZERBEATER - Remember the DEADLINE for your entry is THURSDAY, MARCH 19th AT 10:00 AM.


PAYMENT - Each player is responsible to arrange to get payment to the Mailman ASAP!

RETURNING THIS YEAR - Each entry will have $5 put into a pool to predict the eventual national champion. Your National Champ on your brackets entry will be your choice. Those entrants that correctly predict the National Champion will split this pool of money. For example, if you are the only entrant to choose Washington to win, and they are the champions, you win all the money in the pot for this contest.
If more than one person chooses the correct team, then they will split the pot.For example, if three people all choose Washington then they will split it 3 ways.

***YEAR END PARTY - SITE TO BE DETERMINED

  There is a Party fund built into the entry fee to help defer expenses!  Please contact me if you have any questions.

TICKET PRICES:
 
-Total Entry (required) - $35 per entry
>NCAA Tournament predictions - $30 per entry - INCLUDES PARTY FUND!
>
National Championship Team Pool - $5 per entry


RULES SUMMARY 
-ENTRY FEE> $35 per entry for the NCAA predictions contest - one entry per person
*****-$30 for the brackets (includes party funding) and $5 for the National Champion pool.

-PRIZES
> 1st ~ 55% of total prize pool
> 2nd ~ 35% of total prize pool
> 3rd ~ 15% of total prize pool
> 
The rest of us! -A YEAR END PARTY later this spring!
-TIEBREAKER
> The tiebreaker for First place will be the total points for the National Championship game.
> NOTE WELL - The Mailman will contact any potential winners before the National Championship Game for their predictions, since your guess should be predicted by the two opponents that are playing.
> Ties for Second and Third  place will split the winnings evenly.
-ENTRIES
> One entry per individual - Entry fee due with completed ballot
> The Mailman will play for free.
> Deadline -Thursday March 19th at 10 AM
> I will still need correct email addresses for each player!
-RULES & SCORING FOR BRACKETS GAME
>
Each entry will predict the winner of each game in each round of the NCAA tournament. Please submit your completed bracket online Thursday March 19th - 10:00 AM.
>Points will be awarded for each game that the winner is correctly predicted. The number of points awarded for each game is summarized below.
>The entry with the most accumulated points through all rounds will be the winner! The Preliminary Play In games on Tuesday & Wednesday, March 17 & 18th will not be counted.
-POINTS
>Round 1 - March 19th & 20th - 1 point/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 2 - March 21st & 22nd - 2 points/ correct
[32 Possible Points]
>Round 3 - March 26th & 27th - 3 points/ correct [24 Possible Points]
>Round 4 - March 28th & 29th - 5 points/ correct [20 Possible Points]
>Round 5 - April 4th - 7 points/ correct
[14 Possible Points]
>Round 6 - April 6th - 10 points/ correct [10 Possible Points]
> Total Possible Points - [132 Possible Points]
 

-REPORTING
>
Updates and notifications will come through the CBS Sports online site

-
NATIONAL CHAMPION POOL
>
Entrants that correctly predict the National Champion will split the pool of money for this game.
>If no one correctly predicts the National Champion, the money will go into the NCAA Tournament prediction pool. (1st through 3rd place).

I encourage all of you to share comments on the blog, for all to enjoy!

Please email me or call me if you have any questions. Please put comments on the blog if you have any suggestions on how to improve the Madness in the Acres.

The Mailman

Saturday, April 13, 2013

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE MARCH MADNESS 2013 YEAR END PARTY!

WHEN:  SATURDAY, MAY 4TH
                     7:00 PM 

WHERE:  THE SWANSONS

LIQUID REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!

FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE E MAILED AND POSTED ON THE BLOG!

PLEASE E- MAIL OR CALL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

SEE YOU THEN!

THE MAILMAN

Monday, April 8, 2013

CARDINALS FLY TO A WIN!
> SPIKE and TREY tried valiantly to upset LUKE and SIVA but the Cardinals flew away in the second half with strong rebounding from BEHANAN!  It was a very entertaining game, with the big runs and hot hands especially in the first half making for some real excitement!  Louisville at the end appeared to be the stronger and deserving team.  Sorry PISTOL and WOLVERINE for your loss this year, but the future looks bright for your Blue and Maize!

CHAMPION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
>DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON flies with the Cardinals to FIRST PLACE in our 2013 March Madness in Huntington Acres contest!  This is THE DEBSTER First Title!  Congratulations DEB - Awesome job!  She wins the First Place Prize of $250!

MONEY WINNERS!
>BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD and MARIANNE PENNY WISE Tied for SECOND PLACE! They both ended up a point behind DEBSTER!  Great job guys.  They will split the Second Place ($130) and Third Place ($80) prizes and so each will earn $105!

NATIONAL CHAMPION POOL
>NINE of our contestants predicted Louisville as their National Champion!  They will split the National Championship pool of $115.  That works out to $13 for each.  So, at least most played for Half price!   

SWEET SIXTEEN POOL
>DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON also won the Sweet Sixteen Contest with Louisville!  She wins $55 for this pool. 

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
>AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER is our Champion in the under 18 division.  Congrats PIERCE!

YEAR END PARTY
>Remember, there will be a year end party at The Swansons sometime this Spring.  All players are welcome to attend.
>The date of the year end party is still to be determined.  I will notify everyone by email and it will also be posted on this blog when that date has been chosen.  

FINAL 2013 STANDINGS (MONEY WON)
1    79 - DEBSTER THE CHEF   - $268
2    78 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD  - $118
             MARIANNE PENNY WISE  - $118
4    75 - THE MAILMAN  - $13
5    73 - RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER  - $13
6    72 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ  - $13
7    71 - PISTOL PETER BURG
8    70 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ  - $13
             MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE  - $13
10   69 - BUFF ADAM BURG  - $13
11   64 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
              HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
13   63 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
14   62 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
              LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
16   60 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
17   59 - GREEK GREOS GANG
18   57 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
19   56 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
20   55 - DUNKIN' BRAD UNKLESS
21   51 - SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
22   50 - DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
23   49 - BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
              KING JONAH WISE

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
1   73 - AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER
2   45 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
3   43 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

THANKS FOR PLAYING AGAIN THIS YEAR!  Hope you enjoyed it!

The Mailman

Sunday, April 7, 2013

SATURDAY STRUGGLES
>Both games were struggles for the winners yesterday.  Louisville had to come from a significant deficit, while Michigan had to hold off the Orangemen for the win.  Not particularly pretty basketball but entertaining enough to keep our attention for 6 hours!

WINNERS BRACKET
>We have two potential winners for our contest this year depending on the outcome of Monday's game.
>MICHIGAN WINS
    1st - PISTOL PETER
    2nd - DEBTER THE CHEF
    3rd (tie) - BASKETBALL BOBBY and MARIANNE PENNY
>LOUISVILLE WINS
     1st - DEBSTER THE CHEF
     2nd (tie) - MARIANNE PENNY and BASKETBALL BOBBY

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
 >AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER is the winner in the TRIFECTA Division!  Congratutlations PIERCE!

REMEMBER THE NATIONAL CHAMPION POOL
>For those of you who still have your National Champion in play (Louisville and Michigan) still have a chance to win some money.
>The total pool is $115.
>There are 9 entrants who predicted Louisville.  Payout will be $13 per person.
>One entrant had Michigan so Pistol will get an additional $115 if the Wolverines win!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
   >MICHIGAN - MAGIC MIKE
   >LOUISVILLE - DEBSTER THE CHEF

>STANDINGS AFTER SATURDAY
71 - PISTOL PETER BURG
69 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
68 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
        BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
65 - THE MAILMAN
64 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
        PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
63 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
        RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
62 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
        LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
        SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
60 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
        MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
        DEACON DAVID LANTZ
59 - GREEK GREOS GANG
        BUFF ADAM BURG
57 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
56 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
55 - BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS
51 - SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
50 - DR HOOPS ANDY GREOS
49 - KING JONAH WISE
       BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
63 - AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER
45 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
43 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

Have a great Sunday!

The Mailman

Sunday, March 31, 2013

BROKEN SUNDAY - OUCH!
>GRUESOME!  That is one description of Louisville's player Kevin Ware's injury on Sunday afternoon.   I was squirming in my seat and was happy not to see it played over and over.   Wow, seems a little odd for a young player to just land on his leg and the Tibia breaks like a toothpick!  Unfortunately, that was the biggest talk of the day.
>Getting to the games, it seemed like Louisville's guards were like little pests continually flying by the Duke defenders to the basket either for lay ups or dishing out assists.  I mean it was relentless.  Nice high percentage shots are hard to overcome, especially when Duke couldn't hit the side of a barn with it's three point shots on Sunday.
>Michigan ran out to an early lead and had no problems keeping it ( although I did not watch the whole game).  PISTOL PETER is the only player who has Michigan advancing and they are his National Champion pick!

DAILY KUDOS
>DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON was our only contestant with 2 correct choices on Sunday.  Awesome job DEBSTER!  It appears your pick of Michigan will win you money this year!

NATIONAL CHAMPS WATCH
>Two of our contestants lost their National Champ prediction Florida - HOT ROD BILL and HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER.
>DUKE'S loss left WOLVERINE JAKE and DUNKIN' BRAD without their National Champ choice.

>PISTOL PETER still has MICHIGAN alive for the National Championship.
>NINE contestants have LOUISVILLE as their National Champ (NC).  EIGHT additional players have them winning the first game next Saturday and advancing to the Final Game (FG), but not winning the National Championship.
>See below in the Standings, the team (if present) that each player has alive and how far they have predicted they will advance.

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA WINNER!
>AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER wins this year's TERRIFIC TRIFECTA CONTEST!!  He has the most points and still has possible points with Louisville.  However, MIGHTY MAX and HOT SHOT HAGAN have no more possibilities for points, so AIR PRINCE PIERCE is the Winner!  GREAT JOB PIERCE!  CONGRATULATIONS!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>Here are the contestants still alive -

DEBSTER - LOUISVILLE
MAGIC MIKE  - MICHIGAN
RAM FAN JULIE - SYRACUSE
AND 1 ADAM - WICHITA STATE

STANDINGS AFTER SUNDAY (108 Possible points)
64- PISTOL PETER BURG - National Champ - Michigan
62- DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON - NC -Louisville
61- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD - NC - Louis
      MARIANNE PENNY WISE - NC - Louis
58- THE MAILMAN - NC - Louis
57- PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - Louisville advance to Final Game (FG)
      HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY -FG - Louis
      AND 1 ADAM SWANSON - Done - no more possible points
56- WOLVERINE JAKE BURG - Done
       RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - NC - Louis
       LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON - FG - Louis
55- SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS - FG - Louis
      LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN - FG - Louis
      COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - NC - Louis
      BRAD DUNKIN' UNLESS - Done
53- DEACON DAVID LANTZ - FG - Louis
      MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - NC - Louis
      JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - FG - Louis
52- BUFF ADAM BURG - NC - Louis
      GREEK GREOS GANG - FG - Louis
51- SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG - Done
50- DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - Done
49- BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN - Done
      KING JONAH WISE - Done

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
56- AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER - NC - Louis
45- MIGHTY MAX RONYAK - Done
43- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER - Done

Have a great week!

The Mailman

Saturday, March 30, 2013

GREAT EIGHT SATURDAY

SATURDAY SHOCKERS!
>The SHOCKERS gutted out a big win over OHIO STATE, as the Buckeyes could not finish the comeback and pull off a BuzzerBeater like it did in it's previous two games!  For a while there I thought they might, but WICHITA STATE really did look like the better team today!  The stand in Cinderella (I mean they are a #9 seed, but FGCU trumped them going into the weekend for the Cinderella honor!) looks good and deserving going to the Final Four!  Score one for the Mid Majors!
>SYRACUSE was not really an upset, but they also looked to be the best team going to the Final Four from the East Regional.


DAILY KUDOS - NONE!
>ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NIL, BAGELED!  THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY ZERO POINTS SCORED BY ANYONE IN OUR CONTEST TODAY!  UNBELIEVABLE!
>In our previous 16 years I cannot remember this ever happening in the Sweet Sixteen Weekend!!
>The current standings are not changed from Friday's results!
>There are no future points coming out of these two regions.
>The only potential future points will be from the Four teams playing tomorrow.
>The only good from this is THE MAILMAN can get to bed early Saturday night!!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>JAMMIN' JEFF (Ohio State) lost his chance for an easy pay day as a result of today's game!
>AND 1 ADAM lost Marquette, but still has Wichita State alive!

NATIONAL CHAMPION LOSS
>MIGHT MAX RONYAK in the Terrific Trifecta lost his National Champ - OHIO STATE today.
>There were no losses in the Adult game, but that will change on Sunday!


STANDINGS AFTER SATURDAY (98 possible)
59 - PISTOL PETER BURG
57 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
56 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
       BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
55 - BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS
53 - THE MAILMAN
52 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
       HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
       PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
51 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
       RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
       SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
       WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
50 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
       LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
       SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
       DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
49 - BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
48 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
       MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
       DEACON DAVID LANTZ
47 - GREEK GREOS GANG
       BUFF ADAM BURG
44 - KING JONAH WISE

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
51 - AIR PRINCE PEIRCE REISINGER
45 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
43 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

GOOD LUCK ON SUNDAY!

The Mailman

Friday, March 29, 2013

SWEET FRENZIED FRIDAY!

AMAIZEING FRIDAY NIGHT!
>Wow!  That was amazing!  MICHIGAN comes back in the last 2 minutes and beats KANSAS, whose fans at least had them winning with 30 seconds left,  with an almost half court TREY by Trey Burke to send them to OT and some more TREYs by Mr. Burke!  That was an awesome finish and has to be one of the most surprising finishes of the tournament!
>On the other hand it appears KANSAS "Self" destructed and again disappoints by not advancing as far as predicted by it's seeding! 
>LOUISVILLE and DUKE impress by handling business with only a little anxiety in the end.
>FLORIDA shakes off it's early nerves, I guess, to smack down the "little brother" (and Cinderella) FGCU fairly easily, as expected.

NATIONAL CHAMP WATCH
>Two of our players had KANSAS as their Champion.
>One player had MICHIGAN STATE as their Champion.
>As of tonight ELEVEN players have lost their National Champ pick.  THIRTEEN players are still alive with 5 different teams.

DAILY KUDOS
>WOLVERINE JAKE BURG and PISTOL PETER BURG were a perfect 4 for 4 tonight!  WOLVERINE has the Maize and Blue to the Final Four, while PISTOL PETER has the Woverines as his National Champs!  Awesome job tonight guys!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>Here are the players who are still alive in the Sweet Sixteen Drawing

JAMMIN' JEFF               - OHIO STATE
DEBSTER THE CHEF   - LOUISVILLE
RAM FAN JULIE           -SYRACUSE
MAGIC MIKE                -MICHIGAN
AND 1 ADAM                -MARQUETTE/ WICHITA STATE
LONGHORN TYLER     -FLORIDA
DEACON DAVID           -DUKE

STANDINGS AFTER FRIDAY (88 possible)
59 - PISTOL PETER BURG
57 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
56 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
       BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
55 - BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS
53 - THE MAILMAN
52 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
       HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
       PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
51 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
       RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
       SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
       WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
50 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
       LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
       SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
       DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
49 - BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
48 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
       MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
       DEACON DAVID LANTZ
47 - GREEK GREOS GANG
       BUFF ADAM BURG
44 - KING JONAH WISE

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
51 - AIR PRINCE PEIRCE REISINGER
45 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
43 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

GOOD LUCK ON SATURDAY

The Mailman