LAST WEEK BEFORE MARCH MAYHEM IN THE ACRES!

Counting down to Selection Sunday with only 1 week to go! The conference tournaments this week will provide you an opportunity to cram for this year's BRACKETOLOGY exam. There will be more (as in numbers) important basketball games played this week than any other week this month! Please note that Cornell has already won the Ivy League, and is in the Big Dance, so don't forget about them!!

SUN DEVIL JEFF BULL is the first to sign up as a Follower of this blog! Hopefully others will follow (and I hesitate to say it this way, but it works!) the DEVIL and sign on!

COMMENTS
A few (and I mean a few) of you have added your comments. Awesome, but I would like to have everyone putting in their two cents worth! This is a neighborhood chat site, so to speak. So step up and write (or should I say "blog") your thoughts as the month goes along.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR!
-Actually the main thing is THE BLOG! All information will be posted here.
-I will send emails alerting of any new posts until the first day of the tournament.
-Starting on the first Friday, I will not send any reminders and you may access the blog for any new posts at your convenience.
-The only other change is that THE MAILMAN is playing for free this year!

DIAPER DANDIES
-Although we have been running at about 26-27 players, we have room for a few new contestants, or diaper dandies as my hero Dicky V would say! Please extend an invitation to your neighbors if they are MMHA worthy!

BRIEF RULES SUMMARY
-ENTRY FEE
> $15 per entry for the NCAA predictions contest
> $10 per household PARTY FUND - to subsidize the year end party
-PRIZES
> 1ST - 50% of total prize pool (plus Party Fund)
> 2nd - 25% of total prize pool
> 3rd - 15% of total prize pool
> 4th - 10% of total prize pool
> The rest of us! - A PARTY at the home of the 1st place winner later this spring!
-ENTRIES
> One entry per individual - Entry fee due with completed ballot
> Deadline -Thursday March 19th at 10 AM
> I will still need correct email addresses for each player.
-SWEET SIXTEEN
> $5 Entry fee: Limited to 16 entries (First 16 people paying).
> Each contestant assigned a Sweet Sixteen team by random draw.
> Winner takes all!
-KIDS DIVISION
> $5 Entry fee for players 18 and younger.
> Payoff for top two or three places depending on participation.

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