Friday, March 30, 2012

YEAR END PARTY AT THE PROFESSOR'S!
> PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD is so excited that she will be hosting the party she has set a date for our Year End Celebration! Thank you PATTI for getting the Bball rolling and committing to do this for the group! The party is only TWO weeks away so please be sure to RSVP (see below).
>SATURDAY APRIL 14th - 7:00 pm till ???
>Liquid Refreshments provided.
>Please BRING AN APPETIZER to share.

>PLEASE, PLEASE RSVP (Attend or Regrets) TO PATTI at pbairee@msn.com!


POSSIBLE FINAL STANDINGS
>Below are the projected 1st 3 place winners for March Madness in Huntington Acres based on the scenarios listed for the final three games!
>The first two teams listed are the semi final winners. The third team is the national champion.
>There is a potential tiebreaker situation between PISTOL PETER and BUFF ADAM. The total points for the National Championship game will be the tiebreaker. I will ask for their guesses after the final opponents are known, since which teams are playing may affect their final estimate!

1- KENTUCKY - KANSAS: KENTUCKY = 1)JAMMIN JEFF, 2)PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM

2- KENTUCKY - KANSAS: KANSAS = 1)KING JONAH, 2)SUNDEVIL JEFF, 3) JAMMIN JEFF

3- KENTUCKY - OHIO STATE: KENTUCKY = 1)PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM, 3)JAMMIN' JEFF

4- KNETUCKY - OHIO STATE: OHIO STATE = 1)PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM, 3)KING JONAH

5- LOUISVILLE - KANSAS: LOUISVILLE = 1)SUNDEVIL JEFF, 2)KING JONAH, 3) JAMMIN JEFF

6- LOUISVILLE - KANSAS: KANSAS = 1)SUNDEVIL JEFF, 2)KING JONAH, 3)HOT ROD BILL

7- LOUISVILLE - OHIO STATE: LOUISVILLE = 1)PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM, 3)SUNDEVIL JEFF

8- LOUISVILLE - OHIO STATE: OHIO STATE = 1)PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM, 3) SUNDEVIL JEFF

Good Luck on Saturday!

The Mailman

Sunday, March 25, 2012

SUNDAY BLOWOUTS
>A couple of double digit winning margins on Sunday. One game not close at all, the other close until the last 3 minutes! Almost all of us improved with Kentucky's win. However, the majority of players lost with the Kansas win. Seven of our players benefited with 5 additional points with the Jayhawks' performance!

DAILY KUDOS
> Five contestants were a perfect 2 for 2 on Sunday. WOLVERINE JAKE, RAM FAN JULIE, MAGIC MIKE, JAMMIN' JEFF and KING JONAH all had Kentucky and Kansas on their brackets. Great job guys!

SWEET SIXTEEN FLAMEOUTS
> AND 1 ADAM (Baylor) and DEACON DAVID (North Carolina) lost their rights to the Sweet Sixteen bounty.
LUCKY FINAL FOUR
> COWBOY GEORGE (Kentucky), HOT ROD BILL (Louisville), JAMMIN' JEFF (Kansas) and KING JONAH (Ohio State) are the final lucky four players in this contest.

NATIONAL CHAMP PAYOUTS
> The pot for the National Champ Payout is $105 dollars. The Payouts will be as follows for each possible National Champ:
> KENTUCKY - 9 players - $11.50 each
> KANSAS - 4 players - $26.25 each
> OHIO STATE & LOUISVILLE - No players - The $105 will be added to the total pool and distributed between the top 3 places.

CURRENT STANDINGS - 108 possible points
>69 - SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL - National Champ - Kansas

>68 - KING JONAH WISE - Kansas

>67 - BUFF ADAM BURG - Kentucky
PISTOL PETER BURG - Kentucky

>65 - SPARKY SEAN BULL
JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - Kentucky

>64 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE

>63 - $$ BILL BRADY

>61 - GREEK GREOS GANG
THE MAILMAN - Kentucky

>60 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ

>59 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY - Kansas
DEACON DAVID LANTZ

>58 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - Kentucky
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - Kansas

>55 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON - Kentucky

>54 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD - Kentucky
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON - Kentucky

>53 - DR HOOPS ANDY GREOS

>52 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON - Kentucky

>45 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - Planning a party!

DYNAMIC DUO
>68 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK - Ohio State

>55 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR - Kentucky


Later -

The Mailman

Saturday, March 24, 2012

RED SATURDAY
> The teams with Red as one of their primary colors both win on Saturday! Louisville and Ohio State prevail and the Orange teams, Florida and Syracuse, were put into misery! Both exciting games and well worth watching!
>Sunday's Kentucky - Kansas game will be a HUGE game for our little contest! We have seven players with KU advancing to the Final Four and the other 15 have North Carolina. Four players have KU with a National Championship which would likely lead them to the good possibility of reaching the promised land of a money position!
> Kentucky has been predicted to win tomorrow on 20 out of 22 ballots! The other two players had Duke!

DAILY KUDOS
> SEVEN players picked Ohio State on Saturday. Nobody had Louisville as a choice! Therefore only 7 players had any point production on Saturday!
> The lucky players were: PENNY WISE, THE MAILMAN, PISTOL PETER, BUFF ADAM, SPARKY SEAN, SUNDEVIL JEFF and HOT ROD BILL.

SWEET SIXTEEN FLAMEOUTS
> MAGIC MIKE (Syracuse) and THE MAILMAN (Florida) lost their Sweet Sixteen pick in the drawing! Better luck next year.
STILL ALIVE!
> HOT ROD BILL (Louisville) and KING JONAH (Ohio State) survive the weekend and head to the FINAL FOUR!
> Players left on Sunday - The LANTZ BOYS - COWBOY (Kentucky) & DEACON DAVE (UNC), JAMMIN JEFF - Kansas & AND 1 ADAM (Baylor)

CURRENT STANDINGS - 98 possible points
>62 - PISTOL PETER BURG
BUFF ADAM BURG

>60 - SPARKY SEAN BULL

>59 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL

>58 - KING JONAH WISE
$$ BILL BRADY

>56 - THE MAILMAN
GREEK GREOS GANG

>55 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ

>54 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY

>50 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON

>49 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD

>48 - MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
WOLVERINE JAKE BURG

>47 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

>45 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD

DYNAMIC DUO
>58 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK

>50 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR


Good Luck on Sunday!

The Mailman

Friday, March 23, 2012

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
>The favorites came through and won their games on Friday! Only Kansas had troubles in the end closing out NC State, but was able to hold on! No upsets on this Friday, baby! We all had a good day!

DAILY KUDOS
> Multiple players managed a perfect scorecard on Friday! SPARKY SEAN BULL, GREEK GREOS GANG, DEACON DAVID LANTZ, COWBOY GEORGE LANTZ, THE MAILMAN, JAMMIN' JEFF WISE, and KING JONAH WISE went 4 for 4 on Friday! Congrats!

SWEET SIXTEEN KNOCKOUTS
> THE DEBSTER (Indiana), LONGHORN TYLER (NC State) and THE MAILMAN (Xavier & Ohio) lost their chance for a lucky pay day after Friday!

CURRENT STANDINGS - 88 possible
>58 - $$BILL BRADY
KING JONAH WISE

>57 - BUFF ADAM BURG
PISTOL PETER BURG

>56 - GREEK GREOS GANG

>55 - SPARKY SEAN BULL
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
JAMMIN' JEFF WISE

>54 - SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL
DEACON DAVID LANTZ
MARIANNE PENNY WISE

>51 - THE MAILMAN

>50 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON

>49 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON

>48 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE

>47 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

>46 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD

DYNAMIC DUO
>53 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK

>50 SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS

Good Luck on Saturday!

The Mailman

Thursday, March 22, 2012

SWEET SIXTEEN THURSDAY
>The EAST Region behaved itself and followed the seedings. SYRACUSE(1) survived a last second opportunity by Wisconsin and OHIO STATE(2) walks over Cinci!
>The WEST Region is UPSETTING for our contest as we all favored MSU(1) & Mizzou(2) to get to the Final Four! After tonight there are no more possible points by any of our players out of this region's surviving teams! DEBSTER THE CHEF was the only player who correctly had LOUISVILLE(4) as the winner on Thursday!

DAILY KUDOS
> DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON was the only contestant to manage 3 correct guesses on Thursday! Great job DEB!!

SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY at THE SWANSON'S
>FRIDAY 3/23 - 7:00 PM
>Please Bring your own liquid refreshments. - BYOB
>Please bring an appetizer to share with others!
>Be there or be square!


SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>$BILL (Marquette), THE GREEKS (Wisconsin), and RAM FAN JULIE (Michigan State) lost their teams in the Sweet Sixteen Drawing. LONGHORN TYLER lost Cinci - but he still has NC State.

NATIONAL CHAMP LOSERS
>$ BILL BRADY and DEACON DAVID LANTZ lost their National champ pick with the Michigan State loss tonight.
>Previously WOLVERINE JAKE BURG and SPARKY SEAN BULL lost their National Champ with Missouri's early exit. While PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD had that blue jersey team Duke winning it all!
>The only teams left that any of our contestants have chosen are - Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas and Ohio State. We'll see what Friday brings!

OBAMA'S BRACKET
The PRESIDENT'S bracket is well out ahead of all of us so far. He has a total of 53 points after Thursday!

CURRENT STANDINGS - 76 Possible points
>49 points - $BILL BRADY - He prefers DOUBLE DOLLAR BILL!

>48 - PISTOL PETER BURG
BUFF ADAM BURG

>46 - KING JONAH WISE

>45 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL

>44 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
GREEK GREOS GANG

>43 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
SPARKY SEAN BULL

>42 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ

>40 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD

>39 - MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
THE MAILMAN

>38 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

>36 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - Looking for those Blue Jerseys to get her out of the basement!

DYNAMIC DUO
>44 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK

>38 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR RONYAK

Good Luck on Friday!

The Mailman

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>I sought ought an independent and non partisan person to help perform the drawing for the Sweet Sixteen. HELEN BRADY was willing to help us out and performed the drawing of teams out of my Washington Husky hat on Wednesday. Below are the results. Thanks HELEN!

$ BILL BRADY - Marquette
JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - Kansas
KING JONAH WISE - Ohio State
DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON - Indiana
GREEK GREOS GANG - Wisconsin
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - Michigan State
THE MAILMAN - Florida/ Xavier/ Ohio
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - Syracuse
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - Kentucky
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY - Louisville
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON - Baylor
DAVID LANTZ - North Carolina
LONGHORN TYELR SWANSON - Cincinnati/ North Carolina State

SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY
>At the SWANSON'S
>FRIDAY, MARCH 23 - 7:00 PM to ??
>Please BRING YOUR OWN LIQUID REFRESHMENTS.
>Please BRING AN APPETIZER TO SHARE.
>Please RSVP if you haven't already!

Good Luck on Thursday!

The Mailman

Sunday, March 18, 2012

WINDY SUNDAY
>Kansas barely survived the Purdue tornado that almost ended their season. NC State knocked out another high seed, Georgetown. Ohio (without the State behind it) won the battle of Cinderellas. These group of teams definitely the unsettled half of the brackets!

DAILY KUDOS
Four out of eight correct was the best result on Sunday. We had FIVE of our players accomplish that. COWBOY JOE, DR. HOOPS, PENNY WISE, SPARKY BULL and PISTOL PETER were able to gain ground on all of us. Everyone else had 3 correct. The upsets on Friday hurt everyone's score today!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
> I will have the draw for the Sweet Sixteen Contest out on Tuesday. The late games on Sunday made it impossible to get an impartial drawer at this late hour. One or two of the picks will consist of two or three teams, since we have 14 players.

SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY ALERT

> Plan on a Social Gathering (aka Party) this coming FRIDAY - MARCH 23 at 7:00 PM at the SWANSON'S!
> BYOB.
> Please bring an appetizer to share.
>Please RSVP at tgswanson@aol.com

CURRENT STANDINGS AFTER SATURDAY - 64 possible points
>45 - PISTOL PETER BURG

>43 - KING JONAH WISE
$ BILL BRADY

>42 - SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL
BUFF ADAM BURG
MARIANNE PENNY WISE

>41 - GREEK GREOS GANG

>40 - SPARKY SEAN BULL
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
JAMMIN' JEFF WISE

>39 - WOVERINE JAKE BURG
DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE

>37 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY

>36 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
THE MAILMAN

>35 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

>33 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD

DYNAMIC DUO
>41 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK

>38 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR


All for now. Will have something for you on Tuesday!

The Mailman

Saturday, March 17, 2012

MIDNIGHT FOR CINDERELLAS
> Colorado and VCU's bid for the Cinderella of the 2012 tournament vanished with their Saturday losses! CU was in the game until the last 10 minutes, but not enough. Better than the NIT , I guess!
> The favorites on Saturday still pretty much intact. Sunday's games starting out a little messed up, however!

DAILY KUDOS
> Two of our contestants went 8 for 8 and a perfect record on Saturday. BUFF ADAM BURG and KING JONAH WISE both had a perfect Saturday. Great job guys!

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS PREDICTION
> Here are the predictions for the National Champion based on our entries. (24 total - adults and kids)
~Kentucky - 10
~North Carolina - 4
~Kansas - 4
~Michigan State - 2
~Ohio State - 1
~Missouri (eliminated) - 2
~Duke (eliminated) - 1

SWEET SIXTEEN POOL
> Still have 2 openings or the sweet sixteen pool. If there are no more entries will combine the lowest 3 seeds left in one pick in the drawing.

SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY ALERT
> Plan on a Social Gathering (aka Party) this coming FRIDAY - MARCH 23 at 7:00 PM at the SWANSON'S!
> BYOB.
> Please bring an appetizer to share.

CURRENT STANDINGS AFTER SATURDAY - 48 possible points
> 37 pts - $BILL BRADY
PISTOL PETER BURG
KING JONAH WISE

>36 - SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL
BUFF ADAM BURG

>35 - GREEK GREOS GANG

>34 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
JAMMIN' JEFF WISE

>33 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE

>32 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
SPARKY SEAN BULL

>31 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS

>30 - DEMON DEACON DAVID LANTZ
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
THE MAILMAN

>29 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON

>27 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD

DYNAMIC DUO
>33 - MAX RONYAK

>30 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS


Good Luck on Sunday!

The Mailman

Friday, March 16, 2012

UPSETS GALORE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT!
> Friday ended with SIX double digit seeds advancing with TWO of those being 15 seeds, Norfolk State and Lehigh beating 2 seeds Duke and Mizzou! Amazing! In addition a 4, 5, 6 and 7 seed lost as well. The net result is an UGLY day for us prognosticators with 11 being the best score for the day, but most of us in the single digit category!! Keeping everyone close I guess!

DAILY KUDOS
> Friday's best result was 11 correct. PISTOL PETER BURG, SOONER DAVID LANTZ and SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS managed to avoid or pick the correct upsets to lead us the second day of the tournament! Great Job guys!

SWEET SIXTEEN CONTEST
> We have 14 committed players for the Sweet Sixteen contest. There are 2 openings available if anyone is interested in joining!

RESULTS AFTER FRIDAY - 32 Total possible points
25 - PISTOL PETER BURG

23 - GREEK GREOS GANG, WOLVERINE JAKE BURG, $ BILL BRADY

22 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE, JAMMIN JEFF WISE, THE MAILMAN, SOONER DAVID LANTZ, SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL

21 - KING JONAH WISE, MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE, DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS

20 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON, COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ, A TRAIN ADAM BURG, SEAN SHAQ BULL

19 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON, HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY, PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD, BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD

18 - RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER

17 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON

DYNAMIC DUO
22 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS

21 - MAX RONYAK

Good Luck on Saturday!

The Mailman

Thursday, March 15, 2012

BUFFALO STAMPEDE IN THE PIT
>Welcome back for our 16th year of March Madness in Huntington Acres! Colorado stampeded UNLV in the first half and was able to avoid having it all turn to a pile of Buffalo Chips (if you know what I mean) in the second half. They literally looked like B. Chips for about 7 minutes of the second half but then turned it around enough to keep the win. VCU and CU were the only double digit seeds to manage a win on Thursday. Those two games along with the Syracuse game were probably about the only three exciting games at the end. No dramatic buzzer beaters so far!

DAILY KUDOS
>JAMMIN' JEFF WISE takes the early lead with the best score of 15 out of 16 on Thursday! He missed only the UConn loss! Great job!

ROSTER MOVES
>We are down one player to 22 players this year! We had 6 players not return this year and added 5 new or returning contestants this year. We have 2 players in the Kid's division.

>ROOKIES - SEAN SHAQ BULL, A TRAIN ADAM BURG, and SOONER OR LATER A SOONER DAVID LANTZ are technically all Rookies in the Adult game, but are all veterans of the Kids Division in years past! Welcome guys! There may be some updating of your nick names however.
>RETURNING PLAYERS - PISTOL PETER BURG and WOLVERINE JAKE BURG have returned to play with us this year after a year absence. Welcome Back!
>DYNAMIC DUO KID'S DIVISION ROOKIE - MAX RONYAK is our Rookie of the Year in the under 18 division. Great to have you join us MAX!

MONEY MATTERS
> Here are the payouts we are playing for this year

>1st Place $215
>2nd Place $125
>3rd Place $75

Party Fund - $120

National Championship Pool - $105
> This will be divided equally by all players who predict the National champion. If no one is correct then the money will be divided among the 1st 3 places.

Sweet Sixteen -$80

Dynamic Duo - 1st Place only - $10

RESULTS AFTER THURSDAY - 16 points possible
15
correct - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE

14 - $ BILL BRADY, PISTOL PETER BURG, PRESIDENT OBAMA

13 - GREEK GREOS GANG, MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE, AND 1 ADAM SWANSON, THE MAILMAN, KING JONAH WISE, WOLVERINE JAKE BURG, A TRAIN ADAM BURG

12- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD, PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD, SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL, COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ, MARIANNE PENNY WISE

11- HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY, DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS, DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON, SOONER OR LATER A SOONER DAVID LANTZ

10- RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER, SEAN SHAQ BULL

9- LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

DYNAMIC DUO
13
correct - MAX RONYAK

11 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS


Next report likely Saturday Morning!

Good Luck!

The Mailman

Monday, March 12, 2012

BRACKETOLOGY CLASSES ARE NOW IN SESSION!

The brackets are decided and although I think they are flawed (where are my Huskies?!) they are what we have to work with. Time is short to do your studying of each team's RPI, SOS, and quality wins and losses to come up with YOUR winning entry, and the Fame in the hood, and Name on the Red Bull Josh Wise Trophy that goes along with it!

PRINT YOUR BALLOT
>Go to the link to CBS Sports to print up the brackets for your study and completion!

THE PLAY IN GAMES, on Tuesday and Wednesday, do not count. For all games you get both teams for the play in game in the first round. For example, you may choose the California- University South Florida winner to beat Michigan, and you get either team, no matter who wins the play in game.

BUZZER BEATER
>Remember the DEADLINE for the contest is Thursday, March 15th at 10 AM!
>Drop off completed ballots at the Swanson's; Email to me at Tgswanson@aol.com; or of course Mailing is acceptable with a postmark of 3/14!
>My fax machine is unreliable at home so I cannot offer that option.

TICKET PRICES
> $25 for the brackets prediction game: $20 for the predictions and $5 for the National Champion prediction pool.
> $10 per family Party fund
> $5 per entry in Sweet Sixteen drawing (optional) - limited to first 16 participants. Your place in the drawing order is based on order that money is received.
> $5 for the Kids division for all players under 18.

EMAIL: Please be sure to put your correct Email address on your ballot!

NOTE WELL: THE YEAR END PARTY WILL BE AT THE LAST PLACE FINISHER'S HOUSE THIS YEAR. So study hard to avoid this embarrassing fate! There will be a party fund for you to help defray the party costs!

Good Luck!

The Mailman

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

PREGAME WARMUPS!

SELECTION SUNDAY - Sunday, March 11 at 6 PM! Brackets will be available!
>I will not be distributing your brackets to you again this year. Please go to a website such as www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/printable_men (see links on right column) to download and print up your ballot.
>BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE SUBMITTED BALLOT!
>Also put your current email address.

BUZZERBEATER - Remember the DEADLINE for your entry is THURSDAY, MARCH 15th AT 10:00 AM. Please drop off your ballot at the Swanson's, or Mail to me, or e mail your entries to me and arrange payment later.

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.

***NEW THIS YEAR- This year we will abandon the tradition of the Winner hosting the Party and instead the Year End Party will be held at the LAST PLACE FINISHER'S HOME. There is a Party fund to help defer expenses! START YOUR PREPARATIONS TODAY TO AVOID THIS FATE! Please contact me if you have any questions.

TICKET PRICES:
-Total (required) - $25 per entry
>NCAA Tournament predictions - $20 per entry
>
National Championship Team Pool - $5 per entry

-March Madness Party Fund (required) - $10 per household

-Sweet Sixteen Drawing (optional) - $5 per entry


RULES SUMMARY
-ENTRY FEE
> $25 per entry for the NCAA predictions contest - one entry per person
*****-$20 for the brackets and $5 for the National Champion pool.
> $10 per household PARTY FUND - to subsidize the year end party
-PRIZES
> 1st - 50% of total prize pool
> 2nd - 25% of total prize pool
> 3rd - 15% of total prize pool
> 4th - 10% of total prize pool

> The rest of us! -A PA
RTY at the home of the LAST PLACE WINNER 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, Third and Fourth 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 15th 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 ballot to the Mailman by Thursday March 15th - 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 March 13th will not be counted.
-POINTS
>Round 1 - March 15th & 16th - 1 point/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 2 - March 17th & 18th - 2 points/ correct
[32 Possible Points]
>Round 3 - March 22th & 23th - 3 points/ correct [24 Possible Points]
>Round 4 - March 24th & 25th - 5 points/ correct [20 Possible Points]
>Round 5 - March 31 - 7 points/ correct
[14 Possible Points]
>Round 6 - April 2th - 10 points/ correct [10 Possible Points]
> Total Possible Points - [132 Possible Points]
-REPORTING
>
Updates and standings will be reported on this blog site after each day of competition.
> All announcements will be posted on this blog 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 4th place).


-SWEET S
IXTEEN
> $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 one to three places depending on participation.


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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

AWESOME DAYS OF BASKETBALL AHEAD!

March is here! The Madness in Huntington Acres is near! Time to start your preparations to win the Huntington Acres Championship and the admiration of a few, or maybe all, of your friends in the 'hood!

Below you will find the important dates for the 2012 NCAA Tournament and our March Madness Contest.

THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE is the entry deadline for our contest of Thursday, March 15th at 10:00 AM!!

NCAA 2012 MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
SELECTION SUNDAY - MARCH 11th

PLAY IN GAMES - TUESDAY, MARCH 13 (not included in our contest)

FIRST ROUND - THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MARCH 15 & 16
SECOND ROUND - SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MARCH 17 & 18

SWEET SIXTEEN WEEKEND - THURSDAY - SUNDAY, MARCH 22-25

FINAL FOUR - SATURDAY MARCH 31
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - MONDAY, APRIL 2

I will notify you of the next posting as well by email. I plan on posting the Rules and Entry Fees and any Changes for 2012, sometime the week of March 5th.

Please pass this information onto any neighbors that might be interested in playing!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.


The Mailman

Monday, April 18, 2011

Champion's Party - May 7th!

MARCH MADNESS 2011 YEAR END PARTY!

>Time to CELEBRATE another March Madness in Huntington Acres, and most of all to Congratulate our 2011 CHAMPION - THE KING JONAH WISE!

>Plan on a wonderful night of celebration and socializing with the neighborhood! Awards, Rewards and Rolling Rocks to be given to those deserving and of course the Presentation of the RED BULL JOSH WISE TROPHY to this year's winner!

>Hope to see you there!

WHEN : SATURDAY, MAY 7TH !!!!!

TIME: 7:00 PM til ??

WHERE: JEFF & MARIANNE WISE, 9552 E. Lake Cir.

HOSTED BY: Our 2011 Champion - KING JONAH WISE and HUSKY CASEY WISE!


Please Bring an Appetizer to Share!
Other Refreshments will be provided!


PLEASE RSVP TO: CASEY & JONAH at candie883@yahoo.com by Monday, May 2nd!

PLEASE, PLEASE RESPOND - YES, YOU WILL ATTEND or NO, REGRETS!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

THE KING AND A HUSKY WIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DANCE!

TOP DOGS ARE HUSKIES IN 2011!
>The UConn Huskies win an easy game over the Bulldogs and our own HUSKY CASEY WISE WINS the National Championship Pool, and finishes in Second Place, a mere point behind her husband THE KING JONAH WISE! The Wise family rolls with their astute choice of UConn to be at the Final Four and win the National Championship! AWESOME JOB!

>THE KING JONAH WISE holds off his spouse to assure his name on the RED BULL JOSH WISE TROPHY! CONGRATULATIONS KING!

>SOONER DAVID LANTZ wins the TERRIFIC TRIFECTA in 2011! CONGRATULATIONS DAVID!

REWARDS!!
> Below are the (corrected) winnings for our Money winners!

1ST PLACE - KING JONAH WISE - $250 + Party Fund - $130 = $380

2ND PLACE - HUSKY CASEY WISE - $125 + National Champion Pool - $110 = $235

3RD PLACE - DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - $65

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA - SOONER DAVID LANTZ - $15

MARCH MADNESS CHAMPIONS PARTY!
> Look forward to this years Champions Party sometime this Spring! Details will be sent by email and on this blog. Keep your eyes peeled!

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AGAIN THIS YEAR!
> I hope you enjoyed the tournament. Thank you for playing!
> As always let me know your suggestions or concerns!

FINAL STANDINGS 2011 - MMHA
1- KING JONAH WISE
2- HUSKY CASEY WISE
3- DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
4- DOLLAR BILL BRADY
5- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER

6- PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD, GREOS GANG
8- HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY, AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
10- LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN

11- JAMMIN JEFF WISE
12- SUNDEVIL BULLS
13- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD, THE MAILMAN, MARIANNE PENNY WISE

16- LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
17- CHIP FAN JAN HUBERT, COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ, DUNKIN DON RONYAK, MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE

21- DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
22- BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
23- JULIE REISINGER - ROLLING ROCKS this year!

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
1 - SOONER DAVID LANTZ
2- SAM THE EXTREMINATOR GREOS
3- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

Later!

The Mailman

Sunday, April 3, 2011

DOGS RULE ON SATURDAY! THE KING RULES THE ACRES IN 2011!

2011 CHAMP DECIDED!
>KING JONAH WISE makes the comeback from near the bottom of the standings early to First and wins our 2011 edition of March Madness in Huntington Acres. He rides the Huskies from U Conn to his first championship. Congratulations JONAH! He will now join the other members of his family on the RED BULL JOSH WISE TROPHY! JOSH, JAMMIN JEFF and MARIANNE PENNY have all won in previous years! Great job guys!
>HUSKY CASEY WISE will win the National Champ Pool if U Conn wins on Monday. However, she will fall a point short of KING JONAH,if the Huskies finish out their incredible run of wins!
>Otherwise there will be no changes in the standings as no one has Butler playing the Championship game.

YEAR END PARTY
>More details about the Year End Party will be coming in the next week or so! I will send out an email alert!

Looking forward to Monday night!

The Mailman

Sunday, March 27, 2011

JAYHAWKS GROUNDED BY CINDERELLA VCU!

SPARSE SCORING ON SUNDAY!
>Only ONE of our contestants scored any points on Sunday. I almost overlooked KING JONAH WISE'S pick of Kentucky to win the East region. Jonah scores 5 more points and moves up to striking distance for 1st place and money positions.

>The great majority of our contestants had Kansas winning their region and 10 players lost their National champion with VCU's continued run of upsets during the tournament!

>Only KING JONAH and HUSKY CASEY WISE have any opportunity to improve their scores after this weekend. They both have Connecticut winning on Saturday and HUSKY CASEY has them as her National Champs! The rest of us are stuck at our current score for the year!

>This year's winning score is guaranteed to be the lowest in our 15 year history!

MONEY MATTERS!
>I need entry fees from the following people:
-BRUIN DALE
-CHIP FAN JAN - Paid - Thanks!
-BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER
-DUNKIN DON RONYAK
>Thanks!

WINNER PREDICTIONS FOR 2011

>IF UCONN LOSES SEMIFINAL GAME SATURDAY
1st - DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - 59 pts
2nd- DOLLAR BILL BRADY - 57 pts
3rd- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER - 56 pts

>IF UCONN WINS SATURDAY, BUT LOSES NATIONAL CHAMP GAME
1st - KING JONAH WISE - 62 pts
2nd- DR HOOPS ANDY GREOS - 59 pts
3rd- DOLLAR BILL - 57 pts

>IF UCONN WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1st - KING JONAH WISE - 62 pts
2nd- HUSKY CASEY WISE - 61 pts - WINS the National Championship Pool as well!
3rd- DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - 59 pts

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA WINNER
> SOONER DAVID LANTZ wins the Trifecta this year and $15! Congratulations SOONER!

RESULTS AFTER SUNDAY
59- DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
57- DOLLAR BILL BRADY
56- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER
55- KING JONAH WISE
PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
GREOS GANG
54- HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
53- LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
52- JAMMIN JEFF WISE
51-SUNDEVIL BULLS
49- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
MARIANNE PENNY WISE
THE MAILMAN
48- LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
47- CHIP FAN JAN HUBERT
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
DUNKIN DON RONYAK
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
46- DEBSTER THE CHEF
45- BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
44- HUSKY CASEY WISE
42- RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - Bringing home the Rolling Rocks this year!

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA - Final Standings
46- SOONER DAVID LANTZ
45- SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
44- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

Next report on Sunday!

The Mailman

Saturday, March 26, 2011

DOG DAY AFTERNOON!

BULLDOGS AND HUSKIES TO FINAL FOUR!
> Gators and Cats lose out in some close games! Butler advances for a second year in a row! UConn makes it interesting for HUSKY CASEY as she has them as her National Champ!
> If KU wins tomorrow and Saturday, they will have reached the National Championship game playing no higher than an 8 seed!
> The only teams left on anybody's bracket are Kansas and U Conn, and 2 of our contestants have North Carolina in Sunday's (today) game. ONLY Jonah and Casey have UConn winning next Saturday! Today will be a big day for PROFESSOR PATTI! A win by UNC may boost her to First and a Party! Going with the Blue Jerseys!

STANDINGS AFTER SATURDAY (KU or UCONN listed for those who chose them as NC)
59 - DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
57- DOLLAR BILL BRADY - KU
56- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER
55- GREOS GANG - KU
PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - KU; UNC today
54- HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
53 - LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
52- JAMMIN JEFF WISE - KU
51- SUNDEVIL BULLS - KU
50- KING JONAH WISE - KU
49- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
THE MAILMAN
MARRIANNE PENNY WISE - KU
48- LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
47- CHIP FAN JAN HUBERT - KU
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - KU
DUNKIN DON RONYAK
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - KU
46- DEBSTER THE CHEF
45- BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN - UNC today
44- HUSKY CASEY WISE - UCONN
42- RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
46- SOONER DAVID LANTZ - KU
45- SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS - KU
44- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

GOOD LUCK ON SUNDAY!

The Mailman

Friday, March 25, 2011

SWEET "TWELVE" FRIDAY NIGHT!

WILD PARTY AT THE SWANSONS!?
> Wild finishes to the night cap basketball games and broken wine glasses marked our Sweet Sixteen Party on Friday night. We had 6 couples that dared a night of good drink, exciting basketball and socializing with neighbors and former neighbors! A good time was had by all!

OHIO STATE TANKS
> Seven of our players lost their National Champ prediction with Kentucky's upset of the Number one seed in the tournament! Looks like Kansas or Cinderella will end up as champ. Kansas is definitely benefiting from the upsets! But maybe VCU will slay another giant!
>Eleven (out of 23) contestants still have their national champion alive! Ten with Kansas and one with UConn!
>If no one predicts the National Champ the money from the National Champ Pool will go to the brackets pool!

RESULTS AFTER FRIDAY
59- DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - Don't think there is any more points!
57- DOLLAR BILL BRADY - Looking good for a Party!
56- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER - Sorry Duke choice is fatal!
55- GREOS GANG - KU will likely get you money if they win it all!
PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - Going with the Blue Jerseys!
54- AND 1 ADAM SWANSON - Don't think $ is likely!
HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY - Go with Florida as far as you can and maybe $ and a party!
53- LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN - No $$ this year!
52- JAMMIN JEFF WISE- Florida on Saturday might get you $$!
49- MARIANNE PENNY WISE - ditto Jammin!
THE MAILMAN - No Hoper!
BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD - Ditto Mailman!
48- LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON - No $$ opportunity!
47- MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - Florida on Saturday will help but is it enough?
DUNKIN DON RONYAK - See Mailman and Basketball Bobby!
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - Ditto Dunkin!
CHIP FAN JAN HUBERT - Ditto Cowboy!
46-DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON - always Next Year!
SUNDEVIL BULLS - Not enough with KU!
45- KING JONAH WISE - See SUNDEVILS!
BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN - Notre Dame?? Really??
42- RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - Sorry! Next year will be better!
39- HUSKY CASEY WISE - You've got to pull hard for the Huskies! A National Champ and KU loss Sunday would likely give you a party to plan!

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
46- SOONER DAVID LANTZ - KU your only points now!
45- SAM THE EXTERMINATOR - You win with Florida win on Saturday! Otherwise second place!
44- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER - Great job! Thanks for playing. No way to beat the big guys!

Good Luck on Sautrday!

Bye the way - Go Cats!!!

The Mailman

Thursday, March 24, 2011

CATS, DOGS AND GATORS ROLL!

CINDERELLAS ADVANCE
>Butler was last year's Cinderella, and they are back this year for another go! Arizona was Cinderella Thursday night, coming from 11 down to beat the Big Bad Dukies and Coach K! I don't know if a 5th seed is a Cinderella, but they are a Cinderella story for the year. They were suppose to be a year or two away from getting this far. D Will is the Man!

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS LOST
> DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS, HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY and BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER lost Duke as their choice for this year's National Champions! Sorry guys!

FRIDAY NIGHT MADNESS IN THE ACRES SOCIAL!
>Remember our get together at THE SWANSON'S on Friday night!
>BYOB and a light appetizer!
>START at about 7 PM until New York, New York on the stereo!

OBAMA WATCH
>He still is beating all of us with 55.
>If you picked the better seeded team (favorites) to win each game you would have a score of 48.
>Sports Illustrated is at 39.

RESULTS AFTER THURSDAY NIGHT!
53 - DR HOOPS ANDY GREOS

51 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
DOLLAR BILL BRADY

50- BIG ONIONS DOUG REISINGER

49 - GREOS GANG

48- AND 1 ADAM SWANSON

47- LEW ALCINDY

46- PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
JAMMIN JEFF WISE

44- DUNKIN DON RONYAK
MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE

43- BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
SUNDEVIL BULLS
THE MAILMAN
MARIANNE PENNY WISE

42 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON

41- CHIP FAN JAN HUBERT
COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ

40- DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON

39- BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
THE KING JONAH WISE

36- HUSKY CASEY WISE - A UConn National Champ would have you dancing!

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
43- SOONER DAVID LANTZ
42- SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
38- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

GOOD LUCK ON FRIDAY!

The Mailman