OH, TO BE SWEET 16 AGAIN!

SWEET AND SOUR THURSDAY?!
>OHIO STATE is the only team to survive Thursday that provided points for the vast majority of us.  Only ONE player had MARQUETTE.  So, Thursday did not upset the standings in our game much!  TWO players were shut out on Thursday.  Interesting that all three of these players were in the BURG FAMILY!!  The rest of us all managed 1 out of 4 (Ohio State).
>The EAST REGIONAL is officially INACTIVE for our game, as the loss of INDIANA and MIAMI leaves no more points possible out of this region!
>EIGHT PLAYERS LOST THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPS on Thursday.  SIX Players lost INDIANA and TWO Players lost MIAMI as their National Champion prediction.  So, 2/3 of still alive!
>Unfortunately, WICHITA STATE vs LA SALLE was a non factor in our contest.

DAILY KUDOS!
>SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG was our star on Thursday picking 2 out of 4 correct!  She picked the upset with MARQUETTE over MIAMI.  AWESOME JOB SHOOTIN' SANDY!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING!
>Below are the results of the drawing for the Sweet Sixteen.  Unfortunately, HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY and THE MAILMAN are already out with the losses of INDIANA  and MIAMI!

JAMMIN' JEFF               - OHIO STATE
KING JONAH                 - KANSAS
DEBSTER THE CHEF   - LOUISVILLE
RAM FAN JULIE           - SYRACUSE/ OREGON
MAGIC MIKE                -MICHIGAN/ARIZONA
HOT ROD BILL             -INDIANA
MAILMAN                     -MIAMI
AND 1 ADAM                -MARQUETTE/ WICHITA STATE
COWBOY GEORGE      -MICHIGAN STATE/ FGCU
LONGHORN TYLER    -FLORIDA/ LASALLE
DEACON DAVID          -DUKE

STANDINGS AFTER SWEET THURSDAY (76 points possible)
48 - SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG - Rookie of the year??
       AND 1 ADAM SWANSON 
       LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
47 -BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD - Previous Champ!
       PISTOL PETER BURG - Previous Champ!
       DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
       SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
       THE MAILMAN - Previous Champ!
       MARIANNE PENNY WISE - Previous Champ!
46 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
       DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
       DUNKIN' BRAD UNKLESS
45 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ
       RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
44 - GREEK GREOS GANG
       LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
       COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
43 - BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
42 - MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - Previous Champ!
        JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - Defending Champ!
41 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
       KING JONAH WISE - Previous Champ!
       BUFF ADAM BURG
39 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
45 - AIR PRINCE PIERCE REISINGER
42 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK - Defending Champ!
37 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER

GOOD LUCK ON FRIDAY!

The Mailman

SUNDAY SURVIVORS!

CINDERELLAS AND SURVIVORS!
>Who are these guys!!  Not One, but TWO Cinderellas make Sunday an historic day!
>In a normal year a Number 9 seed, like WICHITA STATE, would be considered a Cinderella, but they will be overlooked because of TWO other teams!  Crazy! 
>LA SALLE becomes the first team to win a play in game and advance to the Sweet Sixteen!  Wow!
>BUT, even they are overshadowed by FLORIDA GULF COAST who became the First 15 Seed to get to the Sweet Sixteen.  They are also the First University I have never heard of, to not only get to the Sixteen, but even to the tournament!  Where are these guys from? (see below)  How come the Talking heads on the networks didn't see them coming?  Craziness!  Parity down to the #15 seed?! Looks like things will be even tougher in the future for us predicting our brackets!

>MEANWHILE, the BIG BOYS won on Sunday and mostly survived as INDIANA and OHIO STATE  needed last minute and last second heroics to SURVIVE!  None of the other games was a blow out, although KANSAS, DUKE, MIAMI and FLORIDA had their struggles.  From here on in I think it will be a crap shoot as to who wins each game!  Parity?!

DAILY KUDOS
>Today's Kudos goes to everyone (except for 3 outliers)!  All of us had 6 out of 8 correct, except for 3 players (you know who you are) who failed to reach that standard.  Great job everyone!

NICKNAME DETERMINED
>PIERCE REISINGER is out on his trampoline whenever the weather allows!  So I think an appropriate Nickname is PRINCE "AIR" PIERCE REISINGER.  He may be too young to know about HIS AIRNESS (because of his jumping ability) MICHAEL JORDAN, but seems like this fits.  Hope it works for you! 

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>We have 11 players signed up for the Sweet Sixteen.  If anyone would like to join us please let me know by Tuesday.
>With 11 players the payout will be $55.
>If things stand the same, the following 11 "ballots" will be in the drawing?
1- LOUISVILLE (1)
2- KANSAS (1)
3- INDIANA (1)
4- DUKE (2)
5- MIAMI (2)
6- OHIO STATE (2)
7- MICHIGAN STATE (3), FLORIDA GULF COAST (15)
8- FLORIDA (3), LA SALLE (13)
9- MARQUETTE (3), WICHITA ST (9)
10- MICHIGAN (4), ARIZONA (6)
11- SYRACUSE (4), OREGON (5) 

SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY???
>Anybody out there willing to HOST a Sweet Sixteen Party on Friday Night?  The Swanson's have hosted this party the last couple of years.  It has been very informal and BYOB. Let me know if you are interested and I will send out E mails to everyone.

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY
>Location:  Fort Myers, Florida
>Established 1991;  First Classes started in August 1997
>Undergraduate: 12,000   Graduate: 1100
>Specialty areas: Engineering; Environmental forensics;  Death Investigator concentration 

RESULTS AFTER SUNDAY (64 possible points)
47 - PISTOL PETER BURG - National Champ - MICHIGAN
45 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON - NC - INDIANA
       AND 1 ADAM SWANSON - NC - MIAMI
44 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE - NC - LOUISVILLE
       THE MAILMAN - NC - LOUISVILLE
       SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS - NC -INDIANA
       DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS - NC - INDIANA
       BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD - NC - LOUISVILLE
43 - BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS - NC - DUKE
       DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON - NC - LOUISVILLE
       HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY - NC - FLORIDA
42 - RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER - NC - LOUISVILLE
       DEACON DAVID LANTZ - NC - LOUISVILLE
       SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG - NC - MICHIGAN STATE
41 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - NC - LOUISVILLE
       LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN - NC - INDIANA
       GREEK GREOS GANG - NC - MIAMI
40 - BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN - NC - OHIO STATE
       PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - NC - INDIANA
39 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - NC - KANSAS
       MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE - NC - KANSAS
       WOLVERINE JAKE BURG - NC - DUKE
38 - KING JONAH WISE - NC - KANSAS
       BUFF ADAM BURG - NC - LOUISVILLE

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
42 - PRINCE AIR PIERCE REISINGER - NC - LOUISVILLE
39 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK - NC - FLORIDA
37 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER - NC - OHIO STATE

GOOD LUCK ON THURSDAY

The Mailman

SATURDAY SHOCKERS!

SHOCKERS SHOCK: DUCKS QUACK!
>Saturday went as expected except for the fall of poll ranked Number 1 Gonzaga (who was definitely not Number 1 worthy!) and #4 Saint Louis (but the Ducks were definitely not a #12 either!).  The other game's results were as expected, although the most entertaining game was the Butler - Marquette game.  Not really an exciting day compared to Friday!  Hope for better on Sunday - likely to be better with FGCU (love the phonetic of the letters!) playing!

WEST REGIONAL A MESS!
>The West Region is a mess for our contest!  Only AND 1 ADAM has Ole Miss on Sunday, otherwise the only team left that will get points for players is Ohio State.  Every other team has been wiped out!

DAILY KUDOS!
> MARRIANNE PENNY WISE was our daily winner with 6 correct out of 8 games.   Awesome job, PENNY!

NATIONAL CHAMPION PREDICTION
>Here are the predicted National Champions by our players.
>Numbers include both the Adults and Kids division.
>No teams have been eliminated as of Saturday's games.
>Included is the payout for each team in the National Champion contest (adults only) - total pool $115.

-LOUISVILLE (1) - 9 - $13 for winner.
-INDIANA (1) - 6 - $19 
-KANSAS (1) - 2 - $58
-DUKE (2) - 2 - $58
-MIAMI (2) - 2 - $58
-OHIO STATE (2) - 2 - $58
-FLORIDA (3) - 2 - $58
-MICHIGAN STATE (3) - 1 - $115
-MICHIGAN (4) - 1 - $115

 RESULTS AFTER SATURDAY (48 Points Possible)
35 - PISTOL PETER BURG
34 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS - Waiting until next year to change your handle.
33 - AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
        LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
32 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
        DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
        THE MAILMAN
        MARIANNE PENNY WISE
31 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
        DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
        BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS
30 - SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
        DEACON DAVID LANTZ
        RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
        THE KING JONAH WISE
29 - GREEK GREOS GANG
        LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
        COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
        JAMMIN' JEFF WISE
28 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
        BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
27 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
        MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
26 - BUFF ADAM BURG

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
30 - PIERCE NNTBD REISINGER - Down to four choices for your NN!
29 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
27 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER


GOOD LUCK ON SUNDAY!

The Mailman

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!

CINDERELLA FGCU?!
>Wow! what is going on?  The FGCU (almost, no it does sound obscene?!) Eagles beat #2 seed Georgetown!  This is a wacky year!  Knew it would be!  A number 3 (New Mexico), a number 4 (Kansas St), three number 5's ( OK ST, UNLV, Wisconsin) all lose in the first round!  Two Number 1's ('Zaga & KU) both have trouble putting away # 16's.  A number 3 (Marquette) needs to rely on a last second layup to win!  What does this mean?  Is the NCAA committee hopelessly inept, or is the parity in the first 50-64 top teams closer than we think?    All I know is that it screws up us stiffs  (where is our homy Doug Moe?) trying to win our brackets!   #2 Georgetown tanks and SEVEN players lose one of their Great Eight teams and THREE players lose a Final Four team!  Ouch!!

ANOTHER FREAKY FRIDAY
>Just like last year, the first Friday humbles us all with lower scores than Thursday.  Last year TWO  number 2 seeds lost on Friday, so beware of TGIF next year!

DAILY KUDOS
>Friday's best score was 12 out of 16.  There were Four players that were able to achieve that.
PISTOL PETER BURG,  DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS, AND 1 ADAM SWANSON, and LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON were our Best Guessers on Friday.  Great Job guys!

NICKNAME DESIGNATION
>I have come up with our Rookie BRAD UNKLESS'S  Nickname as it was one of the easiest I have ever had to do!  The official name will be BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS!  There are multiple options with this, which may well be used in the future.  BRAD DUNK UNKLESS,  BRAD DUNKLESS (which I like a lot, and it may morph into) or DUNKIN' BRAD UNKLESS!  Hope you like it!
>PIERCE still thinking on yours!  Will get it by the end of the weekend!

SWEET SIXTEEN
> We have 11 players for the Sweet Sixteen, so we have 5 openings.  If we do not have a full sixteen, I will adjust the field so that some players may get two teams, but the pot will be reduced.

ADMISSION PAID
>I think for the first time in 17 years, everyone is paid up.  Thank you to all!!!

CORRECTIONS WANTED
>Please let me know if you think your score is wrong.  I try very hard to get things right, but late nights and a few cervezas have on occasion tripped me up.  Please let me know if your tally is different than mine.  I will advise you that three ballots have had blanks on one game already, so I have to count these as incorrect.   

RESULTS AFTER FRIDAY (32 possible points)
25 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
       PISTOL PETER BURG
24- THE MAILMAN
      SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS
      DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
23- AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
      COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
      GREEK GREOS GANG
      HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
22- RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
      DEACON DAVID LANTZ
      BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
21- BRAD DUNKIN' UNKLESS
      DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
      MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
      LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
20- MARIANNE PENNY WISE
      THE KING JONAH WISE
      BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
      SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
      PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
19- JAMMIN' JEFF WISE - 2012 Winner!
      WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
18- BUFF ADAM BURG

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA
22- PIERCE NTBD REISINGER
21- HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER
19- MIGHTY MAX RONYAK

GOOD LUCK on Saturday!

The Mailman

RAMS DANCING ON!
>Welcome back for our 17th year of March Madness in Huntington Acres! Colorado State upheld the honor of the Mountain West Conference tonight with a relatively easy win against Mizzou!  The BIG Boys (higher seeds) from the conference - (3 seed)New Mexico and (5)UNLV - blew their chances.  Great Job Rams - RAM FAN JULIE should be VERY HAPPY!  No dramatic buzzer beaters today, maybe tomorrow!
>The PAC 12 and BIG EAST had a good day, each with 3 wins.  The BIG 10 had 2 wins.  The MOUNTAIN WEST and IVY League had 1 win!  Who'd of thunk it!  (Sorry, that isn't very Ivy League english!)

DAILY KUDOS
> HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY and THE MAILMAN had the best outcome on Thursday with 14 out of 16 correct!

ROSTER MOVES
> We have 24 total players this year.  Up 2 players from last year.
>There are 3 "ROOKIE" Players this year.
>Two players returned after a year's absence.
>We lost 3 players from last year.
>We have 3 players in the Under 18 division.

>ROOKIES - BRAD UNKLESS is our only "true" Rookie.  Welcome BRAD!  I'm thinking about your Nickname!
>RETURNING PLAYERS -  SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG played with us in 1998, as she had her name attached to PISTOL PETER'S entry that year.  However, she is flying solo this year!  Welcome Back SANDY!
>LEWALCINDY and BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN return after missing last years tourney.  Welcome back LEW and BRUIN!
>SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS moves up from the under 18 contest for his first year with the high priced game.  Welcome SAM!  I am cogitating on a new nick name however.
>TERRIFIC TRIFECTA KID'S DIVISION ROOKIE - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER returns after a year absence.  He played with us in 2011.  Welcome back HOT SHOT!
>PIERCE REISINGER is our "true" Rookie this year.  Welcome PIERCE and your Nickname is under development!  You are guaranteed to be our Rookie of the Year in the under 18 division.  Great to have you join us PIERCE!

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

>1st Place $250
>2nd Place $130
>3rd Place $80

Party Fund - $120

National Championship Pool - $115
> 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

Terrific Trifecta - 1st Place only - $15

RESULTS AFTER THURSDAY - 16 points possible
>14 points - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY 
         THE MAILMAN
>13 - PISTOL PETER BURG
         GREEK GREOS GANG
         SAM THE EXTERMINATOR 
         BRUIN DALE HUFFMAN
         RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER
         LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON
>12 - BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD
         DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
         LEWALCINDY HUFFMAN
         COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
         MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
         DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON
         BRAD NNTBD UNKLESS
         MARIANNE PENNY WISE
>11 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD
         BUFF ADAM BURG
         SHOOTIN' SANDY BURG
         DEACON DAVID LANTZ
         AND 1 ADAM SWANSON
>10 - WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
          KING JONAH WISE
          JAMMIN' JEFF WISE

TERRIFIC TRIFECTA 
>12 - HOT SHOT HAGAN REISINGER
          PIERCE NNTBD REISINGER 
>10 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK


GOOD LUCK ON FRIDAY!

THE MAILMAN
                              

Invitation to Dance!

BRACKETOLOGY CLASSES ARE NOW IN SESSION!
>The invitations are now in to The Big Dance! 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.  An alternative method is to throw darts or guess!!  Remember YOU are playing for not only big $$, but fame in the 'hood and your Name on the Red Bull Josh Wise Trophy!

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 Boise St v. La Salle winner to beat Kansas St., and you get either team, no matter who wins the play in game.

BUZZER BEATER
>Remember the DEADLINE for the contest is Thursday, March 21st 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 3/20/2013!
>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.

E MAIL: Please be sure to put your correct E mail address on your ballot!

NOTE WELL: THE YEAR END PARTY WILL BE AT THE SWANSON'S HOUSE THIS YEAR. So no need to stress about this.  The party fund is used to help defray the party costs!

>Looking forward to another great year of Basketball Madness in Huntington Acres!

Good Luck!

MARCH MADNESS IN THE ACRES 2013

ANOTHER YEAR OF AWESOME  BASKETBALL IN THE ACRES!

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! This year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament runs from March 21st through April 8th.

Please feel free to recruit any of your neighbors to join us this year!  We have traditionally limited our contest to current or former Huntington Acres residents.

BELOW ARE THE IMPORTANT DETAILS FOR THIS YEAR'S CONTEST!  

 Looking Forward to another great year!

2013 CONTEST INFORMATION!
SELECTION SUNDAY - Sunday, March 17 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 21st 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 or Loser hosting the Party and instead the Year End Party will be held at THE SWANSONS! 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) - $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 PARTY at the home of THE SWANSONS 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 21st 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 21st - 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 19th will not be counted.
-POINTS
>Round 1 - March 21st & 22nd - 1 point/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 2 - March 23rd & 24th - 2 points/ correct [32 Possible Points]
>Round 3 - March 28th & 29th - 3 points/ correct [24 Possible Points]
>Round 4 - March 30th & 31st - 5 points/ correct [20 Possible Points]
>Round 5 - April 6th - 7 points/ correct [14 Possible Points]
>Round 6 - April 8th - 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 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 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

KENTUCKY BLUE CELEBRATES IN THE BIG EASY!
JAMMIN' JEFF CELEBRATES IN HUNTINGTON ACRES!
>JAMMIN' JEFF WISE manages to hold off THE KING JONAH with Kentucky's win on Monday to capture his Second March Madness in the Acres! His first Acres' championship was in 1999! Our champion rode a productive Final Four performance, correctly predicting the winner in all three games! He had the night covered, however, as he would have won the Sweet Sixteen Drawing if Kansas would have prevailed! CONGRATULATIONS JEFF!

>SECOND PLACE was a tie between PISTOL PETER BURG and BUFF ADAM BURG! They will split the 2nd and 3rd place prizes. BUFF ADAM is our Rookie of the Year this year as well! GREAT JOB GUYS!

UNDER 18 DIVISION
> MIGHTY MAX RONYAK wins the Kid's Division in his first year of competition. CONGRATULATIONS MAX!

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING
>COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ wins the Sweet Sixteen with Kentucky! The COWBOY is always happy to be lucky!

NATIONAL CHAMPION POOL
>NINE contestants correctly picked Kentucky as their National Champion. They will split the pool and will each get $11.50! The winners are designated on the final standings below. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

MONEY MATTERS!
>1st PLACE - JAMMIN JEFF - $215
>2nd PLACE (tie) - PISTOL PETER - $100; BUFF ADAM - $100

SWEET SIXTEEN DRAWING - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ - $70

KID'S POOL - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK - $10

PARTY FUND - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD - $120

YEAR END PARTY AT THE PROFESSOR'S!
Put it on your calendar!!!
>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!


FINAL STANDINGS 2012 (**-National Champ contest winner)
1- 89 - JAMMIN' JEFF WISE **
2- 84 - PISTOL PETER BURG **
BUFF ADAM BURG **
4- 82 - KING JONAH WISE
RAM FAN JULIE REISINGER **
6- 78 - THE MAILMAN **
7- 76 - SUNDEVIL JEFF BULL
8- 72 - DEBSTER THE CHEF SWANSON **
9- 71 - MARIANNE PENNY WISE
BASKETBALL BOBBY BAIRD **
AND 1 ADAM SWANSON **
12- 69 - LONGHORN TYLER SWANSON **
13- 67 - COWBOY JOE GEORGE LANTZ
14- 66 - HOT ROD BILL BELLAMY
15- 65 - MAGIC MIKE SAVAGE
WOLVERINE JAKE BURG
SPARKY SEAN BULL
18- 63 - $ BILL BRADY
19- 61 - GREEK GREOS GANG
20- 60 - DR. HOOPS ANDY GREOS
21- 59 - DEACON DAVID LANTZ
22- 45 - PROFESSOR PATTI BAIRD

DYNAMIC DUO
1- 75 - MIGHTY MAX RONYAK
2- 72 - SAM THE EXTERMINATOR GREOS

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR PLAYING AGAIN THIS YEAR. I hope you all enjoyed the fun of March Madness as much as I did! See you next year!

The Mailman

SATURDAY RESULTS

>Quick results after Saturday. Up in Vail, so more later.

82- King Jonah

79- Jammin' Jeff

76- Sundevil Jeff

74- Pistol Peter, Buff Adam

72- Ram Fan Julie

71- Penny Wise

68- The Mailman

67- Cowboy George

66- Hot Rod Bill

65- Magic Mike, Wolverine Jake, Sparky Sean

63- $$ Bill

62- Debster the Chef

61- And 1 Adam, Greos Gang, Basketball Bobby

60- Dr. Hoops Andy

59- Longhorn Tyler, Deacon David

45- Professor Patti

DYNAMIC DUO

75- Mighty Max :WINNER of the Kid's Contest! AWESOME!

62- Sam the Exterminator

Later

The Mailman

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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