LET THE MADNESS BEGIN!

The time has once again come for the march madness pool. This is now year #4 for mine, and I think we have increased a little each year. Last year we handed out 300 to the winner and 100 for 2nd, and 2 people tied for 3rd so we just split 30 bucks between them. It is 10 bucks per person again and only one bracket per person. The scoring system will stay the same as last year doubling each round, 2 points to go to the 2nd round, 4 to the sweet 16 and so on, 2,4,8,16,32,64. I will need all of the money and brackets on wednesday since the games begin on thursday. Good luck to all.

CUBS WIN CUBS WIN

On saturday May 10th, Abbey and myself travelled to Wrigley Field to watch my beloved Cubs battle the Arizona Diamonbacks. Arizona swept us out of the playoffs last season, so the Cubbies were definitely looking forward to this series. It was a 6 run 7th inning that led to a 7-2 Cubs victory that gave them back to back wins in the series and are trying for the sweep tomorrow. Alfonso Soriano had a big day as he was 4 for 5, as he slowly begins to bring that average back up to where it should be. New Japanese sensation Kosoke Fukudome also added a 2 run homer in the 7th to put the game more out of reach. This guy is a fan favorite. They went nuts everytime he stepped up to the plate and the bleacher bums cheer him like crazy as he heads out to right field. It was a beautiful day and we had great seats. Lou Pinella did not throw one tantrum the entire day and the Cubs get another one in the win column. Below are some pictures from the game and I am trying to get a video up as well, but having troubles thus far. Go Cubs Go! Ok here here is the video! The quality isnt great, but you get to hear the go cubs go song so that is the most important thing.

http://www.youtube.com/v/FFZ_W6gskfA

CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!

THE WINNER IS

BRYAN PERRY WITH 290 TOTAL POINTS. MARC BELLER CAME IN 2ND WITH 274 TOTAL POINTS AND BILL MCCONNELL AND BECKY HARDY TIED WITH 264 POINTS. THE TOTAL SCORE FOR LAST NIGHT'S GAME WAS 143 WHICH PUTS BECKY HARDY 15 UNDER AND PUTS BILL MCCONNELL 15 OVER, SO THAT LEAVES THEM STILL TIED. MY IDEA IS THIS AND LET ME KNOW IF THIS WONT WORK. NEITHER OF YOU TWO SHOULD BE EMPTY HANDED AT THIS POINT IN MY OPINION SO I CAN GIVE 15 BUCKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR STILL BEING TIED OR IF THAT IS NOT OK LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN COME UP WITH A NEW WAY TO DECIDE.

CONGRATS TO
BRYAN PERRY $300.00
MARC BELLER $100.00
BECKY HARDY $15.00
BILL MCCONNELL $15.00 PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS OK IF NOT WE CAN STILL SETTLE IT SOMEHOW. ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND HOPE TO SEE THESE SAME NAMES NEXT YEAR PLUS SOME ADDITIONS!

UPDATED STANDINGS

The championship game is now set and it will be Memphis squaring off against Kansas. The winner will be decided monday night. As you can now see most people are officially eliminated from getting any more points. Here are the new standings with one to go. Once again for those done, thank you for participating this year, and spread the word and lets keep getting it bigger. Some still have the champion picked but are not able to place anyway. Basically breaking it down if memphis were to win a tiebreaker would be decided between Becky hardy and Bill Mcconnell for 1st and 2nd place with Glenn Kauffman finishing 3rd. If Kansas were to win Bryan Perry will be the winner, Marc Beller 2nd and 3rd going to once again between Becky and Bill dependent on the tiebreaker score. Good luck to those with a chance to place!

1. Becky Hardy 264 Has Memphis winning
2. Bill Mcconnell 264 Has Memphis winning
3. Glenn Kauffman 238 Has Memphis winning
4. Bryan Perry 226 Has Kansas winning
5. Tony Barwiler 224 Has Memphis winning but cannot place
6. Alanna Langenderfer 222 done
7. Abbey Raike 218 done
8. Missi Beman 218 done
9. Elizabeth Ayers Chittenden 212 done
10. Jason Raike 210 done
11. Walt Hardy 210 done
12. Marc Beller 210 Has Kansas winning
13. Todd Amstutz 202 done
14. Tim Hallett 202 Has Memphis winning it but cannot place
15. Dan Ferreria 196 Has Memphis winning but cannot place
16. Jeremy Langenderfer 192 Has Memphis winning but cannot place
17. Dean Hoover 188 done
18. Frank Ozanski 182 done
19. Eric Nagel 180 done
20. Brittany Ozanski 176 done
21. Justin Reynolds 176 done
22. Mikey Micel 172 done
23. Donna Schweibert 172 done
24. Joshua Andrew Busch 172 done
25. Marsha Cochran 172 Has Memphis winning but cant place
26. Nick Myers 168 done
27. Matt Sherman 168 done
28. Wes Glines 168 Has Kansas winning it all but cannot place
29. Chad Beman 166 done
30. Juan Zamora 166 done
31. Matt McDonough 164 done
32. Jose Gonzales 162 done
33. Ben Miccichi 158 done
34. Kevin Chittenden 158 done
35. Kraig Brinkman 152 done
36. Vince Massey 152 done
37. Brent Kauffman 146 done
38. Nate Smith 142 done
39. Mick Michel 138 done
40. Steve Navarre 136 done
41. Justin McHenry 124 done
42. Heidi Kauffman 118 done
43. Keith Torbet 68 done

UPDATED STANDINGS

The final four has been decided and to those who decided to put all the number one seeds in there, congrats. I hear a lot of people say it is real tough to just take the #1's all the way, but it is for the simple fact that it has never been done. So you can now say that they nailed the seeds right on the head this year. I just got back from Detroit where I watched the Kansas/Davidson game, and it was pretty sweet. It was pretty much all Davidson fans. From what I had heard they got a bunch of free tickets and made the haul all the way from North Carolina. They had an amazing run and they had a chance to win at the end of the game as I am sure you all saw. I dont have anything narrowed down yet because many people have any of these 4 winning the championship, with most taking either Carolina or UCLA, but for the ones that have Memphis or Kansas winning, it is going to get very interesting now. Here are the new standings. The final four is next saturday and give yourselves 32 points if you advance a team to the Championship game next monday.

1. Glenn Kauffman 206
2. Becky Hardy 200
3. Bill Mcconnell 200
4. Bryan Perry 194
5. Tony Barwiler 192
6. Alanna Langenderfer 190
7. Dean Hoover 188
8. Abbey Raike 186
9. Missi Beman 186
10. Frank Ozanski 182
11. Elizabeth Ayers Chittenden 180
12. Eric Nagel 180
13. Jason Raike 178
14. Walt Hardy 178
15. Marc Beller 178
16. Brittany Ozanski 176
17. Justin Reynolds 176
18. Mikey Micel 172
19. Donna Schweibert 172
20. Joshua Andrew Busch 172
21. Todd Amstutz 170
22. Tim Hallett 170
23. Nick Myers 168
24. Matt Sherman 168
25. Chad Beman 166
26. Juan Zamora 166
27. Dan Ferreira 164
28. Matt McDonough 164
29. Jose Gonzales 162
30. Jeremy Langenderfer 160
31. Ben Miccichi 158
32. Kevin Chittenden 158
33. Kriag Brinkman 152 officially eliminated
34. Vince Massey 152 officially eliminated
35. Brent Kauffman 146
36. Nate Smith 142
37. Marsha Cochran 140
38. Mick Michel 138
39. Steve Navarre 136
40. Wes Glines 136
41. Justin McHenry 124
42. Heidi Kauffman 118
43. Keith Torbet 68 officially eliminated

UPDATED STANDINGS

We now have 2 of the final 4 decided as #1 seeds Carolina and UCLA move on with the other number 1's Memphis and Kansas still out there. Some people still have all their final 4 left so now is when it is going to get interesting. Here are the new standings. Once again give yourself 16 points if you have a team move onto the final 4.

1. Brittany Ozanski 176
2. Glenn Kauffman 174
3. Joshua Andrew Busch 172
4. Dean Hoover 172
5. Missi Beman 170
6. Becky Hardy 168
7. Bill Mcconnell 168
8. Eric Nagel 164
9. Matt McDonough 164
10. Jason Raike 162
11. Bryan Perry 162
12. Marc Beller 162
13. Justin Reynolds 160
14. Tony Barwiler 160
15. Ben Miccichi 158
16. Kevin Chittenden 158
17. Alanna Langenderfer 158
18. Mikey Micel 156
19. Abbey Raike 154
20. Nick Myers 152
21. Matt Sherman 152
22. Chad Beman 150
23. Juan Zamora 150
24. Frank Ozanski 150
25. Dan Ferreira 148
26. Elizabeth Ayers Chittenden 148
27. Walt Hardy 146
28. Jose Gonzales 146
29. Nate Smith 142
30. Donna Schweibert 140
31. Mick Michel 138
32. Todd Amstutz 138
33. Tim Hallett 138
34. Vince Massey 136
35. Brent Fauffman 130
36. Jeremy Langenderfer 128
37. Justin McHenry 124
38. Marsha Cochran 124
39. Kraig Brinkman 120
40. Steve Navarre 120
41. Wes Glines 120
42. Heidi Kauffman 118
43. Keith Torbet 68 Officially Eliminated

UPDATED STANDINGS

We are now down the elite 8. Good News is I received 2 tickets to go watch Kansas play Davidson on sunday in Detroit so I am happy about that. I have been lacking sleep just to keep this up to date for everyone so feel priveledged. Just kidding, I enjoy the hell out of this and once again thank all who participated this year. Give yourselves all 16 points now for each team that you advance on to the final 4. Here are the new standings

1. Brittany Ozanski 144
2. Glenn Kauffman 142
3. Joshua Andrew Busch 140
4. Dean Hoover 140
5. Missi Beman 138
6. Matt Sherman 136
7. Becky Hardy 136
8. Bill Mcconnell 136
9. Eric Nagel 132
10. Matt McDonough 132
11. Jason Raike 130
12. Bryan Perry 130
13. Walt Hardy 130
14. Marc Beller 130
15. Justin Reynolds 128
16. Tony Barwiler 128
17. Ben Miccichi 126
18. Nate Smith 126
19. Kevin Chittenden 126
20. Alanna Langenderfer 126
21. Mikey Micel 124
22. Marsha Cochran 124
23. Abbey Raike 122
24. Mick Michel 122
25. Todd Amstutz 122
26. Tim Hallett 122
27. Nick Myers 120
28. Kraig Brinkman 120
29. Vince Massey 120
30. Wes Glines 120
31. Chad Beman 118
32. Juan zamora 118
33. Frank Ozanski 118
34. Dan Ferreira 116
35. Elizabeth Ayers Chittenden 116
36. Brent Kauffman 114
37. Jose Gonzales 114
38. Jeremy Langenderfer 112
39. Justin McHenry 108
40. Donna Schweibert 108
41. Heidi Kauffman 102
42. Steve Navarre 88
43. Keith Torbet 68

UPDATED STANDINGS

We now have half of the elite 8 set to go with 4 more games friday night. Here are the new standings as 8 points were earned for each team moving on.

1. Joshua Andrew Busch 124
2. Brittany Ozanski 120
3. Matt Sherman 120
4. Glenn Kauffman 118
5. Dean Hoover 116
6. Eric Nagel 116
7. Jason Raike 114
8. Missi Beman 114
9. Becky Hardy 112
10. Justin Reynolds 112
11. Tony Barwiler 112
12. Bill Mcconnell 112
13. Ben Miccichi 110
14. Mikey Micel 108
15. Marsha Cochran 108
16. Matt McDonough 108
17. Bryan Perry 106
18. Walt Hardy 106
19. Marc Beller 106
20. Kraig Brinkman 104
21. Wes Glines 104
22. Juan Zamora 102
23. Nate Smith 102
24. Kevin Chittenden 102
25. Alanna Langenderfer 102
26. Justin McHenry 100
27. Dan Ferreira 100
28. Elizabeth Ayers Chittenden 100
29. Abbey Raike 98
30. Mick Michel 98
31. Todd Amstutz 98
32. Jose Gonzales 98
33. Tim Hallett 98
34. Nick Myers 96
35. Vince Massey 96
36. Chad Beman 94
37. Frank Ozanski 94
38. Heidi Kauffman 94
39. Donna Schweibert 92
40. Brent Kauffman 90
41. Jeremy Langenderfer 88
42. Steve Navarre 80
43. Keith Torbet 68