WIZARDS OF THE SWEET SIXTEEN
The Sweet Sixteen
games are over. We had 14 gurus that were a perfect eight for eight on
their Original bracket. 11 of them are perfect on the 2nd Chance bracket
as well. Will we call these people Wizards? I don't think so.
How can you reward anyone for picking all of the favorites to win. That
doesn't take skill. I know Oregon was a number three, but everyone knew
Wisconsin was terrible and had no chance of making it this far. What you
14 people do win is the Boy George award for bravery. I'll even name you
so you can't hide in the closet anymore. These people that really think
they've accomplished something are Bob Crisci, Stanley Macadory, TeddyBlue
Mushock, Idgie Threadgoode, Jake Cruzen #2, Mark Ludek #2, Annie Beck, Lance
Garvin, Tyrone Walker, Madison Painter, Quaye Bealmear, Gilbert Sims, Roy Ward,
and Billy Barnett. This award supercedes any other award you may win and
will follow you the rest of the tournament. If you are granted Wizardship,
this cancels that designation.
After three rounds
of the tournament, Bob Crisci
of Fishers, Indiana has taken the overall lead of the Big Texas Shootout after
two rounds of the tournament. Bob was a perfect eight for eight on both
his Original and Second Chance brackets. Because of this great
accomplishment, Robert has been granted Supreme ULTIMATE Wizard status
(unfortunately it is cancelled by the Boy George award). Congratulations
Bob!
Making
into the top ten of the standings after two rounds takes great skill. If
you can make it into the top ten, then you truly are a Supreme Wizard.
Those gained the Supreme level of Wizardry are Stanley Macadory
(CANCELLED), Teddy Blue Mushock
(CANCELLED), Idgie Threadgoode
(CANCELLED), Jake Cruzen #2
(CANCELLED), Robert Murphy (He's OK), Mark Ludek #2
(CANCELLED), Kristi Downing (She's OK), Annie Beck
(CANCELLED), Michael Hargis
, Ricky Fuller
,
and Harold Durham
.
What's up with these last three. They are just as bad as the Boy George
folks as they were sorry enough to pick all the number one and number two seeds
including Wisconsin. How Clay Aiken is that?
(Wizardship....CANCELLED, CANCELLED, CANCELLED)
If you can get
yourself into the top 25, you deserve to be called a Wizard. Those granted
Wizard status are Mike Alexander, Earl Shaw, Victor Gonzalez, Chris Pardue, Mark
Holzinger, Mighty Mighty Mushock, Jerry Goff, Tres Jones
, Lance Garvin
,
Aidan Morris, Bryan Bassham, Shane Reasonover
,
Jack Sanders, Gilbert Sims
,
and Tyrone Walker
.
If you are Boy George or Clay Aiken or went to a Billy Joel concert (CANCELLED).
Some Sunday Morning Tidbits
With two more Elite Eight games to be played, we have...
36 people STILL have their Final Four intact.
33 of those have Florida winning, only 3 have Oregon.
20 of those have North Carolina and 16 have Georgetown.
189 people STILL have their Champion alive. The breakdown of those goes....
1 = Oregon
14 = UCLA
21 = Georgetown
29 = North Carolina
62 = Ohio State
62 = Florida
And of course the DAMAGE....
71 people have lost their Champion.
81 more have lost their Runner-Up pick (but not their Champion.)
3 people are toast and have lost all they have.
Here is a recap of how we fared in the Sweet Sixteen games (Original Bracket):
Oregon = 93
Memphis = 102
North Carolina = 147
UCLA = 169
Ohio State = 207
Georgetown = 215
Kansas = 217
Florida = 230
At the beginning of the Elite Eight games.....
There are 105 entries that still have their Final Four intact.
24 of those are
qualifiers as they picked all the #1 seeds to advance.
Original Bracket Update.....
32 have lost their Champion.
8 have lost both their Champion and Runner-Up.
2 are toast, losing everything they have left.
To review the Wizards & Damage Report from the First Round, click here.
To review the Wizards & Damage Report from the Second Round, click here.
