Monday, March 24, 2014

The "Big Dance" is a Mosh Pit

I'm pretty sure that's Duke on the bottom of the pile with a broken hip, with Wichita State next to him with something sticking out of his <redacted>.

Artist's Conception of the 2014 Big Dance.
Here's Ken Cooper's Update to the Round of 16:

I fricking hate Kentucky.  Hate em.  My dream (and Wichita State’s dream) ends to the One and Done’s.
 Sports Illustrated is having a career year.  SI is in the lead and looking decent with Florida as its champ.
 Lance Elliott is next as he hit an amazing 13 of the Sweet 16.  Lance is an Iowa State T & F alum currently ripping it up on the national masters circuit (8:56 3000/4:42 Mile/2:03 800 at recent USA Masters Champs in Boston).  And I love he is riding his alma mater and The Mayor to win it.  What a strange ending to their win over UNC.
The avg. of 8.86 right is down slightly from the historical average of 9.00.
Tom Bisko – I wonder if you agree that the point guard for Carolina should have known better and been shooting instead of calling a time out?
The Tease Myself Award goes to Crash Von Crash (PSU Dist) who hit a personal record of 12 of the Sweet 16, but no matter how hard he tries, Duke ain’t coming back in to help.  I like that his son Noah is following in his dad’s footsteps.  He is leading the 13 & Under division, but has Wichita State as his champ.  Go bold or go home is a good way to live March Madness.

The biggest surprise has to be Tennessee, who is looking very good.  Only 6 people had Tenn in the Sweet 16 and I am sure a few of them were thinking Iowa was going to win the play-in game.  Nice work to Mark Rupe (former Cincinnati distance ace), Scott Munro (PSU Dist), Colin Marshall (13 & U), Hartranft Hall (Celebrity), Matt Groves (PSU Mid Dist) and Maddie Cooper (13 & U).

Second biggest surprise is Stanford.  Only 7 people had that, including Maddie Cooper (13 & U), Lauren Hall (13 & U), Todd Kletter (PSU Mid-Dist and IM Hoops Legend), Colin Marshall (13 & U), Dennis McCarthy (PSU Dist), Hank Oppenheimer (PSU Field) and Maddi Raz (PSU Spouse).

Special recognition to Colin Marshall and Maddie Cooper who are both 13 & U and who both nailed Tennessee AND Stanford.

Jim Clelland.  I confirmed you were 4th in 2012.  Just as painful as being 4th in the Olympics, ain’t it?

Congrats to Avery Cooper who wrapped up the DFL title with a convincing 0 in the Sweet 16.  Avery is 3 and made her March Madness debut.  Out of fair disclosure, she may have had considerable help from her dad on trying to win the coveted DFL title.  Sorry Dan Kunetz (PSU Dist).

My new Final Four = Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Please let me know of any corrections on Divisions.

All payments received by Wednesday will count for the Winner Take All Pool.

Until later this week!

Coop

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Sports Illustrated
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Elliott, Lance
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crash von crash
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Mangan, Larry
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Gifford, Bob
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Johnson, Tim
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Cramer, Jim
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Cipro, Christopher
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Cooper, Ken
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McCandless, Tyler
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Barbella, John
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McCarthy, Dennis
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Smith, Holden
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Wimmer, Mark
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Lilienthal, Michelle
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Watson, Luke
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Wood, Kyle
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Arosemena, Che
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Groves, Matt
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Angelo, Peter
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Oliver, Steve
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Jones, Darryl #2
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Bilas, Jay
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Golic, Mike
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Konzal, Sean (2)
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Crescenzi, Noah
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Hall, Ricardo (Billion Dollar)
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O'Brien, Kevin Kelly, Jr.
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Garrison, Chris
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Weaver, JudyLynn
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Huet, Thomas
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Noballs, Uhaff
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Vitale, Dick
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Haywood, Mark
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Black, Gary
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Cooper, Kathleen
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Miller, Keith
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Jones, Darryl
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COOPER, KYLE
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Obama, Barack
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Caldwell, R.B.
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Pruitt, Christopher
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Cooper, Kevin
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Haushalter, David
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Kletter, Todd
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Cain,Corey
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Dadagian, Jen
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Morse, Coach Mike
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Cannon, Mai
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Smith, Harry #2
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Walter, Doug
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Caldwell, Ryan
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Rupe, Mark
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Konzal, Sean
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Caldwell, Sean
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Radzwich, Bob
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Will, Sean
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Riter, Christie
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Kletter, Ekaterina
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Munro, Scott
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Smith, Ian
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O'Reilly, Aidan
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Cole, Jason
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Jackson, Jayson
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Heitzmann, Colin
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Miller, Kristin
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Murphy, Patrick
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Solo, Hope
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Smith, Harry
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Hall, Ricardo
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Moskowitz, Spott
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Adkins, Jeff
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Wintersteen, Kyle
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Walter, Anne
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Ferguson, Bilé
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Roth, Andy
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Gross, Michael
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Snake
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Coach Groves
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Hamer, Bob
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Peterson, Adrian
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Curry, Steph
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Whittaker, Bill
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Weaver, Carla
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Mangan, Larry 2
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Prann, Richard
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Smith, Janel
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Cain,Corey #2
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O'Reilly, Annalena
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Jim, Noisy
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Fraysier, Jason
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Bisko, Tom
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Cannon, Marshall
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Venne, Lisa
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Boyer, Brian
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Dubya, G
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Oppenheimer, Hank
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Anderson, Mark
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Hardyk, Drew
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Bisko, Matt
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Berseth, Kyle
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McCann, Ian
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Hall, Hartranft
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Stewart, Zeb
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Hutz, M
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Bisko III, Tom
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Cooper, Maddie
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Cooper, Lily
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O'Brien, Kevin Kelly
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Ancharski, Frank
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Strandberg, David
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Parker, Candace
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Clinton, Joe
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The Whitfield Girls
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Morse, Big Willie
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Licari, Danielle
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Novak, Jay
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Kimmel, Jimmy
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Garrison, Chris #2
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Verhoeven, Nick
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Oliver, Owen
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Hall, Lauren
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Radzwich, Maddi
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Marshall, Colin
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KUNETZ, DAN
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Cooper, Avery
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