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 4^th in 2012.  Just as painful as being 4^th 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

1	Sports Illustrated	52
2	Elliott, Lance	51
3	crash von crash	49
4	Mangan, Larry	49
5	Gifford, Bob	48
6	Johnson, Tim	48
7	Cramer, Jim	48
8	Cipro, Christopher	47
9	Cooper, Ken	46
10	McCandless, Tyler	46
11	Barbella, John	46
12	McCarthy, Dennis	46
13	Smith, Holden	46
14	Wimmer, Mark	46
15	Lilienthal, Michelle	46
16	Watson, Luke	45
17	Wood, Kyle	45
18	Arosemena, Che	45
19	Groves, Matt	45
20	Angelo, Peter	45
21	Oliver, Steve	45
22	Jones, Darryl #2	45
23	Bilas, Jay	45
24	Golic, Mike	45
25	Konzal, Sean (2)	44
26	Crescenzi, Noah	44
27	Hall, Ricardo (Billion Dollar)	44
28	O'Brien, Kevin Kelly, Jr.	44
29	Garrison, Chris	44
30	Weaver, JudyLynn	44
31	Huet, Thomas	44
32	Noballs, Uhaff	44
33	Vitale, Dick	44
34	Haywood, Mark	43
35	Black, Gary	43
36	Cooper, Kathleen	43
37	Miller, Keith	43
38	Jones, Darryl	43
39	COOPER, KYLE	43
40	Obama, Barack	43
41	Caldwell, R.B.	42
42	Pruitt, Christopher	42
43	Cooper, Kevin	42
44	Haushalter, David	42
45	Kletter, Todd	42
46	Cain,Corey	42
47	Dadagian, Jen	42
48	Morse, Coach Mike	42
49	Cannon, Mai	42
50	Smith, Harry #2	41
51	Walter, Doug	41
52	Caldwell, Ryan	41
53	Rupe, Mark	41
54	Konzal, Sean	41
55	Caldwell, Sean	41
56	Radzwich, Bob	41
57	Will, Sean	41
58	Riter, Christie	41
59	Kletter, Ekaterina	41
60	Munro, Scott	41
61	Smith, Ian	41
62	O'Reilly, Aidan	41
63	Cole, Jason	41
64	Jackson, Jayson	41
65	Heitzmann, Colin	41
66	Miller, Kristin	41
67	Murphy, Patrick	41
68	Solo, Hope	41
69	Smith, Harry	40
70	Hall, Ricardo	40
71	Moskowitz, Spott	40
72	Adkins, Jeff	40
73	Wintersteen, Kyle	40
74	Walter, Anne	40
75	Ferguson, Bilé	40
76	Roth, Andy	40
77	Gross, Michael	40
78	Snake	40
79	Coach Groves	40
80	Hamer, Bob	40
81	Peterson, Adrian	40
82	Curry, Steph	40
83	Whittaker, Bill	39
84	Weaver, Carla	39
85	Mangan, Larry 2	39
86	Prann, Richard	39
87	Smith, Janel	39
88	Cain,Corey #2	39
89	O'Reilly, Annalena	39
90	Jim, Noisy	39
91	Fraysier, Jason	39
92	Bisko, Tom	39
93	Cannon, Marshall	38
94	Venne, Lisa	38
95	Boyer, Brian	38
96	Dubya, G	38
97	Oppenheimer, Hank	38
98	Anderson, Mark	38
99	Hardyk, Drew	38
100	Bisko, Matt	38
101	Berseth, Kyle	38
102	McCann, Ian	37
103	Hall, Hartranft	37
104	Stewart, Zeb	37
105	Hutz, M	37
106	Bisko III, Tom	37
107	Cooper, Maddie	37
108	Cooper, Lily	37
109	O'Brien, Kevin Kelly	36
110	Ancharski, Frank	36
111	Strandberg, David	36
112	Parker, Candace	36
113	Clinton, Joe	35
114	The Whitfield Girls	35
115	Morse, Big Willie	35
116	Licari, Danielle	34
117	Novak, Jay	34
118	Kimmel, Jimmy	33
119	Garrison, Chris #2	32
120	Verhoeven, Nick	30
121	Oliver, Owen	29
122	Hall, Lauren	26
123	Radzwich, Maddi	25
124	Marshall, Colin	20
125	KUNETZ, DAN	7
126	Cooper, Avery	5