That was my favorite quote of the tournament so far, from Reggie Miller after one of the UCLA players threw down on Florida's center. Reggie was a great trash talker and certainly has not lost his flair for it as an announcer! I am pretty sure I will never be able to use this in the future (or the past for that matter as this was a posterizing dunk!), but I can pass it on to some of the Spaniards here and localize it.
4 of the Elite 8 teams are set now, with Wisconsin delivering an impressive blow for the Big 10, Arizona and Florida moving on without too much flash (I especially thought Florida was sloppy) and Dayton officially is crowned this year's Cinderella! On Sparty On! from Richard Rykhus (MSU grad living now in Chicago - obviously going with the hometown pick of the Spartans to win it all!) picked Dayton, but he was unable to come up with the other 3 winners on Thursday. This correct pick though pushed the Sparty On! entry up 30 spots in the standings to 11th place.
60 other entries picked 3 of the 4 Thursday winners and were rewarded with jumps in the standings from 10 to 15 places in general. Attack of the Clones from John Springer has moved into the to spot, while 7 other of the top ten spots also had 3 winners on the day and are contending.
6 entries, including #2 overall South Beach Wannabee by Joey Wagoner, pulled Blutarsky's on the day, getting zero.zero points! This gives the pool a new Toilet Bowl leader, Spartacus Rules from Kamran Koochekzadeh of Washington DC (great profile photo on Facebook by the way, though judging from your picks, you may have wanted to jump the fire a 2nd time!!). Spartacus Rules' Toilet Bowl "hopes" come down to tonights Virginia vs Michigan State game with a Spartan victory delivering the knock-out blow to this entry (ironic given the entry name!) and locking up the 2014 Hopski Toilet Bowl Championship for Kamran.
Deadbeats: We are down to just two deadbeats, Leapin' Larry Corrigan of Peru, IN (now in Chicago) and the man formerly known as the King, Darin Townsend of A-Town, IN!!! PAY UP!!
As for tonight's match-ups, a whopping 124 entries have Michigan State picked to knock off the #1 seeded Virginia Caveliers. A Sparty loss will certainly end the Hopski title hopes for quite a few of those 124 entries. I like Sparty to continue their healthy late season surge.
Just 3 entries have UConn picked over the Cyclones, including the Commish. I gotta have this one to have any shot at a 3rd Hopski title (heck, I will settle with a 1st page finish given the past few years results). UConn in MSG is a tough team to pick against.
Another 3 entries have some BIG points riding on Tennessee over Michigan. Sorry, not happening. Cinderella Vols are going home and yes - the BIG 10 RULES!!
The State of Kentucky Championship will be played out in Indianapolis and just 6 entries have Kentucky winning this one, with 109 rooting on UL. UL will get some revenge for its defeat earlier this year I believe.
96 entries this year in the 2nd Chance Dance! 16 went 4 for 4 on the first night of their 2nd chance!
ADIOS!!
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