Down to 6!!

How 'bout those Mighty Ducks of Oregon!!!  What a great game and man oh man I was on edge the entire 2nd half waiting for them to blow it.  Whew!!

 Jordan Bell dominated the paint for the Ducks!!

Only 1 entry has the Ducks picked to win it all - The Coop Dog (Jonathan Cooper of.....Croatia??).  Oh my - it could be a 2nd Hopski 1st in that only one entry picks the champ yet somehow, inexplicably, does not win the title but in this case, does not even crack the top 3 - doh!!!  Kudos though on backing the Ducks!!!

I did not watch the Zags victory thanks to a wake up text from Mark Iantosca making sure that I knew how happy he was for Mark Few!  REALLY?!?!  After all these years I have friends that STILL DO NOT GET that I do not need such updates when planning on watching the next day??!!  Flat out terrible.  If he HAD been contending, trust me, an accounting "error" would have ensured that not being the case!

Moving on to the last 2 of the Elite 8 games, no entry picked S. Carolina to the Final Four, but 4 have picked Florida and their Hopski title hopes are pinned on a Gator victory:

• CGC1 (Colin Crandall, in what has otherwise been a dismal Hopski debut, can at least put his hat on the Florida pick!)
• He Chose......Wisely (Mitch Karam, yes, a wise choice in Florida, maybe not so much with Notre Dame and Louisville!);
• Make Indiana Great Again (Mary Beck - yes, a CONTENDAH, though husband Rob confirmed in an email that indeed, these are his picks and Mary admitted to stealing them);
• No Illini? (Eric Achepohl, the King of the Road Hole);

19 entries still have a shot at finishing this year's Hopski in the Top 3 money slots, includng 8 entries with a chance to win it all!!  If you want to "spoil" the suspense and see your best and worst possible finishes, simply check out the PLAYER SCENARIOS report!


TOP OF THE HOP(SKI)

None other than Eric fuqin Gates (my IU mentor, Scotland 2016 most improved and all-around luvable guy with his Fuqin California Wine Mixer entry) is leading the Hopski, jumping into the top spto and edging out I Miss Barack & The Hoosiers (Julie Grundberg Hoosier and ex-Chicagoan now out of Seattle,WA).  Former Hopski champ Kent Holding (PWC COO living in Warsaw - crap - I was just there last week Kent!) nudges into 3rd position with "My Beautiful $25 Contribution to the Winner".



TOILET BOWL LINE

Bring Alford Back (Michael Hoss, long-time Cubs fan and ex-Chicago AA friend, now in Houston and oh how the mighty have fallen) has set this year's "Mendoza Line" at 59 points.  THAT is the hurdle that 3 entries need to clear to avoid the Toilet Bowl!! 

Those 3 entries attempting to wrestle the Toilet Bowl away from Hoss include:

• I Got Creaned (Dave Foster, IU alum that still loves the Boilers now residing in Oak Park, IL - serves you right for not supporting 1st your alma mater!);
• Sheen Baldwin 2020 (Logan Jeffries.....is this THE Logan Jeffries that lives in Cincy and is a UK grad??)
• VegasCanuck (Doug Birnie, our ex-IU plus league's 2016 Fantasy Football champion used all of his luck for the year I guess.  Doug is yes, Canadian and still adjusting to the Madness, living in Las Vegas)

PAYMENTS
Hopski auditors will be back to work on Monday and will search out those of you yet to pay.  I pretty much know, JUST A HUNCH, Mark Iantosca and Brandon Snow will be on that list - so PAY UP!!!


Most importantly - email me your nominees for BEST ENTRY NAME!!!!  You cannot vote for your own entry - but please do VOTE!!!