Hopski American Pie

Over on facebook "The Hopski" Group has had a few posts lamenting the demise of entries......best read or sung to the tune of American Pie btw.........

2-time Champion Mark Noferi got things started after Gonzaga's loss led to the demise of two of his then-top 10 entries this year:

I can't remember if I cried
When Gonzaga reached across the line
But something touched me deep inside
The day... my Hopski died.

Then 2015 Champion Kent Holding added.....

And they were singing, “bye bye my NCAA try”
Tried to hack it with my bracket, but it just wouldn’t fly.
Down in Auburn they’d be drinking but the campus is dry,
Singing pass another alkohol-frei, pass another alkohol-frei..

And the Commish had to join in......

A long long Hopski time ago,
I can just remember how,
that Madness used to make me smile, 
And I knew if I could take a chance, 
That those underdogs could make me dance, 
and maybe, I'd be champion for a while...........

but this year makes it 18 years, 
since i've had an entry that delivered, 
bad news each 2nd weekend, 
I almost cannot pick another then........

I can't remember my last real try
Contending up to the final night
Only to be scorched by a Butler slight
The day, the Hopski.........died

So bye, bye, my best Hopski try,
Picked my brackets with no limit but the underdogs went awry
And them good old days seem nothing but lies
Forgotten championships 'til the day i die
No 2nd chances for Bobby and I.....