FIRST AND FOREMOST!!!
Hopski entrants have contributed via the $5 Hopski Charity Tax and Direct Donations $3,362 to the Polish Humanitarian Fund for supporting Ukrainian refugees!!
Thanks to all of you generous folks - such generosity helps me rally each year to keep the Hopski going!!
If you want to make any further donation - here is the link again: https://www.pah.org.pl/en/donate/
NOW YOUR PRE- FINAL FOUR UPDATE:
Yes, I know you may be missing the Commish and frequent updates this year, but what can I say, I am just getting older and busier unfortunately! I certainly need to go the Silicon Valley way................
- you know, add .com (TheHopski.com) ......
....................and of course hire an intern!!!
That certainly sounds like a plan for Hopski 2023 - then again - I would probably just get pissed off at an intern anyway
YOUR INTRO TO THE 2022 FINAL FOUR!!!!
That is the hooded blue villian waving good-bye to Hopski Hopefuls as unless you picked this year's brackets based upon the color blue - it has been a tournament of blues that has lead us to a dreaded Blue Bloodiest of all Final Fours that only an alum of one of these schools could love!
In game 1, we'll have the Baby Blues vs the Devil Blues. Cannot imagine anything finer for a Tar Hell than sending Coach K off with losses at Cameron and a loss in the Final Four to his bitter rival. That could cause many a man to unretire!!!
Then our Saturday nightcap though probably not mine though as, oh by the way, the Commish is on a 2nd annual Family Trip Final Four Weekend Spring Break and will be loading up on U2 in Joshua Tree National Park come Saturday night soooooooooo DO NOT EXPECT A PRE-CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE FROM THE COMMISH - E.G. CONTACT MY INTERN IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS!)
**Bono likes the Heels to take it all!!
Back to our 2nd game on Saturday - 2 more literally blue blooded programs will go to battle. IMO this pits one of the game's better coaches against one of my most disliked cheaters....... I'll let you figure that one out......
YAWN - as I said - only an alumnus of one of these schools could love this Final Four....... the damned Big 10 let most of us (Midwesterners) down again - ugh - 2 years in a row without a team making the Elite 8!!!
Yes - I agree with Davison on this one - WTF??
Must Move On..... as I am rambling and have to pack and then off to a Journey/Toto concert tonight (don't ask!). A commitment that I am sure I will somehow enjoy after a couple of beers, but probably not the priority of the week / month / year / etc.....
Where are you Steve???!!!
Let's start with some congratulations to the Hopski Leaderboard as for the first two - this is the last congrats that they will receive this year as their Championship Hopes were dashed in the Elite 8 with the Zags going down and with St. Joseph's and Miami getting knocked out!
King Slayer from Keir Novesky (New York art director / graphic guy at GQ) has been comfortably at the top of the Board for a few rounds now, but he's run out of underdog bonus points to keep him there (though a UNC over Nova final gives him a well deserved 3rd place!). Jenada10 from Eric Gates (long-time IU closest friend that is in Chicago suburbs for ages - make sure you ask him about Jenada the next time you see him btw - classic story!!!) also has been smelling the podium for awhile, but alas, the Kentucky 1st round exit has caught up. Thank you for the memories and collect your Top Ten Finish plaques at the door.....
In third place heading into Final Four weekend is none other than AarUpThere from Aaron Jackson. I love the entry name but have not info on the entrant that I can recollect (another challenge these days with providing updates!!). Aaron has a shot at the Hopski title - needing a UNC over Villanova final result!
That completes the podium task. This year's Hopski though is WIDE OPEN heading into the Final Four - with 14 entries still with a chance to finish "in the money" in the top 3!!! Here are the scenarios.......
Once the final game is decided - please drop me a quick email with a recent interesting photo (mug shots preferred) and a bit of a bio / why you love/hate the Hopski so I have some decent fill materials for the Final Update. I am wholly unsure of my ability to get that update out next week (e.g. - DISNEYLAND is planned for TUESDAY vs updating the blog!!!) - but I will get something out at some point!
The 2nd Chance Dance Pool continues to be led by Russian Warship, Go F**K Yourself from Jacob Kivett (Palo Alto friend and THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA MAN!!)! Jacob picked 7 of the Elite 8 winners and 3 of the Final Four to lead the pool into the final stretch. He'll need a Duke championship to take home the title though! Always Believe (Ted Schulz - one of the early 90s Warsaw expats with International Paper and who I think has missed only 1 Hopski Pool in his lifetime and if I remember right - has never really contended..... HE HAS A SHOT!!!!) Both at the BIG POOL and the 2nd chance dance (KU>Duke). Go Ted!!!!
Some IMPORTANT ADMIN......
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE BEST ENTRY NAME!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!! EMAIL ME OR DROP A QUICK POST ON THE POOL MESSAGE BOARD. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD ONES (I love Its Late, Its Tate, Its Great for some reason!!!!).
FINAL POOL PAYOUT FIGURES:
KEEP WELL -
THE COMMISH
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