Some Quick Don'ts...... and some quick comments on the first night of the Sweet 16

 

4 of the Elite 8 are set and the games tonight were both entertaining and WOW - impressive.  I can pretty much confirm the obvious that Indiana would not have stood a chance against ANY of the 4 winners (well - maybe Texas Tech!).  I am very worried already that there will be Saturday overlap between the women's Spokane regional and what should be an AMAZING game between Duke and Alabama with the Final Four on the line.......

Speaking of awesome, 28 entries went 4 for 4 tonight (including the suddenly surging It's Simple.  I WIN.  Google me! of the Commish!).  Groketology:  AI of the Tiger was one of those 28 and has moved into the top spot, while DOGE Slashed My Picks from Joe Sieb has moved into the #2 position whilst also picking all 4 winners!!  

Not to be overlooked and also going 4 for 4 on opening day of the Sweet 16, the Hopski has a female breaking into the top 10 (and Leaderboard) as ChatGPT vs Copilot (Susan Eslick - the Commish's former Chicago neighbor and a Hoosier alum from Elkhart, IN - now living out in Denver) checks in at #10 with a bullet!!!

NOW FOR SOME TECHNICAL ITEMS

Looks like we have a few multiple entrants in the 2nd Chance Dance this year that did not read the rules (yes we have rules!).  

YOU GET ONE ENTRY IN 2ND CHANCE DANCE FOR EACH ENTRY THAT YOU HAVE PAID FOR IN THE MAIN POOL!!!!!

Mom Hopski - THIS MEANS YOU!!

For all main pool entries - DO NOT CHANGE YOUR ENTRY NAMES AFTER THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT!  PLEASE!  It makes the leaderboard preparation by the Hopski Minions uch more difficult as RYP does not export the standings with names and entry names for some reason - so my minions have to sort and match and blah, blah, blah......  

JUST DON'T

LASTLY - IF YOU HAVE YET TO PAY - I WILL FIND YOU NEXT WEEK WHEN TIME ALLOWS!  SO GET YOUR PAYMENTS IN ASAP!!!

ADIOS - THE COMMISH!!!