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Last Year's Pool Results
From April 2009 (seems like it was just a year ago...)
As title games go, that one was pretty much a bust.
North Carolina came out blazing with just a
brutal first half, and won the national championship right then and there. The
second half was like watching paint dry, as Sparty never got closer than 15 or
so. Ho hum.
And back at Pool Central, Huevos Rancheros is
officially the 2009 champion of Jabin’s March Madness Charity Pool!
Congratulations (can I all you Huevos?). Second prize, and small
consolation today for the Sparty, is Scott Wilson, who roared back from nowhere
to finish second at 92, six behind Huevos Rancheros. Third went to Rod, at 91.
For those of you scoring at home, I made a late charge to crack the top 115,
although I did beat my 7-year-old (in your face, dude! How do you like me
now?).
And now, a brief analysis of our winning
bracket. Get this, people – Huevos picked three out of the Final Four teams
correctly, and got the national championship right (both the pairings, and the
Heels’ win). Not only that, but he correctly picked 14 of the Sweet 16,
and one of those misses was my choking Demon Deacons, so I have to let that go.
What I’m trying to say is this kid really ticks me off, what with his picking
accuracy and all. And here’s the deal -- everyone gets their pantaloons in
a twist over the first Thursday and Friday of the tourney and how bad their
bracket looks, but it’s the Sweet 16 onward that separates the Huevos from the
Rancheros, as it were. Well done, sir!
Now, not to get all PBS Pledge Drive on you,
but if you haven’t yet paid your tithing for the pool, please get those checks
and PayPays to me a.s.a.p. I’m going to ask Mr. Rancheros for his charity (no,
the ‘Human Fund’ is not acceptable), but give everyone another week or so to
pony up so that we can make our charitable donation as big as possible. Don’t
make me break out the tote bags, people.
As I say every year (well I think it, I may not
say it), thank you for all your Emails and encouragement on the pool, and thanks
for playing. I love doing this, and it would be quite the sad little exercise if
I just prattled on about March Madness without you, the home viewer, as an
audience. I don’t have a “One Shining Moment” video montage or anything,
so I’ll just say Bu-Bye. Seacrest out.
Jabin
P.S. Look for an Email from me in a week or so
about our charity and the amount we gave.
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