The poetic words of Michael Stipe notwithstanding, we have reached the Region Finals stage of The Big Dance. The remaining eight teams, who have all earned their membership in an exclusive club through hard work, determination, grit and talent, are occasionally applied with the moniker, The Elite Eight. Waaaaaaaaay back on Selection Sunday - all of 13 days ago - one member of this year's Elite Eight had their tournament bona fides questioned by the screaming morons on ESPN.
Well, funny story. With a gutsy 72 - 71 overtime victory over Florida State, the VCU Rams not only played their way into the 64 team main field, but have also taken on all comers to make it into the last eight and serve notice to the basketball cognoscenti that the CAA is the new MAC.
Speaking of Middle America, the Bulldog Butlers defeated the Wisconsin
Without further adieu, here is:
The Leaderboard
Leading the pack with 62 points and a convenient one point lead is...
Ben
Followed by a virtual QMD meeting (Quality Assurance couldn't attend due to scheduling conflicts):
Matias - 61 points
Dylann - 60 points
Devin1 - 57 points
Still within striking distance:
Tony - 56 points
Joe - 55 points
TD2 - 55 points
Devin2 - 54 points
Ryan - 54 points
Wilson2 - 54 points
All tied up with 52 points are:
Healey
Reagan
Steve A.
50 points
Serena
TD1
49 points
A. Johnson
Oordt2
48 points
Cantaloupe 2
Cantaloupe 3
46 points
Cantaloupe 1
Oordt1
TD3
45points
Hollah
Wilson1
And earning today's Irony Defined Award is:
The Champ with 44 points. Way to go Champ. The Sombrero of Eternal Sadness is within your grasp.
Now it's more...
Awards
The Rising to Number Two on the Leaderboard with a Bullet Award goes to Matias for collecting 20 points in the Sweet Sixteen round. Watch out hopeful winners of the big prize, a lifetime subscription to MPMN magazine, Matias still has three of his Final Four picks still alive.
The Why Are Mommy and Daddy Fighting?, Why Did They Stop Loving Me?, Are You Getting a Divorce? Award goes to Devin whose alma matter, the University of Florida, beat Dylann's alma matter, Brigham Young University, on Thursday night. Now that the intra department cage match is over, the obsequious members of Product Development can now pretend that they were always Gator fans, and never, ever, ever, even looked at the Cougars or Jimmer for even a second. Honest.
Now for some...
Sad News
One of our comrades has fallen. With Friday night's elimination of The Ohio State University the Cantaloupe1 entry is deceased. I remember when it was a newborn bracket, full of pluck, determination, insight, and the hope that Pitt, Notre Dame, Texas, and OSU would make the Final Four. It was not to be, and a young bracket with so much promise for the future has been snuffed out like a drunk driving teen on prom night. And like prom night Cantaloupe1 must have been at the wheel of his mom's station wagon stuffed full of his even more inebriated friends and their dates, because these entries - TD2, Wilson2, Hollah, and TD3 - are all in critical condition, barely hanging on to life as they only have a possible 8 more points to gain.
R.I.P. Cantaloupe1
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| 2011 - 2011 |
Fun Fact: a Google image search for "cantaloupe" turns up these two fun pics:
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| Cantaloupe fish sculpture |
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| Cantaloupe sandals |
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