Dave's 1st Ridiculous 3 Pointer

Below are 3 random and hopefully humorous comments on the Tourney. Below that is info on the "FREE" pool.

1. HOOPS ON TV - I think I’m forcing my wife to watch too much basketball. Yesterday, she said she was going out to pick up a pizza. She came back with a grocery bag then pulled out a box and said, “Surprise, It’s not delivery it’s DiGiorno.”

Of all the commercials airing during the games, why did she remember that one? I assure you that I would have been much more surprised if she showed up with a waitress from Hooters.

2. BRACKETS - I spent about 2 days just staring at an empty set of brackets. I couldn’t help myself. The symmetry was simply mesmerizing. Serene even. Kind of like Monet’s Water Lilies. Except one’s a world famous work of art and the other was ripped out of a USA Today.

3.NCAA POOL - If I come in first place in my NCAA pool I could win $1,400. You know what I'm thinking. That’s 14 Fatheads.

And One –
Bruce Nickles: The “FREE” NCAA Pool - Thank God I gave to Church of Barend. 2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

If you’d like to take a “shot” about anything dealing with the Tourney, just email me your submission to davebarend@yahoo.com and I’ll have it up with my next post.

FREE POOL INFO
As of now the pot, made up of all my advertising profits and donations, stands at $2,144.67.

So, at least at this point –
1st place = $1,420
2 Winners of groups (other than the first place overall) - $224.89 each
“Wild Card” (best of the rest) - $224.89
Jimmy V Foundation = $50

If you have not donated yet, you can still d so via the Paypal link above. There are at least 10 people who are “definitely going to donate” or have said, “the check is in the mail”. If any more $ comes in I’ll adjust the breakdown accordingly.

Combined Standings (Group name/champion)
1.Mike Gleeson (Group1/Pitt) 15
2.Bob Scancella (GroupA/Duke) 15
3.Wing Wong (Group A/Oklahoma) 15
4.Michael Camoscio (Group 1A/UConn) - 15
5.Brian Sprague (Group1A/Louisville) - 15
6.Jack Mangas (Group1A/UConn) – 15
7.James Stallone (Group1A/UConn) – 15
8.Suzanne Hinckley (Group1A/Louisville) – 15

Other Non-Notables(Group-Champ-runner up-rest of final4)
A. Samara Barend (GroupA/Memphis-SU-Xavier- Louisville) - 11
B. Dave Barend (Group1/Memphis-Oklahoma-Louisville-Pitt) - 14

There are 58 active entries in each group. I’m “in” all 3, but I only submitted picks in Group1. Someone else also entered, but made no picks in Group1A

If you want any additional info about anyone’s picks who is not in your group, just email me.

Take it easy,
Dave