Welcome to the 18th Annual March Madness Illegal Office Pool!

Gators Double Up

Despite Oden's effort, Gators go back-to-back.  

But don't forget, Florida is still a party school, and you don't want to send your kids there because they'll end up taking bogus classes, boozing it up and having sex in between football and basketball games.  

For all you kids out there:  Apply at once.  The party is going to be intensely festive for the next four years.

POOL STANDINGS ARE FINAL

Congratulations to Eagles Fly High winning top honors this year.  Too bad his team doesn't get the same kind of luck one of these centuries.   I'm Ron Burgundy and Going Fishing survive the loss of Georgetown on the strength of good opening rounds, and DHan3 proves that you can recover from a bad opening round to come back into the money when it counts.  Double Down takes 5th place and will probably claim some higher knowledge of the game at the water cooler as early as this morning, if he hasn't done so already.

Congratulations to all winners.  Money goes out next week after consolidation and final accounting.

TENTATIVE PAYOUT SCHEDULE

Send us your ideas for next year's payout schedule - should we pay out 10 places instead of 5 with less money for all places?

What You Said

The entire list of Who Picked What is here in MS Excel format.  

Of the 234 sheets entered, 59 sheets have Florida to win it all, followed by 41 sheets favoring UNC, and then the other two #1 seeds.

HAVE YOU PAID YET? 

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO:   You need to find a way to get $10 for each sheet to one of the following people:  Mikie D, Moon Man, Robbie H or The Godfather on or before NOON Thursday March 15th 2007 -- NO EXCEPTIONS.  If you don't expect to see any of these guys before then, you need to MAIL YOUR CHECK TO:

R MOONEY
101 North Shore Rd. 
Derry, NH 03038

IF YOU ARE WRITING A CHECK FOR MULTIPLE ENTRIES -- INCLUDE A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE NAMES OF THE PICKS THAT GOES WITH THE CHECK!

IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING ONE $10 CHECK FOR ONE PICK PUT THE NAME OF YOUR PICK IN THE MEMO OF THE CHECK.

The envelope must be postmarked on or before Thursday March 15th at NOON or else you are not eligible for cash prizes.  And your bragging rights will also be tainted with the foul smell of impropriety.

For your convenience, a bag man may be appearing at a location near you during the days prior to the deadline to take your $10 (cash or check):

• Monday/Wednesday - The Godfather at VTL Lexington
• Tuesday - The Godfather at CONSTELLATION ENERGY (Lowell, MA)
• Thursday - The Godfather in Boston.
• All Week - Mike & Rob at the Usual Location in Waltham
• All other locations should pursue the check-by-mail option.

Initiate your contact with the bag man by using the code phrase "The '89 National Champion Wolverines was certainly the best college hoop team ever".

SPECIAL NOTE TO OUT-OF-TOWNERS:  If you are in a remote location, we encourage you to spread the word among your friends and play in large amounts.  As a consideration to the money minders of this pool, please try to consolidate your payments into a single check accompanied by a list of REAL NAMES that the check should be used to cover.  We encourage participation by anyone with a net worth exceeding $10.

Then What?

Scoring

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