April 7th, 2009
Johnny's March Madness 2009 Pool
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Tar Heels Triumph over Spartans
DETROIT -- It's tempting to say North Carolina was formally presented Monday with a national championship it actually won last summer.
It's tempting to say this thing was over on June 16, 2008. That's the day the last of the Tar Heels' potential NBA draft picks announced they were going back to school -- Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green joining Tyler Hansbrough for one more fling at a ring.
It's tempting to say that from that moment on, it was game over for the 2008-09 college basketball season.
Tempting, but wrong.
That would fail to give Carolina credit for the journey from June to now. Believe it or not, there was some work involved -- some sweat, some anxiety -- in going from landslide favorite to landslide winner of a national title.
"It was one of the hardest years I've ever had in coaching," Roy Williams said after his Tar Heels throttled Michigan State 89-72, the largest title-game margin in 17 years.
Chalking this championship up as an inevitability would discount the angst associated with preseason player of the year Hansbrough missing the start of the season with a stress reaction in his leg. It would overlook the season-ending injury to defensive ace Marcus Ginyard and the 24 games missed by freshman Tyler Zeller. It would gloss over the games Lawson missed at season's end with an injured toe. 
Johnny's March Madness Pool 2009
UPDATE #4               1st 2nd MB               HH
GAIN               96 88 80 80 80 76 72 64 32 28 12
LAST SCORE               20 20 19 18 16 18 20 15 18 17 23
NAME-------->               JON SAM ANDERS BUBLAA JOEL KERI MATT CRAIG JOHNNY HARRY K & P
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 TP 116 108 99 98 96 94 92 79 50 45 35
NORTH CAROLINA 1 2 4 8 16 32 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63      
MICHIGAN ST 1 2 4 8 16   31 31 31             31    
VILLANOVA 1 2 4 8 0   15                   15  
CONNECTICUT 1 2 4 8 0   15     15 15 15 15 15     15 15
LOUISVILLE 1 2 4 0     7 7   7 7 7 7       7  
MISSOURI 1 2 4 0     7                      
OKLAHOMA 1 2 4 0     7                 7    
PITTSBURGH 1 2 4 0     7 7   7 7 7     7      
DUKE 1 2 0       3   3             3   3
GONZAGA 1 2 0       3                      
KANSAS 1 2 0       3             3       3
MEMPHIS 1 2 0       3   3           3 3    
SYRACUSE 1 2 0       3                   3 3
XAVIER 1 2 0       3             3        
PURDUE 1 2 0       3 3   3 3   3 3 3   3 3
ARIZONA 1 2 0       3   3       3         3
ARIZONA ST 1 0         1   1   1         1    
CLEVELAND ST 1 0         1 1   1   1       1   1
DAYTON 1 0         1           1          
LSU 1 0         1   1                  
MARQUETTE 1 0         1                 1    
MARYLAND 1 0         1 1   1   1 1 1 1     1
MICHIGAN 1 0         1 1 1       1 1        
OKLAHOMA ST 1 0         1             1       1
SIENA 1 0         1                 1    
TEXAS 1 0         1         1            
TEXAS A& M 1 0         1 1 1   1     1   1   1
UCLA 1 0         1 1 1 1       1 1 1 1 1
USC 1 0         1     1   1     1   1  
W KENTUCKY 1 0         1       1              
WASHINGTON 1 0         1                      
WISCONSIN 1 0         1                      
AKRON 0           0   0 0 0 0       0   0
AMERICAN 0           0   0   0     0        
BIRMINGHAM 0           0               0      
BOSTON COLLEGE 0           0       0              
BUTLER 0           0         0     0 0 0 0
BYU 0           0           0       0  
CAL ST NORTHRIDGE 0           0                      
CALIFORNIA 0           0                      
CHATTANOOGA 0           0             0        
CLEMSON 0           0               0   0  
CORNELL 0           0 0 0   0   0       0  
ETSU 0           0                      
FLORIDA 0           0     0   0 0   0     0
ILLINOIS 0           0 0           0        
MINNESOTA 0           0     0 0              
MISSISSIPPI ST 0           0 0   0   0       0 0 0
MOREHEAD 0           0           0          
MORGAN ST 0           0             0        
NORTH DAKOTA 0           0   0 0     0 0 0   0  
NORTHERN IOWA 0           0                      
OHIO ST 0           0 0         0          
PORTLAND ST 0           0 0     0   0   0 0 0 0
RADFORD 0           0                      
ROBERT MORRIS 0           0                      
STEPHEN F AUSTIN 0           0         0 0   0      
TEMPLE 0           0               0      
TENNESSEE 0           0 0 0 0 0     0   0 0  
UTAH 0           0       0 0            
UTAH ST 0           0                   0  
VCU 0           0         0            
WAKE FOREST 0           0           0   0      
WEST VIRGINIA 0           0   0 0   0       0    
March Madness Pick Chart
GROUP A
GROUP B
1-Louisville (28-5) vs 16-Alabama St/Morehead St
2-Michigan State (26-6) vs 15-Robert Morris (24-10)
3-Kansas (25-7) vs 14-North Dakota St (26-6)
4-Wake Forest (24-6) vs 13-Cleveland St (25-10)
1-Connecticut (27-4) vs 16-Chattanooga (18-16)
2-Memphis (31-3) vs 15-Cal St Northridge (17-13)
3-Missouri (28-6) vs 14-Cornell (21-9)
4-Washington (25-8) vs 13-Mississippi St (23-12)
1-Pittsburgh (28-4) vs 16-ETSU (23-10)
2-Duke (28-6) vs 15-Birmingham (23-8)
3-Villanova (26-7) vs 14-American (24-7)
4-Xavier (25-7) vs 13-Portland St (23-9)
1-North Carolina (28-4) vs 16-Radford (21-11)
2-Oklahoma (27-5) vs 15-Morgan St. (23-11)
3-Syracuse (26-9) vs 14-Stephen F Austin (24-7)
4-Gonzaga (26-5) vs 13-Akron (23-12)
GROUP C
GROUP D
5-Utah (24-9) vs 12-Arizona (19-13)
6-West Virginia (23-11) vs 11-Dayton (26-7)
7-Boston College (22-11) vs 10-USC (21-12)
8-Ohio St (22-10) vs 9-Siena (26-7)
5-Purdue (25-9) vs 12-Northern Iowa (23-10)
6-Marquette (24-9) vs 11-Utah St (30-4)
7-California (22-10) vs 10-Maryland (20-13)
8-BYU (25-7) vs 9-Texas A&M (23-9)
5-Florida (25-9) vs 12-Wisconsin (19-12)
6-UCLA (25-8) vs 11-VCU (24-9)
7-Texas (22-11) vs 10-Minnesota (22-10)
8-Oklahoma St (22-11) vs 9-Tennessee (21-12)
5-Illinois (24-9) vs 12-W. Kentucky (24-8)
6-Arizona St (24-9) vs 11-Temple (22-11)
7-Clemson (23-8) vs 10-Michigan (20-13)
8-LSU (26-7) vs 9-Butler (26-5)
RULES:
1) Choose 4 teams from each group for a total of 16 teams
2) Your teams will receive,
1 point for each win in Round 1
2 points for each win in Round 2
4 points for each win in Round 3
8 points for each win in Round 4
16 points for each win in Round 5
32 points for winning the Championship Game

3)The person with the highest total score at the end of the tournament wins 1st prize.

4)The prize breakdown will be, (figures are approximate)
1st Place 60% of the take
2nd Place 25% of the take
MB Money Back Prize 10%
Hammerhead 5%

5) There are NO TRADES
6) Cost is $10 per person. Picks and payment is due by March 19th at NOON!!!
7) Tiebreaker - Will be addressed only if there are 2 sets of identical picks!