What a thrilling ending to the 2016 edition of MARCH MADNESS. North Carolina probably wishing the could have waited a couple of seconds for their final shot. I didn’t do so well. I DID however pick a number two seed to win (Michigan State); BUT it was a number two seed which won. So I have to give myself a half credit (?). It has been FUN. I plan to do this again next year. Despite my troubles with CHROME. It gave me fits in updating. I would spend sometimes an hour updating just one bracket sheet. Finally learned I had to clear my cache every time before I attempted to update anything. Be sure to check back regularly. I don’t have any idea what I will write about….. NO! wait I have some idea. Maybe some racing history. (If I can find the notes I made a couple years ago. Also…. who knows. WELCOME TO OUR 2016 MARCH MADNESS. I am not sure How many years we have been doing this. I will have to look it up. This is where you can print your “OFFICE POOL” Bracket, Check the scores, etc. I will have this “MASTER BRACKET”, “WHAT IF YOU CHOSE THE HIGH PICKS” for each game. An “UPSET BRACKET” (if the favored team wins it will be in Green, if it is an upset it will be listed in RED”. And, Yes I will have my picks so you can compare your picks to mine. (And Laugh or Cry) What is a seed? Merely a starting place. Although unlikely, IT is possible for two 16 seeds to meet in the final game. Would lets say Michigan St were to be seeded as a number 16. They would still have to win all games to be CHAMPION ! SEEDING attempts to give a more favored team an easier path to the CHAMPIONSHIP. Seeding should lead to the best 2 teams playing in the final game. However there is always that upset minded team; or the chance that the favored team has a bad game, a stand out player is sick or injured. I am reminded of one year in our STATE High School WRESTLING Tournament. The Athletic Assn. decided to go with a draw, rather than seeding. The Result? Two wrestlers with one defeat each faced each other in the first match. Loser of a first round match goes home. It was a 3 OT match. One of these wrestlers went home, while wrestlers with more losses during the season advanced. The winner of this match had no competition left. Easy wins. He won the CHAMPIONSHIP that first match. Not much excitement. Reportedly there is a TEENAGE GIRL in Indiana who has only missed 3 games in this years bracket. She picked Texas over Northern Iowa. California over Hawaii. Final game she had Syracuse over North Carolina. Her Champion pick is……VILLANOVA. She says she does not follow Basketball regularly and has only attended a game or two at her high school. Maybe this is proof the rest of us over think some things To print BRACKET: Click on PRINT PDF button at top and select page with the bracket you want to print. ( If you do not see the “PRINT PDF” button. Please go to the The Title “NCAA March Madness 2016” and click to advance to the full post). MASTER BRACKET [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-MASTER-bracket.pdf”] ALL HIGH PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-ALL-HIGH-PICKS-bracket.pdf”] UPSETS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-UPSETS-bracket.pdf”] MY PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-MY-PICKS-bracket.pdf”] Views: 109
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Generally when a person rises high and gains State, National, and World recognition, there is someone who says, “Yes I knew them when…….” My question: Is there a person out there who can, or will say, “I knew Barack Obama when…..” I mean, I’m nobody but people remember me from school, sports, something. George Stephanopoulos of ABC News said the same thing during the 2008 campaign. I can see no one knowing him from elementary school, as he attended in Jakarta, from age 6 to 10. But the “poor kid” did attend a private college prep school in Hawaii from 5th grade to graduation. Does anyone remember him. If they do I haven’t heard of any of them admitting it. So if you attended PUNAHOU Prep in Hawaii, and knew our president would you please step forward. After graduation from high school, in 1979, Mr. Obama moved to Los Angeles California. Where he attended OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, OXY as it is know by it’s alums. Anyone? Anyone? Mr. Obama transferred to New York’s COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Majoring in POLITICAL SCIENCE, until graduation in 1983. Stephanopoulos, attended COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY at the same time with a major in POLITICAL SCIENCE. But does not recall having any classes with Obama. Of course Mr. Stephanopoulos was a year ahead of Mr. Obama. Give our president the benefit they may have never crossed paths. Doubtful ….but. It is reported that FOX NEWS contacted 400 students who attended during Mr. Obama’s stay at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. No one remembered him. Wayne Allyn Root a political science major at Columbia who also graduated in 1983 Mr. Root was also in Pre-Law He said,” “I Don’t know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know Me. I don’t have a classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia .. EVER! Do you remember going to school with him. Anybody remember him? Mr. Obama consistently declines requests to talk about his years at Columbia , Provide school records, or provide the name of any former classmates or Friends while at Columbia .. Mr. Obama entered HARVARD LAW SCHOOL in 1988. You remember him don’t you? He was EDITOR of the HARVARD LAW REVIEW. Surely you know him. Surely someone befriended him. I’d hate to have been so…… whatever that NOBODY remembers me. That Is How I See It. P.S. I have been told there are no pictures of him in any of his schools yearbooks. Was he sick every picture time? Views: 117
