Monday, March 19, 2001                      http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 7.2.3 "Nickname's a nickname..."

2001 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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LA MIRADA, CA (smt)- A record 59 entries entered the 7th Annual HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool, topping the mark of 36 in the past two years. Fifty-three (53) different people submitted the 59 entries in hopes of winning a share of the largest pot to date: $590. Of the 53 people, 21 are newcomers. The 59 entries are more than 1/3 the previous six years combined (153). Thirteen people will be making at least their fourth appearance in the pool. Four people this year have at least twice (Robinson C. three times) in hopes of increasing their odds.

While usually the names and nicknames are revealed before the weekend of the Final Four, this year I'm publishing the list due to the many requests I've had so far- such as "When are we going to find out who is "UCLA Sucks!" so we can beat him/her up?". As for the nicknames, one should note that it is nick-NAME, not nick-phrase or nick-sentence or nick-dissertation. We will have to limit the number of characters you can have in your name- and no, combining a sentence with no spaces (such as "mymommyboughtmyaccord") just makes it harder to read! As final arbiters, we had free reign to change and slightly modify nicknames to make it easier for us- some we asked and some we didn't. For bookkeeping purposes, I've added "Free" to the nicknames of people who were able to get five referrals (i.e., "Free Bix Pix", "Free Fabone", and "Free Splasher").

"Nickname" is indeed a nickname from the wisest guy I know. "Jaybian V" is so named cause this is his sixth year in the pool (huh?). "UCLA Sucks!" was originally "Pac10RulezExceptForUCLA" (headaches, headaches). "Kim", "Dylan", "Jeffrey", and "Dukkie" need to use the left side of his/her brain more. Last year's "Mad Mando" is this year's "Really Mad Mando" (can't wait for "Postal Mad Mando" next year). And of course, the best name every year: "The Mighty Mobelfakta" (an old IKEA reference and he's also the creator of the pool so `nuff said).

All in all, there were several good nicknames ("Pineapple Princess", "Colorado Bruins", and "Team Samurai") and some bad nicknames ("Armin Tamzarian", "Strokin' G's Ego", and "Magster's Hampsters")- IMHO, of course. Somewhere, I'm sure, people are laughing. And my nickname, "The Fabone"? I still don't know why this was originally given (back in the first year you didn't choose your own nickname- it was giveth) but it's stuck ever since. Flame me at the discussion forum (http://www.HWCI.com/forum).

# FIRST   LI   NICKNAME
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01 Catrina B.-December
02 Mike B.-Buckeye Mike
03 Ken B.-Caligator
04 Kimberly B.-Kim
05 Troy B.-Tabby
06 Fernando B.- Bigspiderbeck
07 Fernando B.-Free Bix Pix
08 John C.-Jinx
09 Robinson C.-Team Samurai
10 Robinson C.-Benz, No CD
11 Robinson C.-He Hate Me Too
12 Mark C.-Mommy Bought Accord
13 Patrick C.-Pattoman
14 Dara C.-Dara
15 Rob C.-UConn's Out
16 Jennifer D.-JennyD
17 Craig E.-HWN KINE
18 Andy F.-Rembrandt Q Einstein
19 Duke F.-Dukkie
20 Lisa F.-Armin Tamzarian
21 Bing F.-Bingo
22 David F.-
  The Mighty Mobelfakta
23 Chris F.-Big Red
24 Michael G.-Magster's Hampsters
25 Lily G.-Lil PQ
26 Bob G.-Colorado Bruins
27 Donald G.-UTHPOPE
28 Susan G.-Mrs. Peeps
29 Andy H.-Hoopaholics
30 Bobby J.-CalRocks
31 Chris K.-Peeps
32 Tina K.-Strokin' G's Ego
33 Alvin K.-Alstar
34 Dennis K.-Lenny99
35 Leonard K.-UCLA Sucks!
36 Barry K.-MadPro
37 Michael K.-MikeKraz
38 Michael L.-MikeKraz2
39 Bar L.-Indy
40 Jeff L.-Jeffrey
41 Gareth M.-Free Splasher
42 Sean M.-Corndog
43 Nikki N.-BlueStars1996
44 Paul N.-Panman
45 Vi N.-Pineapple Princess
46 Sam N.-B-S FC
47 Sam  P.-Jayhawk FC
48 Dylan R.-Dylan
49 Armando S.-Really Mad Mando
50 Jay S.-Whosha Daddy
51 Dan S.-Nickname
52 Brian  S.-Flying Elvi
53 Jason S.-Jaybian V
54 Cliff T.-Mino
55 Scott T.-The Fabone 7
56 Scott T.-Free Fabone
57 Man V.-Yellowmonkey
58 Byron W.-Knack Attack
59 Mike  Z.-Zerv The Greek