Tuesday, March 26, 2002                   
Issue # 13.4.4 "Nobody Does It Better..."
http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa

EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt)- The 8th Annual HWCI NCAA Tournament Pool posted its second largest increase in entries ever and set a new record with 80, topping last year's record-shattering 59. Seventy-one (71) people submitted the 80 entries, with 42 of those past participants. We hope the 28 new participants are enjoying the pool, win or lose, and will be back next year. Eighteen (18) people have participated in at least three previous years. A record 9 people have entered at least twice (Robinson with 3 entries).

Below is a list of names (we do not protect the innocent... well, ok, last names are omitted) to nicknames so that you can see who you've been battling with the past couple of weeks and make fun of those who picked Indiana to beat Duke and reach the Final Four (ha ha- what, you say they're still playing?).

In terms of nicknames, NOBODY (who was NICKNAME last year), failed to get the required five non-referrals (if no one referred you, you were supposed to write in "nobody" but only a few people did) but again is the most original generic nickname. Another gem was Troy's two entries: TABBY and YBBAT. CLAY HENRY, COOKIE KWAN, and FRANK GRIMES take TV references to another level. Team pride failed to boost BOW'S (Hawaii), DIE WITH GATORS, or ZONAMASTER's chances while BIG RED still can ride Oklahoma to money. Some good variations of his/her names (KIMBA, HENDO, BINGO, LITTLE ANN, CHENMAN, STRUMMER, THE NOTORIOUS RBC) and eck, boring nicknames (DARA, CMT, MHK, MATSUURA).

There were aliterations (PINEAPPLE PRINCESS, POPO'S PICKS, FREE FABONE) and rhymes (BUCKEYE MIKE, BIX PIX, KNACK ATTACK). Some cool sounds (ARPS, SSLUK, KRAZ) and some disturbing images (CHICKEN ADOBO, CORNDOG, MECONIUM (I had to look this one up- I'm sorry I did)). Some hopefuls (YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, THE BELIEVERS- both still alive to win money), truth tellers (RANDOM PICKS, WHAT LUCK) and far-fetched story tellers (PINKOCEAN (in cartoon land, maybe), PACK 10 RULES (with a "k"?), WILDCAT PRIDE (didn't pick KY or AZ to go far..hmmm)). Mixed results for PACK 10 RULES, UCLA SUCKS, PAC10 SUCKS, and GO PAC10. There's THE TERMINATOR and THE FABON8ER, the free entries (FREE BIX PIX, FREE FABONE, FREE JINX), and the ultimate losers, THE DUKE and SHOCKING HEATER 99, who didn't pay their entry fee and were axed.

So now that you know who's who, flame away in our discussion board (also read some origins of some of these nicknames there). For another take on nicknames, read John Casey's annual best/worst list on our discussion board.

#. FIRST L.- NICKNAME
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01.Darryn B.- Big Luther
02.Catrina B.- Yudanja
03.Ann B.- Little Ann
04.Michael B.- Buckeye Mike
05.Ken B.- Die with Gators
06.Kimberly B.- Kimba
07.Troy B.- Tabby
08.Troy B.- Ybbat
09.Fernando B.- Bix Pix
10.Fernando B.- Free Bix Pix
11.John C.- Jinx
12.John C.- Free Jinx
13.Robinson C.- Team Samurai II
14.Robinson C.- Flip Fighters
15.Robinson C.- The Notorious RBC
16.Mark C.- Chicken Adobo
17.Patrick C.- Pattoman
18.Timothy C.- Go Warriors
19.Dara C.- Dara
20.Jeff C.- Chenman
21.Craig E.- BOW'S
22.Andy F.- Frank Grimes
23.Duke F.- Dukkie
24.Lisa F.- Cookie Kwan
25.Bing F.- Bingo
26.Bing F.- Bazie
27.David F.- The Mighty Mobelfakta
28.Chris F.- Big Red
29.Sergio G.- The Duke(*)
30.JD G.- Arps
31.Lily G.- Meconium
32.Bob G.- Pack 10 Rules
33.Marty G.- Terminator
34.Jeff H.- Random Picks
35.Dan H.- Hendo
36.Yasmin J.- Netflower
37.Jon J.- What Luck
38.Keith J.- Pac10 Sucks
39.Marc K.- MHK
40.Tina K.- Go PAC10
41.Alvin K.- You Better Believe It
42.John K.- John Bruin
43.Leonard K.- UCLA Sucks
44.Barry K.- Madpro
45.Barry K.- Madpro #2
46.Michael K.- Kraz
47.Bar L.- Indy
48.Jeff L.- Jayemelle
49.Gareth M.- Splasher
50.Jason M.- Matsuura One
51.Jason M.- Matsuura Two
52.Sean M.- Corndog
53.Nikki N.- Bluestars1996
54.Paul N.- Kaizen
55.Vi N.- Pineapple Princess
56.Marsha N.- Wildcat Pride
57.Patricia N.- The Believers
58.Sam N.- Bern is da Bomb
59.Nelson P.- Source
60.Eric P.- Zonamaster
61.Van P.- Pinkocean
62.Jake P.- Clay Henry
63.Dylan R.- Bob Dylan
64.Brent R.- Hawk
65.Armando S.- Mad1
66.Jay S.- Ten
67.Dan S.- Nobody
68.Brian S.- FlyingElvi
69.Steven S.- SSluk
70.Beth S.- Strumer
71.April T.- Popo Picks
72.Clifford T.- CMT One
73.Clifford T.- CMT Two
74.Linh T.- PSW
75.Scott T.- The Fabon8er
76.Scott T.- Free Fabone
77.Gabriel T.- Gobay
78.Justin T.- Shocking Heater 99(*)
79.Man V.- Yellow Monkey
80.Roy W.- Wantabe
81.Byron W.- Knack Attack
82.Brian Z.- Zippy