Monthly Archives: March 2013

At least $51 raised! Thank you!

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Thanks to the twenty (20) people submitted their First Four picks on such short notice, raising $40.  Thanks to some additional generosity by Deven K. and Charles D., the current total is $51.  At the end of the tournament, I’ll make the donation and post the receipt (like in 2011 ($100) and 2012 ($83)).

n2013_math-countsAs a person who loves math and science and watching the decline of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) skills in our younger generation, I think it’s very important to expose boys and girls to STEM skills at a young age regardless of what he/she wants to be when he/she grows up.  So I’ve decided that this year’s charity is MathCounts  Continue reading »

3rd Annual HWCI First Four For Charity

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Just a quick note that our Web Entry is now live!  Click on the Web Entry menu on the top.  Thanks to David for getting it up pretty fast.

For the 3rd straight year, we’ll be using the First Four games as a little friendly competition for charity.  For every entry (it’s free), I’ll personally donate $2 to a charity TBD (if anyone has any ideas, let me know).  Last year, $83 (odd number due to additional donations by generous people) was donated to the American Cancer Society.  In 2011, $100 was donated to the American Red Cross for the tsunami and earthquake relief.  It’s easy to enter.  Just comment to this post or send an email to scott(at)hwci.com with the 4 First Four winners and the winning margin.  Example:  NC A&T wins by 4 points, Middle Tenn by 15 pts, La Salle by 1 pt, and James Madison by 8 pts.  Simple.  Here are the First Four matchups (deadline 3:30 pm PDT Tuesday):

#16MW NC A&T vs Liberty
#11MW Middle Tenn vs St. Mary's (CA)
#16E LIU Brooklyn vs James Madison U.
#13W Boise St. vs La Salle

Poor Anteaters

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Well, UC-Irvine had a chance to make the tourney for the first time but came out short (literally on their late 3-pt attempts).  And the big UC, UCLA lost in the Pac 12 Championship.  San Diego St. may be the only other SoCal team with a chance to make the tourney.  Brackets start to come out at 3 pm PDT (you can add this to your calendar).  We hope to get the online entry done by Monday morning, though in the past we’ve snuck it in before midnight Sunday.  Check often.  Please follow us (@HWCI_Pools) and use #hwcincaa for any tweets and for the latest quick (intra-day) updates.  The initial email has been sent out so if you didn’t get one, please let us know.  Everything is the same as before – $10/entry (up to 3 entries) with a Thursday 9 a.m. PDT deadline.