The Basketball Tournament Prediction Extravaganza is a nationwide prediction competition between basketball fans based upon the Annual Men's College Basketball Tournament. We feel the clean family humor, salty wit and sarcasm, and interesting year-to-year statistics make the 'Ganza, as we affectionately call it, one of the most enjoyable tournament contests on the Internet. We hope you join us and come to the same conclusion.

Although the format is similar to an office "pool," the Extravaganza is NOT a pool -- no prize money is awarded! In fact, our slogan is "This Ain't No Pool!" The prognosticator who scores the most points in the 'Ganza is awarded the Coveted Ostertag Plaque, one of the finest examples of laminated pressboard available and easily the most talked about sports award in my house. The Ostertag Plaque has often been mentioned in the same sentence as the Lombardi Trophy and the Stanley Cup. Especially if you read the previous sentence out loud.

See the links on the right to navigate to the official site at: http://www.ganza.com/

Friday, October 26, 2007

Ahhh....November????

Hey Ganza-nistas,

 Its the director here generating some pre-ganza excitement. This new installment to the Ganza offers you a chance to "throw down" some predictions even before you fill out your bracket. In a closed door meeting, I asked the Pooh-bah (the deputy was out eating chocolate chip cookies and trying to get in his last few rounds of golf before the winter snows fly) if I could write up a little article about the upcoming College hoops season, I outlined what I was going to say and waited for his response. It went a little like this.

me - "Hey Pooh-bah, I'm writing this article."

Pooh - "hmm, what?"

me - "I know its only November, but I miss the Ganza and I am starting to get excited."

Pooh - "Ganza? What are you talking about?"

me - "you know, the premier prediection college hoops tourney...this ain't no pool? Ring any bells?"

Pooh - "huh? I am sleeping for the winter."

me - "thanks Pooh, what a boss you are!"

So, here it is. I have looked around and seen the predictions offered by lesser hoop analysts at the other sports media agencies. Here at Ganza HQ, I have my top 10. I want to get a little discussion going with all of you out there in Ganza land and see how it measures up.

Ok, here it is

10. Gonzaga
9. Washington State
8. Texas A&M
7. Duke
6. Marquette
5. Michigan State
4. Louisville
3. UCLA
2. Memphis
1. North Carolina

What do you Ganza-nistas say?

March is marching....but until then....Ahh, November!

Dops
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