Monday, April 07, 2014

2014 March Badness AZ Edition: Third Round

Down to the freaky four, and the "nitty-gritty"...


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1AJ Lafaro





Lafaro


8Ally Miller






Lafaro

4Michele Ugenti





Biggs


5Andy Biggs





Bay at the Moon - Urban
Lafaro
3John Kavanagh





Kavanagh


6Russell Pearce






Huppenthal

2John Huppenthal





Huppenthal


7Gilbert School Board









1Al Melvin





Melvin


8Adam Kwasman






Melvin

4Cathi Herrod





Herrod


5Chester Crandell





Bay at the Moon - Rural
Melvin
3Bob Thorpe





Brown


6Jim Brown






Shooter

2Don Shooter





Shooter


7Brenda Barton









1Andrew Thomas





Thomas


8Jim Lane






Thomas

4Carl Seel





Burges


5Judy Burges





Black Helicopter
DiCiccio
3Kelly Townsend





Townsend


6Ethan Orr






DiCiccio

2Sal DiCiccio





DiCiccio


7Andy Tobin









1Steve Yarbrough





Yarbrough


8Jeff Dial






Murphy

4Debbie Lesko





Murphy


5Rick Murphy





Go Along To Get Along
Horne
3Kelli Ward





Yee


6Kimberly Yee






Horne

2Tom Horne





Horne


7Frank Antenori










Summaries:

Lafaro over Huppenthal to win Bay at the Moon - Urban region.  A spirited matchup, but Huppenthal's teflon hide was dissolved by Lafaro's acid-tipped barbs.

Melvin over Shooter to win the Bay at the Moon - Rural region.  A nip-and-tuck matchup, in doubt until Melvin sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer - he running for governor against Barack Obama.  Last time I checked, Obama is not a candidate in AZ in 2014.
DiCiccio over Thomas to emerge from the Black Helicopter Region.  Thomas was ahead until DiCiccio offer to make a helipad part of his planned freeway extension.

Horne over Murphy, taking the Go Along to Get Along region.  Murphy was at a disadvantage in this matchup from the start - Murphy is one of many legislators, while Horne is the head of an entire state agency.  While Murphy has been waging a jihad against CPS all session, he needs to convince a majority of colleagues to jump on the crazy train with him.

On the other hand, when Horne wants to do something bad or apparently corrupt, he doesn't have to convince others to go along with him; he just issues an order, and it is done.


A final foursome of two one-seeds and two two-seeds?

My prognostication skills are incredible, aren't they?

:)

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