Over The Pylon

It’s time for the first-ever Card Madness tournament, where you, the fans, will decide who is deserving of the honor of being the de facto champion of Ball State-ness. This field is 68-strong of some of the most impressive graduates and friends of the university there are. Captains of industry. Stars of the silver and small screen. International political figures. Journalism heavyweights. Pizza chain CEOs and brewtastic entrepreneurs. It is literally the most impressive collection of Cardinals this side of the Vatican.

You can check out the details of the Card Madness Tournament here. For now, it’s time to Bracket Breakdown the Charlie Cardinal Athletics Regional!

BRACKET BREAKDOWN: BENEFICENCE CAMPUS ADMIN REGIONAL

The Beneficence Campus Admin regional is where you’ll find many of the most influential people in the history of Ball State. Coaches, athletic directors, faculty, and various other administrators all comprise a group of individuals who have made BSU exactly what it has become. This region is also the smallest Twitter population as only four participants have a Twitter presence. That means this region is ripe for upsets and it will be not surprising at all to see a moderately high seed advance out of this region. Our participants (in alphabetical order):

• Dr. Kay Bales (Current Vice President of Student Affairs & Dean of Students)
• Bubba Cunningham (Former Athletic Director)
• Dr. Anthony Edmonds (Current award-winning distinguished professor of history)
• Karen Fitzpatrick (Former basketball, field hockey, lacrosse coach, MAC Hall of Fame)
• Dr. JoAnn Gora (Current University President)
• Dr. Alan Hargrave (Current Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, Director of Housing)
• Brady Hoke (Former head football coach)
• Rich Maloney (Former and current baseball coach)
• Rick Majerus (Former men’s basketball coach)
• Ray McCallum (Former men’s basketball coach)
• Dr. Don Mikesell (Former Dean of Students)
• Dr. Don Park (Former Vice President of University Advancement)
• Tracy Roller (Former women’s basketball coach)
• Paul Schudel (Former football coach)
• Dr. Don Shondell (Former men’s volleyball coach, 2nd all-time in NCAA wins)
• Chris Taylor (Current telecommunications professor, SportsLink director)
• Dr. John Worthen (Former Ball State President, namesake of Worthen Arena)

Our Play-In Game is for the right to the 12th seed in the region and will feature Alan Hargrave and Don Mikesell in a student affairs epic contest. Voting for the play in contest will begin on 9am on Friday, March 15th.

The bracket for this region and the seeding is:


SCHEDULE FOR THIS REGION:
Friday March 15th – Play in Game: Alan Hargrave vs. Don Mikesell
Monday March 18th – Round 1: (1) John Worthen v. (16) Tracy Roller
Monday March 18th – Round 1: (8) Paul Schudel v. (9) Chris Taylor
Monday March 18th – Round 1: (7) Kay Bales v. (10) Anthony Edmonds
Monday March 18th – Round 1: (2) JoAnn Gora v. (15) Karen Fitzpatrick
Tuesday March 19th – Round 1: (5) Don Shondell v. (12) Play-In Winner
Tuesday March 19th – Round 1: (4) Brady Hoke v. (13) Bubba Cunningham
Tuesday March 19th – Round 1: (6) Ray McCallum v. (11) Rick Majerus
Tuesday March 19th – Round 1: (3) Don Park v. (14) Rich Maloney

Round two will be on March 21 and 22.

Bracket winner will advance to face the Frog Baby “Other” Regional Champion in the bracket semi-finals.

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