FINAL RESULTS: Qualifying Round 3

Advancing to the KOTH tournament:

1. Luke Jericho - Australian Football: 233
2. Rick DiPietro - Hockey: 199
3. Jose Maria Mazanares - Bull Fighter: 195
4. Brad Miller - Australian Football: 188
5. Adam McPhee - Australian Football: 166
6. Sidney Crosby - Hockey: 157
7. Andrew Walker - Australian Football: 146
8. Ross Coleman - Bull Rider: 131

Better luck next time:

9. Tom Harley - Australian Football: 110
10. Armin Zoeggeler - Luge: 90
11. Eric Fonoimoana - Volleyball: 82
12. Ryan Kessler - Hockey: 80
13. Apolo Ohno - Speed Skating: 77
14. Jose Theodore - Hockey: 72
15. Sheldon Souray - Hockey: 65
16. Angus Monfries - Australian Football: 48

FINAL RESULTS: Qualifying Round 2

Advancing to the KOTH tournament:

1. Kim-Idar Molnes - Wrestling: 251
2. Lars Halvard Grimsrud - Track: 221
3. Denis Goosens - Pole Vault: 210
4. Petr Prielozny - Bodybuilder: 187
5. Linus Thornblad - High Jump: 183
6. Pelle Rietveld - Decathlon: 182
7. Roman Sebrle - Decathlon: 174
8. Tero Pitkamaki - Javelin: 133

Better luck next time:

9. Peter Joppich - Fencing: 115
10. Maurice Smith - Decathlon: 92
11. Koji Murofushi - Hammer: 87
12. Jeremy Wariner - Track: 84
13. Andrew Howe - Long Jump: 73
14. Amir Khan - Boxer: 63
15. Felix Sanchez - Track: 40
16. Kerron Clement - Track: 40

FINAL RESULTS : Qualifying Round 1

Advancing to the KOTH tournament:

1. Brandon Templeton - Kickboxing: 419
2. Alexandre Despatie - Diving: 413
3. Markus Rogan - Swimming: 378
4. Casper Landerweerd - Water Polo: 359
5. Michael Phelps - Swimming: 343
6. James Ellison - Motorcycle: 274
7. Justin Wilcox - Diving: 264
8. Kelly Slater - Surfing: 241

Better luck next time:
9. Danilo Ikodinovich - Water Polo: 225
10. Evan Lycaczyk - Figure Skating: 203
11. Brian Joubert - Figure Skating: 196
12. Chris Refsnes - Alpine Skiing: 193
13. Joe Bartoch - Swimming: 173
14. Juan Carlos Navarro - Basketball: 109
15. Emeka Okafor - Basketball: 109
16. Chris Paul - Basketball: 77

The Qualifying Rounds update

I am busy sorting my spreadsheet this weekend! So far, I have eight groups.
Baseball, Football, Soccer, Rugby and Miscellaneous Groups 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Each group will contain 16 athletes. The top eight in each group advance to the King of the Hardwood tournament.

The maximum amount of athletes per sport is eight.

In the miscellaneous groups, all athletes of a particular sport are grouped together to ensure that no more than eight athletes of a like sport advance to the tourney. If I did not keep the like athletes together, and instead, spread them over the four different miscellaneous groups, there could have been a possibility where more than eight athletes of a sport (Track & Field, for example) could have advanced to the tourney.

I have spots saved for Hockey players and I have a couple more open spots for other sports.

Depending on how far I get this weekend, look for the first & maybe second qualifying rounds to post next week. I plan to run the poll for a week to give people ample time to research & make their selections. I am NOT limiting the poll to one vote per person. You can vote for as many athletes as you like. I would suggest voting for the 8 athletes that you would like to see advance to the tournament.

It's coming....

Test Poll results : Hot Coaches

And the winner of my test Hottest Head Coach poll is:

Tony Bennett - Washington State University Basketball Head Coach!













Here is the final tally:

Jon Gruden - Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3 (17%)
Jack Del Rio - Jacksonville Jaguars	2 (11%)
John Harbaugh - Baltimore Ravens	4 (23%)
Steve Alford - University of New Mexico	1 (5%)
Lane Kiffin - Oakland Raiders	1 (5%)
Mike Nolan - San Francisco 49ers	2 (11%)
Tony Bennett - Washington State University	5 (29%)
Urban Meyer - University of Florida	2 (11%)

And the winner of the hottest coach? Tony Bennett - Washington State University Basketball Head Coach Jon Gruden - Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3 (17%)
Jack Del Rio - Jacksonville Jaguars	2 (11%)
John Harbaugh - Baltimore Ravens	4 (23%)
Steve Alford - University of New Mexico	1 (5%)
Lane Kiffin - Oakland Raiders	1 (5%)
Mike Nolan - San Francisco 49ers	2 (11%)
Tony Bennett - Washington State University	5 (29%)
Urban Meyer - University of Florida	2 (11%)

Qualifying Round 1

King of the Hardwood V: The Qualifying rounds...
Begin soon.

Here's a sneak peak:












Will this be enough to advance to the dance?
Keep checking back here or the Outsports discussion boards.

R.U. Ready?

Tickets to the Dance

This year, I have so many nominees that I am having a difficult time narrowing them down to a field of 64. Football, Rygby, Soccer & Tennis are loaded, so I am afraid that I have to limit each sport to 8 spots each. There are just so many athletes out there.

So, my initial breakdown is as follows:

Football - 8
Baseball - 8
Soccer - 8
Rugby - 8
Tennis - 8
All Other Sports - 24

In order to get the fields down, I am leaning towards a qualifying round on this site. The main tournament will be run on Outsports, but to whittle it down, people will have to "caucus" so to speak, for their favorite, or at least help decide the field. I don't know. I'm still debating the idea in my head. Feel free to make suggestions.

Coming Soon! King of the Hardwood V - 2008

I am currently making a spread sheet of contestants for this year's King of the Hardwood. It's looking to be a tough competition this year with many new names from all over the world.

Kings of the Hardwood past:

2003: KOTH I : Jeremy Bloom


2004: No Tournament

2005: KOTH II: Jeremy Bloom



2006: KOTH III: Brad Ausmus



2007: KOTH IV: Sean Lamont




2008:KOTH V: Coming!