The Road to the Ramen
It's back, The Road to the Ramen, Part XV! It's bigger than ever! More teams (68) = More Ramen!
Hi, this is Doug Mancosky. Thought it would be fun to get an NCAA group together of my friends and family. No money on the line, just pride and the grand prize of 68 packages of everybody's favorite college food, Top Ramen noodles. We'll also have a prize for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and last place.
PRIZES
1st - 68 packages of ramen noodles in honor of the 68 teams. (street value approx. $13.12 along with your picture immortalized on this site!).
2nd - 16" Pizza gift card in honor of the Sweet 16.
3rd - 8 packages of mac 'n' cheese in honor of the Great 8.
4th - $4 gift card to Starbucks in honor of the Final 4 (might buy you one cup!)
Last - 1 can of potted meat (aka generic SPAM). Why generic? Because you're in last place and high quality name brand SPAM is too good for you.
Bonus - If this year's winner also picked all the Final 4 correctly I'll add this bonus sweatshirt!
PICTURES
So I went to the Final 4 a couple years ago and yep, I snuck a pack of Ramen in. I even got it signed by Dick Vitale, no joke!
WINNER LIST
Kyle Yawn - 2022
Kyle Simon - 2021
Covid 19 - 2020 (tournament cancelled)
John Daly - 2019
2016 and 2015 The Pam Mancosky Dynasty
Pam asked if her prize could be not getting 68 packages of ramen!
The Russell Dynasty
2014 Brian Russell!
2013 Beth Russell!
Brian was our 2014 winner and began our first "dynasty" after his wife Beth won last year. Beth was 2013’s winner with her strong performance in the early rounds and pick of Louisville as champs. Beth is our first female winner of the ramen and now a whole new generation of girls will grow-up realizing anything is possible. Beth seemed sincerely excited about receiving the ramen and was also the big winner of Doug’s Super Bowl prop bet contest. Beth is a teacher, but maybe she missed her calling as a professional sports gambler in Vegas?
Dan Armstead – 2012
Doug Mancosky – 2011
James Douglas – 2010
Ed Gavin – 2009
Alex Themelis - 2008
LINKS
Well I figure it's fun to have a crazy prize and it also makes the games more fun when you have somebody to cheer for. Click here to start or check on your entry:
There's even an iPhone app to track your bracket!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cbs-sports/id307184892?mt=8