GILBERT, Arizona – As it turns out the Final Four isn’t necessary.  While the teams will gather in Detroit later this week, the Sports 620 KTAR Bracket Beatdown is over.

And Gambo and Ash have their first career victory.

The commissioner of Sports 620 KTAR, Dave Burns, projected that the afternoon show will beat the morning show in the 3rd annual Bracket Beatdown competition.

“It’s impossible, it’s over,” declared Burns.  “I ran the numbers over a Sam Adams while in front of the Suns game.  Doug and Wolf and Yoda can’t catch them.”

As it stands now, the afternoon show has a 632-615 lead.

There is no scenario in which the afternoon show can be caught.  Any combination of Michigan State, UConn or Villanova yields no points for either show.

If North Carolina beats UConn or Michigan State, the afternoon show finishes with 700 points, compared to 655 for the morning show.

If North Carolina loses to either of those schools, the afternoon show still comes out on a top by a 668-639 margin.

As always, Burns reserves the right to have his numbers doubled checked.   “I got a 700 on the math portion of my SAT, but I’ve had a couple of Sammy’s so I might be off.”

For an individual breakdown of each contestants brackets, please visit http://ktar.com/sports/?sid=1104574&nid=126&r=1.   No matter what happens, Mark Asher will have the highest overall score.  Ron Wolfley will have the lowest.

The Commissioner owns the highest overall score and will finish that way as long as North Carolina doesn’t win the tournament.

The payoff for this year’s not-so-friendly-wager involves the losing show and their producer donning the hot dog outfits for the hot dog race at Chase Field.  The bet is tentatively scheduled to be paid off on Wednesday April 8th.  A 12:40 first pitch against the Colorado Rockies.