NCAA Tournament Pool 2026 - Round 1/Day 2 Results

 

Welcome back.  Was anybody else singing Lemon Pound Cake to the tune of Under the Boardwalk in their heads while watching games yesterday?  Just me?  Ok.  Well, that song is genius.

Day 2 of the first round started off with an all-time classic.  Just an awesome basketball game between the 10 seed Santa Clara and the 7 seed Kentucky.  Close all game, back-and-forth at the end (something like 50+ lead changes!!!), and after now-Kentucky legend Otega Oweh scored a tough lay-in with about 9.9 seconds left in the game to tie it, Santa Clara sharpshooter Allen Graves etched his name in NCAA lore by nailing a game-winning three-pointer with 2.4 seconds left.  Or did he?  The aforementioned Oweh, received the inbound pass, drove the left sideline until just after half court and put up a heave that banked in for his 8th consecutive Kentucky point in a row, and sent the game to overtime.  [Ed. Note - It is about time Kentucky ended up on the positive side of a last-second shot.  See Laettner, Christian and Maye, Luke].  From there, Kentucky took over pounding the ball inside to Mouhamed Dioubate, and Brandon Garrison providing the defense on switches as the big man blocked not one, but two three-point shots on the perimeter to seal the win for the Wildcats.  Garrison had 6 blocks in the game! 

A note on Dioubate, he is Muslim, which means this weekend is Eid al-Fitr, meaning an end to Ramadan and an end to his requirement to refrain from all food and drink during the daylight.  If this means Kentucky's most athletic player will be able to hydrate and properly and timely replenish his food, nutrients and fluids, this could mean problems for the Midwest bracket!!!

The rest of the games were seriously boring.  REALLY Boring.  Not one upset (by our definition) occurred, with the only interesting point being that all 4 nine seeds won for the first time since 2019 and only the sixth time ever.  And, since the game was so boring, I won't really mention the games at all (except for my stats and players of the day).  But there were some really cool things that happened in college sports yesterday, so I will discuss those until the games get interesting again.

First, Alabama pitcher Tyler Fay threw a no-hitter last night as the Crimson Tide baseball team won 6-0.  Now, Fay didn't no-hit just any team like Southwestern Central, he did it against NCAA and SEC powerhouse Florida, currently 18-3 and ranked 18th in the country couldn't touch Fay as he struck out 13 and only walked 2 in a 132-pitch gem.

The NCAA Women's tournament started yesterday, and TCU's Olivia Miles - a transfer from Notre Dame - earned a 12-16-14 triple double to become the only person, man or woman, with an NCAA tournament triple double for multiple teams.  Yes, we watch women's basketball here.  And while on the subject, let's give a shout out to participant Alyssa Hopps of Quincy, MA, who just completed her first-year on Babson College's women's team, and finished with 5.9 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game in an average of 14 minutes.  No doubt her role will be expanding in her next three years - and we hope to see her in the Division III version of the tournament soon!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

There were some very interesting stats from yesterday's games.  My favorite are:

Stats of the Day

6.  Florida reserve center Olivier Rioux - all 7'9" of him - played 2 minutes and scored 2 points.  This is like if any other team had a giraffe play and actually score a basket!!!

5.  4-0.  The records of the 9 seeds against the 8s.  For only the 6th time ever.

4.  Brandon Garrison of Kentucky had 6 blocks, and UCLA's Donovan Dent had 6 steals against UCF.  That's some serious defense.

3.  Skyy Clark lost 1 tooth while diving for a loose ball and taking an elbow to the face.

2.  Florida's 114-55 decimation of Prairie View A&M is the largest blowout by a 1-seed in NCAA tournament history, and the second largest blowout ever.

1.  1,077 - The number of assists by Purdue's Braden Smith in his NCAA career, surpassing Duke legend and recently fired coach of Arizona State Bobby Hurley.  Congrats Braden.  

Upon reading the "Stats of the Day" list, you may have asked yourself, "Self, I wonder what the largest blowout in NCAA tournament history was," and "I wonder if Pepster will tell us."  Well, I know the answer to both of those queries, and soon you will too.

Way back on March 11, 1963, in McGraw Memorial Hall in Evanston, Illinois, the mighty Loyola Ramblers crushed Tennessee Tech 111-42, a 69-point spread.  In the immortal words of the legendary sports anchor Warner Wolf, "If you had Tennessee Tech and 68, YOU STILL LOST!!!"  All five Loyola starters scored in double figures, whereas Bobby Young (14) and Eddie Mason (10) had more than half of Tennessee Tech's points.

Loyola would eventually make it to the Final Four, held in Freedom Hall in Louisville that year.  Behind Lee Hunter's 29 points and 18 rebounds, and with a huge assist from Jerry Harkness (20 points and 11 rebounds), Loyola would defeat the Duke Blue Devils 94-75.  Duke was led by eventual MOP Art Heyman, who valiantly tried to keep Duke in the game with his 29 points and 12 rebounds, but it was not enough.  In the finals Loyola would face Cincinnati, who crushed Oregon State 804-48 in the semifinals paced by George Wilson's 24 points and 13 rebounds.

In the finals, Loyola had a balanced scoring attack led Hunter's 16 (with 11 boards), Vic Rouse's 15 (and 12 rebounds), with Huntre chipping in 14.  The leading scorer in the game was Cincinnati's Ron Bonham, who drummed his way to 24 points while playing all 45 minutes of the game, which went into overtime.  In fact, 9 of the 10 starters played all 45 minutes, with only the Bearcats Dale Heidotting earning time off the bench.  His four minutes were largely to spell George Wilson, who experiences some late foul trouble.

In this close, largely back-and-forth game, the Loyola Ramblers prevailed, winning the first (and only) men's basketball championship.

Other than the Kentucky-Santa Clara game, the most interesting thing about the games were the press conferences.  In particular two coaches shined in that regard.

First up is Byron Smith, the head coach of Prairie View A&M, who when asked what his team could do to try to slow Florida down as his team was down 60-21 at halftime responded succinctly, "We need some help from the Lord."

Next up is Kevin Willard, Villanova's coach who told the reporter that he was going to "Fire his Staff" at halftime, and that he needed to "get a new staff."  After the game he simultaneously doubled-down on his statement and said it was a joke.  

So, I guess I should discuss some of the play during yesterday's games.

Players of the Day (Women's Edition)

10.  Taleysia Cooper, Tennesse - 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals

9.  Mia Nicastro, Western Illinois - 21 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block

8.  Brooke Carlson, Colorado State - 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 

7.  Allie Turner, Gonzaga - 27 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists

6.  Brookly Meyer, South Dakota State - 29 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block

5.  Carys Baker, Texas - 21 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks

4.  Toby Fournier, Duke - 24 points, 7 rebounds

3.  Taryn Barbot, Charleston - 36 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals

2.  Olivia Miles, TCU - 12 points, 16 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 steals, 1 block

1.  Avery Howell, Washington - 30 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

Players of the Day (Men's Edition)

10.  Armani Lyles, Akron - 26 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks

9.  Darryn Peterson, Kansas - 28 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist

8.  Braden Smith, Purdue - 26 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists

7.  Malik Reneau, Miami - 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks

6.  Dominique Daniels, Cal Baptist - 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal

5.  Killyen Toure, Iowa State - 25  points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists

4.  Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee - 29 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals

3.  LaBaron Philon, Alabama - 29 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals

2.  Otega Oweh, Kentucky - 35 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

1.  Tarris Reed, Connecticut - 31 points, 27 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

And now, for our own "Players of the Day", this was not particularly difficult to select the "Picks of the Day."  Primarily because 3 stood out.  With no major upsets of which to speak, a decent amount of entries had 14 of the 16 games correct, 8 had 15 games correct, and 3 went a perfect 16-0 yesterday.  We might have had 4, but Floyd Forte of Grand Haven, Michigan - who otherwise went 15-0, forgot to select a winner of the Kentucky-Santa Clara game.  Another entrant, Ty Hedgpeth of Wilmington, North Carolina, went 15-1, with her only loss being her selection of Santa Clara, which I can only assume was an attempt at payback for all of my Duke jokes throughout the years.  (Did you see my stab at Bobby Hurley earlier?).  But, with that, the "Picks of the Day" go to the perfect 16-0 selections of Measha Williams (Canes 1 Bracket) of Houston, Texas, Steven Usma 3 of Miami, Florida, and Lily Spuhler of Acworth, Georgia.

As we approach tipoff of the Michigan-St. Louis game, good luck everyone, and remember, all games today are worth 2 points each (and some might be subject to upset bonuses!)

As always, please double check my scoring, and if you find a discrepancy, please let me know.  I will 

double-check it for you, as I am only human.  Just remember my admonition from before, I will double-check the entirety of your bracket.  Now, onto the standings!!!

FIRST ROUND STANDINGS

1.  Jason Spuhler - 48

2.  Max Macon 2 - 47

3.  Rich Samuels - 45

4.  Megan Cox - 43

     Crew Ferguson - 43

     Martha Kroesen - 43

     Day Yi 1 - 43

8.  Stephanie Henderson - 42

     Steven Usma 2 - 42

10.  Josh Zdrowak - 41

11.  Megan Corrado - 40

       Paul Kludt - 40

       Mitchell K. (Lamb) - 40

       Glen Merchant - 40

       Henry Transecki - 40

16.  Jonathan Cox 2 - 39

       Cheryl Spuhler - 39

       Measha Williams (Buddy Canes 1 Bracket) - 39

19.  Jeff Plamondon 1 - 38

       Ashley Poer 1 - 38

       Annette Pritchard 1 - 38

       Steven Usma 3 - 38

       Steven Usma 5 - 38

       Chuck Whitcomb - 38

25.  Brent Bellinger B - 37

       Kyle Henderson - 37

       Pepe Sosa 1 - 37

28.  Ty Hedgepeth - 36

       Dave Piasecki - 36

       Vincent Plamondon - 36

       Jonathan Wasserman 2 - 36

32.  Daniel Barsky 2 - 35

       Brent Bellinger A - 35

       Jim Coleman - 35

       Mark Holbert 2 - 35

       Karen Katz 1 - 35

       David Kennedy - 35

       Mango Merchant - 35

       Si "Papa Si" Nichols - 35

       Bubba Zdrowak - 35

       Keith Zdrowak - 35

42.  Shane Jernigan 2 - 34

       Brittany Sosa - 34

       Pepe Sosa 2 - 34

       Justin Yung - 34

46.  Matt Hopps - 33

       Guy Hughes - 33

       Mac Kroesen - 33

       Monte Lambert - 33

       Duncan Merchant - 33

51.  Dwayne Cushman - 32

       Benny Merchant - 32

53.  Floyd Fonte 1 - 31

       Hazy Frank - 31

       Braeden Helland - 31

       Adam Jorgensen - 31

       Karen Katz 2 - 31

       Rylee Montague - 31

       William Pujals - 31

       Matt Thibaut - 31

       Steven Usma 1 - 31

       Measha Williams (Canes 2 Bracket) - 31

       Mike Wolff 1 - 31

64.  Daniel Barsky 1 - 30

       Jonathan Cox 1 - 30

       John Hedgpeth - 30

       Blake Jackson - 30

       Max Macon 4 - 30

       Brigadier General Kareem Montague - 30

       Sasha Moon - 30

       Amanda Staudt - 30

       Katie Zdrowak - 30

73.  Joel Chernoff - 29

       Shane Jernigan 1 - 29

       Dawn Lamb - 29

       Max Macon 1 - 29

       Salvatore Plamondon - 29

       George Walks 3 - 29

       George Walks 4 - 29

80.  Colleen Giamberini - 28

       Quinn Jackson - 28

       Silas Nichols - 28

       Kingfish Parham 1 - 28

       Kingfish Parham 2 - 28

       Lily Spuhler - 28

86.  Paul Cummings 1 - 27

       Marcus Jackson - 27

       Katie Kollmeyer - 27

89.  Paul Cummings 3 - 26

       Jenna Finkelstein 2 - 26

       Carolyn Fowler - 26

       Skip LaForte - 26

       Monte Lambert 2 - 26

       Mike Litsey - 26

       Natalie Moon - 26

       Jeff Plamondon 2 - 26

       Chris Simmons - 26

       Barkley Sosa - 26

       Measha Williams (Canes 3 Bracket) - 26

100.  Trey Angus - 25

         Jenna Finkelstein - 25

         Floyd Fonte 2 - 25

         Gracie Fonte - 25

         Jacey Fowler - 25

         James Garvin - 25

         Mark Holbert - 25

         Keith W 2 (Lamb) - 25

         Sean McInerney 2 - 25

         Sean McInerney 3 - 25

         Javier Rodriguez 2 - 25

         Jasmine Tran - 25

         George Walks 2 - 25

         Stacia Wilkaitis - 25

         Biscuit Zdrowak - 25

115.  Randy Bennett - 24

         Paul Cummings 2 - 24

         Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds - 24

         Justine Frank - 24

         Arlene Amo Hopps - 24

         Sean McInerney 1 - 24

         Annette Pritchard 2 - 24

         Stephanie Soplop 1 - 24

         Stephanie Soplop 2 - 24

124.  Barbara Curlett - 23

         Floyd Fonte 3 - 23

         Alyssa Hopps - 23

         Ashley Poer 2 - 23

         Jane Reynolds - 23

         Javier Rodriguez 1 - 23

         Caroline Spuhler - 23

         Steven Usma 4 - 23

         George Walks 1 - 23

         Jonathan Wasserman 1 - 23

         Day Yi 2 - 23

135.  Max Macon 3 - 22

         Amy Zdrowak - 22

137.  Colbie (Lamb) - 21

         Keith W 1 (Lamb) - 21

         Allison Parker - 21

         Hannah Sosa - 21

141.  Mike Wolff 2 - 20

NCAA Tournament Pool - Sweet Sixteen/Day 2 Results

 

First of all - a reminder that 9 of you still need to submit your payment.  Nine isn't very many, so I am happy about that.  Also know that on Thursday and Friday of last week, payments fly-in to various sources - Zelle, Venmo, Paypal, CashApp, so I may miss one hear-or-there.  If I contact you next week inquiring about payment, and you have already paid, please do not take offense, just let me know the method by which you paid and I can look it up to discovery my mistake.  However, if you haven't paid, it is just a friendly reminder for you to do so, as the winners after next weekend are going to want to be paid themselves!

So not a lot of change, with all four 1-seeds and all four 2-seeds winning yesterday.  What that does is sets up some HUGE games for today and tomorrow.  For today, the game to watch for this pool is Duke-Alabama.  Duke is the champion in the second most set of entries, but a good share also have Alabama in the Final Four.  This is a big, and I mean BIG, swing game.  And although nobody - that I can recall offhand - has Texas Tech in the Final Four (if they make it and somebody does; I will apologize then), more people have Florida winning than any other team, so if you don't have Florida, the Red Raiders are your new favorite team.  And remember, today's games are worth 8 points each!

Our champions are:  ALABAMA, AUBURN, Arizona, Connecticut, DUKE, FLORIDA, HOUSTON, Kansas, Marquette, Maryland, MICHIGAN STATE, Mississippi State, TENNESSEE.  So, seven of the remaining 8 teams are champions on at least someone's bracket.

And, since we had all chalk again yesterday - no Picks of the Day today.  The couple of entries with Mississippi in the Elite 8 almost had that opportunity to be immortalized here, but I learned by lesson from yesterday's blog post that I am not typing that many perfect brackets again.  So, no award.

I can announce that we have a bit of a change near the top.  Max Macon 3 of Jupiter, Florida is still in first place and Bill Ganoe 1 of Jupiter, Florida remains in second, but Preston Holbert of Jupiter, Florida has jumped into third place. They all have different champions so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.

At the other end of the spectrum, we have two contenders for the last place spot.  Barkley Sosa of Riviera Beach, Florida is currently in next-to-last place, but is ineligible to receive any more points.  Luna Frank of Charlotte, North Carolina is behind her, currently in last, but can receive points if Houston is victorious over Tennessee tomorrow.  Remember, last place receives their entry fee back!

As for the games, we had two great, close games, one game that was better than the final score indicated, and Tennessee put it on Kentucky.  But, as a Kentucky fan, I was not expecting UK to defeat a really good Tennessee team for a third time this year, and I felt vindicated in that selection (and my pick of Tennessee into the Elite 8), when the two University of Kentucky alumni in this pool - Guy Hughes in Lexington, Kentucky and Kevin Dick of Alexandria, Virginia, both also had Tennessee defeating Kentucky.  That is basically the wrap-up except for one thing:  "The most dangerous offensive player on an inbounds pass is the passer.  Braden Smith of Purdue - as great as he is - forgot that axiom, leading to the game-winning layup for Houston.  (More on Smith later).  Even with great athletic talent, sometimes it still comes down to the fundamentals.  Here is a look at Milos Uzan's GAME WINNER with1 second left!  Pay particular attention to Smith, who is guarding Uzan inbounding the basket.  

Players of the Day

15.  Lamont Butler, Kentucky - 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 4-5 from three

14.  Oluchi Okananwa, Duke - 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist

13.  Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn - 20 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

12.  Denver Jones, Auburn - 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists

11.  Danny Wolf, Michigan - 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block

10.  Zoe Brooks, North Carolina State - 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

9.  Jace Richardson, Michigan State - 20 points, 6 rebounds

8.  Sean Pedulla, Mississippi - 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals

7.  Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee - 18 points, 1 rebound, 10 assists, 1 steal - The numbers do not even come close to showing how much Zeigler dominated this game; He also set the SEC record for most assists in a single season in this game

6.  Sa'Myah Smith, LSU - 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks

5.  MiLaysia Fulwiley, South Carolina - 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block

4.  Johni Broome, Auburn - 22 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals - This was honestly Broome's best game since before the SEC tournament began.  Could spell trouble for everyone else.

3.  Aneesah Morrow, LSU - 30 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks

2.  Lauren Betts, UCLA - 31 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks

1.  Milos Uzan, Houston - 22 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 game-winner

Stats of the Day

5.  Tennessee had 13 offensive rebounds!

4.  Felix Okpara, Tennessee - He had 7 offensive rebounds!

3.  With Auburn up 51-50 over Michigan, Tiger Denver Jones scored 8 straight points

2.  Braden Smith of Purdue had 15 assists, becoming the first player ever to have two games with 15 or more assists.

1.  With Michigan State winning the game over Mississippi 73-67 with virtually no time left on the clock, Mississippi's Matthew Murrell just heaved the ball toward the goal as the buzzer expired.  As it went in the basket changing the score to 73-70 I had to look up something, and yes, that basket allowed Mississippi to cover the 3 1/2 point spread.  3 1/2 being the Stat of the Day.

Smith's proficiency at passing the ball to teammates in position to score, i.e. an assist, led me to this ...

Trivia Question:  What player holds the record for the most assists in an NCAA tournament game?  NCAA Tournament?  NCAA career?  Hey look, it's a 3-pointer!

I really struggled with what to use for my history section.  Tennessee has never been to the Final Four, so I could write something about their team that advance the furthest, or maybe just describe my all-time Tennessee basketball squad (Chris Lofton at the point, Allen Houston at the wing, Bernard King as the small forward, Grant Williams as the power forward, Admiral Schofield as the center, with Dale Ellis, Tobias Harris, Ernie Grunfeld, Zakai Zeigler and Ron Slay off the bench).  But, that is pretty cheap.  Or, for the very few that will understand this completely, their Mt. Rushmore of sports, which for me is:  Reggie White (football); Bernard King (men's basketball); Candace Parker (women's basketball); and Justin Gatlin (men's track).  IYKYK.  But, that isn't going to cut it either.  You should all expect more from me.  Houston I have written previously about the 1983 Phi Slamma Jamma team.  Michigan State was a prominent part of the write-up from just the other day.  Auburn - even during the Charles Barkley Chris Morris days, always seemed to underperform, with Barkley's 1984 team losing to Richmond in the first round.  [Auburn's Mt. Rushmore by the way is STACKED!!!  Charles Barkley (men's basketball); Bo Jackson (football); Frank Thomas (baseball); and Sunisa Lee (gymnastics)]  Even last night's losing teams are too memorable, have been too good recently, or I have written about them recently to make for a good story.

So where do we go, what do we do?  That is what I have been asking myself since the games started last night.  And, until this very moment, I did not have an answer, or a plan.  But then I did some searching, and it turns out Mississippi (the state not the university) does have a pretty historic Sweet Sixteen matchup. 

We all know - or at least most of us know - about the UTEP - University of Kentucky 1966 national championship game that was immortalized by the movie Glory Road.  But, before that game, in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 1963 NCAA Tournament, Loyola of Chicago - a team featuring 4 black starters - faced off against the University of Mississippi, a team consisting of all-white players that had never even played in the NCAA Tournament before because the school refused to play in games with black players.  This was the first meeting of any Mississippi college (white Mississippi college I should say, because HBCUs obviously did) against any team with even a single black player.  So when Mississippi State's captain Joe Dan Gold shook at hands at midcourt with Loyola captain Jerry Harkness pre-game, the enormity of the situation was palbable.

"When those flashbulbs went off -- boom, boom, pop, pop -- you felt the history of it right there," Harkness said, "but I don't think many people even know about it now. That game, if you ask me, was key. I felt like it was the beginning of things turning around in college basketball. I truly believe that. I just don't know how many other people know about it."  A Game That Should Not Be Forgotten, Dana O'Neil, ESPN.com, December 13, 2012.

Keep in mind that this occurred during the same school year that U.S. Marshals had to escort James Meredith into the University of Mississippi as the first black to student to matriculate at the University of Mississippi.

Loyola would jump out to a halftime lead, and extend it to a final margin of 10 to defeat Mississippi State 71-61 to advance to the Elite 8.  Harkness led all scorers with 20 points and 9 rebounds, while teammate Vic Rouse scored 16 points and grabbed 19 rebounds.  Les Hunter contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds.  Gold himself scored 11 for Mississippi State, which was led by Leland Mitchell's 14 points and 10 rebounds.

In the Elite 8 Loyola defeated Illinois behind Harkness' 33 points (with 11 rebounds).  Ron Miller added 15 points and 11 rebounds, Les Hunter scored 12 with 11 boards, and Vic Rouse had 19 rebounds once again.  Despite Dave Downey's 20 points, Illinois goes home while Loyola advances to the Final 4, where they would face Duke in the semi-finals.  Loyola annihilated Duke 94-75, this time led by Les Hunter's 29 points and 18 rebounds.  Harkness, Miller, Egan, and Rouse added 20, 28, 14, and 13 respectively) to easily outdistance the Blue Devils, who received 29 points and 12 rebounds from star player Art Heyman, who would be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Loyola faced a much tougher game in the finals against the Cincinnati Bearcats, and even fell behind 29-21 at the half.  But, Loyola's toughness and skill shone through in the second half and overtime as all 5 Loyola starters played all 45 minutes.  Les Hunter led the team in scoring with 16, and Vic Rouse chipped in 15 to go with his 12 rebounds.  Captain Jerry Harkness scored 14, and the Ramblers were the national champions.

Trivia Answer:  Marquis Nowell, Kansas State - 19 versus Michigan State 2023/Mark Wade, UNLV - 61 in 1987/Bobby Hurley, Duke - 1,076 from 1989-1993

For the women it is: Tasha Pointer, Rutgers - 18 in 2001/Suzie McConnell, Penn State - 1,307 from 1984-1988 (not easy to find most assists for a single tournament)

Sweet Sixteen Standings

1.  Max Macon 3 - 99 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

2.  Bill Ganoe 1 - 98 - FLORIDA/DUKE

3.  Preston Holbert - 94 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

4.  Brigadier General Kareem Montague - 92 - AUBURN/TENNESSEE

     Measha Leonardo Williams - 92 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

6.  Ty Hedgpeth - 91 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

7.  Brent Bellinger - 90 - DUKE/FLORIDA

     Salvatore Plamondon - 90 - ALABAMA/AUBURN

     Marcus Spruill- 90 - DUKE/St. John's

10.  Guy Hughes - 89 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Shane Jernigan - 89 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Katie Kollmeyer - 89 - FLORIDA/Kentucky

13.  Bill Ganoe 3 - 88 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Marcus Jackson - 88 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

15.  Alyssa Hopps - 87 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Matt Hopps - 87 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Christina Zanzig - 87 - MICHIGAN STATE/DUKE

18.  Paul Cummings - 86 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Mark Holbert - 86 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Dan Laishley - 86 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Dustin Lansing - 86 - ALABAMA/MICHIGAN STATE

       Measha Raphael Williams - 86 - DUKE/AUBURN

23.  Dan Barsky 1 - 85 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Rich Samuels 2 - 85 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

       George Walks 3 - 85 - FLORIDA/DUKE

26.  Dan Barsky 2 - 84 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

       Jonathan Cox - 84 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Eric Inge - 84 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Jazz Piasecki - 84 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Mike Wolff 2 - 84 - FLORIDA/DUKE

31.  Brent Bellinger 2 - 83 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Justine Frank - 83 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Christina Gomez - 83 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Jane Reynolds & Carolyn Fowler - 83 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Measha Donatello Williams - 83 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Measha Michaelangelo Williams - 83 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

37.  Max Macon 1 - 82 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Steven Usma 3 - 82 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

39.  Rachel Bornn - 81 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Jacey Fowler I - 81 - MICHIGAN STATE/TENNESSEE

       Javier Rodriguez 2 - 81 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Rich Samuels 1 - 81 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Steven Usma 2 - 81 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Day Yi 2 - 81 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

45.  Xavier Conway - 80 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Alvaro Gonzalez - 80 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Allison Parker - 80 - AUBURN/ALABAMA

       George Walks 2 - 80 - ALABAMA/FLORIDA

49.  Silas Nichols - 79 - FLORIDA/DUKE

50.  Kevin Dick - 78 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       John Hedgpeth - 78 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Martha Kroesen - 78 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       Kingfish Parham - 78 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Lily Spuhler - 78 - FLORIDA/Purdue

       Jonathan Wasserman - 78 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

56.  Jenna Finkelstein - 77 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Shane Dogmillionaire - 77 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Natalie Moon - 77 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Jeff Plamondon - 77 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

    

60. Theo Frank - 76 - DUKE/FLORIDA

      Sean & Barbie McInerney - 76 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

      Sasha Moon - 76 - DUKE/FLORIDA

63.  Kyle Henderson 1 - 75 - FLORIDA/Clemson

       Adam Jorgensen - 75 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Karen Katz 1 - 75 - DUKE/Maryland

       Dave Wilson - 75 - FLORIDA/DUKE

67.  Paul Cummings 2 - 74 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Barbie McInerney - 74 - FLORIDA/Arizona

       Vincent Plamondon - 74 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Ashley Poer 2 - 74 - FLORIDA/Arizona

       Jane Reynolds - 74 - ALABAMA/AUBURN

       Javier Rodriguez 1 - 74 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Chris Simmons - 74 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Brittany Sosa - 74 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Jason Spuhler - 74 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Day Yi - 74 - DUKE/St. John's

77.  Joel Chernoff - 73 - AUBURN/DUKE

       Jim Coleman - 73 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Karen Katz 2 - 73 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

       Kline Kroesen - 73 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Dave Piasecki - 73 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Mike Wolff 1 - 73 - FLORIDA/DUKE

83.  Steven Usma 1 - 72 - DUKE/FLORIDA

84.  Chris LaForte - 71 - MICHIGAN STATE/ALABAMA

       Sean McInerney III - 71 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Sean McInerney IIII - 71 - FLORIDA/DUKE

87.  James Garvin - 70 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Si Nichols - 70 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

       Pepe Sosa - 70 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Cheryl Spuhler - 70- FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

91.  Colleen Giamberini - 69 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Ashley Poer 1 - 69 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Quinn Jackson - 69 - ALABAMA/MICHIGAN STATE

94.  Max Macon 2 - 68 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Kisha Marzouca - 68 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Jeremy Spuhler - 68 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Justin Yung - 68 - DUKE/FLORIDA

98.  Tyler Giamberini - 67 - Maryland/ALABAMA

       Kisha Marzouca 2 - 67 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Chuck Whitcomb - 67 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

101.  Braeden Helland - 66 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

        Jessica Samuels - 66 - DUKE/Texas A&M

        Amanda Staudt - 66 - MICHIGAN STATE/Purdue

        Stacia Wilkaitis - 66 - FLORIDA/DUKE

        Joshua Zdrowak - 66 - DUKE/FLORIDA

106.  Arlene Amo Hopps - 65 - DUKE/Connecticut

         Max Macon 4 - 65 - FLORIDA/DUKE

         Brandon Satterwhite - 65 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         Bubba Zdrowak - 65 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         Katie Zdrowak - 65- DUKE/St. John's

111.  Benny Frank Finkelstein - 64 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         Jacey Fowler II - 64 - ALABAMA/FLORIDA

         Hannah Sosa - 64 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         George Walks 4 - 64 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

115.  Sean McInerney 1 - 63 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

         Biscuit Zdrowak - 63 - HOUSTON/Iowa State

117.  Kyle Henderson 2 - 62 - HOUSTON/FLORIDA

         William Pujals - 62 - FLORIDA/DUKE

119.  Ferris Spuhler - 61 - Kansas/DUKE

         George Walks 1 - 61 - AUBURN/TENNESSEE

 

121.  Steven Usma 4 - 60 - FLORIDA/Kentucky

122.  Bill Ganoe 2 - 59 - HOUSTON/St. John's

         Sean McInerney II - 59 - FLORIDA/St. Mary's

         Caroline Spuhler - 59 - FLORIDA/DUKE

125.  Carolyn Fowler - 58 - AUBURN/DUKE

         Dave Marzouca 2 - 58 - Connecticut/ALABAMA

         Amy Zdrowak - 58 - AUBURN/ALABAMA

128.  Dave Marzouca - 57 - AUBURN/Arizona

 

129.  Stephanie Henderson - 55 - AUBURN/Clemson

130.  Logan Spuhler - 53 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

         Keith Zdrowak - 53 - DUKE/FLORIDA

132.  Wes Wiggins - 51 - Arizona/Louisville

133.  Barkley Sosa - 41 - Mississippi State/Connecticut

134.  Luna Frank - 36 - Marquette/HOUSTON