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Monday, April 8, 2024

NCAA Tournament Pool - Final Four

 

Pool Standings after Final Four

1.  Javier Rodriguez - 130 - PURDUE
     Measha Williams 3 - 130 - PURDUE

3.  Daniel Barsky 1 - 126 - UCONN

4.  Paul Cummings 2 - 125 - UCONN
     Alvaro Gonzalez - 125 - PURDUE

6.  James Coleman - 121 - UCONN
     Brigadier General Kareem Montague - 121 - UCONN

8.  Scott Bieterman 1 - 120 - PURDUE
     Brittany Sosa - 120 - PURDUE

10.  Paul Cummings 3 - 118 - UCONN
       Ty Hedgpeth - 118 - UCONN
       Max Macon 2 - 118 - PURDUE
       Si Nichols - 118 - UCONN
       Rich Samuels 2 - 118 - PURDUE

15.  Miles Jackson - 117

16.  George Fox 1 - 115 - PURDUE
       George Fox 2 - 115 - UCONN
       Max Marion 3 - 115 -PURDUE

19.     Justin Yung - 114

20.  Rich Samuels 4 - 112

21.  Lee Pagan - 111

22.  Measha Williams 1 - 110

23.  Brian McMahon - 109 - UCONN
       Jeff Plamondon - 109 - UCONN
       Marcus Spruill - 109
       Cheryl Spuhler - 109 - UCONN
       Amanda Staudt - 109

28.  Natalie Moon - 108 - UCONN

29.  Noel Martinez 1 - 107 - PURDUE

30.  Chris Simmons - 106

31.  Keith Zdrowak - 105 - PURDUE

32.  Bill Ganoe 2 - 103 - UCONN
       Jeremy Spuhler - 103 - UCONN

34.  Justine Frank - 102 - UCONN

35.  Matt Hopps - 100 - UCONN
       William Pujals - 100 - UCONN
       Rich Samuels 1 - 100 - UCONN

38.  Bill Ganoe 3 - 99
       Kyle Henderson 2 - 99
       George Walks 3 - 99 - PURDUE
       Amy Zdrowak - 99 - PURDUE

42.  Barbie Curlett 1 - 98
       Kyle Henderson 1 - 98
       Allison Parker - 98
       Rich Samuels 5 - 98 - UCONN

46.  Jenna Finkelstein - 97
       Dawn Lamb - 97 - UCONN
       Sean McInerney 2 - 97 - UCONN

49.  Jacey Fowler 1 - 96
       Blake Jackson - 96
       Shane Jernigan 2 - 96

52.  Silas Nichols - 95 - UCONN

53.  Marcus Jackson - 94 
       George Walks 4 - 94 - PURDUE

55.  Paul Cummings 1 - 93 - PURDUE
       John Hedgpeth - 93
       Katie Zdrowak -93

58.  Braeden Helland - 92
       Max Marion 1 - 92
       Sasha Moon - 92 - UCONN
       Rich Samuels 3 - 92 - UCONN

62.  Adam Jorgensen 2 - 91

63.  Daniel Barsky 2 - 90 - PURDUE
       Joel Chernoff - 90
       Bill Ganoe 1 - 90
       Dan Laishley - 90

67.  Matt O'Kell - 89
       Chris O'Neil - 89 - UCONN
       Day Yi - 89 - UCONN
 
70.  Logan Spuhler - 88

71.  Max Macon 1 - 87 - UCONN
       Jane Reynolds - 87
       Cassi Spruill - 87
       Keith Wynne - 87 - UCONN

75.  Josh Zdrowak - 86

76.  Kevin Dick - 85
       Carolyn Fowler - 85

78.  James Garvin - 84 - PURDUE
       Mark Holbert - 84
       Jason Spuhler - 84 - UCONN

81.  Brent Bellinger - 83
       Adam Jorgensen 1 - 83 - UCONN
       Anne-Marie O'Neil - 83 - PERDUE [sic]
       Barkley Sosa - 83 - UCONN

85.  Colleen Giamberini - 82 - UCONN
       Measha Williams 2 - 82
       Mike Wolff 1 - 82

88.  Jody Cox - 81
       Dave Piasecki - 81

90.  Barbie Curlett 2 - 80 - UCONN
        Karen Katz - 80 - PURDUE

92.  Shane Jernigan 1 - 79 - UCONN
       Ashley Poer - 79
       Pepe Sosa - 79
       Bubba Zdrowak - 79

96.  Skip LaForte - 76
       Biscuit Zdrowak - 76

98.  Tyler Giamberini - 74
       Katie Kollmeyer - 74
       Sean McInerney 1 - 74
       Jacey Reynolds 2 - 74
       Lily Spuhler - 74
       Jonathan Wasserman - 74

104.  Jessica Samuels - 73

105.  Stephanie Henderson - 72
         Arlene Amo Hopps - 72

107.  Dave Marzouca 1 - 71
         Kisha Marzouca 1 - 71

109.  Michael McNally - 70
         Coco Wynne - 70

111.  Derrick Lowe - 69
         Ryan Rodriguez - 69
         Jamie Toole - 69

114.  Clair Bullock - 68

115.  Nick Kuehl - 67

116.  Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds - 66
         Melissa Gaynor - 66
         Quinn Jackson - 66
         Chris Pettit - 66

120.  Scott Bieterman 2 - 65
         Kingfish Parham - 65

122.  Savannah Grace Pressly - 64
         Cheryl Spuhler - 64

124.  Max Marions 2 - 63
         George Walks 1 - 63

126.  George Walks 2 - 62

127.  Max Macon 3 - 61
         Max Macon 4 - 61

129.  Kisha Marzouca 2 - 60
 
130.  Max Marion 4 - 59

131.  Guy Hughes - 55

132.  Mike Wolff 2 - 51

133.  Dave Marzouca 2 - 50

134.  Noel Martinez 2 - 49
         A.J. Ripin - 49

136.  Hannah Sosa - 45

137.  ALYSSA HOPPS - QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS - 35 POINTS - CLINCHED LAST PLACE AND RETURN OF ENTRY FEE

Sunday, April 7, 2024

The Final Four Chronicles: The Semi-Finals

 

Saturday, April 6

Well, today is the day for basketball.  It is the reason that we all headed to Arizona.  Sure the scenery is beautiful, the camraderie and laughs are plentiful, and the drinks are flowing, but this trip's primary focus is basketball, and today is the start of The End of the Road (cue Boyz II Men!)  But, we have lots of time before the games, so let's see what the day brings, after coffee, showers, some work, some phone calls, and, of course, jokes.

5:58 - Pepster arises.   Body must still be on Eastern Time.

7:00 - Sinickal comes out of his room

7:43 - Kev-O exists his room, all showered.  Realizes that he found the one flaw with our AirBnB lodgings - hardly any window treatments in the rooms.  How did he find this out?  Sun blaring first thing in the morning.  Good thing his body is still on Eastern time.

8:27 - Tony out of his room, not yet showered.  But, he also was probably the first one awake.

8:43 - First Bloody Mary's.  Pepster is pissed at himself for forgetting to buy Worcestershire Sauce; compensates with chili flakes and black pepper that he finds in the pantry.

9:13 - Tony - while telling a story and talking with his hands.  Knocks over his coffee and says, "That's why you don't bring an Italian."  Pepster retorts, "Yeah, that's why."

9:29 - Venture out for breakfast, after taking 10-15 minutes to try to determine where to go.

9:33 - Somehow we end up lost in the parking lot; while still in the car and not yet arriving at a breakfast spot.

9:36 - After getting our bearings, exit parking lot, immediately see a place called Zorba's Adult Shop. Not sure why we thought the name was so hilarious.  Perhaps it is because we didn't know that there were so many Greeks in Scottsdale.  Well, we know of at least one, as he is entering as we pass.


9:41 - Arrive at U.S. Egg, where you can order your coffee with extra patriotism and your omellettes with a side of jingoism.

9:45 - Pepster has way too long a conversation with the waitress about their Bloody Mary's.  Orders a Sunrise Mimosa.  Tony and Sinickal order Bloody Mary's, and Kev-O orders a Screwdriver.

So, U.S. Egg is a diner-style breakfast and lunch place just draped in US paraphernalia, inlcuding this map on the wall.

9:57 - After staring at it for quite some time, Kev-O starts up a conversation with everything that is disturbing about the map.  Let's recall some of the highlights:

The White House is somewhere near the Delaware/Maryland border;
The Liberty Bell is near State College, Pennsylvania;
Los Angeles/Hollywood is basically in San Diego;
The Space Needle is near the Oregon border;
The random Hawkeye logo - and not any other colleges; and
Two Mardi Gras symbols, one appropriately over New Orleans and the other - in Shreveport?

Kev-O stresses that the second Mardi Gras should be over Mobile, as they have the second largest Mardi Gras in the U.S.

9:59 - Pepster notices the peach over Georgia as that will likely have to change given that peach farmers are starting to convert to growing grapefruits because of climate change.  Noting that the change is not so warm enough to grow oranges, and that grapefruit are a little more tolerant.

10:00 - Kev-O states that now grapefruit are probably the most tolerant thing in Georgia.

10:10 - Food arrives.  Delicious!!!  Pepster and Kev-O agree that the omelettes have a great egg-to-items ratio.  The crew rounds out the order with a chicken fried steak, and a hearty skillet.  Would recommend.

10:32 - Head back to the crib to wait for Big Wigg.

10:48 - 48 Hours is on television - prime Eddie Murphy comedic-acting.

11:16 - Big Wigg arrives from Tucson.

11:30 - Another 48 Hours comes on television; nope can't stay to watch this one.

11:56 - Head out to Glendale for the games.

12:42 - Arrive in the parking lot of the Tanger outlets near the stadium, slide in to park as we recalled that was the easiest egress last time the Final Four was here.  Pay the parking fee, and the lady tells us "Thank you, just drive forward and turn right."  The only allowable turn was left.  But, she was right.

12:50 - Enter Twin Peaks, which just happens to have four seats next to each other.

12:51 - The Marlins are on tv!!!

13:28 - They change the station to the Reds game.  Oh well, the Marlins were going to lose anyway, and Kev-O is a Reds fan. 

13:29 - 14:15 - Discuss the UConn-Iowa illegal screen call.  (Who are we kidding, this went well into the night.)

13:46 - We have now seen 4 Alabama fans - TOTAL!

13:53 - While Kev-O stepped outside, he saw three Purdue guys walking by; one wearing a gold lame' tie and a second announcing that "We 'deserve' to make the finals."  Kev-O decides to cheer for North Carolina State.

14:10 - Pepster discusses the role of Gabby Marshall of Iowa in drawing the illegal screen foul call.

14:19 - While walking into the restroom, two guys are talking baseball, and one guy announces that he once drove a golf-cart for Willie Mays in Bali during a golf tournament.  Pepster asks, "Who's Willie Mays?"  After the laughter stopped, Pepster continued, "I'm kidding.  Isn't he the guy that played for the Mets?"

14:26 - We just realized Zach Edey went to IMG Academy.

14:29 - Guy wearing a customized Purdue jersey with the name on the back reading "Not a Dime Back".  Huh?

14:30 - Leave Twin Peaks and walk to State Farm Stadium.

14:35 - There really is a Barkley Blimp!!!



14:43 - Who had "Someone wearing an 'Obama' jersey on their Bingo card?"

14:46 - Enter State Farm Stadium.

14:48 - After ingress we head to the escalators for our trek upward.  Guy stops Sinickal and says, "the players' entrance is the other way."

14:50 - On one of the two parallel escalators, guy in an orange Illinois pullover on the escalator next to us grabs Sinickal's attention to ask him what the "S" on the back of his shirt meant.  Sinickal, who is an alumnus of Syracuse University answered, "You know you are wearing the wrong color orange or you wouldn't have said something!"

15:08  The ball is tipped...


Radio silence during the game.

15:25 - Who are we kidding with "radio silence".  After a Purdue player trips on a fast break, Sinickal remarks, "You can see the first-down marker that popped up and tripped him!"

15:56 - Half-time:  NC State played horrible, except for DJ Horne, gotten next-to-nothing from DJ Burns, and are only down six.

1st half-note.  Really sloppy game.  Purdue point guard received not 1, but 2 over-and-back calls while just dribbling.  We wonder what the Final Four record is?  Also, Purdue is here IN FORCE.  More Purdue fans that the other 3 schools combined.  Here is the student section during the game.


16:19 - Guy walking up the stairs with a shirt that says, "College Sports."

16:36  Crowd boos the announcement of Kelvin Sampson as Division 1 Coach of the Year.  Sinickal says, "You know you have done well when a whole stadium stadium at the Final Four is booing you.  [Ed. Note - Almost this entire stadium is for Purdue.  Sampson spent two seasons as the head coach at Indiana.]

17:07 - Game 1 ends.  Twenty-Eight minute wait until game 2.

Alabama students did not fill up the student section.



18:10 - Stadium plays Sweet Home Alabama during intros.  Pepster asks, "How many Alabama fans know that Lynryd Skynryd is from Jacksonville, Florida?"

18:46 - 4 point game at halftime.

First half notes - Alabama is in this game having at one-point shot 83% from three-point range.  They cannot keep up this pace.

19:14 - The first country song played by the Alabama band.

19:16 - UConn should have way more students at this game.  They have even less than Alabama.


20:03 - Exit stadium.

20:05 - Game two ends.

20:26 - Enter Buffalo Wild Wings.  There is supposed to be a 1 1/2 hour wait, but we walk up to the bar as we don't need a table.  Within minutes of our arrival, and before we received our beers, a group of 6 people at the bar leave.  Apparently they came to Buffalo Wild Wings for a drink as they were waiting 2 hours for a table at Yard House.

[Ed. Note - Yes, we know that Twin Peaks and Buffalo Wild Wings are uninteresting chains, but there is only one real entertainment complex near the stadium, so we are captive from that stand point.  We will do much locally better as the weekend/week progresses.]

20:42 - For some reason Sinickal brings up the fact that Kev-O was supposed to find sugar for his coffee this morning, and failed.  Kev-O calls Sinickal "Sweet Nuts."

20:52 - See two UConn furries.  Well, at the very least they are two girls wearing a head-to-toe Husky costume, with ears, and tails, and all.  At least they have the head undone so they can see/breathe.  One of them has a sign that reads, "Stick to football and marrying your cousin."

21:01 - Danielle and Trey enter Buffalo Wild Wings.  Trey, a Purdue alumnus, is absolutely giddy, and we are here for it!

22:08 - Vanessa, Sinickal's friend through work that lives locally arrives at Buffalo Wild Wings.  Her thirty minute Uber took over an hour.

22:17 - Big Wigg arrives, his 45 miunte Uber took him almost an hour and a half.  He is refreshed after a nap, some good Pho, and watching basketball.  Catches up with a double Casamigos on the rocks.  He notes, "Gotta sip on something."

Note that once Big Wigg arrives, our group is now 8 and we own our own little corner of Buffalo Wild Wings, and we have about 4 conversations going at once, with all of us participating in all of them.

22:39 - Sinickal is trying to describe a girl named Phoenix that he knows, and somehow ends up describing one of Pepster's law school girlfriends.

22:47 - Leave Buffalo Wild Wings.

22:59 - Kev-O regales us with North Carolina State's DJ Burns' interview from after the game where he was asked the major difference between him going up agianst Zach Edey.  Burns' response was, "7 inches is a lot."  Then thinks before he finishes, "No Diddy."

23:00 - 23:30 - Lots of hip-hop barebecue.  It was on fire!

23:31 - Arrive at our home.

23:31:30 - Kev-O goes to bed.

23:31:42 - Tony retires.

23:46 - The rest of us call it a night.

Monday, April 1, 2024

NCAA Tournament Pool Elite 8/Day 2

Well, we made it to the Final Four, and you have made it to my last full-blown update of the tournament.  Now, I will post the updated standings after the Semi-Finals on Saturday, but no analysis, report, history, etc., etc., etc.  Why not?  Because your Tournament Host is travelling to the Final Four on Friday, and we will recap all of the excitement right here on this page as we will pseudo-live blog our adventures.  So, you can still keep up with the Final Four without an actual "report". 

As far as this report goes, it is all Zach Edey all the time.  Apparenlty he is a darn good college player.  He had 19 points and 10 rebounds in Purdue's victory over Tennessee - AT HALFTIME!  He finished with 40 and 16.  Just a dominating performance.  Apparently, he was not worried about the jinx I put on Terrence Shannon the day before.  He showed up, showed out, and then talked-smack about Coach Rick Barnes from Tennessee not recruiting him.  He was a three-star recruit out of high school, but right now is the defending NCAA Player of the Year, a finalist, and virtual shoo-in, for the award this year, and right now THE BEST PLAYER in the Final Four.  Tennessee's Dalton Knecht showed why he was the SEC Player of the Year with his gallant effort of 37 points, but there was just too much of the 7'4" Edey.

In the second game, 11-seed North Carolina State defeated the 4-seed Duke Blue Devils by methodically pulling away in the second half using the size of DJ Burns, the 6'9" 275 pound big man with footwork so smooth NFL offensive line coaches must be salivating!  Duke's more lithesome front court - especially star Kyle Filipowski - could not hang as he only scored 11 points, but also fouled out!  It should be noted that Burns received his third foul early in the second half, but was able to avoid his fourth until long-after it mattered.  NC State has won its 9th consecutive tournament game as it was forced to win the ACC Tournament just to qualify for NCAA Tournament, and a missed free throw in the semi-finals of the ACC Tourney by Virginia's Issac McNeely with 5.3 seconds remaining and Virginia up three allowed a game-tying buzzer-beater three by Michael O'Connell to keep NC State's season alive.  And boy have they taken advantage of it!!!

This game was a travesty at half-time, with Duke leading NC State 27-21.  The erudite Charles Barkley remarked that both teams looked like they were thinking about the Final Four instead of playing basketball.  Well, NC State played basketball putting up 55 in the second half.

So, we have NC State versus Purdue in the Final Four - with Alabama versus Connecticut on the other side.  Purdue and NC State have not been to the Final Four since 1980 and 1983 respectively, and Alabama never has played in the Final Four.  Let's hope their fans come correct and show out, because we Connecticut's fans will be in attendance - and boring.

With Tennessee and Duke exiting the tournament, we lost two champions.  Out of the Final Four, we have 4 champions remaining.  Great work collectively, everybody.  That means somebody(ies) is/are going to earn at least 44 points this weekend (16 for a semi-finals win; 28 for the championship), to cement a pool championship.  Our remaining champions are:  Since Illinois lost, another champion is down!  The remaining six-teams all have champions in our pool, so lots of competing interests remain!  Our remaining champions are:  ALABAMA, Auburn, Arizona, Baylor, CONNECTICUT, Creighton, Duke, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Gonzaga, Houston, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Michigan State, North Carolina, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, PURDUE and Tennessee.  Cheer to your heart's content for your champion.

Yes, I did say that somebody has North Carolina State as their champion.  You heard me correctly.  Who is that?  Well, check the standings below to see.  I can tell you that a ton of entrants had Purdue, so the Pick of the Day Award goes to those that had the Wolfpack in the Final Four:  Clair Bullock of Columbus, Ohio, Barkley Sosa of Riviera Beach, Florida, and Colleen Giamberini of Boynton Beach, Florida.  Clair had the opportunity of earning five bonus points for the upset by 11-seed North Carolina State over 4-seed Duke, except she forgot to pick a winner in the Elite 8 between Houston and Duke.  I think that if NC State goes as far as she wants them to go, those 5-points may not make a difference.  But, we won't  know unless it happens.

Today's Tournament flashback brings us to the 1980 Final Four, which was the last time Purdue made it to the Holy Grail of college basketball.  NC State last made it in 1983, but that tournament is so iconic - Derek Whittenberg's airball alley-oop to Lorenzo Charles for the win over Phi Slamma Jamma ending with Jim Valvano running around the court like a lunatic lookning for someone to hook - that is shouldn't need mentioning.  So, Purdue it is.

The 1980 NCAA Tournament is widely considered as the first modern tournament.  Although the second year using seedings, it was the first in which the teams were seeded by the committee rather than just using conference champions, it was the first that did not limit the number of teams from any given conference so as to have the "best" teams and not just a cross-section, and the first in which top seeds were chosen to travel to different regions so that all the best teams did not end up in one or two geographic regions.

The Final Four was held in Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, and featured Louisville versus Iowa and UCLA versus the aforementioned Purdue.

Lousiville, the second seed in the Midwest Region, feature Derek Smith, Rodney McCray, Jerry Eaves and the man with one of the best nicknames in basketball history, Dr. Dunkenstein Darrell Giffith.  Iowa was the 5-seed in the East, and advanced to the Final Four with a well-rounded team, including Ronnie Lester, Kenny Arnold, Vince Brookins, and Steve Krafcisin.  The game also featured legendary coaches Denny Crum (Louisville) and Lute Olson (Iowa).  Louisville won the game 80-72, behind Darrell Griffith's 34 points, with 14 and 13 from McCray and Smith respectively.  Iowa's Arnold had 20, as he led 4 players in double-figures but it wasn't enough.

In the next matchup, UCLA coached by the just-as-legendary Larry Brown, came into the Final Four as the 8th seed in the west, yes, 8th, and was paced by future NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe - who I had forgotten played for UCLA.  Purdue, with second-year coach Lee Rose earned the 6th seed in the Mid-East regional, and was led by future NBA overall number 1 pick Joe Barry Carroll, about which I could write an entire post, and assited by Keith Edmonson, Brian Walker, and Drake Morris.  Vandeweghe - showing the NBA his future scoring prowess, scored 24 to lead UCLA and to defeat Purdue had 23 from Edmonson, and 17 points a game high 8 rebounds from Carroll.

Purdue defeated Iowa in the third-place game, which they played back then, 75-58, with Carroll going for 35 and 12 and Edmonson scoring 17.  Iowa was paced by Kenny Arnold's 19.  But htis was just the appetizer.

In the main event, a defensive struggle, Louisville defeated UCLA 59-54 behind Darrell Griffith's 23 points and Rodney McCray's 11 rebounds.  Vendeweghe scored 14 with 7 rebounds for UCLA.  UCLA's appearance was ultimately forfeited after several players were declared ineligible.

Joe Barry Carroll went on the be the first overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and played 11 nondescript seasons in the league, and was widely considered the worst number 1 pick in NBA History until Anthony Bennett in 2013.  Kiki Vandeweghe was drafted with the 11th overall pick in the NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks and became a two-time All-Star and scored over 15,000 points.

 And Darrell Griffith, was named the greatest college dunker of all time; a true, Dr. Dunkenstein.  The first video contains the St. John's dunk.  This one against LSU contains his Around the World.

Griffith was the second overall pick in the 1980 draft by the Utah Jazz, behind Joe Barry Carroll and just ahead of Kevin McHale.  He was named Rookie of the Year in 1981, and scored over 12,300 points in his 11 years with the Jazz, where his number 35 is retired.

Griffith was a helluva player, but we also had some great players yesterday.

Players of the Day

9.  Raegen Beers, Oregon State - 16 points, 8 rebounds
8.  Tess Johnson, South Carolina, 15 points in 20 minutes
7.  Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina - 12 points/9 rebounds
6.  Jared McCain, Duke - 32 points/6 rebounds
5.  DJ Horne, North Carolina State - 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
4.  Aziaha James, North Carolina State - 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
3.  Dalton Knecth, Tennessee - 37 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
2.  DJ Burns, North Carolina State - 29 points, 4 rebounds

1.  Zach Edey, Purdue - 40 points, 16 rebounds

Best Players in Each Region

East - Donovan Clingan, Connecticut - AND IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE
West - Mark Sears, Alabama
Midwest - Zach Edey, Purdue - AND THIS WASN'T EVEN CLOSE, EITHER
South - DJ Burns, North Carolina State

Stats of the Day

2.  Zach Edey has taken over 400 free throw attempts this year, the first college player since Pete Maravich in 1970!

1.  Zach Edey had 19 points/10 rebounds at halftime.  Three times in this tournament has a player had a double/double at halftime.  Those three - Zach Edey, Zach Edey, and Zach Edey.

Social Media Post of the Day


This picture sums up this kid's feelings about Duke.

As for the standings, if you had 1 team correct, you moved up.  If you had none you moved down.  Nobody had 2.  And, WE HAVE A NEW LEADER!  As always, feel free to double check my scoring.  As for the teams after the names, if it is before the "/" that is the champion that remains; if it is after the "/" it is the runner-up that remains.  If no school listed either before or after the "/", that entrant's pick no longer remains.

Pool Standings after Elite 8/Day 2

1.  Ty Hedgpeth - 102 - UCONN/

2.  Miles Jackson - 101 - /UCONN

3.  George Fox 2 - 99 - UCONN/
     Bill Ganoe 3 - 99
     Max Marion 3 - 99 -PURDUE/

6.  Allison Parker - 98
     Javier Rodriguez - 98 - PURDUE/UCONN
     Measha Williams 3 - 98 - PURDUE/UCONN
     Justin Yung - 98 - /PURDUE

10.  Blake Jackson - 96
       Rich Samuels 4 - 96 /UCONN

12.  Lee Pagan - 95 - /PURDUE

13.  Daniel Barsky 1 - 94 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Marcus Jackson - 94 - /ALABAMA
       Measha Williams 1 - 94 - /UCONN

16.  Paul Cummings 2 - 93 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Alvaro Gonzalez - 93 - PURDUE/UCONN
       John Hedgpeth - 3
       Brian McMahon - 3 - UCONN/
       Jeff Plamondon - 93 - UCONN/
       Marcus Spruill - 93 - /PURDUE
       Cheryl Spuhler - 93 - UCONN/
       Amanda Staudt - 93 - /PURDUE

24.  Braeden Helland - 92
       Max Macon 2 - 92 - PURDUE/UCONN
       Si Nichols - 92 - UCONN/PURDUE

27.  Joel Chernoff - 90
       Bill Ganoe 1 - 90
       Chris Simmons - 90 - /UCONN

30.  James Coleman - 89 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Brigadier General Kareem Montague - 89 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Matt O'Kell - 89
       Keith Zdrowak - 89 - PURDUE

34.  Scott Bieterman 1 - 88 - PURDUE/UCONN
       Brittany Sosa - 88 - PURDUE/UCONN
       Logan Spuhler - 88

37.  Bill Ganoe 2 - 87 - UCONN/
       Jane Reynolds - 87 - ALABAMA/
       Cassi Spruill - 87
       Jeremy Spuhler - 87 - UCONN/

41.  Paul Cummings 3 - 86 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Justine Frank - 86 - UCONN/
       Rich Samuels 2 - 86 - PURDUE/UCONN
       Josh Zdrowak - 86

45.  Kevin Dick - 85
       Carolyn Fowler - 85

47.  Mark Holbert - 84
       Matt Hopps - 84 - UCONN/
       William Pujals - 84 - UCONN/
       Rich Samuels 1 - 84 - UCONN/

51.  George Fox 1 - 83 - PURDUE/UCONN
       Kyle Henderson 2 - 83 - /UCONN
       George Walks 3 - 83 - PURDUE/
       Amy Zdrowak - 83 - PURDUE

55.  Barbie Curlett 1 - 82 - /UCONN
       Kyle Henderson 1 - 82 - /UCONN
       Rich Samuels 5 - 82 - UCONN/
       Measha Williams 2 - 82
       Mike Wolff 1 - 82

60.  Jody Cox - 81
       Jenna Finkelstein - 81 - /UCONN
       Dawn Lamb - 81 - UCONN/
       Sean McInerney 2 - 81 - UCONN/
       Dave Piasecki - 81

65.  Jacey Fowler 1 - 80 - /PURDUE
       Shane Jernigan 2 - 80 - /PURDUE

67.  Silas Nichols - 79 - UCONN/
       Ashley Poer - 79
       Pepe Sosa - 79
       Bubba Zdrowak - 79

71.  George Walks 4 - 78 - PURDUE/

72.  Paul Cummings 1 - 77 - PURDUE/
       Katie Zdrowak - 77 - /PURDUE

74.  Skip LaForte - 76
       Max Marion 1 - 76 - /UCONN
       Natalie Moon - 76 - UCONN/PURDUE
       Sasha Moon - 76 - UCONN/
       Rich Samuels 3 - 76 - UCONN/
       Biscuit Zdrowak - 76

80.  Adam Jorgensen 2 - 75 - /UCONN
       Noel Martinez 1 - 75 - PURDUE/UCONN

82.  Daniel Barsky 2 - 74 - PURDUE/
       Tyler Giamberini - 74
       Katie Kollmeyer - 74
       Dan Laishley - 74 - /UCONN
       Sean McInerney 1 - 74
       Jacey Reynolds 2 - 74
       Lily Spuhler - 74
       Jonathan Wasserman - 74

90.  Chris O'Neil - 73 - UCONN/
       Jessica Samuels - 73
       Day Yi - 73 - UCONN/

93.  Arlene Amo Hopps - 72

94  Max Macon 1 - 71 - UCONN/
      Kisha Marzouca 1 - 71
      Keith Wynne - 71 - UCONN/

97.  Michael McNally - 70
       Coco Wynne - 70

99.  Derrick Lowe - 69
       Ryan Rodriguez - 69
       Jamie Toole - 69

102.  Clair Bullock - 68 - NORTH CAROLINA STATE/
         James Garvin - 68 - PURDUE/
         Jason Spuhler - 68 - UCONN/

105.  Brent Bellinger - 67 - /PURDUE
         Adam Jorgensen 1 - 67 - UCONN/
         Nick Kuehl - 67
         Anne-Marie O'Neil - 67 - PERDUE [sic]/
         Barkley Sosa - 67 - UCONN/

110.  Carolyn Fowler & Jane Reynolds - 66
         Melissa Gaynor - 66
         Colleen Giamberini - 66 - CONNECTICUT/NORTH CAROLINA STATE
         Quinn Jackson - 66
         Chris Pettit - 66

115.  Scott Bieterman 2 - 65
         Kingfish Parham - 65

117.  Barbie Curlett 2 - 64 - UCONN/
        Karen Katz - 64 - PURDUE/
        Savannah Grace Pressly - 64
        Cheryl Spuhler - 64

121.  Max Marions 2 - 63
         George Walks 1 - 63
         Shane Jernigan 1 - 63 - UCONN/

124.  George Walks 2 - 62

125.  Max Macon 3 - 61
         Max Macon 4 - 61

127.  Kisha Marzouca 2 - 60
 
128.  Max Marion 4 - 59

129.  Stephanie Henderson - 56 - /UCONN

130.  Dave Marzouca 1 - 55 - /UCONN
         Guy Hughes - 55

132.  Mike Wolff 2 - 51

133.  Dave Marzouca 2 - 50

134.  Noel Martinez 2 - 49
         A.J. Ripin - 49

136.  Hannah Sosa - 45

137.  ALYSSA HOPPS - QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS - 35 POINTS - CLINCHED LAST PLACE AND RETURN OF ENTRY FEE