NCAA Tournament Pool - Sweet Sixteen/Day 1 Results

 

Well, we lost two more champions last night, but neither of those teams destroyed our pool.  That is what happens when, well, chalk happens.  The winning seeds from last night were 1 (Duke), 1 (Florida), 2 (Alabama), and (3) Texas Tech.  Arkansas tried their best to crash the Elite 8 party, but they could not hold onto a 15-point lead in the second half, only to succumb to Texas Tech in overtime.

The lost champions were the Arizona Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins.  Yes, someone selected Maryland as our champion, which isn't as strange a pick as you might think given that they were a 4-seed, and they hadn't lost a game all year by more than 6 points.  Anyway, our champions are:  ALABAMA, AUBURN, Arizona, Connecticut, DUKE, FLORIDA, HOUSTON, Kansas, Marquette, Maryland, MICHIGAN STATE, Mississippi State, TENNESSEE.  Four of the picks are in action tonight:  Houston (against Purdue), Auburn (against Michigan), Michigan State (against Mississippi) and Tennessee (versus Kentucky).  Most won't have much of an effect on the pool as wins by the favorites will either help or hurt most entrants - but boy oh boy does that set up an exciting weekend!

Since all the games were chalk, if you did not correctly have 3 of the 4 winners from last night, you lost ground in the standings.  Sometimes even if you had 3 correct, because we have a new leader, Max Macon 3 of Jupiter, Florida, followed by Bill Ganoe 1 of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Salvatore Plamondon of Lincoln, Rhode Island.  Salvatore had Maryland defeating Florida, and although a tough, gutsy pick, it cost him first place - at least for the moment.

The Picks of the Day went to all of the entries that correctly picked all 4 winners, and there are a number of those brackets, but CONGRATS anyway to:  Ty Hedgpeth of Wilmington, NC, Paul Cummings of Palm City, Florida, Mike Wolff 2 of Boynton Beach, Florida, Jane Reynolds and Carolyn Fowler of West Palm Beach, Florida, Measha Donatello Williams of Houston, Texas, Christina Zanzig of Stuart, Florida, Martha Kroesen of West Palm Beach, Florida, Dan Barsky 1 of Miami Beach, Florida, Rich Samuels 2 of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Jody Cox of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Justine Frank of Charlotte, North Carolina, Kevin Dick of Alexandria, Virginia, Measha Raphael Williams of Houston, Texas, Day Yi 2 of Forest Hills, New York, Xavier Conway of somewhere near Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Alvaro Gonzalez of Boynton Beach, Florida, Allison Parker of Washington, D.C., Measha Michaelangelo Williams of Houston, Texas, Brandon Satterwhite of Juno Beach, Vincent Plamondon of Lincoln Rhode Island, Ashley Poer 1 of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, Theo Frank of Charlotte, North Carolina, Kisha Marzouca of Boynton Beach, Florida, William Pujals of Charlotte, North Carolina, Max Macon 4 of Jupiter, Florida and Cheryl Spuhler of Acworth, Georgia.

PHEW!!! - That was a lot.  So let's transfer from on-the-paper of the brackets to on-the-court for the games.

Players of the Day

10.  Kon Knueppel, Duke - 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists [Ed. Note - He must have been good to make the list b/c Pepster hates this guy as a player]

9.  Aden Holloway, Alabama - 23 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

8.  JT Toppin, Texas Tech - 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist

7.  Richie Saunders, BYU - 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals

6.  Derik Queen, Maryland - 27 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

5.  Johnell Davis, Arkansas - 30 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist

4.  Caleb Love, Arizona - 35 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal [Ed. Note - Pepster did tell you to watch Caleb Love against Duke!]

3.  Cooper Flagg, Duke - 30 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks

2.  Derrion Williams, Texas Tech - 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, last-minute three to send the game to overtime, game-winner with about 7 seconds left in OT

1.  Mark Sears, Alabama - 34 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assist, 3 steals - 10 Three-Pointers Made

Trivia Question:  Mark Sears hit 10 three-pointers in Alabama's Sweet 16 victory over BYU.  Who holds the record for most made three-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game, and how many did he hit?

Stats of the Day

6.  Florida committed 12 turnovers in the first half

5.  Mark Sears of Alabama hit 10 three-pointers

4.  69-56:  Arkansas's lead over Texas Tech with 5:00 minutes remaining in the game

3.  Alabama hit an NCAA Tournament record 25 three-pointers; previous record was 21.

2.  If Alabama did not hit any two-point field goals last night, only their three-pointers and free throws, they still would have defeated BYU.

1.  Tyler O"Neill of the Baltimore Orioles, homered in his 6th-consecutive season opener!

Trivia Answer:  Jeff Fryer, Loyola Marymount, 11 (11-15) against Michigan in 1990

The way the games played out yesterday, the most obvious history of the NCAA tournament story was about that 1990 Loyola Marymount team (Hank Gathers death, Bo Kimble scoring 30+ on an off-night and shooting free throws left-handed to honor Gathers, Jeff Fryer hitting threes like nobody's business, and taking them like there weren't no fours - to paraphrase Antoine Walker.  But, I have already done that story in past years.  So then, I was almost hoping for a Maryland victory (except Florida is my champion) so that I can write about that 2002 national championship team with Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter, Tahj Holden and Chris Wilcox, but that didn't happen.

But, then it hit me like an Ali Faroukmanesh three-pointer.  (I hear your collective, "Who?").  You know, Ali Farouskmanesh, the shooter of the gutsiest, craziest, most awe-inspiring three-pointer of all time.  Which three-pointer was this, you might aske?  THIS ONE!!!  Now, Faroukmanesh was wide-open on this shot, why was it gutsy and crazy?  Well, before we get to that point, let me just go back to why he is in the news.  Yesterday, Faroukmanesh was named the head coach at Colorado State - yes that Colorado State that just lost to Maryland on a buzzer beater.

So, in 2010, Kansas was the number 1 seed in the tournament, and cruised to a 90-74 victory over 16th-seeded Lehigh, behind 26 points from Marcus Morris, and double figures from Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry and Tyrel Reed.  This brough the Jayhawks into a second-round matchup against the 9th seeded University of Northern Iowa, who had sneaked by the 8th seeded UNLV Running' Rebels 69-66.  In that game Ali Faroukmanesh led the team with 17 points, shooting 5-9 from three-point range, including the game-winner.  This brought us to the matchup against top-seeded Kansas in Oklahoma City.

Against Kansas, Northern Iowa led by 6 at halftime.  In the second half, Kansas lost star center Cole Aldrich to injury and Northern Iowa took more of a lead.  Kansas, gathered their breath, began pressing, and pulled back into the game, down only 1 with 35 seconds left.  Nothern Iowa has the ball and is facing backcourt pressure as they inbound the ball.  They easily beat the pressure and get the ball into Faroukmanesh's hands on the wing with a Kansas defender near him, and everybody else hustling to get into the Northern Iowa offensive zone.  Translation - there was nobody else there.  Good time to dribble, wait for the foul, hit two free throws and then play defenses with a three-point lead.  But no - Faroukmanesh pulls up and .... swish!!!  Four-point lead for Northern Iowa.  Faroukmanesh hits two more free throws, and Kansas never got any close than that 1-point deficit before Faroukmanesh launched.  Faroukkmanesh finished with a game and team high 16, on 4-10 from three-point range to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

Northern Iowa ultimately lost in the next round to Michigan State 59-52, with the Spartans holding Faroukmanesh to only 9 points, on 1-6 shooting from three-point range.  And since Butler's Gordan Hayward's last-second three-pointer against Duke in the championship game just missed allowing Duke to win 61-59, Ali Faroukmanesh hit the most memorable shot in that 2010 tournament.  It will be interesting to see what he does as a head coach, with a team that definitely has some talent (unless they leave in the portal - but that is a story for another day!).

Sweet Sixteen/Day 1 Standings

1.  Max Macon 3 - 83 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

2.  Bill Ganoe 1 - 82 - FLORIDA/DUKE

     Salvatore Plamondon - 82 - ALABAMA/AUBURN

4.  Katie Kollmeyer - 81 - FLORIDA/KENTUCKY

5.  Marcus Jackson - 80 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

     Measha Leonardo Williams - 80 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

7.  Ty Hedgpeth - 79 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

8.  Paul Cummings - 78 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

     Preston Holbert - 78 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

10.  Bill Ganoe 3 - 76 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Brigadier General Kareem Montague - 76 - AUBURN/TENNESSEE

       Mike Wolff 2 - 76 - FLORIDA/DUKE

13.  Matt Hopps - 75 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Jane Reynolds & Carolyn Fowler - 75 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Measha Donatello Williams - 75 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Christina Zanzig - 75 - MICHIGAN STATE/DUKE

17.  Brent Bellinger - 74 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Mark Holbert - 74 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Martha Kroesen - 74 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       Dustin Lansing - 74 - ALABAMA/MICHIGAN STATE

       Marcus Spruill- 74 - DUKE/St. John's

22.  Dan Barsky 1 - 73 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Guy Hughes - 73 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Shane Jernigan - 73 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Rich Samuels 2 - 73 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

26.  Dan Barsky 2 - 72 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

       Jonathan Cox - 72 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Eric Inge - 72 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       George Walks 2 - 72 - ALABAMA/FLORIDA

30.  Brent Bellinger 2 - 71 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Justine Frank - 71 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Christina Gomez - 71 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Alyssa Hopps - 71 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

34.  Kevin Dick - 70 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       John Hedgpeth - 70 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Dan Laishley - 70 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Max Macon 1 - 70 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Barbie McInerney - 70 - FLORIDA/ARIZONA

       Jonathan Wasserman - 70 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Measha Raphael Williams - 70 - DUKE/AUBURN

41.  Natalie Moon - 69 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Steven Usma 2 - 69 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       George Walks 3 - 69 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Mike Wolff 1 - 69 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Day Yi 2 - 69 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

46.  Xavier Conway - 68 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Alvaro Gonzalez - 68 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Allison Parker - 68 - AUBURN/ALABAMA

       Jazz Piasecki - 68 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

50.  Kyle Henderson 1 - 67 - FLORIDA/Clemson

       Silas Nichols - 67 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Measha Michaelangelo Williams - 67 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

53.  Kingfish Parham - 66 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Brittany Sosa - 66 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Lily Spuhler - 66 - FLORIDA/PURDUE

       Steven Usma 3 - 66 - AUBURN/HOUSTON

       Day Yi - 66 - DUKE/St. John's

58.  Rachel Bornn - 65 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Jacey Fowler I - 65 - MICHIGAN STATE/TENNESSEE

       Shane Dogmillionaire - 65 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Jeff Plamondon - 65 - DUKE/MICHIGAN STATE

       Javier Rodriguez 2 - 65 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Rich Samuels 1 - 65 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Brandon Satterwhite - 65 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       Bubba Zdrowak - 65 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

66.  Sean & Barbie McInerney - 64 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

67.  Adam Jorgensen - 63 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Chris LaForte - 63 - MICHIGAN STATE/ALABAMA

69.  Vincent Plamondon - 62 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Ashley Poer 2 - 62 - FLORIDA/ARIZONA

       Jane Reynolds - 62 - ALABAMA/AUBURN

       Chris Simmons - 62 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Amanda Staudt - 62 - MICHIGAN STATE/PURDUE (4)

74.  Joel Chernoff - 61 - AUBURN/DUKE

       Jenna Finkelstein - 61 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

       Colleen Giamberini - 61 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Kline Kroesen - 61 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       Dave Piasecki - 61 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Ashley Poer 1 - 61 = DUKE/AUBURN

80. Theo Frank - 60 - DUKE/FLORIDA

      Quinn Jackson - 60 - ALABAMA/MICHIGAN STATE

      Kisha Marzouca - 60 - DUKE/FLORIDA

      Sasha Moon - 60 - DUKE/FLORIDA

      Steven Usma 4 - 60 - FLORIDA/KENTUCKY

      Justin Yung - 60 - DUKE/FLORIDA

86.  Karen Katz 1 - 59 - DUKE/Maryland

       Sean McInerney 1 - 59 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

       Sean McInerney III - 59 - DUKE/FLORIDA

       Sean McInerney IIII - 59 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Chuck Whitcomb - 59 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

       Dave Wilson - 59 - FLORIDA/DUKE

92.  Paul Cummings 2 - 58 - HOUSTON/AUBURN

       James Garvin - 58 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Braeden Helland - 58 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

       Si Nichols - 58 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

       William Pujals - 58 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Javier Rodriguez 1 - 58 - DUKE/AUBURN

       Jessica Samuels - 58 - DUKE/Texas A&M

       Pepe Sosa - 58 - FLORIDA/HOUSTON

       Jason Spuhler - 58 - FLORIDA/DUKE

       Stacia Wilkaitis - 58 - FLORIDA/DUKE

102.  Jim Coleman - 57 - DUKE/AUBURN

         Karen Katz 2 - 57 - HOUSTON/MICHIGAN STATE

         Max Macon 4 - 57 - FLORIDA/DUKE

         Ferris Spuhler - 57 - Kansas/DUKE

106.  Benny Frank Finkelstein - 56 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         Jacey Fowler II - 56 - ALABAMA/FLORIDA

         Max Macon 2 - 56 - DUKE/FLORIDA

         Hannah Sosa - 56 - FLORIDA/ALABAMA

         Jeremy Spuhler - 56 - FLORIDA/DUKE

         Steven Usma 1 - 56 - DUKE/FLORIDA

112.  Tyler Giamberini - 55 - Maryland/ALABAMA

         Kisha Marzouca 2 - 55 - DUKE/AUBURN

         Sean McInerney II - 55 - FLORIDA/St. Mary's

115.  Kyle Henderson 2 - 54 - HOUSTON/FLORIDA

         Cheryl Spuhler - 54 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

         Amy Zdrowak - 54 - AUBURN/ALABAMA

         Joshua Zdrowak - 54 - DUKE/FLORIDA

119.  Arlene Amo Hopps - 53 - DUKE/Connecticut

         Katie Zdrowak - 53- DUKE/St. John's

121.  George Walks 4 - 52 - TENNESSEE/FLORIDA

122.  Caroline Spuhler - 51 - FLORIDA/DUKE

         Biscuit Zdrowak - 51 - HOUSTON/Iowa State

124.  Dave Marzouca 2 - 50 - Connecticut/ALABAMA

125.  Dave Marzouca - 49 - AUBURN/Arizona

         Logan Spuhler - 49 - FLORIDA/TENNESSEE

         George Walks 1 - 49 - AUBURN/TENNESSEE

         Keith Zdrowak - 49 - DUKE/FLORIDA

129.  Bill Ganoe 2 - 47 - HOUSTON/St. John's

         Stephanie Henderson - 47 - AUBURN/Clemson

131.  Carolyn Fowler - 46 - AUBURN/DUKE

132.  Wes Wiggins - 43 - Arizona/Louisville

133.  Barkley Sosa - 41 - Mississippi State/Connecticut

134.  Luna Frank - 32 - Marquette/HOUSTON

2019 NCAA Tournament Pool Standings - Sweet Sixteen/Day 1

To reference yesterday's post, my Marlins are now mathematically eliminated from the baseball playoffs this season, so I can turn all of my attention this weekend to our basketball pool.  To quote Matt Hopps of Quincy, Massachusetts, "The Marlins are just short an arm".  God I hate him.  The good thing for me is that he fell from a tie for first place, so that is a start.  Our two NEW leaders are Max Macon 2 of Jupiter, Florida Measha Williams #3 of Houston, Texas.  Astute veterans of this pool may recognize Measha Williams # 3 as our third place finisher in the 2017 pool, the same year that Measha Williams #2 won the pool.  Welcome back to the top of the pool Measha.  For Max, however, yesterday was a bittersweet day as (1) Yes he did ascend into the lead; but (2) he lost his champion.  For that Max gets the "Hard Luck Bracket of the Day" Award, which I just made up.

Biscuit Zdrowak, of Orlando, Florida seems to be doing just fine after getting over the UCF loss to Duke, as he was one of a few brackets to go 4-0 yesterday.  With that stellar 16 point day, Biscuit dramatically rises to 100th place. The highest placed entrant with all four games correct yesterday was Max Marion #2, of Delray Beach, Florida.  With his 16 points, Max Marion - and yes we have multiple brackets from Max Macon and Max Marion, jumps up to 11th place.  Max MARION is our "Pick of the Day".

On the opposite side of the spectrum is Scott Bieterman of West Palm Beach, Florida.  Scott, who is an alumnus of Purdue University, was the highest ranking bracket to receive 0 points yesterday.  That is right folks, Scott picked Tennessee over his alma mater.  Now I do appreciate people who do not blindly select their own school to win even when they do not have a realistic, or even a possible, chance of winning - I am looking at you 2019 Florida fans - but Scott lost out on some important points and plummeted to 32nd place. For that he is awarded the "Worst Pick of the Day".

Now, plenty of others also received 0 points yesterday, and for those that fall into that category please note, this means that you will not receive any points after Saturday's games, either.

Three champions were defeated yesterday (we could have lost 4 maximum), so a bunch of brackets took a hit.  You can celebrate by seeing your champion unbolded from our list below.  Our champions - with the 8 remaining champions in bold - are:  Duke, Florida, Florida State, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee, Villanova, Virginia.

We have five potential champions playing tonight, culminating in a battle of picked champions in Kansas City, Missouri as #2 seed Kentucky - with or without P.J. Washington we do not know - plays #3 seed Houston.  The precursor to that game in Kansas City is top seeded North Carolina playing red-hot Auburn.  North Carolina might be without heralded freshman Nassir Little, who might be the most athletic player on the Tar Heels team. He participated in the shootaround today, but even if he plays he is likely to be slowed by a flu-like illness,  In the Washington, D.C. regional the #3 seed LSU Tigers play the Big 10 Champion and #2 seed Michigan State Spartans, with the closing game being top seeded Duke against fellow ACC rival Virginia Tech.

Hopefully these games are more interesting than last nights, which although two were fairly close at times, the games themselves were not very competitive.  Florida State - Gonzaga led off with Gonzaga holding a 8-11 point lead most of the game.  Florida State had a late flurry to pull within 3, but Gonzaga held serve and pulled away for the victory.  Although the game was not generally close, the dunks, blocks and steals were absolutely amazing.  For that reason this game was worth it.

The second game - Purdue and Tennessee - should have been eventful as it went to overtime.  But, Purdue jumped out to an 18 point lead and Tennessee seemed lucky to bring the game back to even, and actually took the lead before Carsen Edwards hit 2 out of 3 free throws to force overtime, where Tennessee ran out of steam, and players as multiple starters/contributors fouled out.

I am not even going to justify the late games with words as Michigan and Oregon were destroyed by Texas Tech and North Carolina, respectively.

Since I wrote last year about Texas Tech, and have already written about Purdue and Oregon this year, we are going to take a walk down memory lane and visit history of Gonzaga basketball in the NCAA Tournament.  Those of you as old as I remember that Gonzaga wasn't always a top-4 seed that perennially made Sweet Sixteens and Elite 8s (this is their 5th consecutive Sweet Sixteen - tops in the NCAA).  Gonzaga started as the plucky, small school underdog.

Way back in 1999, after some previous close calls, the Bulldogs  led by Matt Santangelo and Richard Frahm earned a 10th seed in the west regional.  Gonzaga received a scheduling break, though, as the team from Spokane, Washington only had to travel to Seattle to play against the 7th seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers, who they defeated 75-63.  Up next were the 2 seed, the Stanford Cardinal, which Gonzaga beat 82-74.  A much closer 73-72 win over the 6th seeded Florida Gators in Phoenix put Gonzaga into the Elite 8, where they lost to the top seeded and eventual champion Connecticut.

Gonzaga returned to the NCAA Tournament the following year behind star player Casey Calvary, and again earned the 10 seed in the West.  This time, Gonzaga had to travel to Tucson, Arizona and entertain the 7th seeded Louisville, Cardinals, which they dispatched 77-66, and followed that game with a victory over the second seeded St. John's 82-76 to earn a second consecutive Sweet Sixteen birth.  The Bulldogs, however, lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Purdue 75-66.

In 2001, Gonzaga returned again to the NCAA tournament, and would not miss another tournament through 2019, but this time as a 12th seed in the South Region, meaning the tournament committee did not think Gonzaga was even as good as the past two years and Gonzaga had to travel.  And travel they did as they defeated Virginia 86-85 and Indiana State 85-68 to return to the Sweet Sixteen for a third straight year.  Unfortunately, despite returning star players Casey Calvary and Dan Dickau, Gonzaga fell to a Michigan State team led by Charlie Bell and Zach Randolph.

A 2002 tournament firs round loss to Wyoming as a 6 seed showed the Gonzaga was not yet ready for life as a higher seed.  The Bulldogs followed that up with a first round victory in 2003 over Cincinnati as a 9th seed, then a 2004 first round victory over Valparaiso as a 2 seed and a 2005 victory over Winthrop as a 3 seed.  These tournament wins were short-lived as Gonzaga fell in the second round in each of these tournaments.

2006 would prove to be more successful for Gonzaga.  The Bulldogs returned to the tournament as a 3 seed, and defeated Xavier and Indiana before falling to UCLA in the Sweet 16, but at this point, Gonzaga is no longer the plucky underdog.

Gonzaga advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2009, 2016 and 2018, and to the Elite 8 in 2015 and 2019 and to the Final Four, where they finished second, in 2017.

For all of the Belmonts, UC-Irvine's and Liberty's out there, look to Gonzaga as your road map.  Hire a great coach (first Dan Monson, the Mark Few - who has been at Gonzaga for 20 years - and hope those coaches can continually bring in good players.

Enough history for today and boy do I hope something better happens in tonight's games that trigger a better - and more interesting - history lesson.  Plus, the NCAA Hockey Tournament is on with Harvard playing the #1 seed UMass Minutemen.  GO CRIMSON!!!

Feel free to check your scores.  Let me know if you see a discrepancy.  Otherwise, enjoy the start of the Sweet Sixteen.

1 - Max Macon #2 - 88 - Tennessee/Michigan State
     Measha Williams #3 - 88 - Gonzaga/Virginia

3 - Carolyn Fowler - 86 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

      Matt Hopps - 86 - Duke/North Carolina

      Marcus Jackson - 86 - Virginia/Duke

6 - Justin Yung - 85 - Gonzaga/Virginia

7 - Measha Williams #2 - 84 - Gonzaga/Virginia

8 - Max Macon #4 - 83 - Duke/Houston

9 - Ty Leatherman - 81 - Duke/Virginia

10 - Melanie Scherr - 90 - North Carolina/Duke

11 - Karen Katz - 79 - Gonzaga/Houston
       Max Marion #2 - 79 - Duke/North Carolina

13 - Katie Kollmeyer - 78 - Tennessee/Duke
       Steven Usma #3 - 78 - Kentucky/Duke
       Measha Williams #1 - 78 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

16 - Brian Hinaman - 77 - Duke/North Carolina

       Mac Kroesen - 77 - North Carolina/Duke

       Ashley Poer #2 - 77 - Virginia/Michigan State

       Steven Usma #4 - 77 - Duke/Kentucky

20 - Paul Cummings - 76 - North Carolina/Duke
       Debbie Igdaloff Nieman - 76 - Duke/North Carolina

22 - Chris Kroesen - 75 - North Carolina/Michigan State

        Silas Nichols - 75 - North Carolina/Michigan

        Brittany Sosa #1 - 75 - Duke/North Carolina

        Steven Usma #5 - 75 - Virginia/Gonzaga

26 - Bill Ganoe #1 - 74 - North Carolina/Duke

       Duncan Merchant - 74 - Duke/Houston

       Steven Usma #1 - 74 - Duke/North Carolina

       George Walks #2 - 74 - North Carolina/Duke

30 - Alyssa Ave - 73 - Purdue/Michigan

       Kareem Montague - 73 - Virginia/Duke

32 - Scott Bieterman - 72 - Duke/Kentucky

       Coby Kroesen - 72 - North Carolina/Duke

       Martha Kroesen - 72 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

       Dave Piasecki #1 -72 - Florida/Kentucky

36 - Philip Kroesen - 71 - North Carolina/Duke

       Max Macon #1 - 71 - Virginia/LSU
       Barkley Sosa - 71 - Kentucky/LSU
       Krystal Travers - 71 - Kansas State/Florida State
       Harrington Wax III - 71 - North Carolina/Michigan State

41 - Alvaro Gonzalez - 70 - Duke/Tennessee
       William Pujals - 70 - Duke/North Carolina
        Rich Samuels #2 - North Carolina/LSU
       Mike Zachary - 70 - Duke/North Carolina

45 - Dan Barsky #2 - 69 - Duke/North Carolina
       Anthony LaPira - 69 - Duke/Tennessee
       Mango Merchant - 69 - Gonzaga/Virginia
       Chad Phillips - 69 - Florida State/North Carolina
       Kyle Sheehan - 69 - Duke/Kentucky
       Amy Zdrowak - 69 - Duke/Virginia

51 - Carolyn Fowler and Jane Reynolds - 68 - Kentucky/Michigan State

       Jacey Fowler #2 - 68 - North Carolina/Florida State
       Michael Spicer - 68 - North Carolina/Buffalo

       Jeremy Spuhler - 68 - Tennessee/LSU

       George Walks #5 - 68 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

       Jonathan Wasserman - 68 - North Carolina/Duke

57 - Dana Mandelbaum - 67 - North Carolina/Duke

       Sean McInerney - 67 - Duke/North Carolina

       Allison Parker - 67 - Kentucky/Michigan
       Dave Piasecki #2 - 67 - Florida/North Carolina
       Annette Pritchard #2 - 67 - Duke.North Carolina
       Brittany Sosa #2 - 67 - Gonzaga/Virginia
       Pepe Sosa - 67 - Kentucky/Michigan State
       Robert Tanen #2 - 67 - Gonzaga/Virginia

65 - Jenna Finkelstein - 66 - Gonzaga/Tennessee
       Max Marion - 66 - Duke/Virginia
       Steven Usma #2 - 66 - Virginia/Michigan State

68 - Glen Merchant - 65 - Duke/Houston
       Chris Petit - 65 - North Carolina/Duke
       George Walks #3 - 65 - Florida State/Kentucky
       George Walks #4 - 65 - Duke/Virginia

72 - Adam Jorgensen - 64 - Michigan State/Virginia

       Hilary Kroesen 64 - Kentucky/Gonzaga

       Sasha Moon - 64 - Duke/Tennessee
       Traci Sheehan - 64 - Michigan State/Tennessee

        Jason Spuhler - 64 - Duke/North Carolina

77 - Bill Ganoe #2 - 63 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

       Arlene Amo Hopps - 63 - Villanova/Virginia Tech

       Michael Litsey - 63 - Michigan/Virginia

       Annette Pritchard - 63 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

81 - Eric Inge - 62 - Duke/North Carolina
       Ashley Poer #1 - 62 - Duke/Tennessee
      Josh and Katie Zdrowak - 62 - North Carolina/Duke

84 - Jean Calixte - 61 - Duke/North Carolina

       Scott Hansel - 61 - Duke/Kentucky

       Matt Nieman - 61 - Virginia/Gonzaga
       Jane Reynolds - 61 - Duke/Kentucky

       John Santucci - 61 - Kansas/Michigan

       Wes Wiggins - 61 - Gonzaga/Virginia

90 - Rachel Bornn - 60 - Duke/Kentucky
       Edy Pecan - 60 - Syracuse/Kentucky

92 - Skip LaForte - 59 - Michigan State/North Carolina
       Jeff Pamondon - 59 - Duke/Tennessee
       Meredith Tanen - 59 - Gonzaga/Virginia

95 - Dan Barsky #1 - 58 - Gonzaga/North Carolina

       Jacey Fowler #1 - 58 - Villanova/Texas Tech

       Kline Kroesen - 58 - North Carolina/Michigan
       Jordyn Sheehan - 58 - Duke/Tennessee
       Robert Tanen #1 - 58 - Florida State/North Carolina

100 - Kingfish Rod Parham - 57 - Duke/Tennessee
         Ira Schulteis - 57 - Duke/North Carolina

         George Walks #1 - 57 - Kansas/Duke

         Biscuit Zdrowak - 57 - Virginia/Michigan State

104 - Tara Elliott - 55 - North Carolina/Duke
         James Garvin - 55 - Duke/Virginia

         Robert Hosmer - 55 - Duke/Virginia

         Hilary Kroesen #2 - 55 - Kansas/Marquette

         Max Macon #3 - 55 - Gonzaga/Kentucky

         Rich Samuels #1 - 55 - Duke/Kentucky

         Cheryl Spuhler - 55 - Duke/Tennessee

         Joshua Zdrowak - 55 - North Carolina/Michigan

112 - David Olson - 54 - North Carolina/Duke

         Samantha Sheehan - 54 - Duke/Tennessee

114 - Liz Carew - 53 - Kentucky/Duke
         Hannah Sosa - 53 - Virginia/Duke

116 - Griffey Parker - 52 - Houston/Duke
         Abigail Sosa - 52 - Tennessee/Duke

118 - Luis Briones - 49 - Duke/Villanova

119 - Jessica Samuels - 48 - Virginia/Gonzaga

         Katie Zdrowak - 48 - Duke/Tennessee

121 - Jennifer Armstrong - 47 - Duke/Wisconsin

122 - Keith Zdrowak - 40 - Duke/North Carolina

123 - Cubbie Kroesen - 39 - Kentucky/Marquette