Pool of 42: 30th Anniversary Edition​

All,
After a perfect 16-0 in the opening round, day 3 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament finally saw a team seeded 1-4 go down. Three of them in fact. While the games are ultimately decided on the floor, much of the attention of #2 seed St. Johns v. #10 seed Arkansas was focused on the sideline. Frenemies John Calipari and Rick Pitino set their squads to duke it out for the 30th time in their careers, with the Arkansas coach leading the all-time series 16-13. On the floor, the Razorbacks led most of the way, though St. John's did cut the deficit to just 2 with six minutes left. That was about when Pitino unveiled his secret strategy - bench the Big East player of the year for the rest of the game. How Bizarre! The Razorbacks took advantage and stretched their lead to 8 and left Calipari the one sitting high on the hog* - despite wearing a blazer straight out of the Nutty Professor. The other top seeds to go down on day 3 were Texas A&M in a 4-5 matchup with Michigan and 3 seed Wisconsin who were outmatched by 6 seed BYU. The Cougars led comfortably for most of the game, including by 11 with just 2 minutes 11 seconds to go. Just 71 seconds later, it was a two point lead, thanks to two 3 point plays, a three pointer, and one intentional elbow to the crotch. That was nearly followed by a blow to the gut as the Badgers had a would-be game tying jumper at the buzzer that missed its mark. The win sends BYU to the Sweet 16 -but more importantly earned tater tots for all BYU fans thanks to the Cougars' Richie Saunders' NIL deal with Ore-Ida which comes with contractually obligated potatoey goodness following an tournament win.
In the Pool of 42, we have our third overall point leader in as many days. Catherine Bopp has taken over as high point scorer thanks to sub-77 point totals from UCLA, St. John's, and Purdue. Unfortunately, only the Boilermakers pulled off a win from that group, leaving her with 3 teams to hold the competition at bay. Trailing her are yesterday's leader Larry Kriz followed by Big Sean Farrell who jumped in the standings thanks to Gonzaga and Drake. Jack Schreiber becomes the first Schreiber worth mentioning, now sitting in 4th place - having both ends of the Calipari/Pitino battle.
At the bottom of the pool, Adam Hudnut-Beumler becomes our first repeat leader. Donald DeCaro seemed poised to take the lead with the big 91 point output from BYU. Unfortunately for Donald, that came with  12 three pointers, so his Unabomber bonus counteracted the big negative total. A sub 75 point output from Alabama in their second round game could have disastrous results for Adam, though, as he would get an unwanted double dip with main points as well as Dolly bonus points. Dave "Blue Anger" Pettit, who also benefited from the Cougars' high scoring night, is waiting in the wings for any slip up. With four high scoring teams remaining and a rare threshold of just 74, he might just have everyone else seeing red.
No entrants in the pool survived the first 3 days with all six teams intact. Only Bill Lynch and Massimo Randazzo have 5 left, with Drake and UCLA respectively ruining their bids at perfection. Meanwhile, Dave Marchisin has the dubious honor of being the first one to lose all of his team. But hope is not all lost, as he still has four of his six women's teams alive, thanks to his selection of the Spice Girls bonus. But it will be an uphill climb. In all, 103 entrants have 3+ teams still remaining. 
So far, the Kobe bonus (substitutions) has earned those that selected it the most points, averaging 202 per entrant. That is followed by the Olympics (bench scoring) with 194 and the Unabomber (3 pointers) with 160. Dolly and its team cloning has the lowest total earning just 16 points per entry - but has only had one day of games to earn points. This will continue to grow as more people have teams lose. 
Eight more matchups today will finalize the Sweet 16 - and will surely shake up the pool again.
Current scores are below with complete standings attached.


Name TOTAL
POINTS
Catherine Bopp 702.95
Larry Kriz 695.7
Big Sean Farrell 538.9
Jack Schreiber 534.85
Alisha Schreiber 532.65
Mary Ellen DePaul 524
Monica Heffernan 508.5
Nabeel Azar 501.3
Derek Landel 489.4
Mike Negley 487.6
Andrea Pellicciari 473.8
Kerry Farrell 453.9
Sarah Ganton 453.8
Jaklyn Limoges 449.65
Mike Vogel 437.2
Jose Alvarez 433.8
Molly Wagner 432.65
Mark Gruber 430.6
Joan Ganton 424.6
Charles Santanna 423.6
Omar Azar 416.8
Josh Meyer 410.4
Michael Boyan 409.45
Mark Sanicki 404.45
Pete Bine 403.1
Salina McLaughlin 394.8
Randy Rutherford 394.65
Brian Ganton 392.5
Kerri Luftman 381.1
Will Sargisson 380.2
Dave Marchisin 377.7
Laurie Roche 375.9
Kevin Payne 373.2
Max Deckner 364.05
Lauren Schreiber 360.05
Aunt Cathy McDonald 358.75
Mike Miniaci 346.6
Denis McCarthy 1 343.8
Katie Schreiber 342.2
Seany Farrell 336
Michael Patti 333.2
Patrick Steines 331.05
Jim McCarthy 329
Pat Regan 324.7
Michael Schoendorf 322.4
Kelly Hirano 316.2
Eryn Payne 315.2
Caroline Schreiber 314.2
Michael Martin #1 313.5
Lynn Delaney 308.95
Lauren Gentile 303.8
Bobby Robertson 299.9
Robert Cappuzzo 298.75
Bob Hopper 1 297
Uncle Jack McDonald 294
Pat Appello 292.6
Lainie Gussman 292.3
Mike Heffernan 285.65
Paul Schreiber 282.7
Matt Solow 278.6
Brian Pierpont 274
Michael Deckner 272.85
Jackie Farrell 272.8
Michael Martin #2 270.6
Patrick Keisler 269.3
Kevin Schessler 269.2
Denis McCarthy 2 266
Rodney Dopp 266
Dominic Sembello 264.6
Sam Matthews 261.8
Vin Hubner 258
Dan Voicescu 255.6
Laura Spiegelman 250.4
Ean Steinberger 248.2
Natalie Luftman 237
Jason Schreiber 234.65
Rhonda Veugen 231.2
Mavis Mai 230.6
Lisa Ito 228.35
Christopher Davis 227
Kim Huang 221
Alina Svizzero 214.8
Leo Dorfman 212.7
Giuseppe Randazzo 203.65
Matt Henrikson 201.4
Bob Wagner 193.95
Funkle & Steph 193.35
Tom Melton 191.6
Tony Miniaci 189.55
Kurt Thiemann 188.1
Meri Schreiber 186.75
Ben Tobin 184.1
Molly Farrell 179
Massimo Randazzo 162.4
Brian Leamy 160.6
Ethan Deckner 158.6
Mike Bopp 153.4
Greg Nilles 152.95
Michael Schreiber 134
Joshua Deckner 130
Zac Favreau Smith 128.7
Brian Redington 128.4
Thom Terrific 126.5
Brian Thiemann 124
Dave "Blue Anger" Pettit 1 120.4
Jakub Stosik 119.9
Mario DePollo 119.55
Matthew Schreiber 109.6
Andrew Limoges 107.25
Nick Hurt 100.8
Charlie & Maeve Dowd 100
Kevin Park 99
Killer B's 98
Connor Gentile-DePaul 97.7
Dave Luftman 94.65
Dave Miller 89
Mike Pinbell 88
Bob Hopper 2 83.65
Jeremy Schreiber 81.5
Kyle Cassara 65.4
Ray Lacho 53.2
Don Chiossi 51.6
Eric Fishman 39.1
Aaron Gottesfeld 38
Victoria Keisler 34.05
Manny Delarosa 31.2
Lorenzo Quiogue 30.7
Corwin Rhyan 29.8
Bob Corcoran 28.5
Steph Dowd 26.9
Chris Pierpont 25.6
Neal Griffin 23.5
Bill Scarpinato 22.8
Philip R. DePaul 14.8
Tom Groth 9.1
Ryan Heffernan -5.2
Mary Ellen Groth -13.8
Admiral Tom Pohlen -15.35
Daniela Randazzo -20.7
Jason Gaddy -27.5
Bill Lynch -34
Philip G. DePaul -36.95
Juliana Jackson -50
Ryan Flynn -51.4
Shubhro Biswas -75.8
Brian Bharwani -77.4
John Englert -81.25
Jillian DePaul -100.2
Julia Ford -106.05
Big Things Poppin Pohlen -119.15
Luke Schreiber -120.15
Kyle "Kramer" Charters -178.6
Ben Benoit -181
Eileen Rosa -190.65
Dave "Blue Anger" Pettit 2 -192.4
Donald DeCaro -338.6
Adam Hudnut-Beumler -375.35
Thanks,
-j
* oh quit your swining - i'm entitled to boar you with the occasional pig joke - I won't let it hog too much time and sow-er you from reading the updates of who is winning the bacon
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