Pool of 42: 30th Anniversary Edition​

All,
Another day of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and another day of chalk, with Two #1 seeds and two #2 seeds moving on to the Elite 8. The win was anything but convincing for top seeded Houston, who barely held off Purdue to survive. The Boilermakers were trying to remind everyone that they were no Cinderella - finishing as the national runner up just last year. But the Cougars made the Executive Decision to uncork an inbounds play that was definitely Milky Way* adjacent and gave them the lead as the game closed. Meanwhile, Michigan State struggled early, trailing by as many as 10 in the first half to #6 seed Mississippi. Ultimately, the Spartans completed a comeback and held the Rebels off to make it to the weekend.
In the Pool of 42, Catherine Bopp has returned to glory, taking over the top spot. Her scoring is mostly done for the year, though, with no teams remaining and no bonus teams. Will her lead be enough? Larry Kriz is also drawing dead in second place and there just aren't enough games left for him to "73" his way to the top. Joan Ganton, with Michigan State, or Charles Santanna with the Spartans and Houston could find their way to the top of the leaderboard. 
At the low score, Adam Hudnut-Beumler externded his dominance. WIth three teams still remaining, though, he could either widen is margin or come crashing up with some low scoring affairs. Some interesting things could happen if Alabama scores exactly 74 points - as Dave Petit would come down and Adam would go up with a massive 148 point swing in one game.  Donald DeCaro, and Eileen Rosa are the next ones up that will be looking to jump in the lead. Some of these guys are consistent bottom score contenders. An interesting strategy - but hey, If It Makes You Happy, go with it!
In the other prizes, Will Sargission has filled his bonus point thermometer and is the new leader in that category. Longtime pool member Mavis Mai is currently closest to zero with 11.6. Bill Lynch's actual team points continues to lead the pack, while Meri "mom" Schreiber is currently in the seat perilous, directly in the middle. Opportunities still abound for refunds within the category leaders - and don't forget about the mystery prize, with details coming soon.
Overall, 15 entrants in all have 3 teams still remaining, while 137 of 157 have at least one still dancing. 
Current scores are below with complete standings attached.


Name TOTAL
POINTS
Catherine Bopp 968.9
Larry Kriz 894.8
Joan Ganton 873
Charles Santanna 856.2
Mary Ellen DePaul 818.5
Jack Schreiber 810.05
Monica Heffernan 804.6
Robert Cappuzzo 727.45
Pat Regan 724.5
Kerri Luftman 674.8
Michael Boyan 664.65
Natalie Luftman 655.6
Denis McCarthy 1 632.15
Molly Wagner 615.2
Mike Vogel 613.4
Jaklyn Limoges 605.05
Kerry Farrell 602.55
Uncle Jack McDonald 586.6
Lainie Gussman 577.2
Mike Miniaci 577
Omar Azar 576.2
Tony Miniaci 574.3
Big Sean Farrell 572.75
Michael Schoendorf 567.8
Lauren Schreiber 554.35
Pete Bine 543.9
Dominic Sembello 543.2
Nabeel Azar 535.7
Alisha Schreiber 533.3
Eryn Payne 511.2
Derek Landel 488.5
Sarah Ganton 488.2
Salina McLaughlin 479
Jose Alvarez 473
Jim McCarthy 470.8
Josh Meyer 466.85
Mark Gruber 461.2
Matt Solow 454.2
Katie Schreiber 452.85
Patrick Steines 452
Jackie Farrell 447.4
Funkle & Steph 446
Dave Marchisin 440.3
Michael Patti 435.5
Kevin Schessler 433.6
Kevin Payne 421
Lisa Ito 412.5
Denis McCarthy 2 407.2
Brian Redington 398.2
Aunt Cathy McDonald 397.1
Sam Matthews 391.8
Randy Rutherford 388.55
Caroline Schreiber 382.15
Brian Ganton 380
Vin Hubner 378.45
Bobby Robertson 370.25
Mike Negley 368.9
Kurt Thiemann 364.8
Ean Steinberger 359
Lauren Gentile 358
Laura Spiegelman 354.5
Brian Leamy 351
Mary Ellen Groth 349.7
Michael Martin #2 348.9
Matt Henrikson 345.1
Jason Gaddy 338.6
Lynn Delaney 337.4
John Englert 331.8
Andrea Pellicciari 328.45
Bob Hopper 1 325.25
Joshua Deckner 324.3
Pat Appello 316
Molly Farrell 315.4
Leo Dorfman 312.9
Michael Martin #1 307.25
Killer B's 305.75
Don Chiossi 297.2
Dave Luftman 294.3
Meri Schreiber 291.7
Andrew Limoges 285.9
Rodney Dopp 284.4
Dan Voicescu 278.2
Kim Huang 275.55
Laurie Roche 275.55
Kyle Cassara 270.9
Brian Pierpont 270.15
Aaron Gottesfeld 268
Bob Corcoran 262.4
Patrick Keisler 262.2
Victoria Keisler 236.85
Dave "Blue Anger" Pettit 1 227.3
Tom Melton 219.7
Will Sargisson 218.8
Max Deckner 214.55
Kelly Hirano 208.7
Ray Lacho 202
Jeremy Schreiber 194.75
Mark Sanicki 189.9
Mike Heffernan 186.55
Christopher Davis 179.75
Giuseppe Randazzo 179.2
Paul Schreiber 175.9
Seany Farrell 173.5
Jason Schreiber 173.1
Mike Bopp 158.7
Eric Fishman 152.3
Michael Deckner 149.6
Rhonda Veugen 149.2
Chris Pierpont 142.9
Ethan Deckner 141
Julia Ford 139.45
Brian Thiemann 139
Steph Dowd 134.8
Kevin Park 132
Massimo Randazzo 121.1
Bob Wagner 118.75
Thom Terrific 115
Ryan Heffernan 97.2
Alina Svizzero 68.6
Mike Pinbell 63.5
Jakub Stosik 55.1
Ben Tobin 36.65
Matthew Schreiber 35.8
Philip R. DePaul 26
Mavis Mai -11.6
Mario DePollo -14.95
Neal Griffin -42.45
Michael Schreiber -44.3
Greg Nilles -54.8
Bill Scarpinato -74.6
Manny Delarosa -110.6
Connor Gentile-DePaul -118.7
Bob Hopper 2 -122.55
Daniela Randazzo -124.3
Ryan Flynn -125.65
Dave Miller -138
Charlie & Maeve Dowd -140.85
Ben Benoit -147.4
Jillian DePaul -201.1
Zac Favreau Smith -205.5
Nick Hurt -223
Juliana Jackson -224
Lorenzo Quiogue -228.3
Corwin Rhyan -237
Philip G. DePaul -245.15
Tom Groth -258.3
Bill Lynch -283.2
Brian Bharwani -286.8
Shubhro Biswas -358.5
Kyle "Kramer" Charters -368.8
Luke Schreiber -395.6
Admiral Tom Pohlen -420.9
Big Things Poppin Pohlen -446.65
Eileen Rosa -554.15
Donald DeCaro -578.8
Dave "Blue Anger" Pettit 2 -590.35
Adam Hudnut-Beumler -773.8
Thanks,
-j



* For those of you who missed out on seeing a girls travel basketball team fail to run their set inbounds from under the basket play for six straight years (which they lovingly dubbed "Milky Way") you are really missing out