All,
The first Round of 32 games were played on Saturday and again, the top seeds mostly coasted to victory. Overall #1 Duke again kept the ratings up for a while, stumbling early against TCU. But in the end, they won by 23 and have predictably punched their ticket to Notre Dame. Michigan, Houston, Michigan State, and Illinois all cruised to easy victories. Round 1 darlings High Point held tough with Arkansas as long as they could, but ultimately were outmatched by the Razorbacks, falling by 6. The lone worse seed to make it to the Sweet 16 in today's action was 11th seed Texas, who took down the villainous* Gonzaga Bulldogs en route to their 3rd victory in this year's tourney. The First-Four participants became the first such team in 5 years to survive the opening weekend. The previous team to achieve the feat was the UCLA Bruins, who made it all the way to the Final Four, which the Longhorns hope to mimic.
In the Pool of 42, our third day of competition brought our 3rd leader. At the top of the pool, Sarah Ganton used high scoring outputs from Michigan and Illinois combined with respectable scores from Louisville and High Point in losing battles to scream to the top of the standings. She showed little remorse in knocking off Day 2 leader, Joan "her mom" Ganton, who fell all the way to 12th place. Lorenzo "consonants are for suckers" Quiogue sits in second place, with high scoring Florida, Arizona, and Alabama still to play on Sunday. Neal Griffin, Tom Melton, and Leo Dorfman round out the top 5.
At the bottom of the pool, Christopher Davis has reclaimed his Day 1 bottom spot, though in positive territory this go-round. Barring uncharacteristically low scoring affairs from Arizona, Connecticut, and Alabama on Sunday, however, his lead will once again be short-lived. Luke Schreiber will almost certainly benefit from a Davis leap frog maneuver, with all of his teams now eliminated. Unfortunately for Luke, he may have peaked (troughed?) too soon? If he end tomorrow in last place he will become the first recipient of a repechage team (currently Houston), which will earn him only positive points for the rest of the tourney. 
The 525 points that Sarah Ganton earned on day 3 were not only enough to push her to the top of the mountain, they also were enough to earn the L'Etape prize, winning the stage. Meanwhile, newcomer Eamon Redington finds himself in coveted 87th place, taking home our 3rd Swtizerland award - earning back his (or his father's) entry fee. 
After 3 days of games, no entrant has all 6 teams remaining. Only Eric Eckenrode and TJ Cilvick have 5 left. While Luke Schreiber is the only one to have all of his teams eliminated, there are 8 participants that are down to their final team. That includes two entries from Brian Redington as well as Aunt Cathy McDonald, whose clings to only St. John's of her original six all Catholic school lineups.
Thresholds remain at 66 for the masses for Sunday's games, but are adjusted for the following:


Sarah Ganton: 71
Lorenzo Quiogue : 70
Neal Griffin : 69
Tom Melton : 68
Leo Dorfman : 67

Massimo Randazzo : 65
Jaklyn Limoges : 64
Red Rampage BTP John : 63
Luke Schreiber : 62
Christopher Davis : 61
Enjoy the final (men's) games of the week!
Current scores are below, with complete standings attached.


Name TOTAL
POINTS
Sarah Ganton 1251
Lorenzo Quiogue 1182.5
Neal Griffin 1180
Tom Melton 1179
Leo Dorfman 1172.5
Ben Tobin 1161
Jakub Stosik 1144.6
David Luftman 1141
Shubhro Biswas 1108.5
Patrick Steines 1104.4
Kathleen Cahill 1086.8
Joan Ganton 1077
Michael Deckner 1075
Bob Hopper 1 1072.75
Michael Miniaci 1071.2
Caroline Schreiber 1068
Justin Pasquale 1058.9
DAVID MILLER 1047
Patrick Appello 1046.8
Greg Nilles 1046
Ben Nemser 1041.5
Eric Eckenrode 1039.8
Josh Deckner 1034.8
Bob Hopper 2 1030.1
Lainie Gussman 1025.25
Noah Balanoff 1019.6
Kim Huang 1008
Sean Garahan 1006
Patrick Keisler 1005.6
Will Sargisson 1005
Brian Leamy 1001
Bridget Heffernan 996.6
Brian Ganton 992
Patrick Steines 2 981
Adam Hudnut-Beumler 977
Ryan Flynn 971.65
Daniel Sumner 969.75
Mark Sanicki 961.8
Mark Gruber 961
Lynn Delaney 961
Matthew McTague 955
Uncle Jack McDonald 950.4
Dominic Sembello 950.2
Nick Hurt 946.5
Ean Steinberger 943.5
Philip G DePaul 939.3
Kurt Thiemann 938.5
Emma Gibbons 935.75
Lauren Schreiber 932.5
Katie Schreiber 930.4
Giuseppe Randazzo 924.5
Mario DePollo 924.4
Zac Favreau Smith 924
Victoria Keisler 919
Michael Patti 915.6
Mary Ellen DePaul 915.25
Jomo Thorne 913.1
Jacob Schreiber 912.2
Eric Fishman 911
Bobby Robertson 908.25
Natalie Luftman 905.25
Julia Ford 899.8
Jack Toomey 896.8
Michael Boyan 896.7
Brian Bharwani 891
Team Thom 889.9
Josh Meyer 881.25
Kerri Luftman 879
Mike Bopp 878.8
Ethan Deckner 876.5
Juliana Jackson 875.6
Tom Groth 873.5
Chris Pierpont 863
Daniela Randazzo 861.9
Meri Schreiber 861.4
Jillian DePaul 860.3
Connor Gentile-DePaul 855
Aunt Cathy McDonald 851.6
Rhonda Veugen 844.35
Omar Azar 843.8
Paul Schreiber 842.2
Kaitlyn Pierpont 841.6
Larry Kriz 841
Michael Schreiber 839
Kelly C Hirano 837.4
Noah Balanoff 836.1
Eamon Redington 834.3
Ryan Heffernan 826.2
Mavis Mai 825.6
Dave Pettit 824.2
Molly Farrell 822.5
Ed Li 820.2
Bill Lynch 814.7
Dean Macchi 812.8
Kevin Park 807
Thomas Daly 805.25
Jim McCarthy 805
Mckenzie Maier 802.25
Bill Scarpinato 801.75
Stu Nemser 800.8
Salina McLaughlin 794
Nabeel Azar 792.6
Antonio Ayala 787.9
Jay Rosenberg 784.75
Jeremy Schreiber 781.9
Brian Pierpont 779.25
John Englert 775.1
TJ Cilvick 773
Kerry Farrell 771.6
Eileen Rosa 762.75
PAUL THIEMANN 762.25
Bob Wagner 759
Molly Wagner 754.8
Matthew Schreiber 752.5
Jack Schreiber 752.4
Mike Negley 751.6
Sean Farrell 751.5
Bob Corcoran 751
Tina Nugteren 741.95
David Marchisin 733.2
Charles Santanna 723.5
Vincent Hubner 721.5
Michael Pinbell 708.25
Tony Miniaci 706.75
Andrea Pellicciari 706.6
Steph Dowd 701.1
Michael Pinbell 697.1
Jaclyn Farrell 696.85
Max Deckner 691.65
Killer B's 689
Brian Thiemann 685.45
Lauren Gentile 683
Philip R. DePaul 672.15
Michael Schoendorf 665
Matt Solow 663.1
Sam Schreiber 657
Ben Benoit 654.6
Mike Heffernan 654.5
Derek Landel 653.8
Brian Redington 1 634.2
jason gaddy 632
Mark Rothstein 626
Maryellen Groth 622.2
Mike Vogel 615.15
Monica Heffernan 612
Ray Lacho 604
JJ Phillips 601.6
Donald DeCaro 601.5
Ryan Gibbons 598
Lisa Ito 596.25
Denis McCarthy 567.4
Tyler Cross 559.5
Alisha Schreiber 552
Kelly G Hirano 551.45
Matt Henrikson 541
Purple Tolerance Daddy Kyle 538
Robert Cappuzzo 532.6
Kevin Payne 520.25
Sidney Schreiber 519
Seany Farrell 513.4
RANDY RUTHERFORD 512.2
Jason Schreiber 512
DAVID MILLER 510.95
Andrew Limoges 487
Catherine Bopp 481.1
Tara Rogers 440
Pacifist Admiral Tom 432
Corwin Rhyan 428.9
Brian Redington 424.8
Brian Redington 2 424.8
Massimo Randazzo 421.3
Jaklyn Limoges 393.25
Red Rampage BTP John 354
Luke Schreiber 335
Christopher Davis 287
Thanks,
-j

*Of course, I'm not holding a grudge:
3/13/1999 Gonzaga defeats Stanford 82-74 in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament
3/17/1994 Gonzaga defeats Stanford 80-76 @ Stanford in the first round of the NIT Tournament - considered to be an unfortunate turning point for Zag basketball