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The Sweet 16 finished last night, with Tennessee being the only worse seeded team to advance to the Elite 8, in their 14 point win over a disappointing Iowa State team. Michigan similarly coasted past Alabama en route to their 16th Elite 8 appearance. Duke was not quite as convincing in their win over St. John's. The Red Storm held a 10 point second half lead and seemed poised to knock off the overall #1 seed. Channeling his inner Willis Reed, Caleb Foster played for the Blue Devils - just 3 weeks removed from foot surgery. Seemed like his surgical team got the best advertising they could hope for, as Foster's 11 points in the second half were what propelled Duke to the win. In the other regional semi-final, the Connecticut Huskies looked like they were going to steam roll right past Michigan State - holding a 19 point lead at one point. But the Spartans came all the way back and took the lead halfway through the second half. With just 32 seconds remaining Sparty trailed by just one - but solid free throw shooting by the Huskies' big man Tarris Reed (not one of his stregnths) held them at bay. Michigan State had one final chance when Carson Cooper was fouled with 4.6 seconds left, trailing by 3. After hitting the first free throw, he missed the second - we'll give him the benefit of the doubt that that was on purpose - but Michigan State couldn't grab the rebound and the Huskies breathed a sigh of relief right into a matchup with Duke.
In the Pool of 42, Kim Huang has taken over the top spot thanks to a prolific 419 point day - with scores from Michigan, Alabama, and Tennessee. Prior leader Lorenzo Quiogue slips into second place, followed by Jakub Stosik and Ben Nemser. Erick Eckenrode is back at 6th place, but is the highest ranking entrant with 3 teams still alive. With Michigan, UConn, and Iowa all still dancing, he has a shot to get 3 teams into the Final Four and contend for the Pool of 42 championship. At the bottom of the pool, Luke Schreiber still holds the lead - setting up a classic mother (Kim Huang)-son reign of terror the likes of which have not been seen since Alexander the Great and Olympias*. He will be earning repechage points from Illinois in today's game, so we will see if he can hold up his end of the conquest. BTP John and Andrew Limoges are poised just above him, both with no teams remaining. Will the spectre of a repechage for one or both them leave the window open for another entrant to take the final place at the bottom?
Kim's three team extravaganza was enough to win her the day 6 E'Tape award by more than 50 points. Sitting in the middle of our standings after Day 6 is Kathleen Cahill, who pockets $20 thanks to the Switzerland Award. For those keeping score, that's the 12th different entrant to take home one of the first annual daily prizes. Other leaders are Eric Eckenrode with the most "regular" points, overall leader Kim Huang with most international points, overall bottom leader Luke Schreiber with closest to 0 award - which will almost certainly be a package deal with the low score. Lorenzo Quiogue and BTP John currently sit in silver medal position. And everyone is still in contention for the mystery prize. Promise!
Seven entrants still have 3 teams remaining, 56 have 2+, and 36 are just hoping for the standings to move around them. 
Base threshold ticks up to 68 for the Elite 8. Here are the alternate thresholds for today's games:


Kim Huang: 73
Lorenzo Quiogue: 72
Jakub Stosik: 71
Ben Nemser: 70
Steve Savas: 69

Jaklyn Limoges: 67
Tara Rogers: 66
Andrew Limoges: 65
Red Rampage BTP John: 64
Luke Schreiber: 63
Current scores are below with complete standings attached.


Name TOTAL
POINTS
Kim Huang 1897
Lorenzo Quiogue 1756.2
Jakub Stosik 1704.2
Ben Nemser 1678
Steve Savas 1651.5
Eric Eckenrode 1639.95
Ethan Deckner 1625.25
Patrick Steines 1597.6
TJ Cilvick 1585.75
Jomo Thorne 1571.4
Andrea Pellicciari 1538.3
Meri Schreiber 1535.8
Connor Gentile-DePaul 1531
Adam Hudnut-Beumler 1510
Michael Miniaci 1503.6
Joan Ganton 1495
Mario DePollo 1495
Natalie Luftman 1462
Neal Griffin 1456
Leo Dorfman 1455.7
Josh Meyer 1454.25
Brian Leamy 1446
Tom Groth 1444.7
Sean Garahan 1443
Justin Pasquale 1432.5
Eileen Rosa 1430.5
Bob Hopper 1 1425
Brian Ganton 1424.75
Greg Nilles 1423
Antonio Ayala 1419.3
Tom Melton 1417
Zac Favreau Smith 1413
Kevin Payne 1411.25
Patrick Appello 1406.4
Jack Toomey 1398.8
Bridget Heffernan 1397.8
Brian Pierpont 1393.5
Ryan Flynn 1392.8
Vincent Hubner 1390.4
David Luftman 1389
Mark Sanicki 1376.2
Brian Redington 1 1368
Brian Redington 1368
Mike Negley 1365.1
Will Sargisson 1363
Kurt Thiemann 1361.75
Michael Boyan 1360.7
Ean Steinberger 1358.5
Michael Pinbell 1358.5
Kelly C Hirano 1356.5
Kevin Park 1347.5
Wills Kable 1346.05
Kerri Luftman 1342
Shubhro Biswas 1339.5
Mavis Mai 1332.1
Katie Schreiber 1326.8
Sarah Ganton 1320
Molly Farrell 1318.25
Victoria Keisler 1317.4
Rhonda Veugen 1308.9
Michael Patti 1304.4
Kaitlyn Pierpont 1298
Daniel Sumner 1292
Matthew McTague 1283
Omar Azar 1282.6
Donald DeCaro 1278.5
Jack Schreiber 1276.9
Patrick Keisler 1274.9
Ben Tobin 1274
Charles Santanna 1264.4
Giuseppe Randazzo 1264.25
Mary Ellen DePaul 1250
John Englert 1249.9
Nick Hurt 1247.5
Matt Solow 1224.4
Larry Kriz 1220
Juliana Jackson 1218.2
Emma Gibbons 1210
Max Deckner 1207.05
Brian Bharwani 1200.4
Ed Li 1196.4
Jim McCarthy 1194
Michael Schreiber 1191.25
Bob Wagner 1186
DAVID MILLER 1184
Mike Bopp 1180.1
Kathleen Cahill 1178.6
Dave Pettit 1174.6
Jeremy Schreiber 1168.7
Bob Corcoran 1164.6
Mark Gruber 1164.5
Corwin Rhyan 1163.7
Uncle Jack McDonald 1162.6
Daniela Randazzo 1147.7
Dean Macchi 1145.6
PAUL THIEMANN 1142.75
Michael Pinbell 1142.1
Michael Deckner 1141.2
Noah Balanoff 1140.8
Caroline Schreiber 1134.5
Killer B's 1133
Dominic Sembello 1114.4
Ray Lacho 1113
Kerry Farrell 1110
Eamon Redington 1102.3
Bob Hopper 2 1098.85
Julia Ford 1097.45
Paul Schreiber 1097.4
Mike Heffernan 1095
Salina McLaughlin 1091.25
Chris Pierpont 1088.6
Jillian DePaul 1084.4
Tony Miniaci 1078.25
Josh Deckner 1076.8
Patrick Steines 2 1073
Philip G DePaul 1070.75
Aunt Cathy McDonald 1065
Sam Schreiber 1063.6
Matthew Schreiber 1059.25
Stu Nemser 1058.1
Robert Cappuzzo 1056.05
Brian Thiemann 1053.5
Lauren Schreiber 1041.25
Mike Vogel 1037.95
Monica Heffernan 1037
Team Thom 1033
Steph Dowd 1021.95
Jay Rosenberg 1021.75
Christopher Davis 1016
Thomas Daly 1008
Jacob Schreiber 1001.5
Molly Wagner 997.8
jason gaddy 997
Ryan Heffernan 993.3
Bobby Robertson 992.75
Lainie Gussman 991.25
Bill Scarpinato 988.5
Lisa Ito 966.15
David Marchisin 959.4
Sean Farrell 958.8
Pacifist Admiral Tom 958
Michael Schoendorf 955.75
Ryan Gibbons 940
Matt Henrikson 912
Denis McCarthy 891.7
Sidney Schreiber 888.8
JJ Phillips 886
Jaclyn Farrell 885.2
Bill Lynch 872.9
Lauren Gentile 861
Lynn Delaney 859
Noah Balanoff 857.5
Mckenzie Maier 855
Nabeel Azar 852.4
Seany Farrell 852.3
Tyler Cross 848
Jason Schreiber 844
Kelly G Hirano 835.2
Eric Fishman 802
Mark Rothstein 777.75
Derek Landel 776.2
Ben Benoit 773.6
RANDY RUTHERFORD 764.2
Maryellen Groth 742.2
Tina Nugteren 699.65
Alisha Schreiber 697.75
DAVID MILLER 695.15
Brian Redington 2 646.1
Massimo Randazzo 611.1
Catherine Bopp 597.7
Philip R. DePaul 591.55
Purple Tolerance Daddy Kyle 579
Jaklyn Limoges 567.75
Tara Rogers 545
Andrew Limoges 538
Red Rampage BTP John 518
Luke Schreiber 397

* Is Norman Bates and his "mother" considered a reign of terror? If so, I guess that was more recent than ancient Macedonia