All,
Illinois and Arizona became the first two Final Four teams of the 2026 NCAA tournament with their wins last night. Despite trailing by 7 at halftime, the Wildcats were dominated in most facets of the game during the second half. They held the Boilermakers to their second lowest point total of the season and a meager 38% Field Goal percentage. Arizona returns to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years and the first in the post Lute "the Genius" era. Joining them in Indianapolis is the Fighting Illini, who also return to the national semi-final after a multi-decade absence. 9th seeded Iowa led the game at halftime, but never got into a rhythm in the second half. The Hawkeyes will head home with the memories of knocking off defending champion Florida, but lacking any pieces of twine in their pockets.
In the Pool of 42, Kim Huang fell victim to Iowa's inability to score. The Hawkeyes' 59 point total fell below the day's threshold resulting in negative points for our now former pool leader and restored Lorenzo d'Quiogue to power just one day after he abdicated his throne. With Arizona still in his stable, he is not done scoring points. Steve Savas pairs the Wildcats with Tennessee and Ethan Deckner with UConn, so both will be pulling for upsets in today's game to make a move on the king. 
At the bottom of the pool, idle Illinois did not saddle Luke Schreiber with any more repechage points - but they will be back in action in the national semi-final. He may need to thread the needle between current second place BTP John and 3rd place Andrew Limoges. If BTP takes over the bottom spot after the semi-final - he will be assigned a finalist and likely push him out of contention, paving the road for Andrew to leap frog to the bottom. His wife Jaklyn or Tara Rogers could play spoiler if either Duke or Connecticut get held within the threshold for the day and push one of their scores negative. 
Day 7 Switzerland Award goes to Michael Schreiber, proving that being a co-creator provides no undue advantage, as he sits squarely in the spot of dual incompetance -  87th place. Sarah Ganton, on the other hand, becomes the first entrant in the 31 year history of the Pool of 42 to win two daily prizes*  - taking home the Day 7 E'tape award for top scorer, her second time achieving this feat.
One programming note - the recap for Day 8 will be sent Monday night, after the women's games have been completed. 
Current scores are below with complete standings attached.


Name TOTAL
POINTS
Lorenzo Quiogue 1880.6
Kim Huang 1847
Steve Savas 1770.2
Ethan Deckner 1739.25
Jakub Stosik 1704.2
Patrick Steines 1660.2
Andrea Pellicciari 1654.2
Eric Eckenrode 1638.65
Ben Nemser 1638.5
Adam Hudnut-Beumler 1624
Michael Miniaci 1592.6
Natalie Luftman 1577.25
TJ Cilvick 1566.25
Justin Pasquale 1561.4
Jomo Thorne 1559.1
Meri Schreiber 1551
Tom Groth 1545
Sean Garahan 1539
Brian Leamy 1535
Antonio Ayala 1527
Greg Nilles 1520
Connor Gentile-DePaul 1488
Kevin Park 1479
Michael Pinbell 1475
Mario DePollo 1472.4
Neal Griffin 1466
Mark Sanicki 1465.2
Sarah Ganton 1461
Ean Steinberger 1458
Leo Dorfman 1455.7
Bridget Heffernan 1455.2
Joan Ganton 1454
Mavis Mai 1451.4
Mike Negley 1445.1
Rhonda Veugen 1439.5
Shubhro Biswas 1439
Josh Meyer 1434.75
Bob Hopper 1 1425
Brian Ganton 1424.75
Tom Melton 1417
Zac Favreau Smith 1413
Patrick Appello 1406.4
Ryan Flynn 1402.8
Victoria Keisler 1401.4
Jack Toomey 1398.8
Eileen Rosa 1396
Brian Pierpont 1393.5
Matthew McTague 1391
David Luftman 1389
Kevin Payne 1388
Charles Santanna 1381.8
Giuseppe Randazzo 1363.75
Will Sargisson 1363
Michael Boyan 1360.7
John Englert 1360.2
Katie Schreiber 1351.8
Nick Hurt 1351.5
Kurt Thiemann 1346.25
Wills Kable 1346.05
Vincent Hubner 1345.4
Brian Redington 1 1340.1
Brian Redington 1340.1
Kelly C Hirano 1329.7
Molly Farrell 1318.25
Kaitlyn Pierpont 1313.2
Michael Patti 1304.4
Jim McCarthy 1301.75
Kerri Luftman 1295
Ed Li 1293.4
Daniel Sumner 1292
Dave Pettit 1290.2
Patrick Keisler 1284.9
Mike Bopp 1284.7
Donald DeCaro 1278.5
Juliana Jackson 1277.2
Ben Tobin 1274
Max Deckner 1273.75
Brian Bharwani 1245.8
Jeremy Schreiber 1243
Mary Ellen DePaul 1230
Omar Azar 1224.6
Julia Ford 1224.35
Jack Schreiber 1222.9
Larry Kriz 1220
Emma Gibbons 1210
Chris Pierpont 1193.6
Michael Schreiber 1191.25
DAVID MILLER 1184
Ray Lacho 1183
Kathleen Cahill 1178.6
Bob Wagner 1167
Bob Corcoran 1164.6
Mark Gruber 1164.5
Uncle Jack McDonald 1162.6
Matt Solow 1155.4
Noah Balanoff 1150.8
Daniela Randazzo 1147.7
Dean Macchi 1145.6
Michael Pinbell 1142.1
Michael Deckner 1141.2
Jay Rosenberg 1140.75
Caroline Schreiber 1134.5
Killer B's 1133
Corwin Rhyan 1131.25
Thomas Daly 1122
Steph Dowd 1114.7
Jillian DePaul 1114
Bob Hopper 2 1113.05
Eamon Redington 1112.3
Christopher Davis 1112
PAUL THIEMANN 1111.25
Salina McLaughlin 1101.25
Paul Schreiber 1097.4
Philip G DePaul 1097.35
Mike Heffernan 1095
Josh Deckner 1091
Bill Scarpinato 1088
Dominic Sembello 1084.2
Tony Miniaci 1078.25
Aunt Cathy McDonald 1075
Patrick Steines 2 1073
Kerry Farrell 1070.8
Stu Nemser 1058.1
Robert Cappuzzo 1056.05
Lauren Schreiber 1041.25
Team Thom 1033
Matthew Schreiber 1029.25
Brian Thiemann 1022
Monica Heffernan 1013
Mike Vogel 1005.55
Jacob Schreiber 1001.5
Bill Lynch 998.8
Ryan Heffernan 993.3
Bobby Robertson 992.75
Lainie Gussman 991.25
Lisa Ito 976.15
Sam Schreiber 975.6
Lynn Delaney 969.5
jason gaddy 960
David Marchisin 959.4
Sean Farrell 958.8
Michael Schoendorf 955.75
Molly Wagner 953.2
Ryan Gibbons 940
Pacifist Admiral Tom 923
Jaclyn Farrell 895.2
Sidney Schreiber 888.8
JJ Phillips 886
Noah Balanoff 867.5
Mckenzie Maier 865
Lauren Gentile 861
Matt Henrikson 861
Nabeel Azar 852.4
Seany Farrell 852.3
Denis McCarthy 850.1
Tyler Cross 848
Jason Schreiber 844
Alisha Schreiber 821.75
Eric Fishman 812.8
Derek Landel 801.2
Kelly G Hirano 800.3
Mark Rothstein 787.75
Ben Benoit 773.6
RANDY RUTHERFORD 764.2
Maryellen Groth 714
Tina Nugteren 699.65
DAVID MILLER 664.65
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 483
Thanks,
Jeremy

*With this being the first year that we have ever awarded a daily prize, the achievement is somewhat watered down