Brief pool update

I know I’ve been lax with pool updates so far this year, due partly to work and family obligations, and partly to my attendance at the Denver games Thursday and Saturday. But anyway, here is where things stand at the moment:

Men’s pool: Through the first two Sunday games, Ben Sloniker leads with 176 out of a possible 210 points — but one of the games he got wrong was very damaging, as Pitt was his national champion. Dane Lindberg, who has Butler as his national champ, is second with 169 points. Alec Taylor, Mark Jordon and Ken Stern are third, fourth and fifth with 168, 166 and 165 points, respectively.

Women’s pool: Through 24 of the 32 first-round games, nobody’s perfect. (Five were 16-0 after Day 1: Becky Loy, Nate Evangelista, Lisa Velte, Rachel Wetherill and Ian Auzenne.) Now, five contestants — Loy, Evangelista, Velte, Scott Paine and Peter Timbrell — are tied with 92 of a possible 96 points, meaning they’ve gotten just one game wrong. Among those lurking just behind the leaders, with 88 points, is Jenna Stigliano, daughter of UConn coach Geno Auriemma.

NIT pool: Through the end of the weekend’s games, Charles Fenwick leads with 107 points out of a possible 162. Larry Caplin, Victoria Wagner and Jeff Morrison are tied for second with 104 points.