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# OUTPUT_CELL
display(Markdown(output))
DAY 7 FOR THE REGGIE BUSH LEAGUE, 2026¶
HALF-WAY THROUGH THE ELITE EIGHT¶
Only 5 games left, only 32 possible paths¶
DAY 7 SCORES¶
rank score champ runner-up
1 910 Nathaniel Michigan Duke
2 790 Matt Manderfeld Arizona Florida
3 780 Kevin Broich Arizona Illinois
780 Paul Mazanec Michigan UConn
5 770 Paul Mazane Arizona Michigan State
6 760 Lauren Wanski Houston Michigan
7 750 Hampton Barclay Michigan Duke
8 740 Ross Michigan Florida
9 730 Sean Arizona Duke
10 720 Casey Farrell Florida Arizona
720 Dave Arizona Florida
12 710 Jim Gammill Purdue Illinois
13 700 Alex ML Florida Iowa State
700 Joel Worthington Arizona UConn
700 Shonak Patel Arizona Houston
16 690 Celia R Arizona Florida
690 Susan Alexander UConn Arizona
18 680 Jason Matos Arizona Houston
680 Wyatt Iowa State Houston
20 670 G Holland Duke Purdue
21 660 Ben Sampson Duke Arizona
22 650 Julia Barclay Virginia Duke
23 640 Dan Rothstein Michigan Illinois
640 Steve Maltzman UConn Michigan
25 630 Robbie Michigan UConn
26 620 Ben Truboff Gonzaga Duke
620 Rob Hamilton Florida Iowa State
620 Will Davis Arizona Florida
29 610 Michael Tracy Iowa State Houston
30 600 Brett Michigan UConn
600 Chris Leidel Arizona Kansas
32 590 Griffin Gammill Duke Purdue
590 Nathan Rothstein Iowa State Houston
34 580 Caroline Gammill UConn Virginia
580 Matt Manderfeld Michigan Houston
36 570 Peter Felion Duke Iowa State
37 520 Andrew Koziol Duke Michigan
38 480 Bibeka Alabama Houston
39 470 Matt Saldana UConn Santa Clara
40 460 Kristen Carothers UConn Gonzaga
41 430 Ben Sampson Iowa State Houston
Only 9 brackets can win...¶
CHAMP RUNNERUP
Kevin Broich Broichetology Arizona Illinois
Nathaniel Demented Sun Devil Michigan Duke
Susan Alexander SHABOOZI UConn Arizona
Paul Mazanec Lombardhoopz Michigan UConn
Sean yiseowl Arizona Duke
Joel Worthington NIL'la Wafers Arizona UConn
Ben Sampson I Just Blue Myself Duke Arizona
Steve Maltzman Hurley's World UConn Michigan
G Holland Teamocil Duke Purdue
EXPECTED VALUES from equal weighted paths¶
E(value) Pr(1st) Pr(2nd) Pr(3rd) Avg-Win Best-Win
1 Kevin Broich 252.00 37.50 6.25 9.38 1220 1580
2 Nathaniel 165.50 21.88 25.00 6.25 1378 1710
3 Susan Alexander 65.00 9.38 3.12 3.12 1383 1490
4 Paul Mazanec 48.00 6.25 6.25 3.12 1300 1580
5 Sean 47.00 6.25 3.12 6.25 1450 1450
6 Joel Worthington 45.00 6.25 3.12 3.12 1420 1420
7 Ben Sampson 43.00 6.25 3.12 0.00 1380 1380
8 Steve Maltzman 29.00 3.12 9.38 0.00 1440 1440
9 G Holland 26.50 3.12 6.25 3.12 1230 1230
10 Matt Manderfeld 26.00 0.00 15.62 18.75 0 0
11 Hampton Barclay 9.00 0.00 6.25 6.25 0 0
Jim Gammill 9.00 0.00 0.00 15.62 0 0
13 Dan Rothstein 8.00 0.00 6.25 3.12 0 0
14 Caroline Gammill 6.00 0.00 0.00 9.38 0 0
Casey Farrell 6.00 0.00 6.25 0.00 0 0
16 Andrew Koziol 3.00 0.00 3.12 0.00 0 0
Paul Mazane 3.00 0.00 0.00 6.25 0 0
18 Griffin Gammill 2.00 0.00 0.00 6.25 0 0
Lauren Wanski 2.00 0.00 0.00 3.12 0 0
Robbie 2.00 0.00 0.00 3.12 0 0
Ross 2.00 0.00 0.00 3.12 0 0
22 Celia R 1.00 0.00 0.00 3.12 0 0
23 Alex ML 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Ben Sampson 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Ben Truboff 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Bibeka 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Brett 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Chris Leidel 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Dave 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Jason Matos 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Julia Barclay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Kristen Carothers 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Matt Manderfeld 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Matt Saldana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Michael Tracy 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Nathan Rothstein 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Peter Felion 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Rob Hamilton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Shonak Patel 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Will Davis 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
Wyatt 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
LINKS FOR TODAY AND PREVIOUS DAYS¶
You will be able to find this page later at jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day7.html.
EARLIER PAGE LINKS¶
Day 0: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day0.html.
Day 1: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day1.html.
Day 2: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day2.html.
Day 3: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day3.html.
Day 4: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day4.html.
Day 5: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day5.html.
Day 6: jgweb.info/2026/RBL-Day6.html.
LAST DAY FOR HEAT MAPS!!¶
Tomorrow we will see the payoffs for the 8 remaining paths¶
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# OUTPUT_CELL
fig = heatMaps(*heatMapTup)
