Thursday, November 12, 2015

50 Best College Players on Bench for Opening Day

Here are the 50 biggest injuries heading into college basketball's opening day - and how each player's absence should impact the margin of the final score.



Team/How Long OutPlayerHtRnkPoints
Arizona St./shortGoodman, Savon 116'64123.84
Arizona/SeasonSmith, Ray6'71256.09
Auburn/IndefShamsid-Deen, Tahj 135'1010342.02
Baylor/IndefAcuil, Joseph6'101675.5
Baylor/IndefMcClure, King6'39172.23
Butler/DecGathers, Jordan6'310542
Central Michigan/shortFowler, Chris 156'12324.91
Chicago St./DecOwens, Clemmye 216'18952.3
Drexel/DecOverton, Miles 206'49412.2
Duke/shortJefferson, Amile 216'9886.61
Duke/shortJones, Matt 136'53694.03
Elon/shortSamson, Tanner 36'45753.12
Florida/DecMurphy, Alex 56'810622
Georgia/shortFrazier, J.J. 305'10737.01
Gonzaga/shortSabonis, Domantas 116'10178.7
Houston U/IndefRose, L.J. 56'410662
Illinois/DecNunn, Kendrick 256'32854.59
Illinois/DecBlack, Leron 126'76372.91
Iowa St./DecBurton, Deonte 306'43414.2
Kansas/IndefDiallo, Cheick6'9786.8
Louisiana St./DecVictor, Craig 36'78062.5
Maryland/SeasonWiley, Dion 56'411911.8
Michigan St./IndefClark, Marvin 06'65293.27
Mississippi St./shortNewman, Malik6'3318.1
Montana/IndefDunn, Mario 16'05713.14
Nevada/DecMarshall, Marcus 116'34183.81
North Carolina/DecPaige, Marcus 56'1168.81
NORTHERN COLORADO/DecAnglin, Dallas 46'26402.9
Northwestern/SeasonLaw, Vic 46'74583.56
Oakland/DecDorsey-Walker, Sherron 46'48522.4
Oklahoma St./shortEvans, Jawun6'04213.79
Oregon/IndefBell, Jordan 16'71345.91
Oregon/IndefEnnis, Dylan 316'22764.64
Pittsburgh/shortWilson, Damon6'410182.06
Rhode Island/DecIverson, Kuran 236'108542.4
Rider/shortSadler, Zedric 26'34833.47
Rutgers/shortSanders, Corey6'18972.29
Southern Methodist/DecOjeleye, Semi 306'85233.3
Southern Methodist/SeasonEmelogu, Ben 216'510981.95
St. Johns/SeasonLoVett, Marcus6'010032.09
Stanford/IndefAllen, Marcus 156'34103.84
Stanford/SeasonCartwright, Robert 26'29222.22
Tennessee Martin/DecWoodson, Dominic 556'1010702
Texas Christian/SeasonWilliams, Kenrich 346'71286.01
Utah St./QuitCollette, David 136'8717.04
Wake Forest/DecMiller-McIntyre, Codi 06'35403.22
Wake Forest/IndefHudson, Cornelius 256'612321.74
Western Michigan/IndefTava, Connar 26'65873.07
WICHITA St./DecFrankamp, Conner6'010532
Wisconsin Green Bay/shortLove, Carrington 126'15563.19

Monday, November 9, 2015

Sunday, November 8, 2015

68 Tournament Teams and First 8 Out Based on Value Add

As we gear up for the tipoff of basketball this year, we have a slightly adjusted Final Four based on the highest rankings of all players at www.valueaddbasketball.com. Now Maryland would face Duke in one semifinal, and Kentucky would face Arizona in the other - and AP No. 1 UNC ranked 5th. The adjustments to the rankings listed in the Breitbart Sports story November 2 are the result of removed 26 incorrect players in the database of almost 4000 players (thus lowering those teams) and discovering five teams were missing key players worth five points or more a game:

RnkPlayerTeamHtYrOffDefOffPos-StateConf
90Harris, EronMichigan St.6'32 So6.5406.54SG-MIB10
103Drmic, Anthony 3Boise St.6'62 So6.3806.38SF-IDMWC
123Rathan-Mayes, Xavier 22Florida St.6'41 Fr4-2.156.15PG-FLACC
144Moss, JustinBuffalo6'73 Jr3.49-2.315.8C-NYMAC
155Carter, RobertMaryland6'82 So4-1.725.72PF-MDACC

The following are the new rankings of all the teams who would make the tournament either by winning their conference or getting an at-large bid - and we list the next eight teams out.

RnkTeam1st SemValue AddConfNCAA bid
1Kentucky54.9254.92SECauto
2Duke54.2654.26ACCauto
3Maryland52.8552.85b10auto
4Arizona50.9450.94P12auto
5North Carolina50.1950.19ACCat-large
6Kansas49.7149.71B12auto
7Virginia45.3345.33ACCat-large
8Wichita St.43.2345.23MVCauto
9Michigan St.44.5544.55B10at-large
10Utah44.1744.17P12at-large
11Baylor42.8442.84B12at-large
12Villanova42.6142.61BEauto
13Purdue41.8741.87B10at-large
14Oklahoma41.7341.73B12at-large
15Notre Dame41.0941.09ACCat-large
16Ohio St.40.4440.44B10at-large
17Vanderbilt40.3940.39SECat-large
18Louisville40.0840.08ACCat-large
19Gonzaga39.8739.87WCCauto
20Oregon39.7839.78P12at-large
21Louisiana St.36.9139.41SECat-large
22Wisconsin39.3439.34B10at-large
23Indiana38.1838.18B10at-large
24Florida St.38.0738.07ACCat-large
25Iowa St.33.1437.34B12at-large
26Texas36.8636.86B12at-large
27California36.4736.47P12at-large
28Cincinnati36.4136.41Amerauto
29Pittsburgh36.3936.39ACCat-large
31San Diego St.35.8835.88MWCauto
32West Virginia35.4535.45B12at-large
33Michigan35.2935.29B10at-large
34Georgetown34.6334.63BEat-large
35Rhode Island32.0434.44A10auto
36Butler31.9433.94BEat-large
37Connecticut33.5333.53Amerat-large
38Xavier32.6232.62BEat-large
39Oklahoma St.32.4332.43B12at-large
40UAB32.1332.13CUSAauto
41Miami FL31.2831.28ACCat-large
42Oregon St.30.9330.93P12at-large
43Illinois30.8430.84B10at-large
44Iowa30.6730.67B10at-large
45Clemson30.6730.67ACCat-large
46Davidson30.6330.63A10last 4 in
47MEMPHIS30.5230.52Amerlast 4 in
48Texas A&M30.2730.27SEClast 4 in
49Nevada Las Vegas29.9729.97MWClast 4 in
58Stephen F. Austin27.7327.73Slndauto
68Valparaiso26.226.2Horzauto
75Central Michigan24.4324.43MACauto
82Iona23.2723.27MAACauto
86Vermont22.4322.43AEauto
91Hawaii21.5721.57BWauto
98Chattanooga19.6120.91SCauto
104Louisiana Lafayette20.2920.29SBauto
105Princeton20.0120.01Ivyauto
110Mount St. Mary's18.7518.75NECauto
118South Dakota St.18.0818.08Sumauto
120Hofstra17.9917.99CAAauto
123New Mexico St.17.5717.57WACauto
128Montana17.1317.13BSkyauto
133Lehigh16.6116.61Patauto
135Belmont16.2516.25OVCauto
137High Point16.0616.06BSthauto
146North Florida15.2715.27ASunauto
158Howard14.3914.39MEACauto
183Southern12.7812.78SWACauto
50South Carolina29.6829.68SEC1st four out
51Seton Hall29.3829.38BE1st four out
52Florida27.9629.36SEC1st four out
53Stanford29.0129.01P121st four out
54Syracuse28.6828.68ACC2nd four out
55Pepperdine28.4528.45WCC2nd four out
56Marquette28.2828.28BE2nd four out
57Mississippi St.28.1628.16SEC2nd four out

The following teams lost points in the database due to previous receiving credit for a player who had either left the team or was duplicated in the system:

Albany - Andrews, Jamir - duplicate
College of Charleston - Johnson, Theo - wrong team
Colorado St. - DeCiman, Joe 10 - duplicate
Georgia Tech - Poole, Solomon - wrong team
Houston Baptist - Joyce, Cody - wrong team
Illinois St. - Samuel, Jamaal - wrong team
Indiana - Zeisloft, Nick - duplicate
Louisiana Lafayette - Brown, Kevin - wrong team
Louisiana Monroe - Grieves, Daniel - wrong team
Loyola Marymount - Dickinson, Ben - wrong team
Maine - Lawton, Shaun - duplicate
Manhattan - Lawrence, Jermaine - duplicate
Maryland - Mitchell, Charles - wrong team
Maryland Eastern Shore - Baxter, Hakeem - wrong team
Ohio - Taylor, Ryan 14 - wrong team
Oregon St. - Cooke, Hallice - wrong team
South Florida - Heath, Josh - wrong team
Stony Brook - Walker, Ahmad - duplicate
Temple - Brown, Josh - duplicate
Tennessee St. - Bates, Alex - wrong team
Texas Arlington - Williams, Brandon - duplicate
Umass Lowell - Harris, Matt 22 - duplicate
Umass Lowell - Thomas, Jahad 10 - duplicate
UNC Greensboro - Smith, Marvin 1 - wrong team
Vanderbilt - McClellan, Eric - wrong team
Virginia Tech - Emelogu, Ben - wrong team