All MLB Rosters on One Easy Sheet to check you Statis-Pro Rosters as of All-Star Break

You can find all current and likely 2019 Major League players and their Statis-Pro projected cards used to play Statis-Pro updated as of the All-Star break. Our Power Ratings indicate the Yankees and Dodgers are the strongest two teams in the game, so to play them against each other just click on the two images below. You could start a game with Aaron Judge (top line, Yankees, black type indicates position players) batting against Clayton Kershaw on the Dodgers team below (starting pitchers in blue, relievers in red).

A roll of two six sided dice refers to the "Control" figure by Kershaw, a 2-8 meaning he keeps it on his card on those numbers, so a 9-12 roll puts in on Judge's card. You then need two 8-sided dice for an 11-88 roll to see what happens on that card. For Judge up to 13 (see 1b column below) is a single, up to 17 a double, 18 a triple, up to 27 a home run, up to 54 a strikeout, yo 71 for a walk, 72 is a hit by pitch and up to 88 an out.

You can literally play a Dodgers-Yankees game with those dice and the teams below, but you can also look at these instructions to add fielding, speed and any other aspects of the game. We track our ongoing NL season here, where the Dodgers have the best record at 23-13. My friend is playing the AL this year and said his biggest problem is figuring out how to fit stars into the line-up.

This does not play NEARLY as fun as using a set of cards from last season, but I keep the projection page up for when you are looking for a player who is missing, or suddenly have a player in a new stadium (e.g. Coors). The projections were all park neutral before the season started. (July 3 we updated all rosters with projections for any missing players, so the rosters are complete with suggested lineups and pitching rotations).

Comparing all 30 rosters took some time, so for the hundreds of new players I did not actually produce new cards yet. Rather I set up a very basic card that could be used for a batter with an OPS closest to .800, .750, .700, .650, .600 and then just listed steals to give you an idea of whether you should give him a triple in place of his highest double, and take a stab at OBR/SP. Basically sorted each team's actual roster plus DLs by OPS and then by ERA. The yellow means I do not have a card for them but wanted to at least show were they might fit in the line-up.

I am sure I will produce a batch of cards for new players just to fill in gaps, but after putting hours into getting all rosters on one sheet and clearing out the junk, I wanted to get this down and resume playing.

Here is the blog tracking the standings in my game - the Braves are leading the NL East and Cubs the NL Central.

Box Score from UVA 2019 Beating Chris Paul's Wake Forest Team on NBA Draft Night

I had just moved from my Value Add Basketball Game to Statis-Pro Baseball after the NBA Finals, but I decided to put Chris Paul's Wake Forest team up against UVa's recent national champs. UVa was the first team with three players in the top 20 at www.valueaddbasketball.com, and all three were picked in the NBA Draft including De'Andre Hunter as the 4th pick (he will make $14.5 million for his first two years while teammate Ty Jerome will make $4.5 million for being picked 24th ,while Kyle Guy UVa is not guaranteed a contract but was picked in the second round). In my game, UVa moved into 2nd place in the vicious 8-team ACC with the blowout of Wake Forest.

(Those who want to play the game should read the note at the bottom on the numbers to the left showing when each player plays.) Because average point differential is my tie-breaker, a team winning big does leave the starters in until the end - and in this case Kyle Guy hit a 3-pointer at the end and then Jerome stole the ball to end the game and give UVa an average win margin of +15 to nudge past Duke (+14) and UNC (+12) for second place behind Carmelo Anthony and the 3-0 Syracuse team. Since I also play possessions rather than actual time, so UVa's slowest in the nation pace is not a factor as they get a half dozen more possessions than they typically get in a game. They were the only team I've had in almost 60 games played to only allow 1 steal and they actually only had two turnovers in the game.

The other ACC game I played back-to-back to get all 8 teams up to three games was much more exciting. Georgia Tech (2004) Jarrett Jack grabbed six steals and drove to the hoop to foul Pitt (2019) point guard Lawrence Fields which was a key down the stretch. The game stayed within 2 points from 39-38 with 20 possessions left (12:08) to 55-53 (1:52 left) when Pitt's DuJuan Blair seemed to give Pitt to chance by rejecting a shot, only to have Georgia Tech's Luke Schenscher grab the rebound and score to make it 57-53 en route to a 57-54 win that left both teams at 1-2.

I do let four ACC teams make the tournament since there are five National Champions and in the conference, and the next closest is the Big East with three (even though I did move Syracuse from their actual 2003 spot in the Big East to the ACC as I was balancing the conferences.


Note for those playing the game. The game starts with a 20-20 score and 44 possessions remaining, which we count down from 44-1 on the scoresheet. I do show the box scores for all games in all 8 conferences in this google sheet, That sheet let's other players look at the numbers on the left side of the box to see what possessions I have each player in the game and at what position. Jerome is one of the more complicated rotation guys since Hunter and him can basically play anywhere from point guard to power forward. The numbers show that he starts the game at the "1" or point guard and the first range of 44-34 means those are the 11 possessions he plays at that position. he then gives Hunter a two possession rest during possessions 32-31 at the "4," then he sits out one possession (the 30th), and finally ends up at the "2" for the final 30 possession of the game (30-1). Braxton Key plays at the "2" from 44-31 until Jerome gets there.

Statis-Pro Baseball Season Resumes Now That Hoops Over - Royals Overcome Puig's 3rd Homer in 2 Games

After a few months focused on the new basketball game through the NBA Finals, I went back to the Statis-Pro baseball season. Ironically the Reds two best relievers (both PB2-7) had been used in the first game of a two game series to wrap up the first game against the Royals 3-1 behind two Puig homers, and that bit them as Hughes gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th to Gordon to give the Royals the split and drop the Reds to 8-10.

The only two line-up changes I needed to make two months later was subbing Duda in for O'Hearn in the Royals lineup, and replacing Kemp in the Reds line-up. Puig and Suarez both homered to give the Reds to 2-1 lead until the top of the 9th.

The most discouraging part for the Reds was Votto hitting a triple to lead off the 8th but not score. The Reds line-up is not as good against lefties, and Duffy held them to 2 runs in 6 innings, but they faced righties out of the pen and failed to score.  Here is the line-up sheet - I put two games on each sheet and the winning team in each of these games was awarded a 2-1 win to make it 3 games each on the grid above. If a team wins and leads by at least 5 runs after not using their closer, then they get a 3-0 sweep.

Tale of 2 Game 7s: DOH! called Boston at Faceoff as MA Chased CA for 21st Century Champions

Almost 24 hours ago I was driving home excited about Boston trying to claim Massachusetts 18th championship of the century in one of the four traditional sports, while I played off two great college basketball teams of the century in my game and put in my miles on the walking desk. A couple of notes prior to the NBA's Game 6 and then the following tables at the bottom of this post:

Table A at bottom - 21st Century Champions by State

Table B at bottom - 48 Great Basketball Teams with Future NBA Players

If the Bruins had taken the Stanley Cup they would have tied California with 18 titles this century in the traditional four sports. If Toronto finished off Golden State tonight or Sunday after both UCLA and Stanford were stunned and are not in the College Baseball World Series (go Auburn!), Massachusetts could still pass the much larger California if both UMass hockey and the New England Patriots take the title.

Even with the setback last night, the fact that the 7 million residents of the Bay State have enjoyed more championships than the 29 million Texans and 19 million Floridians and almost as many as the 40 million Californians seems a bit disproportional. And then my DOH moment happened.

I remember I am supposed to call someone back from Boston, glance at the clock on my dash to see it is still just after 7 p.m. - I am assuming the clock is on Atlanta/Eastern time - and make a (legal) bluetooth call. To my horror, I suddenly realize the clock is actually on Auburn AL/Central time and I have basically just placed a call as the puck is being dropped IN BOSTON for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Wow, hopefully I am not banned from the Bay State for long.

Now that I've recovered from that mistake, a few notes on the daunting task of Golden State repeating what LeBron James did to them by winning three straight games after falling behind 3-1 in the NBA Finals.

I reflected on just how hard it is to win three straight games against great teams as 2004 UConn beat 2014 Louisville to prevent the latter from getting to 3-0 in my dice game. With that result, only 6 of my 48 Great College teams of the Century managed to start 3-0 having to play from among the other 42 great teams. Carmelo Anthony's 2003 Syracuse, Mario Chalmers' 2008 Kansas and Anthony Davis' 2012 Kentucky joined three modern teams who ironically were the last three teams that UVa pulled a Houdini against to win this year's title.

We actually used Carsen Edward's 2018 Purdue team so he could throw the ball to two 7-foot-2 players with almost the same name (Haas and Haarms). His Boilermakers who lose in the Elite 8 to UVa started their Big Ten play 3-0, Auburn at full strength with Chuma Okeke, who was injured the game before their last second loss to UVa in the Final 4 joined Kentucky atop the ACC at 3-0 when Stephen Curry scored my all-time high 38 points to stun 2006 Florida and drop them to 2-1, and the Texas Tech team that lost in OT with start defender Tariq Owens hobbling joined Kansas at 3-0 in Big 12 play.

The first of two tables lists the 21st century champions in the four traditional sports:

18, CA (California has 18 titles below, Golden State going for 20)

17, MA (the Bay State has 17 titles below, the Patriots and UMass hockey among favorites)

14, FL

10, TX

9, PA

8, NC

6, AL

5, CO, IL, MN, NY

4, CT, MI, MO, SC

3, LA, OH, OR

2, AZ, KY, MD, VA, WI

1, DC, IN, KS, LSU, ND, NJ, RI, TN, WA

YEAR	State	Sport	CHAMPION
2019		NBA	Toronto Raptors or Golden State
2019	MN	College Hockey	Minnesota Duluth
2019	MO	NHL	St. Louis Blues
2019	VA	College Basketball	Virginia
2018	CA	NBA	Golden State Warriors
2018	DC	NHL	Washington Capitals
2018	MA	MLB	Boston Red Sox
2018	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2018	MN	College Hockey	Minnesota Duluth
2018	OR	College Baseball	Oregon State
2018	PA	College Basketball	Villanova
2018	SC	College Football	Clemson
2017	AL	College Football	Alabama
2017	CA	NBA	Golden State Warriors
2017	CO	College Hockey	Denver
2017	FL	College Baseball	Florida
2017	NC	College Basketball	North Carolina
2017	PA	NFL	Philadelphia Eagles
2017	PA	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins
2017	TX	MLB	Houston Astros
2016	IL	MLB	Chicago Cubs
2016	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2016	NC	College Baseball	Coastal Carolina
2016	ND	College Hockey	North Dakota
2016	OH	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers
2016	PA	College Basketball	Villanova
2016	PA	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins
2016	SC	College Football	Clemson
2015	AL	College Football	Alabama
2015	CA	NBA	Golden State Warriors
2015	CO	NFL	Denver Broncos
2015	IL	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks
2015	MO	MLB	Kansas City Royals
2015	NC	College Basketball	Duke
2015	RI	College Hockey	Providence
2015	VA	College Baseball	Virginia
2014	CA	MLB	San Francisco Giants
2014	CA	NHL	Los Angeles Kings
2014	CT	College Basketball	Connecticut
2014	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2014	NY	College Hockey	Union
2014	OH	College Football	Ohio State
2014	TN	College Baseball	Vanderbilt
2014	TX	NBA	San Antonio Spurs
2013	CA	College Baseball	UCLA
2013	CT	College Hockey	Yale
2013	FL	College Football	Florida State
2013	FL	NBA	Miami Heat
2013	IL	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks
2013	KY	College Basketball	Louisville
2013	MA	MLB	Boston Red Sox
2013	WA	NFL	Seattle Seahawks
2012	AL	College Football	Alabama
2012	AZ	College Baseball	Arizona
2012	CA	MLB	San Francisco Giants
2012	CA	NHL	Los Angeles Kings
2012	FL	NBA	Miami Heat
2012	KY	College Basketball	Kentucky
2012	MA	College Hockey	Boston College
2012	MD	NFL	Baltimore Ravens
2011	AL	College Football	Alabama
2011	CT	College Basketball	Connecticut
2011	MA	NHL	Boston Bruins
2011	MN	College Hockey	Minnesota Duluth
2011	MO	MLB	St. Louis Cardinals
2011	NY	NFL	New York Giants
2011	SC	College Baseball	South Carolina
2011	TX	NBA	Dallas Mavericks
2010	AL	College Football	Auburn
2010	CA	MLB	San Francisco Giants
2010	CA	NBA	Los Angeles Lakers
2010	IL	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks
2010	MA	College Hockey	Boston College
2010	NC	College Basketball	Duke
2010	SC	College Baseball	South Carolina
2010	WI	NFL	Green Bay Packers
2009	AL	College Football	Alabama
2009	CA	NBA	Los Angeles Lakers
2009	LA	College Baseball	LSU
2009	LA	NFL	New Orleans Saints
2009	MA	College Hockey	Boston University
2009	NC	College Basketball	North Carolina
2009	NY	MLB	New York Yankees
2009	PA	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins
2008	CA	College Baseball	Fresno State
2008	FL	College Football	Florida
2008	KS	College Basketball	Kansas
2008	MA	College Hockey	Boston College
2008	MA	NBA	Boston Celtics
2008	MI	NHL	Detroit Red Wings
2008	PA	MLB	Philadelphia Phillies
2008	PA	NFL	Pittsburgh Steelers
2007	CA	NHL	Anaheim Ducks
2007	FL	College Basketball	Florida
2007	LSU	College Football	Louisiana State
2007	MA	MLB	Boston Red Sox
2007	MI	College Hockey	Michigan State
2007	NY	NFL	New York Giants
2007	OR	College Baseball	Oregon State
2007	TX	NBA	San Antonio Spurs
2006	FL	College Basketball	Florida
2006	FL	College Football	Florida
2006	FL	NBA	Miami Heat
2006	IN	NFL	Indianapolis Colts
2006	MO	MLB	St. Louis Cardinals
2006	NC	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes
2006	OR	College Baseball	Oregon State
2006	WI	College Hockey	Wisconsin
2005	CO	College Hockey	Denver
2005	IL	MLB	Chicago White Sox
2005	NC	College Basketball	North Carolina
2005	PA	NFL	Pittsburgh Steelers
2005	TX	College Baseball	Texas
2005	TX	College Football	Texas
2005	TX	NBA	San Antonio Spurs
2004	CA	College Football	Southern California
2004	CA	College Baseball	Cal State Fullerton
2004	CO	College Hockey	Denver
2004	CT	College Basketball	Connecticut
2004	FL	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning
2004	MA	MLB	Boston Red Sox
2004	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2004	MI	NBA	Detroit Pistons
2003	FL	MLB	Florida Marlins
2003	LA	College Football	Louisiana State, Southern California
2003	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2003	MN	College Hockey	Minnesota
2003	NJ	NHL	New Jersey Devils
2003	NY	College Basketball	Syracuse
2003	TX	College Baseball	Rice
2003	TX	NBA	San Antonio Spurs
2002	CA	MLB	Anaheim Angels
2002	CA	NBA	Los Angeles Lakers
2002	FL	NFL	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2002	MD	College Basketball	Maryland
2002	MI	NHL	Detroit Red Wings
2002	MN	College Hockey	Minnesota
2002	OH	College Football	Ohio State
2002	TX	College Baseball	Texas
2001	AZ	MLB	Arizona Diamondbacks
2001	CA	NBA	Los Angeles Lakers
2001	CO	NHL	Colorado Avalanche
2001	FL	College Baseball	Miami
2001	FL	College Football	Miami
2001	MA	College Hockey	Boston College
2001	MA	NFL	New England Patriots
2001	NC	College Basketball	Duke

For any Californians trying to add the LA Lakers 2000 title - sorry, that is the LAST year of the 20th Century.

Now for the standings of my great college teams. Basically I developed this dice game with pretty precise numbers to let myself pull out the dice, player cards and rebound chart to make myself shut of the computer and play a meaningless game that takes 30 minutes. With the NBA Finals I will likely switch back to a half hour "get off computer" Statis-Pro baseball to help me keep up with all the new baseball stars. The following are my current standings after a couple of months with the Great Teams basketball season, and I list all players on each team who made the NBA and how many years they were on an NBA team (or I project how long careers will go for current  players or future draft picks - because I don't believe Kawhi Leonard will be done anytime soon).

ACC (past & present)	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Syracuse 2003	3	0	84	74	10.0	2 Nba players, 24 NBA yrs, Carmelo Anthony 16, Hakim Warrick 8
Duke 2010	2	1	80	66	14.0	6 Nba players, 30 NBA yrs, Lance Thomas 7, Kyle Singler 6, Miles Plumlee 6, Mason Plumlee 5, Ryan Kelly 4, Nolan Smith 2
North Carolina 2005	2	1	75	63	12.0	6 Nba players, 40 NBA yrs, Marvin Williams 13, Raymond Felton 13, Sean May 5, Rashad McCants 4, Jawad Williams 3, David Noel 2
Virginia 2019	1	1	85	78	7.0	3 Nba players, 20 NBA yrs, De'Andre Hunter 10, Ty Jerome 7, Kyle Guy 3
Pittsburgh 2009	1	1	63	64	-1.0	3 Nba players, 12 NBA yrs, DeJuan Blair 7, Sam Young 4, Brad Wanamaker 1
Maryland 2002	1	2	65	75	-10.0	4 Nba players, 35 NBA yrs, Steve Blake 13, Chris Wilcox 11, Juan Dixon 7, Lonny Baxter 4
Georgia Tech 2004	0	2	55	72	-17.0	3 Nba players, 23 NBA yrs, Jarrett Jack 13, Will Bynum 8, Luke Schenscher 2
Wake Forest	0	2	61	87	-26.0	1 Nba players, 17 NBA yrs, Chris Paul 17
Big 12 (A10)	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Kansas 2008	3	0	75	50	25	7 Nba players, 42 NBA yrs, Brandon Rush 10, Darrell Arthur 10, Mario Chalmers 9, Cole Aldrich 8, Darnell Jackson 3, Sasha Kaun 1, Sherron Collins 1
Texas Tech 2019	3	0	68	60	8	1 Nba players, 9 NBA yrs, Jarrett Culver 9
St. Joe's 2004	2	1	71	75	-4	3 Nba players, 28 NBA yrs, Jameer Nelson 14, Delonte West 8, Dwayne Lee 6
Texas 2003	1	1	64	70	-6	3 Nba players, 21 NBA yrs, Royal Ivey 10, T.J. Ford 9, James Thomas 2
Oklahoma 2016	1	2	58	64	-6	1 Nba players, 12 NBA yrs, Buddy Hield 12
Oklahoma St. 2004	0	2	67	74	-7	5 Nba players, 36 NBA yrs, Tony Allen 14, John Lucas 9, Joey Graham 6, Stephen Graham 6, Ivan McFarlin 1
West Virginia 2010	0	2	67	76	-9	2 Nba players, 4 NBA yrs, Devin Ebanks 3, Kevin Jones 1
K-State 2008	0	2	63	73	-10	2 Nba players, 18 NBA yrs, Michael Beasley 13, Henry Walker5
Big East (past & present)	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Connecticut 2004	3	1	73	60	13.0	6 Nba players, 47 NBA yrs, Ben Gordon 11, Charlie Villanueva 11, Emeka Okafor 11, Hilton Armstrong 6, Josh Boone 4, Marcus Williams 4
Villanova 2018	2	1	74	69	5.0	5 Nba players, 40 NBA yrs, Mikal Bridges 11, Jalen Brunson 9, Omari Spellman 8, Donte DiVincenzo 7, Eric Paschall 5
Marquette 2003	2	1	73	73	0.0	3 Nba players, 31 NBA yrs, Dwyane Wade 15, Steve Novak 11, Travis Diener 5
Georgetown 2007	1	1	76	71	5.0	4 Nba players, 24 NBA yrs, Jeff Green 10, Roy Hibbert 9, DaJuan Summers 4, Patrick Ewing 1
Louisville 2013	1	1	74	69	5.0	4 Nba players, 23 NBA yrs, Gorgui Dieng 10, Montrezl Harrell 10, Russ Smith 2, Peyton Siva 1
Cincinnati 2002	1	1	71	75	-4.0	1 Nba players, 10 NBA yrs, Jason Maxiell 10
Creighton	0	2	72	85	-13.0	1 Nba players, 11 NBA yrs, Doug McDermott 11
Butler 2010	0	2	54	80	-26.0	2 Nba players, 26 NBA yrs, Gordon Hayward 15, Shelvin Mack 11
Big Ten	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Purdue 2018	3	0	75	68	7.0	2 Nba players, 6 NBA yrs, Carson Edwards 5, Vince Edwards 1
Illinois 2005	2	1	74	74	0.0	5 Nba players, 23 NBA yrs, Deron Williams 12, Luther Head 6, Dee Brown 2, James Augustine 2, Roger Powell 1
Wisconsin 2015	1	1	68	63	5.0	4 Nba players, 21 NBA yrs, Sam Dekker 10, Frank Kaminsky 9, Duje Dukan 1, Nigel Hayes 1
Michigan 2013	1	1	72	70	2.0	6 Nba players, 48 NBA yrs, Caris LeVert 11, Trey Burke 10, Nik Stauskas 9, Tim Hardaway 9, Glenn Robinson 7, Mitch McGary 2
Michigan St. 2009	1	1	74	74	0.0	2 Nba players, 17 NBA yrs, Draymond Green 16, Kalin Lucas 1
Iowa 2002	1	1	63	68	-5.0	2 Nba players, 16 NBA yrs, Reggie Evans 13, Jared Reiner 3
Indiana 2002	0	2	72	76	-4.0	1 Nba players, 11 NBA yrs, Jared Jeffries 11
Ohio St. 2007	0	2	70	80	-10.0	4 Nba players, 31 NBA yrs, Mike Conley 17, Daequan Cook 6, Greg Oden 6, Othello Hunter 2
Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Gonzaga 2017	2	1	72	57	15.0	2 Nba players, 2 NBA yrs, Killian Tillie 1, Zach Collins 1
Oregon 2017	2	1	75	70	5.0	4 Nba players, 22 NBA yrs, Tyler Dorsey 7, Dillon Brooks 6, Jordan Bell 6, Chris Boucher 3
Arizona 2015	1	1	69	64	5.0	3 Nba players, 28 NBA yrs, Stanley Johnson 10, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 9, T.J. McConnell 9
San Diego St.	1	1	73	72	1.0	3 Nba players, 24 NBA yrs, Kawhi Leonard 18, Malcolm Thomas 4, Jamaal Franklin 2
Wichita St. 2013	1	1	69	69	0.0	3 Nba players, 17 NBA yrs, Fred VanVleet 9, Ron Baker 6, Cleanthony Early 2
Memphis 2008	1	1	60	68	-8.0	4 Nba players, 21 NBA yrs, Derrick Rose 10, Chris Douglas-Roberts 6, Joey Dorsey 4, Antonio Anderson 1
UCLA 2006	1	1	59	71	-12.0	6 Nba players, 51 NBA yrs, Arron Afflalo 11, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 10, Jordan Farmar 10, Ryan Hollins 10, Darren Collison 9, Cedric Bozeman 1
Loyola-Chicago 2018	0	2	58	73	-15.0	0 Nba players, 0 NBA yrs
SEC (Colonial)	Win	Loss	Pts	PtsAll	Diff	NBA Players, actual and estimated years
Kentucky 2012	3	0	74	62	12.0	4 Nba players, 25 NBA yrs, Anthony Davis 16, Darius Miller 4, Marquis Teague 3, Doron Lamb 2
Auburn 2019	3	0	66	57	9.0	2 Nba players, 9 NBA yrs, Chuma Okeke 7, Austin Wiley 2
Florida 2006	2	1	65	64	1.0	5 Nba players, 46 NBA yrs, Al Horford 16, Joakim Noah 14, Corey Brewer 13, Chris Richard 2, Taurean Green 1
South Carolina 2017	1	1	69	65	4.0	2 Nba players, 7 NBA yrs, Sindarius Thornwell 5, PJ Dozier 2
Davidson	1	2	65	65	0.0	1 Nba players, 18 NBA yrs, Stephen Curry 18
George Mason 2006	0	2	63	69	-6.0	0 Nba players, 0 NBA yrs
VCU 2011	0	2	55	69	-14.0	0 Nba players, 0 NBA yrs
LSU 2006	0	2	57	76	-19.0	3 Nba players, 24 NBA yrs, Garrett Temple 8, Glen Davis 8, Tyrus Thomas 8

Value Add Basketball Dice Game Ave. Score 75-63 While Real Final Four Average 74-64 this Century

We consolidated all instruction blogs for Value Add Basketball to this Master Instructions Blog.

Stephen Curry averaged 20.5 points in his first two dice games, but in the 54th Great Teams of the Century he set a new high in the dice game with 38 points - enough to upset the 2006 Florida Gators champs despite no other Davidson player breaking double figures. Buddy Hield of Oklahoma had the high until then with 37 vs. Oklahoma State.

The following are the updated standings and leader boards for all 48 Great Teams of the Century after 54 total games played. The average score in those 54 games is 75-63, while in real life it has been 74-64 in the last 54 Final Four (and Championship) games. This is a good apples-to-apples because Final Fours and the dice game features elite teams except for the occasional surprise team.

The game also appears to be balanced based on how hard it has proven for any one great team to win three straight games. of the 48 great teams, only 4 to 8 will start the season 3-0. So far Kansas has defeated their first three Big 12 opponents, Purdue their first three Big Ten opponents, and both Kentucky and Auburn started 3-0 in the SEC. Four more teams started 2-0 but have yet to play their third game - Villanova (Big East), Gonzaga (Pac-12). Syracuse (ACC) and Texas Tech (Big 12). If a lot of the great teams started 3-0 it might indicated the player cards are unbalanced with the great teams being "too good."

Click on each conference for the update on leaders and records, or here for a google sheet of all box scores and standings, or finally here for the official rules and links to player cards if you want to play yourself.

ACC

Big 12

Big East

Big Ten

Pac-12

SEC

After completing 54 games in my Great Teams of the Century play of Value Add Basketball, I compared those scores to the 54 Final Four and Championship games that have been played during the era covered by the game (2002 season to just concluded 2019 season). The overall scoring was amazingly identical - with the average points scored in the dice game 69.08 within a tenth of a point of the 69.15 scored in the actual Final Four games.

However, the average win in the dice game is 75-63, while in real life it has been 74-64. That could be because there is a slight inaccuracy in the game, however one other possibility is that in real life teams let up once they have the game one, whereas in the dice game we play it out to the end - particularly because point differential is the tie-breaker.

To take an extreme case, Jameer Nelson was having an off day against a tough Kansas team - which is not unusually considering he was coming off two hot games with a 29.5 points per game average. St. Joe's was down by 26 - 75-49 - at which point in a real game Kansas would have pulled their subs, probably let a couple of players get to the hoop for an easy bucket or two, and let a walk on take a shot. Perhaps Kansas would have won by 21 or 22 in the end. However, playing the game out with the dice Mario Chalmers drilled 3-pointers on consecutive trips to stretch the lead to 81-52 and then Robinson stole the ball from Nelson on a play that we know from the dice would have been a 3-pointer made, and he fed it ahead to Rush for a dunk to give Kansas a 31-point win - 83-52.

You can see how the dice would have slightly larger average margins, but I will keep also watching for any future tweaks if the strong teams do have a slightly bigger edge right now than they should. The following would be the playoff bracket if the season ended today, but teams will play seven games.

Here are the scores for the last 54 Final Four Games (including Championships) as well as our 54 games, organized from closest game to biggest blowout. For these purposes, I take the score at the end of regulation, so Virginia's win over Texas Tech this year counts the 68-68 at the end of regulation, and Kansas comeback over Memphis is 2008 is 63-63, while Marquette's dice win over Creighton was 83-83. I actually thought that game was unrealistic because Marquette scored 17 points in overtime for a 100-90 win - but then I realized Virginia also scored 17 in overtime against Texas Tech.

Year	Winner of Actual Final 4 Games	Loser	Pts	Pts All	Diff		Winner Dice Game	Loser	Pts	Pts All	Diff
2019	Virginia (35-3) = OT win	Texas Tech	68	68	0		Marquette 2003	Creighton 2014	83	83	0
2008	Kansas (37-3) = OT win	Memphis	63	63	0		Iowa 2002	Michigan St. 2009	71	70	1
2019	Virginia (35-3)	Auburn	63	62	1		Texas Tech 2019	Oklahoma St. 2004	73	72	1
2017	North Carolina (33-7)	Oregon	77	76	1		Florida 2006	South Carolina 2017	67	66	1
2014	Kentucky	Wisconsin	74	73	1		Syracuse 2003	Duke 2010	86	84	2
2011	Connecticut (32-9)	Kentucky	56	55	1		Kentucky 2012	George Mason 2006	66	64	2
2004	Connecticut (33-6)	Duke	79	78	1		Cincinnati 2002	Georgetown 2007	79	77	2
2012	Kansas	Ohio State	64	62	2		Michigan St. 2009	Indiana 2002	78	76	2
2010	Duke (35-5)	Butler	61	59	2		Memphis 2008	Oregon 2017	72	70	2
2010	Butler	Michigan State	52	50	2		Illinois 2005	Wisconsin 2015	71	69	2
2004	Georgia Tech	Oklahoma St.	67	65	2		Villanova 2018	Louisville 2013	77	73	4
2016	Villanova (35-5)	North Carolina	77	74	3		Auburn 2019	Davidson 2011	69	64	5
2003	Syracuse (30-5)	Kansas	81	78	3		Purdue 2018	Indiana 2002	74	68	6
2017	Gonzaga	South Carolina	77	73	4		Pittsburgh 2009	North Carolina 2005	70	64	6
2013	Louisville (35-5)	Wichita State	72	68	4		St. Joe's 2004	K-State 2008	80	73	7
2015	Duke (35-4)	Wisconsin	68	63	5		Illinois 2005	Ohio St. 2007	83	76	7
2013	Michigan	Syracuse	61	56	5		Purdue 2018	Michigan 2013	75	67	8
2005	North Carolina (33-4)	Illinois	75	70	5		Oregon 2017	San Diego St. 2011	78	70	8
2017	North Carolina (33-7)	Gonzaga	71	65	6		Purdue 2018	Illinois 2005	77	69	8
2014	Connecticut (32-8)	Kentucky	60	54	6		South Carolina 2017	George Mason 2006	71	62	9
2013	Louisville (35-5)*	Michigan	82	76	6		Maryland 2002	Pittsburgh 2009	64	55	9
2015	Wisconsin	Kentucky	71	64	7		Texas 2003	West Virginia 2010	73	64	9
2008	Memphis	UCLA	75	68	7		Kentucky 2012	Davidson 2011	74	64	10
2007	Ohio State	Georgetown	67	60	7		UCLA 2006	Loyola-Chicago 2018	70	60	10
2012	Kentucky (38-2)	Kansas	67	59	8		Auburn 2019	VCU 2011	61	51	10
2012	Kentucky (38-2)	Louisville	69	61	8		St. Joe's 2004	West Virginia 2010	80	70	10
2011	Butler	VCU	70	62	8		San Diego St.	Wichita St. 2013	76	66	10
2007	Florida (35-5)	Ohio State	84	75	9		Wichita St. 2013	Arizona 2015	72	61	11
2004	Connecticut (33-6)	Georgia Tech	82	73	9		Marquette 2003	Cincinnati 2002	73	62	11
2002	Maryland (32-4)	Kansas	97	88	9		Duke 2010	Georgia Tech 2004	67	56	11
2002	Indiana	Oklahoma	73	64	9		Wisconsin 2015	Iowa 2002	66	54	12
2019	Texas Tech	Michigan State	61	51	10		Georgetown 2007	Marquette 2003	74	62	12
2014	Connecticut (32-8)	Florida	63	53	10		Michigan 2013	Ohio St. 2007	76	64	12
2007	Florida (35-5)	UCLA	76	66	10		Oklahoma 2016	Oklahoma St. 2004	75	63	12
2003	Syracuse (30-5)	Texas	95	84	11		Louisville 2013	Connecticut 2004	74	61	13
2018	Michigan	Loyola	69	57	12		Texas Tech 2019	K-State 2008	67	54	13
2011	Connecticut (32-9)	Butler	53	41	12		Auburn 2019	LSU 2006	69	56	13
2002	Maryland (32-4)	Indiana	64	52	12		Davidson 2011	Florida 2006	70	54	16
2009	North Carolina (34-4)	Villanova	83	69	14		Gonzaga 2017	Memphis 2008	65	47	18
2006	UCLA	LSU	59	45	14		Florida 2006	VCU 2011	76	58	18
2006	Florida (33-6)	George Mason	73	58	15		Syracuse 2003	Virginia 2019	92	72	20
2005	Illinois	Louisville	72	57	15		North Carolina 2005	Wake Forest 2005	85	65	20
2018	Villanova (36-4)	Kansas	95	79	16		Arizona 2015	Loyola-Chicago 2018	76	55	21
2006	Florida (33-6)	UCLA	73	57	16		Kansas 2008	Texas 2003	75	54	21
2005	North Carolina (33-4)	Michigan State	87	71	16		Kansas 2008	Oklahoma 2016	66	44	22
2018	Villanova (36-4)	Michigan	79	62	17		Connecticut 2004	Butler 2010	71	47	24
2016	North Carolina	Syracuse	83	66	17		North Carolina 2005	Georgia Tech 2004	77	53	24
2009	North Carolina (34-4)	Michigan State	89	72	17		Connecticut 2004	Creighton 2014	86	61	25
2009	Michigan State	Connecticut	89	72	17		Kentucky 2012	LSU 2006	83	58	25
2008	Kansas (37-3)	North Carolina	84	66	18		Villanova 2018	Butler 2010	89	60	29
2015	Duke (35-4)	Michigan State	81	61	20		Kansas 2008	St. Joe's 2004	83	52	31
2010	Duke (35-5)	West Virginia	78	57	21		Duke 2010	Wake Forest 2005	89	57	32
2003	Kansas	Marquette	94	61	33		Virginia 2019	Maryland 2002	97	64	33
2016	Villanova (35-5)	Oklahoma	95	51	44		Gonzaga 2017	UCLA 2006	81	48	33
			74.0	64.3	9.8				75.4	62.8	12.6

Big 12 Wraps Up Opening Two Games

We finished getting two games a piece played by the Big 12, the final of our six conferences. Buddy Hield helped Oklahoma 2016 bounce back from being crushed by Kansas in their first game to beat Oklahoma State and nudge Jamaar Nelson from St. Joe's with 29.5 points per game. In fact the only player from our 48 great teams of the century averaging higher is Doug McDermott of Crighton with 31.5 through two games.  All games from all conferences are here.

Rnk	Points Per Game	Pts
1	Hield, Oklahoma 2016	29.5	8.0	1.0	1.0
2	Nelson, St. Joe's 2004	29.0	3.0	5.0	0.5
3	West, St. Joe's 2004	20.0	3.5	2.0	0.5
4	Beasley, K-State 2008	17.0	8.0	0.5	2.0
4	Butler, West Virginia 2010	17.0	8.0	0.5	0.5
Rnk	Rebounds Per Game
1	Thomas, Texas 2003	15.5	11.5	0.5	1.5
2	Jones, St. Joe's 2004	10.5	11.0	0.0	2.0
3	Jackson, Kansas 2008	16.5	8.5	0.5	0.5
4	Beasley, K-State 2008	17.0	8.0	0.5	2.0
4	Hield, Oklahoma 2016	29.5	8.0	1.0	1.0
Rnk	Steals Per Game
1	Nelson, St. Joe's 2004	29.0	3.0	5.0	0.5
2	Chalmers, Kansas 2008	13.0	3.0	4.5	1.5
2	Culver, Texas Tech 2019	14.0	4.0	4.5	0.0
4	Robinson, Kansas 2008	11.5	1.0	4.0	1.0
5	Pullen, K-State 2008	7.5	2.0	3.5	0.0
Rnk	Blocks Per Game
1	Arthur, Kansas 2008	5.5	8.0	1.0	3.0
2	Beasley, K-State 2008	17.0	8.0	0.5	2.0
3	Jones, St. Joe's 2004	10.5	11.0	0.0	2.0
4	Jones, West Virginia 2010	12.5	8.0	0.0	2.0
5	Four tied with 1.5 Bl

The final big game was Texas Tech beating K-State 2008 and Michael Beasley to join Kansas and St. Joe's at 2-0 - however if the playoffs were held today they would lose out on the second playoff spot by one point since they average winning by 7 and St. Joe's by 8.

Big 12 (A10)	W	L	Pts	PtsAll	Pt Dif
Kansas 2008	2	0	71	49	22
St. Joe's 2004	2	0	80	72	8
Texas Tech 2019	2	0	70	63	7
Oklahoma 2016	1	1	60	65	-5
Texas 2003	1	1	64	70	-6
Oklahoma St. 2004	0	2	67	74	-7
West Virginia 2010	0	2	67	76	-9
K-State 2008	0	2	63	73	-10

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Illinois 2005 and Purdue 2018 Lead Balanced Big Ten

Standings in the Big Ten after two games:

Big Ten	W	L	Pts	PtsAll	Pt Dif
Purdue 2018	2	0	75	68	7.0
Illinois 2005	2	0	77	73	4.0
Wisconsin 2015	1	1	68	63	5.0
Michigan 2013	1	1	72	70	2.0
Michigan St. 2009	1	1	74	74	0.0
Iowa 2002	1	1	63	68	-5.0
Indiana 2002	0	2	72	76	-4.0
Ohio St. 2007	0	2	70	80	-10.0

On the leaders board we listed the top 10 scorers and top 5 in other categories:

Leader	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blks
Williams, Illinois 2005	24.5	3	0	0.5
Lewis, Ohio St. 2007	24	3	0.5	0.5
Lucas, Michigan St. 2009	23	1.5	0.5	0.5
Evans, iowa 2002	22	13	2	0
Brown, Illinois 2005	20	4	1	0.5
Edwards C, Purdue 2018	19.5	4	0.5	0
Jeffries, Indiana 2002	18	5	1.5	0.5
Hardaway, Michigan 2013	19.5	6	0.5	0
Kaminsky, Wisconsin 2015	18	8.5	0	2.5
Leader	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blks
Evans, iowa 2002	22	13	2	0
Suton, Michigan St. 2009	14	10.5	2	1
Oden, Ohio St. 2007	11.5	8.5	1.5	0.5
Kaminsky, Wisconsin 2015	18	8.5	0	2.5
Edwards V, Purdue 2018	11.5	8.5	0	0
Leader	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blks
Burke, Michigan 2013	16	1.5	3.5	0.5
Summers, Michigan St. 2009	5.5	6	3	0.5
Walton, Michigan St. 2009	2.5	2.5	3	0
Conley, Ohio St. 2007	11	1	2.5	0
5 with 2.0 each
Leader	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blks
Haarms, Purdue 2018	12	6.5	0	3
Kaminsky, Wisconsin 2015	18	8.5	0	2.5
Roe, Michigan St. 2009	4	4	0	2
4 with 1.5 blocks

Pac-12: Zags Dominant Start, with TJ McConnell, Kawhi Leonard and Jordan Bell Battling for 2nd

TJ McConnell put up another big outing to take the lead in the Pac-12 in scoring at 20.5 points per game, and San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard (19.5 ppg for second and 10.0 rebounds per game for first) and Oregon's Jordan Bell (19.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 2.0 blocks for game all top 5) left the three teams within points of each other for second place in the Pac-12 of our Value Add Basketball Game.

Based on the tie-breaker of average point differential after the three teams 1-1 starts, Arizona 2015 (+5) is now second, a basket a game ahead of Oregon 2017 (+3) and then San Diego State 2011 (+1).

Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	W	L	Pts	PtsAll	Pt Dif
Gonzaga 2017	2	0	73	48	25.0
Arizona 2015	1	1	69	64	5.0
Oregon 2017	1	1	74	71	3.0
San Diego St.2011	1	1	73	72	1.0
Wichita St. 2013	1	1	69	69	0.0
Memphis 2008	1	1	60	68	-8.0
UCLA 2006	1	1	59	71	-12.0
Loyola-Chicago 2018	0	2	58	73	-15.0

While the second place team makes the tournament, they must win two tournament games to make the Elite 8. Gonzaga's domination of UCLA and Memphis gives them not only the only 2-0 mark in our Pac-12, but also a +25 that would almost certainly leave them in 1st with the tiebreaker even if they drop to 2-1. However, there is plenty of time as the conference season is seven games. Here are the top five in each category. The second tie-breaker is points allowed, leaving Gonzaga in even better shape.

	Points Per Game	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blocks
1	McConnell, Arizona 2015	20.5	3	1	0
2	Leonard, San Diego St. 2011	19.5	10	1	0.5
3	Bell, Oregon 2017	19	8.5	1	2
3	White, San Diego St. 2011	19	6	0.5	0.5
5	Williams-Goss, Gonzaga 2017	18.5	5	1	0.5
	Rebounds Per Game	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blocks
1	Leonard, San Diego St. 2011	19.5	10	1	0.5
2	Dorsey, Memphis 2008	8.5	9	0	0
3	Bell, Oregon 2017	19	8.5	1	2
4	Williams, Gonzaga 2017	18	8	1	0.5
4	Ingram, Loyola 2018	13	8	0	0
	Steals Per Game	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blocks
1	Williams, Wichita St. 2013	7	0	2.5	0
2	Johnson, Arizona 2015	11	3	2	1.5
2	Collison, UCLA 2006	9	1.5	2	0.5
2	Mbaha Mouta, UCLA 2006	10	7	2	0
2	Douglas-Roberts, Memphis 2008	14.5	4.5	2	0
2	Gay, San Diego St. 2011	6.5	2	2	0
	Blocks Per Game	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blocks
1	Collins, Gonzaga 2017	8.5	4.5	0	2.5
2	Bell, Oregon 2017	19	8.5	1	2
4	Johnson, Arizona 2015	11	3	2	1.5
4	Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona 2015	14	4.5	0.5	1.5
5	17 with 1.0 blocks per game				1

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