Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Index of 96 All-Time Great Teams and Top Performances

To make it easier to find the results for your favorite team, the bottom of this blog features an index of all 96 great teams in alphabetical order, with a line for each game they played, and their team's leader in points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots during that game. First, we list the best performances to date in each of those categories.  (Click here for the free game and all player cards)

Most Points

The shootout between Purdue 1969 and Oklahoma 1985 produced the two biggest scoring performances through 75 tournament games. Mount scored 33 for Purdue, but Tisdale topped him with 35 for Oklahoma. Arizona 1997's Bibby put up 32 against the weakest defense in the tournament, Maravich's 1970 LSU squad. Here are the top 15 scorers.


RnkPointsYearSchoolPtsOpponent
1Tisdale1985Oklahoma35Purdue 1969
2Mount1969Purdue33Oklahoma
3Bibby1997Arizona32LSU
3Wilkins1982Georgia32Oklahoma St
5Williams-Goss2017Gonzaga31Cincinnati
5Duncan1996Wake Forest31Duke
7Bird1979Indiana St.30UCLA
7Hayes1968Houston30Kansas
9Recker2001Iowa29Arizona
9Robertson1960Cincinnati29Gonzaga
11Maravich1970LSU28Arizona
11Thompson1974North Carolina St.28Seton Hall
11Hayes1968Houston28Texas Tech
14Ellis1977Marquette27Utah
14Rice1989Michigan27Ohio St.

Most Rebounds


Two of the biggest upsets in the tournament were the result of ridiculous rebounding performances, and Patrick Ewing scored 22 to lead Georgetown 1984 past Maryland 2002, and Tim Duncan grabbed 20 to lead Wake Forest 1996 to the biggest upset in the first 75 games over the Kentucky team they actually feel to in the tournament that year.

RnkReboundsYearSchoolRebOpponent
1Ewing1984Georgetown22Maryland 2002
2Duncan1996Wake Forest20Duke
3Berry1985St. John's17Seton Hall
3Imhoff1959California17Missouri
5Dekker2015Wisconsin16Illinois
6Wilkins1982Georgia15Oklahoma St
6Jones1970Notre Dame15St. Joe's
8Beasley2008Kansas St.14Georgetown
8Duncan1996Wake Forest14Kentucky
8Davison1997Arizona14Syracuse
11Whitehead1977Marquette13Utah
11Duncan1996Wake Forest13Pittsburgh
11Hayes1968Houston13Texas Tech
11Spellman2018Villanova13West Virginia
11Kelser1979Michigan St.13Notre Dame
11Tisdale1985Oklahoma13Purdue 1969
11Walton1972UCLA13Oregon
11Flournoy1966Texas Southern13Marquette
11Davis2012Kentucky13North Carolina


Steals


Jack of Georgia Tech 2004 and Coverdale of Indiana 2002 both plucked 8 steals from opponents.

RnkStealsYearSchoolStlOpponent
1Jack2004Georgia Tech8Virginia
1Coverdale2002Indiana8Oklahoma
3Allen2004Oklahoma St.6Davidson
3Mount1969Purdue6Oklahoma
3Jack2004Georgia Tech6Wake Forest 2005
3Magic1979Michigan St.6Notre Dame
3Harkness1963Loyola-Chicago6Missouri
3Nelson2004St. Joe's6Notre Dame
9Lee1977Marquette5Texas Southern
9Skinn2006George Mason5Auburn
9Jordan1982North Carolina5LSU
9Williams-Goss2017Gonzaga5Cincinnati

Blocked Shots


Wilt Chamberlain blocked 8 shots in a losing effort against Elvin Hayes and Houston, while Gola for La Salle 1954 is the only other player with at least 6.

RnkBlocksYearSchoolBlkOpponent
1Chamberlain1957Kansas8Houston
2Gola1954La Salle6Michigan St.
3Bell2017Oregon5UCLA
3Thompson1974North Carolina St.5North Carolina 2005
3Duncan1996Wake Forest5Duke
6Jackson2003Marquette4West Virginia
6Hummer1965Princeton4Syracuse
6Butler2011West Virginia4Marquette
6Mikan1945DePaul4Gonzaga
6Beasley2008Kansas St.4Georgetown
6Stipanovich1982Missouri4California
6Chaney1968Houston4Texas Tech
6Stipanovich1982Missouri4Loyola-Chicago
6Ewing1984Georgetown4Maryland 2002
6Duncan1996Wake Forest4Kentucky
6Benson1976Indiana4Indiana 2002
6Okafor2004Connecticut4Kansas St.
6Newton2002Indiana4Indiana 2002
6Owens2019Texas Tech4Houston
6Davis2012Kentucky4North Carolina
6Noah2006Florida4Auburn 2019

Biggest Upset


As mentioned, Tim Duncan's upset of Kentucky 67-64 is the biggest upset of the tournament so far, with Wake Forest given only a 27% chance of winning. Two SEC teams were the next big upset winners, with Dominique Wilkins leading Georgia past the first dynasty in Oklahoma A&M (later Oklahoma State) from 1946 and Auburn's 2019 at full strength with Chuma Okeke upsetting Florida 2006. Through 75 tournament games, here are the other upsets.

RnkBiggest UpsetYearW%SeedScoreOpponentScoreLeader
1Wake Forest199627%#16E67Kentucky64Duncan
2Georgia198230%#23S82Oklahoma St80Wilkins
2Auburn201930%#11S87Florida81Okeke
4Michigan St.200933%#14M79Ohio St.78Lucas
5Oklahoma198536%#13M87Purdue 196986Tisdale
6Georgetown198440%#11E79Maryland 200271Ewing
6Kansas St.200840%#21M85Georgetown79Beasley
6Ohio St.200740%#11M70Michigan60Conley
6West Virginia201140%#20E77Marquette74Butler
10Duke201044%#9E64Connecticut60Smith
10Auburn198444%#19S67West Virginia66Person
10Auburn201944%#11S79Arkansas 199478Brown
10San Diego St.201144%#19W70Michigan68Leonard
14Arizona201547%#10W74San Francisco67Hollis-Jefferson
14Notre Dame197047%#18M74St. Joe's73Carr
14Seton Hall198947%#18E76St. John's75Gaze

Biggest Blowouts


Memphis 2008 blowout of Louisville by 30 was the most lopsided win of the great teams. Elvin Hayes demolished Kansas' despite Wilt Chamberlain, and Bobby Knight's 1976 Indiana team put it to the Indiana Final Four team from right after Knight was let go.

RnkSchoolYearScoreOpponentScoreMarginLeaderPts
1Memphis200882Louisville5230Douglas-Roberts17
2Houston196880Kansas5723Hayes30
2Indiana197672Indiana 20024923Abernathy20
4Illinois200577Wichita St.5522Williams18
5Kansas200887Tennessee6819Collins16
6Kentucky201276Georgia5818Davis20
7Syracuse198779Princeton6217Monroe15
7Villanova201883Syracuse6617DiVincenzo19
9Cincinnati200279Loyola-Chicago6316Logan17
9Duke199277Navy6116Laettner17

Best Team Defense


That Indiana blowout was the best defensive performance with only 49 points allowed, but no surprise the 2019 Virginia was right behind them as well as Gonzaga shutting down the second oldest team in the tourney in George Mikan's 1945 DePaul team in a close defensive struggle. New: Magic Johnson's 1979 Michigan State just defeated Wisconsin 2015 by a 68-54 to tie for the 6th best defensive performance.

RnkDefenseYearScoreOpponentScoreStealsTotBlocksTot
1Indiana197672Indiana 200249Wilkerson2Benson4
2Virginia201958Georgetown 198451Hunter3Diakite3
2Gonzaga201755DePaul51Williams-Goss3Williams2
4Memphis200882Louisville52Rose4Rose1
4Auburn201964George Mason52Brown2Wiley2
5Texas Southern196654Marquette53Artis3Flournoy1
6Marquette197753Texas Southern54Lee5Whitehead1
7Illinois200577Wichita St.55Head3Brown1
7DePaul194551Gonzaga55Furman2Mikan4
9Houston196880Kansas57Reynolds3Hayes3
9Duke201069Butler57Scheyer4Scheyer3
9Indiana197669Purdue 201857Benson4Abernathy2



Highest Scoring Team


On the flip side, King helped lead Tennessee to a 90-79 shootout over Texas, the highest scoring offensive performance. In overtime games, we do list the score after regulation and add one point for the winner in overtime to give a more realistic picture of the game being close.

RnkSchoolYearScoreOpponentScoreLeaderTot
1Tennessee197790Texas79King24
2Arizona201589Iowa88Tarczewski18
3Iowa200188Arizona89Recker29
4Auburn201987Florida81Okeke20
4Oklahoma198587Purdue 196986Tisdale35
4Kansas200887Tennessee68Collins16
7Purdue196986Oklahoma87Mount33
7Florida200686Auburn 198474Green19
9Kansas St.200885Georgetown79Beasley24
9Arizona199785LSU77Bibby32

Index of All 96 Teams - With Game-High Points, Rebounds, Blocks and Steals


The following is an index of the game played by each of the 96 great teams in the tournament so you can find your favorite team without looking through all the brackets.









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