200 All-time Games Played - Kansas 1997 Moves to 3rd With Tourney Win

We realized this weekend that our database of All-Time Great Value Add Basketball Teams was missing the Final Four results from this summer. Our first tournament was between the original 96 teams we created - with Bill Walton's UCLA beating Michael Jordan's UNC team in the title game.

This second tournament was between the next 32 teams we recreated, and this time it was Kansas 1997 taking the title with a win over Cinderella DePaul 1980 in the Final Four, and then blowing out Michigan State 2000.

Now that the results of the Final Four games are in the system, that Kansas team moves up to No. 3 in our all-time standings, giving Kansas two of the top three teams behind Walton's UCLA. Adding those three results also brings our total to 200 games we've played between All-Time Great teams since creating the teams in 2020.

Here is the final of the 32 team tournament and the updated rankings.

All-Time	Team	Year	Player	Won	Lost	Score	Allow	Rating
1	UCLA	1972	Bill Walton	6	0	72.0	62.0	15.5
2	Kansas	2008	Mario Chalmers	5	1	74.7	56.0	15.2
3	Kansas	1997	Paul Pierce	5	0	76.8	62.2	14.7
4	Kentucky	1996	Antoine Walker	2	1	72.0	69.3	13.6
5	Villanova	2018	Mikal Bridges	7	2	79.4	70.3	10.8
6	North Carolina	2005	Sean May	3	2	72.2	64.4	9.6
7	Indiana	1976	Scott May	3	1	71.3	59.8	9.6
8	Duke	2001	Shane Battier	3	1	78.2	72.5	8.9
9	Ohio St.	1960	Jerry Lucas	2	1	84.0	76.3	8.9
10	Connecticut	2004	Ben Gordon	5	2	73.5	64.0	8.8
11	Gonzaga (WCC)	2017	Nigel Williams-Goss	3	3	69.8	63.0	8.7
12	Houston	1968	Elvin Hayes	3	1	73.0	63.8	8.5
13	Virginia	2019	Kyle Guy	4	1	72.6	65.4	8.3
14	Duke	2010	Jon Scheyer	5	2	74.0	66.7	7.9
15	Arkansas	1994	Corliss Williamson	1	2	75.3	70.3	7.7
16	Baylor	2021	Jared Butler	2	2	86.0	78.5	7.1
17	Louisville	2013	Russ Smith	2	1	74.0	66.3	7.0
18	North Carolina	1982	Michael Jordan	5	1	68.8	65.0	6.7
19	Duke	1992	Christian Laettner	1	2	71.5	64.5	6.6
20	Cincinnati	1960	Oscar Robertson	1	2	74.0	78.0	6.2
21	UCLA	1967	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	2	1	83.0	87.0	5.6
22	UNLV (MWC)	1991	Larry Johnson	1	2	72.7	76.3	5.4
23	North Carolina St.	1974	David Thompson	2	1	72.0	72.7	5.1
24	Purdue	2018	Carsen Edwards	4	1	71.2	68.8	5.0
25	Michigan	1965	Cazzie Russell	2	1	81.0	71.5	4.5
26	Illinois	2005	Deron Williams	3	2	72.0	69.6	4.3
27	Auburn	2019	Chuma Okeke	8	1	71.0	65.3	4.2
28	Houston	1983	Hakeem Olajuwon	2	1	70.7	65.0	4.1
29	Michigan St.	1979	Magic Johnson	2	1	70.3	62.7	4.1
30	Michigan St.	2000	Mateen Cleaves	4	1	79.6	77.2	3.9
31	Wake Forest	1996	Tim Duncan	2	1	66.0	64.7	3.9
32	Memphis	2008	Derrick Rose	4	2	68.7	65.8	3.9
33	Kentucky	2012	Anthony Davis	4	2	72.2	65.7	3.7
34	Wisconsin	2015	Frank Kaminsky	2	2	65.0	63.3	3.4
35	North Carolina	1998	Vince Carter	2	1	80.7	83.7	2.7
36	Oregon	2017	Dillon Brooks	4	3	71.9	69.9	2.7
37	Arizona	2015	Stanley Johnson	3	1	75.3	70.5	2.6
38	Illinois	1989	Nick Anderson	2	1	87.0	84.0	2.5
39	Syracuse	2003	Carmelo Anthony	2	1	76.0	74.0	2.3
40	DePaul	1980	Mark Aguirre	3	1	76.8	68.8	2.0
41	Cincinnati	2002	Jason Maxiell	2	2	72.8	71.5	1.9
42	Oklahoma	1985	Wayman Tisdale	3	1	75.3	73.8	1.9
43	Iowa	2021	Luka Garza	1	1	79.0	70.5	1.8
44	Missouri	1982	Steve Stipanovich	2	0	69.5	65.5	1.5
45	Loyola Marymount (WCC)	1990	Bo Kimble	1	2	112.3	108.3	1.3
46	Michigan	1989	Glen Rice	0	2	70.5	78.5	1.3
47	Indiana	1981	Isaiah Thomas	2	1	73.0	73.0	1.2
48	Arizona	1997	Mike Bibby	2	1	68.7	71.0	1.0
49	Michigan St.	2009	Draymond Green	6	3	71.3	71.9	0.9
50	Loyola-Chicago (MVC)	1963	Jerry Harkness	0	1	62.0	68.0	0.6
51	Seton Hall	1989	John Morton	1	1	78.0	78.0	0.5
52	Georgetown	1984	Patrick Ewing	2	1	67.3	65.3	0.4
53	Texas Tech	2019	Jarrett Culver	3	2	65.6	67.2	0.3
54	Michigan	2013	Trey Burke	1	2	70.3	69.7	0.3
55	San Francisco (WCC)	1956	Bill Russell	0	1	67.0	74.0	0.0
56	USC	2021	Evan Mobley	1	0	77.0	67.0	0.0
57	LSU	1992	Shaquille O'Neal	1	1	82.5	81.0	-0.2
58	Connecticut	1999	Richard Hamilton	0	2	60.5	64.0	-0.2
59	Syracuse	1987	Rony Seikaly	2	1	72.3	68.7	-0.3
60	Jacksonville (Asun)	1970	Artis Gilmore	1	1	78.0	75.0	-0.3
61	Ohio St.	2007	Greg Oden	2	3	70.2	71.4	-0.4
62	Colorado	2021	McKinley Wright	1	0	86.0	82.0	-0.6
63	Florida	2006	Joakim Noah	5	3	74.4	72.0	-0.7
64	Pittsburgh	2009	DeJuan Blair	1	3	60.0	62.3	-0.8
65	Purdue	1969	Rick Mount	0	1	86.0	87.0	-0.8
66	Duke	1986	Johnny Dawkins	0	1	106.0	108.0	-1.0
67	Georgia Tech	2004	Jarrett Jack	2	3	62.6	67.4	-1.1
68	Georgetown	2007	Roy Hibbert	1	2	76.7	75.3	-1.4
69	UTEP (TX Western, CUSA)	1966	Bobby Joe Hill	2	1	63.7	66.0	-1.4
70	Kansas	1957	Wilt Chamberlain	1	1	67.5	74.0	-1.5
71	Dayton	2020	Obi Toppin	1	0	87.0	82.0	-1.6
72	Marquette	2003	Dwyane Wade	2	2	73.3	74.0	-2.4
73	St. John's	1985	Chris Mullin	0	1	75.0	76.0	-2.8
74	Marquette	1977	Butch Lee	1	1	66.0	61.5	-2.8
75	San Diego St. (MWC)	2011	Kawhi Leonard	2	2	69.3	71.8	-2.9
76	Oklahoma St.	2004	John Lucas	1	3	68.8	71.0	-3.1
77	Maryland	1984	Len Bias	1	1	69.5	68.5	-3.2
78	Kansas St.	2008	Michael Beasley	1	1	75.0	75.5	-3.3
79	UNLV (MWC)	1987	Armen Gilliam	0	1	64.0	82.0	-3.4
80	South Carolina	2017	Sindarius Thornwell	1	2	65.3	65.7	-3.4
81	Kentucky	1948	Alex Groza	1	1	71.0	81.5	-3.8
82	Indiana	2002	Jared Jeffries	1	3	67.3	72.8	-3.9
83	Maryland	2002	Juan Dixon	1	3	67.0	76.3	-4.0
84	Marquette	1971	Jim Chones	1	2	70.0	72.7	-4.0
85	St. Joe's	2004	Jameer Nelson	1	2	68.3	75.7	-4.3
86	Oklahoma	2016	Buddy Hield	1	3	60.3	67.3	-4.4
87	West Virginia	2010	Kevin Jones	1	3	70.3	76.0	-4.6
88	Utah	1998	Andre Miller	0	1	69.0	79.0	-4.6
89	St. Bonaventure	1970	Bob Lanier	0	1	64.0	74.0	-5.0
90	Oklahoma St.	1946	Bob Kurland	0	1	80.0	82.0	-5.0
91	Georgia Tech	1990	Dennis Scott	0	1	64.0	82.0	-5.2
92	DePaul	1945	George Mikan	0	1	51.0	55.0	-5.2
93	Holy Cross (Pat)	1950	Bob Cousy	1	1	88.0	89.5	-5.2
94	UCLA	2006	Jordan Farmar	2	3	66.0	72.4	-5.2
95	Texas	2003	T.J. Ford	1	2	68.7	76.3	-5.3
96	Iowa	2001	Reggie Evans	1	2	71.0	75.3	-5.3
97	Virginia	1981	Ralph Sampson	0	1	61.0	72.0	-5.4
98	Tennessee	1977	Bernard King	1	1	76.0	83.0	-5.7
99	California	1959	Jack Grout	0	1	69.0	71.0	-5.8
100	Seattle (WAC)	1958	Elgin Baylor	0	1	62.0	64.0	-6.2
101	Wichita St.	2013	Fred VanVleet	1	2	64.3	71.3	-6.4
102	LSU	2006	Glen Davis	1	2	66.3	75.0	-6.4
103	Alabama	1977	Reggie King	0	1	70.0	71.0	-6.6
104	Davidson	2008	Stephen Curry	1	5	66.7	70.8	-6.9
105	Notre Dame	1981	Orlando Woolridge	0	1	68.0	74.0	-7.0
106	Marquette	2011	Jimmy Butler	0	1	82.0	87.0	-7.0
107	Kansas	1988	Danny Manning	0	1	58.0	67.0	-7.6
108	Indiana St. (MVC)	1979	Larry Bird	0	1	69.0	76.0	-7.8
109	La Salle	1954	Tom Gola	0	1	67.0	76.0	-8.2
110	Notre Dame	1970	Austin Carr	1	1	67.0	76.5	-8.2
111	Wyoming (MWC)	1943	Ken Sailors	0	1	60.0	73.0	-8.2
112	South Carolina	1973	Mike Dunleavy	0	1	66.0	72.0	-8.2
113	Stephen F. Austin (SLand)	2016	Thomas Walkup	0	1	94.0	95.0	-8.2
114	Auburn	1984	Charles Barkley	1	1	71.5	77.0	-8.3
115	West Virginia	1959	Jerry West	0	1	68.0	69.0	-8.4
116	North Carolina	1957	Lennie Rosenbluth	0	1	76.0	89.0	-8.6
117	Brigham Young	1981	Danny Ainge	0	1	67.0	77.0	-8.6
118	Kentucky	1970	Dan Issel	0	1	116.0	138.0	-8.6
119	Navy (Pat)	1986	David Robinson	0	1	61.0	77.0	-9.0
120	Villanova	1985	Ed Pinckney	0	1	65.0	72.0	-9.2
121	Wake Forest	2005	Chris Paul	0	3	64.3	85.3	-9.3
122	Arkansas	1978	Sidney Moncrief	0	1	58.0	79.0	-9.6
123	Creighton	2014	Doug McDermott	0	3	66.3	80.0	-9.7
124	Georgia	1982	Dominique Wilkins	1	1	70.0	78.0	-9.7
125	George Mason	2006	Jai Lewis	0	3	59.3	67.0	-9.9
126	Arizona St.	1980	Byron Scott	0	1	64.0	79.0	-10.0
127	Creighton	2020	Ty-Shon Alexander	0	1	72.0	106.0	-10.2
128	Louisville	1980	Darrell Griffith	0	1	52.0	82.0	-10.4
129	Dayton	1967	Don May	0	1	69.0	88.0	-11.0
130	Butler	2010	Gordon Hayward	0	3	54.7	76.3	-13.0
131	Princeton (Ivy)	1965	Bill Bradley	0	1	62.0	79.0	-13.0
132	LSU	1970	Pete Maravich	0	1	66.0	67.0	-13.0
133	VCU	2011	Bradford Burgess	0	3	60.3	71.3	-13.3
134	Loyola-Chicago (MVC)	2018	Cameron Krutwig	0	3	59.3	75.0	-13.9
135	Miami FL	1965	Rick Berry	0	1	104.0	108.0	-14.6
136	Niagara (MAAC)	1970	Calvin Murphy	0	1	68.0	84.0	-16.6