Tennessee Cards Fixed Before Match-Up with Larkins Son and Miami

Shane Larkin scored 27 points to keep Miami 2013 ahead for most of the game, but Tennessee had too many weapons. Five Vols finished in double figures for a 75-67 win with a late rally and the Vols improved from 66th to 46th on our All-Time great teams list in the rankings tracked here. The box score is at the bottom of this blog. The pre game notes are below as well as an image of all player cards.At the very bottom we list the rankings of only the teams playing in our third tournament.

 One reason we want to get through all teams once in the game is in case of any mistakes in the cards, and we found the biggest one yet when we pulled up Tennessee's 2023 team. We had made a mark on the actual cards that four of the five backup cards needed to be fixed - and they all needed to be calculated. However, for some reason we had accidentally listed Santiago Vescovi as both the starting shooting guard and point guard, so he had two cards and Julian Phillips had none. That is now fixed.

With the cards set we put them up against their first opponent, Miami and Shane Larkin, son of baseball great Barry Larkin. 

Both teams had great seasons (10 years apart) but loss with point guard issues. Larkin was sick and no where near 100% when Miami was upset by Marquette in 2013. the Vols Zakal Zeigler was injured at the end of the season, forcing them to move everyone over one spot for the tournament - Vecovi from shooting guard to point guard, Tyreke Key from small forward to shooting guard. Because Miami only has nine players, the two points and one rebound the missing backup would have gotten to start the game goes to the Hurricanes top scorer - Larkin - who starts the game with 4 points, two rebounds and one score.

Now the get a chance to play each other with both point guards at full strength.

Game results.

Miami 2013	Ht	Pos	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Season Stats
Shane Larkin	5'11	1-PG	27	6	3	0	1	14.5 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 4.6 Ast
Durand Scott	6'5	2-SG	4	2	1	0	1	13.1 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Trey McKinney-Jones	6'5	3-SF	9	7	0	0	1	9.2 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Julian Gamble	6'10	4-PF	11	2	1	4	2	6.5 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Kenny Kadji	6'11	5-C	6	9	0	2	3	12.9 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Erik Swoope	6'5	1-PG	2	1	0	0	1	1.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Rion Brown	6'6	2-SG	4	2	1	0	1	6.4 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Reggie Johnson	6'10	3-SF	2	2	0	1	1	6.7 Pts, 7.0 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Tonye Jekiri	7'0	4-PF	2	1	0	0	1	1.4 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Turnovers = 12			67	32	6	7	12
Tennessee 2023	Ht	Pos	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Season Stats
Zakai Zeigler	5'9	1-PG	4	2	1	0	1	10.7 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 5.4 Ast
Santiago Vescovi	6'3	2-SG	12	2	2	0	2	12.5 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Tyreke Key	6'3	3-SF	10	6	0	0	1	8.2 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Julian Phillips	6'8	4-PF	8	4	1	0	2	8.3 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Olivier Nkamhoua	6'8	5-C	13	6	1	1	1	10.8 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Uros Plavsic	7'0	1-PG	2	1	0	0	1	4.9 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jahmai Mashack	6'4	2-SG	2	2	1	1	2	4.7 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Josiah-Jordan James	6'6	3-SF	11	4	1	0	1	10.0 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Jonas Aidoo	6'11	4-PF	11	6	0	1	1	5.1 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Tobe Awaka	6'8	5-C	2	1	0	0	1	3.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Turnovers			75	34	7	3	13
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final			Rankings
Miami 2013	20	10	19	18	67			falls from 105th to 126th
Tennessee 2023	20	12	16	27	75			rise from 66th to 46th

Here are the rankings of only the teams in our 3rd tournament.

Rnk	Card	Teams in 3rd tournament	1st game	Win	Lost	Sc	All	SoS	Card	Rate
74	76	Texas - 2023 - Marcus Carr	NW 17	0	0				-1	-1
84	93	Florida St. - 1993 - Charlie Ward	TCU 23	0	0				-2	-2
85	94	Iowa St. - 2014 - DeAndre Kane	Stan 08	0	0				-2	-2
86	95	SMU - 2017 - Semi Ojeleye	Wa 06	0	0				-2	-2
95	110	Washington - 2006 - Brandon Roy	SMU 17	0	0				-3	-3
104	124	Arkansas - 2021 - JD Notae	KSt 23	0	0				-4	-4
107	127	St. Mary's - 2023 - Logan Johnson	Xa 23	0	0				-4	-4
120	134	Kansas St. - 2023 - Markquis Nowell	Ark 21	0	0				-5	-5
121	135	Stanford - 2008 - Brook Lopez	IA St 14	0	0				-5	-5
122	136	Xavier - 2023 - Jack Nunge	StM 23	0	0				-5	-5
128	143	Northwestern - 2017 - Vic Law	TX 23	0	0				-6	-6
129	144	Penn St. - 2018 - Tony Carr	SDSt 23	0	0				-6	-6
130	145	TCU - 2023 - JaKobe Coles	FSU 93	0	0				-6	-6
140	155	Boston College - 2006 - Jared Dudley	NC 22	0	0				-7	-7
141	156	Florida Atlantic - 2023 - Johnell Davis	Mi 23	0	0				-7	-7
142	157	Miami - 2023 - Norchad Omier	FlAt 23	0	0				-7	-7
143	158	North Carolina - 2022 - Armando Bacot	BC 06	0	0				-7	-7
157	167	San Diego St. - 2023 - Jaedon LeDee	PS 18	0	0				-9	-9
Rnk	Card	Top 11 seeds after win get 2nd R bye	Tour seed	Win	Lost	Sc	All	SoS	Card	Rate
38	46	Connecticut - 2023 - Adama Sanogo	1st	1	0	77	39	-19	2	3
45	60	Houston - 2021 - Quentin Grimes	2nd	1	0	102	50	-16	0	2
46	64	Tennessee - 2023 - Santiago Vescovi	3rd	1	0	75	67	-4	0	2
43	87	Rutgers - 1976 - Phil Sellers	4th	1	0	97	77	-9	-2	2
51	41	Duke - 2015 - Justise Winslow	5th	1	0	75	72	-11	3	1
62	63	Kansas - 2022 - Ochai Agbaji	6th	1	0	87	81	-7.9	0	1
57	86	Gonzaga - 2023 - Drew Timme	7th	1	0	86	74	-7	-2	1
68	122	Marquette - 2023 - Tyler Kolek	8th	1	0	90	81	-1.8	-4	0
75	107	Marquette - 1994 - Jim McIlvaine	9th	1	0	80	78	-1.4	-3	-1
91	108	Duke - 2022 - Wendell Moore	10th	1	0	85	78	-13	-3	-3
112	115	Indiana St. - 1979 - Larry Bird	11th	1	1	71.5	73	-5.5	-3	-5
149	173	Creighton - 2023 - Ryan Kalkbrenner	12th	1	0	79	78	2	-13	-8