New Shot Block Category for Olajuwon, Chamberlain, Russell and the Admiral

We found that 19 all-time shot blockers from among our 1,825 players in the Value Add Basketball Game blocked so many shots that we had to create a new category on their cards even better than the 21-26, 32 all blocked shot range.

Due to further research, the four greatest shot blockers of all time - Houston 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston 1983), Kansas 1957 - Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas 1957), David Robinson (Navy 1986) and Bill Russell (San Francisco 1956) feature a new blocked shot range of 21-26, 32, 65-66 meaning the block any opposing players shot on the court on a 32, 65 or 66. However, one caveat is that if it turns out the opposing player would have attempted a 3-pointer then a 32 does block the shot but a 65 or 66 do not - they only block  2-point shots.

The calculation we found set these four players at the top and another 15 just below them were players how had stamina to stay on the court against high level teams and blocked about one in seven opposing 2-point shots by the other team (14% on www.kenpom.com), blocked at least 125 shots in a college season or averaged more than 2.75 blocks per game in an NBA game, or before blocked shots were tabulated averaged well over 20 rebounds per game year after year. 

The blocked shots on 65 and 66 are the new features, though not that in the game that a home team can flip the results of a 36 or 66 result, so they can turn a 66 blocked shot into an unfair foul call.

In the four years since inventing the Value Add Basketball Game, only 66 of 1,825 player cards received the highest possible block rating. Typically, when a 1-5 is rolled and the ball goes to the position the shot blocker is guarding (normally a “5” for the center) the shot blocker had a 20% chance of blocking the shot, with any roll of 21-26 or 32 – the numbers in the best block range.

When one of the other four opposing players got the ball on a 1-5 roll, the shot blocker still had a 3% chance of blocking the shot because the “32” allowed him to block a shot by any player.

And finally, when the ball went to one of the go-to players on a 6-8 on the 8-sided die, a chart in the game shows that the 21-26, 32 perfect blocking rating blocks the shot 8% of the time, with a 21-23 blocked shot.

it those players are guarding the player who gets the ball, they block they have a one in five chance to blocking the shot with any roll of 21-26 or 32. Because the “32” is a “block all” number, they also had a 3% chance of blocking one of the other four offensive players on the court.

The four best ever – Blocked Shots 21-26 & all on 32, 65-66

Houston 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon

Kansas 1957 - Wilt Chamberlain

Navy 1986 - David Robinson

San Francisco 1956 - Bill Russell

We believe these four are far and away the greatest shot blockers in NBA history. In the years before blocked shots were a stat in the NBA or college, we assume the average 1 blocked shot for every 8 rebounds. An average of 2.75 blocked shots shots per NBA game generally leads the league, and if hte 8 to 1 ratio was accurate then Wilt Chamberlain topped that mark 9 of his first 10 years in the NBA and averaged slightly more than Bill Russell, who would have topped 2.75 his first seven years.

Since they've kept the stat, Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson have clearly been the greatest. They are the only two players to block 200 shots in a college season, and are both tied for the record with 207. In the pros, Olajuwon just topped Robinson with the third best average ever at 4.59 to Robinson's 4.49. The only three to top those two in an NBA season (nark Eaton, Manute Bol and Elmore Smith) had a total of 27 D1 college blocked shots between them to 454 for Olajuwon.

 The Next 15 Greatest of All-Time

 The other 15 all-time elite in the game (of 1800 players in our game) with Blocked Shots 21-26 & all on 32 and 66

Connecticut 2004 - Emeka Okafor - 156 blocks the season before this great team.

Georgetown 1984 - Patrick Ewing - 135 blocked shots in college the year after this team.

Jacksonville 1970 - Artis Gilmore - they weren't keeping the stat yet when he was in college, but put up 3.08 per game to lead the NBA.

Kentucky 2012 - Anthony Davis - averaged blocking 14% of all opponents shots, for 186 total for the season, and then led the NBA with 2.94.

LSU 1992 - Shaquille O'Neal - blocked 157 shots that LSU season.

Louisville 2013 - Gorgui Dieng - blocked 128 shots the year after this championship team.

 

 Marquette 1994 - Jim McIlvaine - blocked 142 shots for this team.

St. Peter's 2021 - KC Ndefo - averaged blocking 14% of all opponents shots this year of the most surprising NCAA run in history.

Seton Hall 2020 - Ike Obiagu - averaged blocking 16% of all opponents shots.

Stanford 2008 - Brook Lopez - still incredible 15 years after this college season ended by leading the NBA with 2.83 blocked shots per game.

Syracuse 1987 - Derrick Coleman - blocked 127 shots after this season.

UCLA 1967 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - still were not keeping the stat in college, but eight years later in the NBA was still dominating with an incredible 4.12 blocked shots per game.

 

 

UCLA 1972 - Bill Walton- like Kareem five years early, still did not have the benefit of blocked shots being recorded in college but led the NBA with 3.25 per game a couple of years after Kareem led the league.

Virginia 1981 - Ralph Sampson - an incredible 157 blocked shots in college before teaming up with Hakeem for the most dominant defensive twin towers in history for a short career.

Wake Forest 1996 - Tim Duncan - blocked 135 shots the season before this one.

We track the results of our games between the 183 great teams in the game in this google sheet.

 

 

Winslow 23/10 Mismatch Gives 2015 Duke 75-73 Win vs. Marquette 2023

 Kam Jones sent Marquette to our Sweet 16 of new Value Add Basketball Game teams as one of the only players who could have avoided a turnover on a "41" roll to then hit a 3-pointer at the horn to beat Creighton 94-93 and set up a game with Duke's 2015 national champs. 

While Marquette had a disappointing 2nd round loss to Michigan State last year and Duke exploded to the title in 2015 - heading into that tournament Duke was ranked #5 by the AP and #6 at www.kenpom.com while basically the same team right now is ranked #3 by the AP and #5 at www.kenpom.com after Tuesday night's win vs. Southern - which I attended.

The mismatch appears to be based on NBA talent, where Duke 2015 may be the only team in our game with eight NBA players. However, even this is interesting since we mark players as "NBA" if they either played in the league or are forecast to go in one of the next two NBA drafts at NBADraft.net.  Marquette had only one NBA player in the game in Olivier-Maxence Prosper, however that changed recently. Kam Jones moved into a projected 2025 2nd round pick, and then this week he was moved up to a projected 2024 projected pick and Oso Ighodaro shot all the way to the top of the 2nd round in the 2024 draft and on the verge of being projected as a 1st rounder.

In this game, Marquette led only a few times in a back-and-forth stretch starting with 22 possessions left (13:11) when Olivier-Maxence Prosper scored to make it 52-50 Marquette, through the 16th possession left when Justise Winslow stole a pass and scored on the fast break to put Duke ahead for good 57-56.

As great as Jones' card is, a mismatch was created because Marquette starts three pure guards with little rebounding, while the 6'6 powerful Winslow is one of three overpowering frontline Duke players (6'11 Jahlil Okafor and 6'9 Amile Jefferson are the others even after 7'0 Marshall Plumlee plays the opening minutes. When a defensive rebound opportunity came to Jones on the rebound chart he never got it because his 1-0 range (meaning no roll on the 6-sided die), meaning Winslow always go the offensive rebound, while when the rebound chart came to the chart gave the rebound chart gave Winslow the chance as the offensive small forward he also got it with his 1-6. 

Note on the scoresheet that every other possession the ball automatically goes to a defensive player, so when Duke missed on possession 27 and 6 the rebound they went to Jones. However, Winslow towered over Jones to grab eight rebounds to those two and this included sticking it back in at the half for a 34-32 lead, and twice again in the second half. But the true killer was when Okafor grabbed an offensive rebound and kicked it out to Winslow, who hit a 3-pointer due to s shot off an offensive rebound lowering the 20-sided die one number which meant a "3" was a 3-pointer made instead of a 2-pointer  to give Duke a 65-58 lead with 12 possessions (6:26) left in the game. 

Marquette would rally to cut it within 71-73, and fouled Amile Jefferson twice at the end for a chance at the win. Jefferson is only a 1-11 on the 20-sided die to make a free throw (55%) but he hit all four at the end to pull out the 75-73 win. Here is the box score and photo of the sheet, followed by the entire Sweet 16 match-ups.  

Pos	Stam	14-seed Marquette 2023 (73)	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Ht	NBA	Actual Stats
1-PG	42	Tyler Kolek	13	3	1	0	1	6'3		12.9 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 7.5 Ast
2-SG	27	Stevie Mitchell	6	1	3	0	1	6'2		7.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.0 Ast
3-SF	37	Kameron Jones	14	4	2	0	2	6'4	NBA	15.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
4-PF	36	Olivier-Maxence Prosper	11	5	0	0	1	6'8	NBA	12.5 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
5-C	40	Oso Ighodaro	10	7	1	3	4	6'9	NBA	11.4 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 3.3 Ast
1-PG	4	Sean Jones	6	1	0	0	1	5'10		3.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
2-SG	15	Chase Ross	2	1	1	0	1	6'4		4.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.8 Ast
3-SF	15	David Joplin	7	2	1	0	4	6'7		9.2 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
4-PF	0	Keeyan Itejere	2	1	0	0	1	6'9		0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
5-C	4	Ben Gold	2	1	0	0	1	6'11		2.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
	220	Total Turnovers 12	73	26	9	3	17
Pos	Stam	6-seed Duke 2015 (75)	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Ht	NBA	Actual Stats
1-PG	44	Tyus Jones	10	2	3	0	1	6'1	NBA	11.8 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 5.6 Ast
2-SG	44	Quinn Cook	8	2	1	0	2	6'2	NBA	15.3 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.6 Ast
3-SF	37	Justise Winslow	23	10	3	1	2	6'6	NBA	12.6 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 2.1 Ast
4-PF	37	Jahlil Okafor	8	9	0	0	4	6'11	NBA	17.3 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 1.3 Ast
5-C	24	Amile Jefferson	8	3	0	3	1	6'9	NBA	6.1 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
1-PG	4	Rasheed Sulaimon	2	1	0	0	1	6'5		7.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.8 Ast
2-SG	20	Matt Jones	4	2	1	0	1	6'5		6.0 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 1.0 Ast
3-SF	5	Grayson Allen	2	1	1	0	1	6'4	NBA	4.4 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
4-PF	5	Marshall Plumlee	6	1	0	0	1	7'0	NBA	2.2 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
5-C	0	Semi Ojeleye	2	1	0	0	1	6'8	NBA	3.0 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
	220	Total Turnovers 12	73	32	9	4	15			Game Turnovers 12

Sweet 16 - New Value Add Basketball Teams

East Region: #1 Seed Connecticut 2023 with  Adama Sanogo beat #17 seed Duke 2022 with Wendell Moore, 80-77 to advance to East Region title game. The opponent will be the winner of ...

#8 seed Gonzaga 2023 Drew Timme vs. #9 Kansas 2022 Ochai Agbaji.

South Region: #4 seed Tennessee 2023 Santiago Vescovi vs. #13 Texas 2023 Marcus Carr with winner facing winner of surprise #5 seed Colorado 2021 McKinley Wright vs #21 seed Miami 2023 Norchad Omier.

Midwest Region: #2 seed Rutgers 1976 Phil Sellers won 84-74 over #18 seed Stanford 2008 Brook Lopez and will play in Midwest title game against winner of ...

#7 seed SMU 2017 Semi Ojeleye vs. #10 Xavier 2023 Jack Nunge.

West Region - Duke 2015 Justise Winslow won 75-73 over Marquette 2023 Tyler Kolek and gets winner of ...

 #3 Houston Quentin Grimes vs. #19 UNC 2022 Armando Bacot .

 A total of 364 US colleges put (or will put) a Division I basketball team on the court between the 2022-23 and 2024-25 season, and 32 of those teams will change conferences during those three seasons. If you hare having trouble keeping track of where your college now plays, here is an alphabetical list with each school followed by its conference last season (2022-23), this season and as planned for next season (2024-25). 

The full names of conferences are listed at the bottom of the blog. The number after the conferences "Seed 23" shows if the team made the NCAA tournament last year and if so their seed in the tournament. After that we show their ranking among all the teams at www.kenpom.com. For example, near the top you will see Alabama remains in the SEC, was one of the four best teams last year as a 1-seed, and is now ranked as the 5th best team in the country. And finally they are "stable" while a team changing conferences during the three years - like Arizona and Arizona State going from the Pac 12 to the Big 12 further down - are listed as "change."
 

Team	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	Seed23	Rnk24	status
Abilene Christian	WAC	WAC	WAC		152	stable
Air Force	MWC	MWC	MWC		194	stable
Akron	MAC	MAC	MAC		117	stable
Alabama	SEC	SEC	SEC	1	5	stable
Alabama A&M	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		346	stable
Alabama St.	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		350	stable
Albany	AE	AE	AE		303	stable
Alcorn St.	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		277	stable
American	Pat	Pat	Pat		283	stable
Appalachian St.	SB	SB	SB		104	stable
Arizona	P12	P12	B12	2	4	change
Arizona St.	P12	P12	B12	11	113	change
Arkansas	SEC	SEC	SEC	8	38	stable
Arkansas Pine Bluff	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		352	stable
Arkansas St.	SB	SB	SB		171	stable
Army	Pat	Pat	Pat		334	stable
Auburn	SEC	SEC	SEC	9	15	stable
Austin Peay	ASun	ASun	ASun		243	stable
Ball St.	MAC	MAC	MAC		242	stable
Baylor	B12	B12	B12	3	11	stable
Bellarmine	ASun	ASun	ASun		226	stable
Belmont	MVC	MVC	MVC		183	stable
Bethune Cookman	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		347	stable
Binghamton	AE	AE	AE		256	stable
Boise St.	MWC	MWC	MWC	10	81	stable
Boston College	ACC	ACC	ACC		116	stable
Boston University	Pat	Pat	Pat		305	stable
Bowling Green	MAC	MAC	MAC		244	stable
Bradley	MVC	MVC	MVC		75	stable
Brown	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		236	stable
Bryant	AE	AE	AE		212	stable
Bucknell	Pat	Pat	Pat		319	stable
Buffalo	MAC	MAC	MAC		332	stable
Butler	BE	BE	BE		77	stable
BYU	WCC	B12	B12		12	change
Cal Baptist	WAC	WAC	WAC		185	stable
Cal Poly	BW	BW	BW		339	stable
Cal St. Bakersfield	BW	BW	BW		313	stable
Cal St. Fullerton	BW	BW	BW		210	stable
Cal St. Northridge	BW	BW	BW		315	stable
California	P12	P12	ACC		187	change
Campbell	BSth	CAA	CAA		317	change
Canisius	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		240	stable
Central Arkansas	ASun	ASun	ASun		326	stable
Central Connecticut	NEC	NEC	NEC		329	stable
Central Michigan	MAC	MAC	MAC		304	stable
Charleston	CAA	CAA	CAA	12	158	stable
Charleston Southern	BSth	BSth	BSth		343	stable
Charlotte	CUSA	Amer	Amer		118	change
Chattanooga	SC	SC	SC		166	stable
Chicago St.	ind	ind	ind		336	stable
Cincinnati	Amer	B12	B12		36	change
Clemson	ACC	ACC	ACC		43	stable
Cleveland St.	Horz	Horz	Horz		175	stable
Coastal Carolina	SB	SB	SB		274	stable
Colgate	Pat	Pat	Pat	15	161	stable
Colorado	P12	P12	B12		34	change
Colorado St.	MWC	MWC	MWC		26	stable
Columbia	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		258	stable
Connecticut	BE	BE	BE	4	3	stable
Coppin St.	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		361	stable
Cornell	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		102	stable
Creighton	BE	BE	BE	6	13	stable
Dartmouth	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		314	stable
Davidson	A10	A10	A10		106	stable
Dayton	A10	A10	A10		64	stable
Delaware	CAA	CAA	CAA		141	stable
Delaware St.	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		331	stable
Denver	Sum	Sum	Sum		266	stable
DePaul	BE	BE	BE		168	stable
Detroit Mercy	Horz	Horz	Horz		312	stable
Drake	MVC	MVC	MVC	12	84	stable
Drexel	CAA	CAA	CAA		134	stable
Duke	ACC	ACC	ACC	5	9	stable
Duquesne	A10	A10	A10		86	stable
East Carolina	Amer	Amer	Amer		193	stable
East Tennessee St.	SC	SC	SC		252	stable
Eastern Illinois	OVC	OVC	OVC		345	stable
Eastern Kentucky	ASun	ASun	ASun		215	stable
Eastern Michigan	MAC	MAC	MAC		306	stable
Eastern Washington	BSky	BSky	BSky		201	stable
Elon	CAA	CAA	CAA		296	stable
Evansville	MVC	MVC	MVC		241	stable
Fairfield	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		293	stable
Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	NEC	NEC	16	310	stable
FIU	CUSA	CUSA	CUSA		227	stable
Florida	SEC	SEC	SEC		28	stable
Florida A&M	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		333	stable
Florida Atlantic	CUSA	Amer	Amer	9	48	change
Florida Gulf Coast	ASun	ASun	ASun		200	stable
Florida St.	ACC	ACC	ACC		69	stable
Fordham	A10	A10	A10		199	stable
Fresno St.	MWC	MWC	MWC		155	stable
Furman	SC	SC	SC	13	127	stable
Gardner Webb	BSth	BSth	BSth		159	stable
George Mason	A10	A10	A10		124	stable
George Washington	A10	A10	A10		154	stable
Georgetown	BE	BE	BE		174	stable
Georgia	SEC	SEC	SEC		85	stable
Georgia Southern	SB	SB	SB		322	stable
Georgia St.	SB	SB	SB		188	stable
Georgia Tech	ACC	ACC	ACC		157	stable
Gonzaga	WCC	WCC	WCC	3	8	stable
Grambling St.	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		323	stable
Grand Canyon	WAC	WAC	WAC	14	76	stable
Green Bay	Horz	Horz	Horz		342	stable
Hampton	CAA	CAA	CAA		309	stable
Hartford	ind	D3	D3		change
Harvard	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		129	stable
Hawaii	BW	BW	BW		122	stable
High Point	BSth	BSth	BSth		216	stable
Hofstra	CAA	CAA	CAA		114	stable
Holy Cross	Pat	Pat	Pat		330	stable
Houston	Amer	B12	B12	1	2	change
Houston Christian	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		357	stable
Howard	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC	16	233	stable
Idaho	BSky	BSky	BSky		360	stable
Idaho St.	BSky	BSky	BSky		251	stable
Illinois	B10	B10	B10	9	29	stable
Illinois Chicago	MVC	MVC	MVC		178	stable
Illinois St.	MVC	MVC	MVC		209	stable
Incarnate Word	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		325	stable
Indiana	B10	B10	B10	4	79	stable
Indiana St.	MVC	MVC	MVC		94	stable
Iona	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC	13	167	stable
Iowa	B10	B10	B10	8	49	stable
Iowa St.	B12	B12	B12	6	17	stable
IUPUI	Horz	Horz	Horz		344	stable
Jackson St.	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		281	stable
Jacksonville	ASun	ASun	ASun		265	stable
Jacksonville St.	ASun	CUSA	CUSA		229	change
James Madison	SB	SB	SB		67	stable
Kansas	B12	B12	B12	1	7	stable
Kansas St.	B12	B12	B12	3	40	stable
Kennesaw St.	ASun	ASun	CUSA	14	225	change
Kent St.	MAC	MAC	MAC	13	99	stable
Kentucky	SEC	SEC	SEC	6	21	stable
La Salle	A10	A10	A10		206	stable
Lafayette	Pat	Pat	Pat		328	stable
Lamar	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		302	stable
Le Moyne	None	NEC	NEC		356	stable
Lehigh	Pat	Pat	Pat		262	stable
Liberty	ASun	CUSA	CUSA		45	change
Lindenwood	OVC	OVC	OVC		338	stable
Lipscomb	ASun	ASun	ASun		150	stable
Little Rock	OVC	OVC	OVC		267	stable
LIU	NEC	NEC	NEC		355	stable
Long Beach St.	BW	BW	BW		136	stable
Longwood	BSth	BSth	BSth		197	stable
Louisiana	SB	SB	SB	13	149	stable
Louisiana Monroe	SB	SB	SB		291	stable
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	CUSA	CUSA		95	stable
Louisville	ACC	ACC	ACC		146	stable
Loyola Chicago	A10	A10	A10		135	stable
Loyola Marymount	WCC	WCC	WCC		123	stable
Loyola MD	Pat	Pat	Pat		316	stable
LSU	SEC	SEC	SEC		65	stable
Maine	AE	AE	AE		237	stable
Manhattan	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		311	stable
Marist	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		271	stable
Marquette	BE	BE	BE	2	6	stable
Marshall	SB	SB	SB		172	stable
Maryland	B10	B10	B10	8	57	stable
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		351	stable
Massachusetts	A10	A10	A10		144	stable
McNeese St.	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		119	stable
Memphis	Amer	Amer	Amer	8	27	stable
Mercer	SC	SC	SC		249	stable
Merrimack	NEC	NEC	MAAC		289	change
Miami FL	ACC	ACC	ACC	5	35	stable
Miami OH	MAC	MAC	MAC		248	stable
Michigan	B10	B10	B10		39	stable
Michigan St.	B10	B10	B10	7	22	stable
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	CUSA	CUSA		133	stable
Milwaukee	Horz	Horz	Horz		269	stable
Minnesota	B10	B10	B10		107	stable
Mississippi	SEC	SEC	SEC		126	stable
Mississippi St.	SEC	SEC	SEC	11	18	stable
Mississippi Valley St.	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		362	stable
Missouri	SEC	SEC	SEC	7	87	stable
Missouri St.	MVC	MVC	MVC		96	stable
Monmouth	CAA	CAA	CAA		254	stable
Montana	BSky	BSky	BSky		190	stable
Montana St.	BSky	BSky	BSky	14	270	stable
Morehead St.	OVC	OVC	OVC		195	stable
Morgan St.	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		348	stable
Mount St. Mary's	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		268	stable
Murray St.	MVC	MVC	MVC		180	stable
N.C. State	ACC	ACC	ACC	11	54	stable
Navy	Pat	Pat	Pat		321	stable
Nebraska	B10	B10	B10		42	stable
Nebraska Omaha	Sum	Sum	Sum		264	stable
Nevada	MWC	MWC	MWC	11	44	stable
New Hampshire	AE	AE	AE		263	stable
New Mexico	MWC	MWC	MWC		52	stable
New Mexico St.	WAC	CUSA	CUSA		253	change
New Orleans	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		288	stable
Niagara	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		307	stable
Nicholls St.	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		272	stable
NJIT	AE	AE	AE		353	stable
Norfolk St.	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		294	stable
North Alabama	ASun	ASun	ASun		220	stable
North Carolina	ACC	ACC	ACC		16	stable
North Carolina A&T	CAA	CAA	CAA		358	stable
North Carolina Central	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		300	stable
North Dakota	Sum	Sum	Sum		235	stable
North Dakota St.	Sum	Sum	Sum		218	stable
North Florida	ASun	ASun	ASun		297	stable
North Texas	CUSA	Amer	Amer		73	change
Northeastern	CAA	CAA	CAA		211	stable
Northern Arizona	BSky	BSky	BSky		246	stable
Northern Colorado	BSky	BSky	BSky		278	stable
Northern Illinois	MAC	MAC	MAC		182	stable
Northern Iowa	MVC	MVC	MVC		130	stable
Northern Kentucky	Horz	Horz	Horz	16	203	stable
Northwestern	B10	B10	B10	7	59	stable
Northwestern St.	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		341	stable
Notre Dame	ACC	ACC	ACC		179	stable
Oakland	Horz	Horz	Horz		162	stable
Ohio	MAC	MAC	MAC		115	stable
Ohio St.	B10	B10	B10		50	stable
Oklahoma	B12	B12	SEC		24	change
Oklahoma St.	B12	B12	B12		90	stable
Old Dominion	SB	SB	SB		204	stable
Oral Roberts	Sum	Sum	Sum	12	186	stable
Oregon	P12	P12	B10		37	change
Oregon St.	P12	P12	P12		169	stable
Pacific	WCC	WCC	WCC		228	stable
Penn	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		181	stable
Penn St.	B10	B10	B10	10	82	stable
Pepperdine	WCC	WCC	WCC		192	stable
Pittsburgh	ACC	ACC	ACC	11	51	stable
Portland	WCC	WCC	WCC		196	stable
Portland St.	BSky	BSky	BSky		151	stable
Prairie View A&M	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		245	stable
Presbyterian	BSth	BSth	BSth		286	stable
Princeton	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy	15	53	stable
Providence	BE	BE	BE	11	47	stable
Purdue	B10	B10	B10	1	1	stable
Purdue Fort Wayne	Horz	Horz	Horz		198	stable
Queens	ASun	ASun	ASun		238	stable
Quinnipiac	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		276	stable
Radford	BSth	BSth	BSth		156	stable
Rhode Island	A10	A10	A10		202	stable
Rice	CUSA	Amer	Amer		219	change
Richmond	A10	A10	A10		89	stable
Rider	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		250	stable
Robert Morris	Horz	Horz	Horz		261	stable
Rutgers	B10	B10	B10		63	stable
Sacramento St.	BSky	BSky	BSky		280	stable
Sacred Heart	NEC	NEC	MAAC		224	change
Saint Francis PA	NEC	NEC	NEC		359	stable
Saint Joseph's	A10	A10	A10		109	stable
Saint Louis	A10	A10	A10		153	stable
Saint Mary's	WCC	WCC	WCC	5	74	stable
Saint Peter's	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		234	stable
Sam Houston St.	WAC	CUSA	CUSA		143	change
Samford	SC	SC	SC		142	stable
San Diego	WCC	WCC	WCC		230	stable
San Diego St.	MWC	MWC	MWC	5	20	stable
San Francisco	WCC	WCC	WCC		80	stable
San Jose St.	MWC	MWC	MWC		121	stable
Santa Clara	WCC	WCC	WCC		103	stable
Seattle	WAC	WAC	WAC		140	stable
Seton Hall	BE	BE	BE		55	stable
Siena	MAAC	MAAC	MAAC		337	stable
SIU Edwardsville	OVC	OVC	OVC		247	stable
SMU	Amer	Amer	ACC		88	change
South Alabama	SB	SB	SB		176	stable
South Carolina	SEC	SEC	SEC		62	stable
South Carolina St.	MEAC	MEAC	MEAC		349	stable
South Dakota	Sum	Sum	Sum		279	stable
South Dakota St.	Sum	Sum	Sum		138	stable
South Florida	Amer	Amer	Amer		164	stable
Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	OVC	OVC	16	340	stable
Southeastern Louisiana	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		214	stable
Southern	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC		290	stable
Southern Illinois	MVC	MVC	MVC		110	stable
Southern Indiana	OVC	OVC	OVC		335	stable
Southern Miss	SB	SB	SB		217	stable
Southern Utah	WAC	WAC	WAC		232	stable
St. Bonaventure	A10	A10	A10		120	stable
St. John's	BE	BE	BE		71	stable
St. Thomas	Sum	Sum	Sum		239	stable
Stanford	P12	P12	ACC		70	change
Stephen F. Austin	WAC	WAC	WAC		92	stable
Stetson	ASun	ASun	ASun		189	stable
Stonehill	NEC	NEC	NEC		354	stable
Stony Brook	CAA	CAA	CAA		282	stable
Syracuse	ACC	ACC	ACC		128	stable
Tarleton St.	WAC	WAC	WAC		170	stable
TCU	B12	B12	B12	6	25	stable
Temple	Amer	Amer	Amer		165	stable
Tennessee	SEC	SEC	SEC	4	10	stable
Tennessee Martin	OVC	OVC	OVC		273	stable
Tennessee St.	OVC	OVC	OVC		231	stable
Tennessee Tech	OVC	OVC	OVC		318	stable
Texas	B12	B12	SEC	2	32	change
Texas A&M	SEC	SEC	SEC	7	14	stable
Texas A&M Commerce	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd		285	stable
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	Slnd	Slnd	16	275	stable
Texas Southern	SWAC	SWAC	SWAC	16	257	stable
Texas St.	SB	SB	SB		221	stable
Texas Tech	B12	B12	B12		58	stable
The Citadel	SC	SC	SC		284	stable
Toledo	MAC	MAC	MAC		112	stable
Towson	CAA	CAA	CAA		191	stable
Troy	SB	SB	SB		223	stable
Tulane	Amer	Amer	Amer		98	stable
Tulsa	Amer	Amer	Amer		207	stable
UAB	CUSA	Amer	Amer		93	change
UC Davis	BW	BW	BW		145	stable
UC Irvine	BW	BW	BW		68	stable
UC Riverside	BW	BW	BW		260	stable
UC San Diego	BW	BW	BW		205	stable
UC Santa Barbara	BW	BW	BW	14	160	stable
UCF	Amer	B12	B12		66	change
UCLA	P12	P12	B10	2	31	change
UMass Lowell	AE	AE	AE		111	stable
UMBC	AE	AE	AE		259	stable
UMKC	Sum	Sum	Sum		298	stable
UNC Asheville	BSth	BSth	BSth	15	213	stable
UNC Greensboro	SC	SC	SC		100	stable
UNC Wilmington	CAA	CAA	CAA		163	stable
UNLV	MWC	MWC	MWC		125	stable
USC	P12	P12	B10	10	30	change
USC Upstate	BSth	BSth	BSth		292	stable
UT Arlington	WAC	WAC	WAC		173	stable
UT Rio Grande Valley	WAC	WAC	WAC		295	stable
Utah	P12	P12	B12		46	change
Utah St.	MWC	MWC	MWC	10	60	stable
Utah Tech	WAC	WAC	WAC		222	stable
Utah Valley	WAC	WAC	WAC		184	stable
UTEP	CUSA	CUSA	CUSA		137	stable
UTSA	CUSA	Amer	Amer		287	change
Valparaiso	MVC	MVC	MVC		327	stable
Vanderbilt	SEC	SEC	SEC		139	stable
VCU	A10	A10	A10	12	91	stable
Vermont	AE	AE	AE	15	108	stable
Villanova	BE	BE	BE		19	stable
Virginia	ACC	ACC	ACC	4	41	stable
Virginia Tech	ACC	ACC	ACC		56	stable
VMI	SC	SC	SC		324	stable
Wagner	NEC	NEC	NEC		308	stable
Wake Forest	ACC	ACC	ACC		78	stable
Washington	P12	P12	B10		61	change
Washington St.	P12	P12	P12		72	stable
Weber St.	BSky	BSky	BSky		105	stable
West Georgia	NotD1	NotD1	ASun		change
West Virginia	B12	B12	B12	9	97	stable
Western Carolina	SC	SC	SC		132	stable
Western Illinois	Sum	OVC	OVC		320	change
Western Kentucky	CUSA	CUSA	CUSA		147	stable
Western Michigan	MAC	MAC	MAC		299	stable
Wichita St.	Amer	Amer	Amer		101	stable
William & Mary	CAA	CAA	CAA		301	stable
Winthrop	BSth	BSth	BSth		148	stable
Wisconsin	B10	B10	B10		23	stable
Wofford	SC	SC	SC		255	stable
Wright St.	Horz	Horz	Horz		131	stable
Wyoming	MWC	MWC	MWC		177	stable
Xavier	BE	BE	BE	3	33	stable
Yale	Ivy	Ivy	Ivy		83	stable
Youngstown St.	Horz	Horz	Horz		208	stable

Here is

Abbr	Conference Name	Rank
A10	Atlantic 10 Conference	9
ACC	Atlantic Coast Conference	6
AE	America East Conference	21
Amer	American Athletic Conference	8
ASun	ASUN Conference	23
B10	Big Ten Conference	4
B12	Big 12 Conference	1
BE	Big East Conference	2
BSky	Big Sky Conference	22
BSth	Big South Conference	19
BW	Big West Conference	18
CAA	Coastal Athletic Association	20
CUSA	Conference USA	13
D3	Division 3	34
Horz	Horizon League	25
ind	Independents	33
Ivy	Ivy League	12
MAAC	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	26
MAC	Mid American Conference	17
MEAC	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	31
MVC	Missouri Valley Conference	11
MWC	Mountain West Conference	7
NEC	Northeast Conference	32
OVC	Ohio Valley Conference	28
P12	Pac 12 Conference	5
Pat	Patriot League	29
SB	Sun Belt Conference	15
SC	Southern Conference	16
SEC	Southeastern Conference	3
Slnd	Southland Conference	27
Sum	Summit League	24
SWAC	Southwestern Athletic Conference	30
WAC	Western Athletic Conference	14
WCC	West Coast Conference	10

Classic to the Buzzer: Coach K's Last Duke Team vs. Hurley's UConn Champs

Coaching royalty on this one so we wrote in their names on their team sheets for our Value Add Basketball Game tournament. If this were an actual game it would have ended UConn's current streak of 22 straight double digit wins against non-Big East foes.  Coach Kryzewski's last team, Duke 2022, scored cut the UConn lead to a single score on 9 of their final 12 possessions, but UConn responded with a basket every time until their final possession.  In that one Wendell Moore was fouled shooting and hit both free throws to cut it to 80-77. Duke the forced a turnover from Tristen Newton to leave Duke with one last chance to try for a 3-pointer. When a team uses this strategy they double the 3-point made range as long as for every 3-point made roll they add one 2-point made can be turned into a miss and automatic defensive rebound. The ball went to Trevor Keels on a 3 on the 8-sided die roll meaning his normal 1-3 range for making a 3 and 4-8 for making a 2 on the 20-sided die was changed to the following. 1-5 three-pointer made, 6 a normal 2-pointer missed with chance at a rebound and 7-8 now desperate miss with opponent getting rebound automatically. In fact it was a 16 for a normal 3-pounter missed but still leaving the chance for an offensive rebound.  The rebound roll was 18 on the 20-sided die (meaning defensive shooting guard has the chance for the rebound) and then a "4" on the 6-sided die meaning the number had to be in that range or the defensive sg would fail to get the ball and it would go to the offensive sg.  Many SGs have a smaller range since 1-3 is average for all players and guards are usually lower. However UConn's Andre Jackson is a 1-5 as one of UConn's typical giant guards (6 foot 6) so he grabbed it and UConn advances to survive as the 1-seed after setting a record I t he previous game  for the lowest fewest points every allowed in our.game.with a 77-39 win over St. Peter's. In addition to the two incredible coaches, this may be the best four centers I've had in a game. Obviously Adama Sanogo is an All-American Center, but he battled Mark Williams who has one of the best few scoring cards in the game going up to 16 of 20 to be fouled or score. And as for the backups, I watched UConn's Donovan Clingan put up 20 against Marquette when Sanago was in foul trouble, and I watched many of Theo John's almost 200 blocked shots before he left Marquette for his last season at Duke,where both he and Williams had the perfect blocked shot card with 21-26, 32, meaning on a 32 the block the shot no matter who on the opposing team is shooting.     Pos        Duke 2022               Pts Reb Stl Blk Fls Ht      5 NBA 17-seed Duke Stats 1-PG Jeremy Roach 4 1 2 1 1 6'1   8.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 3.2 Ast 2-SG Wendell Moore 18 5 2 0 1 6'5 NBA 13.4 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 4.4 Ast 3-SF Trevor Keels 17 3 0 0 2 6'4 NBA 11.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.7 Ast 4-PF Paolo Banchero 13 6 0 2 2 6'10 NBA 17.2 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 3.2 Ast 5-C Mark Williams 11 6 0 4 3 7'0 NBA 11.2 Pts, 7.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast 1-PG Jaylen Blakes 2 1 0 0 1 6'1   1.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast 2-SG Bates Jones 2 1 0 0 1 6'8   1.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast 3-SF Joey Baker 2 1 0 0 1 6'6   4.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast 4-PF AJ Griffin 6 4 0 0 1 6'6 NBA 10.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 1.0 Ast 5-C Theo John 2 2 0 1 1 6'9   2.8 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast     77 30 4 8 14                           Pos Connecticut 2023 Pts Reb Stl Blk Fls Ht       4 NBA      1-seed Connecticut Stats 1-PG Tristen Newton 11 1 2 0 1 6'5   10.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 4.7 Ast 2-SG Andre Jackson 6 4 1 0 2 6'6 NBA 6.7 Pts, 6.2 Reb, 4.7 Ast 3-SF Alex Karaban 25 3 1 0 2 6'8 NBA 9.3 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.7 Ast 4-PF Jordan Hawkins 6 3 2 0 3 6'5 NBA 16.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 1.3 Ast 5-C Adama Sanogo 17 6 0 2 3 6'9   17.2 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast 1-PG Hassan Diarra 2 1 0 0 1 6'2   2.1 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast 2-SG Joey Calcaterra 5 2 1 0 1 6'3   5.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 1.2 Ast 3-SF Nahiem Alleyne 2 1 0 0 2 6'4   5.2 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast 4-PF Samson Johnson 2 1 0 0 1 6'10   0.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast 5-C Donovan Clingan 4 3 0 0 1 7'2 NBA 6.9 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast     80 25 7 2 17     in their names on their team sheets.

If this were an actual game it would have ended UConn's current streak of 22 straight double digit wins against non-Big East foes. 

Coach Kryzewski's last team, Duke 2022, scored cut the UConn lead to a single score on 9 of their final 12 possessions, but UConn responded with a basket every time until their final possession. 

In that one Wendell Moore was fouled shooting and hit both free throws to cut it to 80-77.

Duke the forced a turnover from Tristen Newton to leave Duke with one last chance to try for a 3-pointer. When a team uses this strategy they double the 3-point made range as long as for every 3-point made roll they add one 2-point made can be turned into a miss and automatic defensive rebound.

The ball went to Trevor Keels on a 3 on the 8-sided die roll meaning his normal 1-3 range for making a 3 and 4-8 for making a 2 on the 20-sided die was changed to the following.

1-5 three-pointer made, 6 a normal 2-pointer missed with chance at a rebound and 7-8 now desperate miss with opponent getting rebound automatically. In fact it was a 16 for a normal 3-pounter missed but still leaving the chance for an offensive rebound. 

The rebound roll was 18 on the 20-sided die (meaning defensive shooting guard has the chance for the rebound) and then a "4" on the 6-sided die meaning the number had to be in that range or the defensive sg would fail to get the ball and it would go to the offensive sg. 

Many SGs have a smaller range since 1-3 is average for all players and guards are usually lower. However UConn's Andre Jackson is a 1-5 as one of UConn's typical giant guards (6 foot 6) so he grabbed it and UConn advances to survive as the 1-seed after setting a record I t he previous game  for the lowest fewest points every allowed in our.game.with a 77-39 win over St. Peter's.

In addition to the two incredible coaches, this may be the best four centers I've had in a game. Obviously Adama Sanogo is an All-American Center, but he battled Mark Williams who has one of the best few scoring cards in the game going up to 16 of 20 to be fouled or score. And as for the backups, I watched UConn's Donovan Clingan put up 20 against Marquette when Sanago was in foul trouble, and I watched many of Theo John's almost 200 blocked shots before he left Marquette for his last season at Duke,where both he and Williams had the perfect blocked shot card with 21-26, 32, meaning on a 32 the block the shot no matter who on the opposing team is shooting.

 

 

Pos	Duke 2022	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Ht	5 NBA	17-seed Duke Stats
1-PG	Jeremy Roach	4	1	2	1	1	6'1		8.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 3.2 Ast
2-SG	Wendell Moore	18	5	2	0	1	6'5	NBA	13.4 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 4.4 Ast
3-SF	Trevor Keels	17	3	0	0	2	6'4	NBA	11.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.7 Ast
4-PF	Paolo Banchero	13	6	0	2	2	6'10	NBA	17.2 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 3.2 Ast
5-C	Mark Williams	11	6	0	4	3	7'0	NBA	11.2 Pts, 7.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
1-PG	Jaylen Blakes	2	1	0	0	1	6'1		1.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast
2-SG	Bates Jones	2	1	0	0	1	6'8		1.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
3-SF	Joey Baker	2	1	0	0	1	6'6		4.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
4-PF	AJ Griffin	6	4	0	0	1	6'6	NBA	10.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 1.0 Ast
5-C	Theo John	2	2	0	1	1	6'9		2.8 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
		77	30	4	8	14
Pos	Connecticut 2023	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fls	Ht	4 NBA	1-seed Connecticut Stats
1-PG	Tristen Newton	11	1	2	0	1	6'5		10.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 4.7 Ast
2-SG	Andre Jackson	6	4	1	0	2	6'6	NBA	6.7 Pts, 6.2 Reb, 4.7 Ast
3-SF	Alex Karaban	25	3	1	0	2	6'8	NBA	9.3 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.7 Ast
4-PF	Jordan Hawkins	6	3	2	0	3	6'5	NBA	16.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 1.3 Ast
5-C	Adama Sanogo	17	6	0	2	3	6'9		17.2 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast
1-PG	Hassan Diarra	2	1	0	0	1	6'2		2.1 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
2-SG	Joey Calcaterra	5	2	1	0	1	6'3		5.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 1.2 Ast
3-SF	Nahiem Alleyne	2	1	0	0	2	6'4		5.2 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
4-PF	Samson Johnson	2	1	0	0	1	6'10		0.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
5-C	Donovan Clingan	4	3	0	0	1	7'2	NBA	6.9 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
		80	25	7	2	17

1976 Rutgers Final 4 Team Beats Lopez Twins

Pos	Stanford 2008	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fouls	Ht	3 NBA	18-seed Stanford Stats
1-PG	Mitch Johnson	11	2	1	0	2	6'1		6.7 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 5.2 Ast
2-SG	Anthony Goods	10	2	1	0	1	6'4		10.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.7 Ast
3-SF	Lawrence Hill	3	4	0	0	3	6'8		8.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
4-PF	Brook Lopez	15	6	0	1	2	7'1	NBA	19.3 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast
5-C	Robin Lopez	13	6	0	1	2	7'1	NBA	10.2 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.6 Ast
1-PG	Drew Shiller	2	1	0	0	1	6'1		3.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
2-SG	Fred Washington	6	3	0	0	2	6'5		4.4 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 2.3 Ast
3-SF	Kenny Brown	2	1	0	0	1	6'2		4.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
4-PF	Landry Fields	2	1	0	0	1	6'7	NBA	4.1 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
5-C	Taj Finger	10	2	0	0	1	6'8		5.9 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
		74	28	2	2	16
Pos	Rutgers 1976	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fouls	Ht	4 NBA	2-seed Rutgers Stats
1-PG	Eddie Jordan	11	1	4	0	1	6'1	NBA	14.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.3 Ast
2-SG	Mike Dabney	19	2	3	0	1	6'4		19.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 3.5 Ast
3-SF	Phil Sellers	15	7	1	0	3	6'5	NBA	19.2 Pts, 10.2 Reb, 3.2 Ast
4-PF	Hollis Copeland	11	5	0	0	3	6'6	NBA	12.9 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast
5-C	James Bailey	9	5	1	4	2	6'9	NBA	8.5 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
1-PG	Steve Hefele	9	1	0	0	0	6'5		3.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
2-SG	Mark Conlin	2	1	0	0	0	6'2		2.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
3-SF	Jeff Kleinbaum	2	1	0	0	0	6'2		2.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
4-PF	Mike Palko	2	1	0	0	0	6'7		1.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
5-C	Abdel Anderson	4	2	1	0	0	6'7		9.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
		84	26	10	4	10

 After focusing on the 32 current all-conference teams over Thanksgiving, we flashed back to the 1976 Rutgers team against the true Twin Towers from Stanford 2008 in Brook Lopez and Robin Lopez in the Value Add Basketball Game.

Stanford took the early lead 38-35 with the big edge on the glass through the 33rd possession (counting down to 1). However, from possessions 32 to 18 Brook Lopez and Lawrence Hill rest, and during that time Rutgers came up with four of their 10 steals for a 19-13 run to take a 56-51 lead before the two returned, and they kept the lead the rest of the way for an 84-74 win to advance to our Elite 8.

Rutgers in the No. 2 seed in this tournament behind only UConn 2023. in 1976 they were one of two teams to make it all the way to the Final Four undefeated, but Indiana won it all to become the last undefeated champion in NCAA history.

Here is the box score.