Kareem, Sue Bird-Taurasi, Kentucky 1978 Men Advance to Elite 8

After we calculated Kareem Abdul-Jabbar card as the best in the game for our mock draft, he delivered an epic 30 point performance despite going up against another great center in Clyde Lovellette of the 1952 champs from Kansas. This sets up a very interesting Elite 8 game between the first undefeated UCLA team from three years earlier (1964) though there are no overlapping players since freshman did not play varsity then. 

UCLA looked lie the preseason No. 3 team we expected based on the Value Add Basketball Game cards dominating the game to a 70-45 lead with 7 minutes to go, before Kansas finished strong to make the final sound respectable at UCLA 79, Kansas 64. The game was a bounce back after UCLA was stunned by DePaul 1981 and had another close call to drop all the way out of our all-time Top 25.

On the women's side, Dawn Staley and 1991 UVa had an impressive win against a seemingly very evenly matched Notre Dame 2001 by 70-56. 

Staley then had 15 points and 4 steals to put UVa in position for a major upset against 1-seed UConn 2002, with a 63-60 lead with just 5 possessions to play. However, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi scored clutch baskets and Asjha Jones seals the deal with a huge steal that led to a fast break basket as UConn advanced to the Elite 8 but will have to wait for the winner of another pod with LSU 2003, Texas Tech 1993 and Louisiana Tech 1988 for their Elite 8 opponent. The final was 2002 UConn 69, UVa 65.

Finally, back on the men's side 1978 Kentucky beat 1963 Bowling Green 78-65. The dominance we discovered in this team was center Rick Robey and point guard Kyle Macy as the best inside-outside foul drawing duo in the game. They got to the line at will, putting Bowling Green in foul trouble and hitting 14 of 18 free throws to only 4 of 9 for Bowling Green. Their Elite 8 game will be against either the 2012 Kentucky addition featuring Anthony Davis, or the early 1944 Dartmouth team featuring Al McGuire's brother.

Below are the top performers for each of these teams, following by the Men's and Women's brackets with results to date.

Team/Player	Details - team results and star players
UCLA 1967	beat 1952 Kansas 79-64, E8 v. UCLA 1964
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	30 pts, 8 reb, 5 blks (nba)
Lucius Allen	15 pts, 5 Stls (nba)
Other NBA	Lynn Shackelford
Kansas 1952	lost to 1967 UCLA 64-79
Bill Lienhard	12 pts, 9 reb
Clyde Lovellette	12 pts, but 5 Fls vs Kareem (nba)
Bowling Green 1963	lost 65-78 to KY 1978
Howie Komives	16 pts, 3 3-pts (nba)
Nate Thurmond	11 pts, 3 bl, 6 reb (nba)
Kentucky 1978	beat BG 78-65, E8 vs KY 2012 or Dartmouth 1944
Rick Robey	17 pts, 13 reb, 10-13 FTs (nba)
Kyle Macy	20 pts, 4 stls, 4-5 Fts (nba)
Jack Givens	18pts (nba)
Other NBA	Chuck Aleksinas
Uconn Women 2002	Beat Uva 1991 69-65, E8 vs LSU 03, TexT 93 or LaTech 88
Asjha Jones	18 pts (wnba)
Diana Taurasi	15pt (wnba)
Sue Bird	13 pts, 3 steals (wnba)
	4 other wnba players
Uva 1991 Women	beat ND, lose Uconn 2002 65-69
Dawn Staley	15 pts, 4 Steals vs Uconn (wnba)
Heather Burge	12 pts, 7 reb vs. ND (wnba)
Tonya Cardoza	15 pts vs. ND
Tammi Reiss	16 pts, 4 Steals vs. Uconn (wnba)
Other WNBA player	Heidi Burge
Notre Dame 2001 Women	Lost 56-70 to UVA
Ruth Riley	10 Pts, 11 Reb, 4 blocks (wnba)
Niele Ivey	10 Pts, 3 steals (wnba)