Update All-Time Basketball Rankings - NCAA and NIT Elite 8s

With the Value Add Basketball Game Sweet 16 games complete, we ran the updated rankings. The one big surprise in the Elite 8 is Michigan State 2000 pulled the stunning upset with Mateen Cleaves pulling the upset against UCLA 1964, which dropped to #15 with the loss.

NCAA Elite 8 for All-Time Greatest Team

#1 UCLA 1972 vs. #35 Michigan State 2000

#3 Indiana 1976 vs. #4 North Carolina 1982

#2 UCLA 1975 vs. #11 Kentucky 2012

#9 Duke 2001 vs. #10 Connecticut 2023

The big surprise in the all-time NIT of all non-Power conference champs was Mike Davis' first Texas Southern team from the SWAC, which pulled two big upset to draw an Elite 8 game against Dartmouth 1944 of the Ivy League.

NIT Elite 8

#62 Northern Iowaa (MVC all-time champ) vs #86 Winthrop (Big South all-time champ)

#178 UNC-Wilmington (CAA) vs. #229 Stephen F Austin (WAC)

#224 Texas Southern (SWAC) vs. #127 Dartmouth (Ivy)

#121 Detroit Mercy (Horizon) vs. #141 Bowling Green (MAC)

Here are our updated rankings, starting with the all-time Elite 8 and followed by the rest of the teams.

 

Rnk	NCAA Elite 8	Year	Star	Conf	Rate	W	L	Pts	Allow	SoS
1	UCLA	1972	Bill Walton #44	B10	16.9	7	0	72.4	60.0	3.1
2	UCLA	1975	Dave Meyers	SEC	14.9	5	0	78.2	68.2	6.8
3	Indiana	1976	Scott May	B10	14.8	5	1	69.7	54.2	1.5
4	North Carolina	1982	Michael Jordan #1	ACC	11.9	6	1	68.7	63.4	7.4
9	Duke	2001	Shane Battier	ACC	9.8	5	1	78.0	73.3	3.8
10	Connecticut	2023	Adama Sanogo	BE	9.5	6	1	75.1	66.0	-0.3
11	Kentucky	2012	Anthony Davis #71	SEC	9.5	8	3	74.5	67.6	1.3
35	Michigan St.	2000	Mateen Cleaves	B10	5.2	5	1	80.5	77.0	2.2
Rnk	NIT Elite 8	Year	Star	Conf	Rate	W	L	Pts	Allow	SoS
62	Northern Iowa	2015	Seth Tuttle	MVC	1.1	3	1	84.3	83.0	4.3
86	Winthrop	2017	Craig Bradshaw	BSth	-1.0	1	0	87.0	66.0	-8.0
121	Detroit Mercy	1960	Dave DeBusschere	Horz	-4.0	1	1	80.0	79.5	-1.0
127	Dartmouth	1944	Dick McGuire	Ivy	-4.2	1	1	61.0	67.5	3.5
141	Bowling Green	1963	Nate Thurmond	MAC	-5.2	1	1	75.5	80.5	-0.5
178	UNC Wilmington	2003	Devontae Cacok	CAA	-7.8	2	0	88.5	79.0	-12.5
224	Texas Southern	2013	Fred Sturdivant	SWAC	-11.0	2	0	77.0	68.0	-8.0
229	Stephen F Austin	2016	Thomas Walkup	WAC	-11.5	0	1	94.0	95.0	3.0
Rnk	Eliminted	Year	Star	Conf	Rate	W	L	Pts	Allow	SoS
5	Kansas	1997	Paul Pierce #62	B12	11.0	5	1	77.8	66.2	1.2
6	Houston	1968	Elvin Hayes #58	B12	10.8	3	1	73.0	63.8	4.3
7	Kansas	2008	Mario Chalmers	B12	10.7	5	2	72.4	59.1	1.6
8	San Francisco	1956	Bill Russell #6	WCC	10.3	5	2	73.1	65.9	5.7
12	North Carolina	2005	Sean May	ACC	9.4	3	2	72.2	64.4	3.8
13	Cincinnati	1962	Paul Hogue	Amer	9.3	2	2	69.8	70.0	7.0
14	Villanova	2018	Mikal Bridges	BE	8.9	7	2	79.4	70.3	1.0
15	UCLA	1964	Walt Hazzard	SEC	8.5	2	2	76.8	76.3	6.0
16	Virginia	2019	Kyle Guy	ACC	8.4	4	1	72.6	65.4	4.0
17	Kentucky	1978	Jack Givens	SEC	8.4	2	2	82.3	81.3	9.0
18	Kentucky	1996	Antoine Walker	SEC	8.0	2	1	72.0	69.3	2.7
19	Michigan	1993	Chris Webber #76	B10	7.8	6	1	68.0	59.0	-1.3
20	Ohio St.	1960	Jerry Lucas #46	B10	7.5	2	2	84.3	79.3	2.8
21	Baylor	2021	Jared Butler	B12	7.4	2	2	86.0	78.5	6.0
22	Connecticut	2004	Ben Gordon	BE	6.8	5	2	74.7	66.0	0.6
23	Gonzaga	2017	Nigel Williams-Goss	WCC	6.8	3	3	69.8	63.0	2.7
24	Duke	2010	Jon Scheyer	ACC	6.0	5	2	74.0	66.7	0.0
25	DePaul	1980	Mark Aguirre	BE	5.9	3	1	76.8	68.8	5.3
26	Houston	2021	Quentin Grimes	B12	5.8	1	1	86.0	62.0	-6.5
27	Louisville	2013	Russ Smith	ACC	5.8	2	1	74.0	66.3	1.3
28	Cincinnati	1960	Oscar Robertson #9	B12	5.8	1	2	72.3	78.0	10.7
29	UCLA	1967	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #3	B10	5.8	3	2	80.0	80.6	3.4
30	Auburn	2019	Chuma Okeke	SEC	5.7	8	1	71.0	65.3	1.9
31	Arkansas	1994	Corliss Williamson	SEC	5.6	1	2	75.3	70.3	4.7
32	UCLA	2008	Russell Westbrook #68	B10	5.5	3	1	77.8	65.8	-4.0
33	Houston	1983	Hakeem Olajuwon #13	B12	5.3	2	1	70.7	65.0	1.3
34	Duke	1992	Christian Laettner	ACC	5.3	2	3	77.6	75.4	2.8
36	Michigan St.	1979	Magic Johnson #4	B10	5.1	2	1	70.3	62.7	-1.0
37	North Carolina St.	1974	David Thompson	ACC	5.0	2	1	72.0	72.7	4.0
38	Michigan	1965	Cazzie Russell	B10	4.6	2	1	85.7	79.0	-0.3
39	Western Kentucky	1966	Clem Haskins	CUSA	4.2	6	2	75.1	70.5	2.0
40	Purdue	2018	Carsen Edwards	b10	4.1	4	1	71.2	68.8	3.6
41	Connecticut	1996	Ray Allen #47	BE	4.0	1	1	85.0	76.5	-4.5
42	Georgetown	1989	Alonzo Mourning #78	BE	3.8	4	1	73.2	69.2	1.0
43	North Carolina	2017	Justin Jackson	ACC	3.3	0	1	84.0	85.0	10.0
44	Oregon	2017	Dillon Brooks	B10	3.2	4	3	71.9	69.9	3.9
45	New Mexico St.	1970	Jimmy Collins	CUSA	3.0	2	1	79.0	67.7	-3.0
46	Illinois	2005	Deron Williams	B10	2.7	3	2	72.0	69.6	0.8
47	Memphis	2008	Derrick Rose	Amer	2.5	4	2	68.7	65.8	0.2
48	Duke	2015	Justise Winslow	ACC	2.4	4	1	77.6	71.6	-3.8
49	Georgetown	1984	Patrick Ewing #40	BE	2.1	2	1	67.3	65.3	-0.3
50	Charlotte	1977	Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell	Amer	2.0	1	1	84.5	71.5	-0.5
51	Purdue	2024	Zach Edey	B10	1.8	2	1	71.0	59.3	-11.7
52	Wake Forest	1996	Tim Duncan #8	ACC	1.8	2	1	66.0	64.7	5.7
53	Jacksonsville	1970	Artis Gilmore	ASun	1.8	0	1	67.0	70.0	12.0
54	Wisconsin	2015	Frank Kaminsky	B10	1.8	2	2	65.0	63.3	1.3
55	UTEP (Texas Western)	1966	Bobby Joe Hill	CUSA	1.5	2	1	63.7	66.0	8.7
56	Loyola Marymount	1990	Bo Kimble	WCC	1.5	1	2	112.3	108.3	3.0
57	UNLV	1991	Larry Johnson	P12/MWC	1.5	2	4	73.3	78.7	5.3
58	Texas	2023	Marcus Carr	SEC	1.4	3	1	85.8	82.8	0.8
59	Syracuse	2003	Carmelo Anthony #69	ACC	1.3	2	1	76.0	74.0	3.0
60	USC	2021	Evan Mobley	B10	1.3	2	1	73.7	70.7	-1.7
61	North Carolina	1998	Vince Carter	ACC	1.1	2	1	80.7	83.7	-1.3
63	Indiana	1981	Isiah Thomas #27	B10	1.0	2	1	72.7	72.3	0.0
64	Michigan St.	2009	Draymond Green	B10	1.0	6	3	71.3	71.9	3.1
65	Kansas	2022	Ochai Agbaji	B12	0.9	4	1	79.2	76.8	-0.8
66	Oklahoma	1985	Wayman Tisdale	SEC	0.8	3	1	75.3	73.8	2.0
67	Michigan	1989	Glen Rice	B10	0.8	0	2	70.5	78.5	5.5
68	Syracuse	1987	Rony Seikaly	ACC	0.6	2	1	72.3	68.7	0.0
69	Arizona	2015	Stanley Johnson	B12	0.5	3	1	75.3	70.5	-4.8
70	Jacksonville	1970	Artis Gilmore	ASun	0.4	1	1	78.0	75.0	-2.0
71	Colorado	2021	McKinley Wright	B12	0.2	5	1	79.7	76.5	-0.8
72	Villanova	2018	Mikal Bridges	BE	0.1	0	1	81.0	86.0	-2.0
73	North Carolina	1972	Bob McAdoo #45	ACC	0.0	1	1	76.5	72.0	-7.5
74	Seton Hall	1989	John Morton	BE	0.0	1	1	78.0	78.0	3.0
75	Florida	2006	Joakim Noah	SEC	-0.2	5	3	74.4	72.0	-5.1
76	Cincinnati	2002	Jason Maxiell	B12	-0.3	2	2	72.8	71.5	-2.8
77	Illinois	1989	Nick Anderson	B10	-0.5	2	1	87.0	84.0	-5.3
78	Connecticut	2011	Kemba Walker	BE	-0.5	0	1	88.0	92.0	10.0
79	Providence	1987	Billy Donovan	BE	-0.6	1	1	66.0	64.5	1.5
80	Arizona	1997	Mike Bibby	B12	-0.7	2	1	68.7	71.0	0.3
81	Tulsa	2000	David Shelton	Amer	-0.7	2	1	75.0	70.7	-4.3
82	Duke	2022	Wendell Moore	ACC	-0.9	2	1	80.3	76.0	-1.7
83	Tennessee	2023	Santiago Vescovi	SEC	-0.9	2	1	69.3	68.7	-1.0
84	Loyola-Chicago	1963	Jerry Harkness	A10	-1.0	0	1	62.0	68.0	-2.0
85	Michigan	2013	Trey Burke	B10	-1.0	1	2	70.3	69.7	-0.3
87	Texas Tech	2019	Jarrett Culver	B12	-1.1	3	2	65.6	67.2	1.2
88	Iowa	2021	Luka Garza	B10	-1.2	1	1	79.5	70.5	-3.5
89	Marquette	1977	Butch Lee	BE	-1.2	1	1	66.0	61.5	-3.0
90	Duke	1986	Johnny Dawkins	ACC	-1.2	0	1	106.0	108.0	-1.0
91	Rutgers	1976	Phil Sellers	B10	-1.3	3	1	84.8	77.5	-7.5
92	LSU	1992	Shaquille O'Neal #11	SEC	-1.4	1	1	82.5	81.0	-0.5
93	Alabama	2023	Brandon Miller	SEC	-1.5	0	1	78.0	79.0	-3.0
94	Kansas	1957	Wilt Chamberlain #5	B12	-1.5	3	2	67.8	71.4	-0.4
95	Ohio St.	2007	Greg Oden	B10	-1.5	2	3	70.2	71.4	0.8
96	Pittsburgh	2009	DeJuan Blair	ACC	-1.6	1	3	60.0	62.3	2.3
97	Marquette	2023	Tyler Kolek	BE	-1.7	2	1	85.7	83.0	-1.7
98	Kentucky	1948	Alex Groza	SEC	-1.8	1	1	71.0	81.5	3.0
99	Georgetown	2007	Roy Hibbert	BE	-1.9	1	2	76.7	75.3	-0.7
100	North Carolina	2022	Armando Bacot	ACC	-2.0	2	1	75.7	68.0	-3.3
101	Massachusetts	1996	Marcus Camby	A10	-2.2	3	1	77.8	77.3	-5.3
102	Marquette	2003	Dwyane Wade #30	BE	-2.2	2	2	73.3	74.0	-0.3
103	Kansas	1952	Clyde Lovelette	B12	-2.5	0	1	64.0	79.0	13.0
104	Georgia Tech	2004	Jarrett Jack	ACC	-2.5	2	3	62.6	67.4	3.4
105	Minnesota	1977	Kevin McHale #39	B10	-2.6	1	1	69.5	68.5	-3.5
106	Vanderbilt	1993	Bill McCaffrey	SEC	-2.6	1	1	72.5	74.5	0.0
107	Missouri	1982	Steve Stipanovich	SEC	-2.7	2	1	73.7	73.3	-1.0
108	Indiana St.	1979	Larry Bird #7	MVC	-2.9	1	2	79.7	81.0	-4.0
109	California	1959	Jack Grout	ACC	-3.0	0	1	69.0	71.0	-2.0
110	Creighton	2023	Ryan Kalkbrenner	BE	-3.2	1	1	86.0	86.0	-0.5
111	Georgetown	1995	Allen Iverson #31	BE	-3.2	0	1	69.0	73.0	-7.0
112	South Carolina	2017	Sindarius Thornwell	SEC	-3.2	1	2	65.3	65.7	0.3
113	Connecticut	1999	Richard Hamilton	BE	-3.2	0	2	60.5	73.0	4.5
114	Maryland	1984	Len Bias	B10	-3.4	1	1	69.5	68.5	2.5
115	Oregon St.	1982	A.C. Green	P12/MWC	-3.4	1	1	71.5	73.0	-7.0
116	SMU	2017	Semi Ojeleye	ACC	-3.4	1	1	72.5	71.5	-3.5
117	Drake	1969	Willie McCarter	MVC	-3.6	1	1	74.5	74.5	-3.0
118	Gonzaga	2023	Drew Timme	WCC	-3.6	1	1	81.5	80.5	-4.0
119	St. John's	1985	Chris Mullin	BE	-3.7	0	1	75.0	76.0	0.0
120	Oklahoma St.	2004	John Lucas	B12	-3.8	1	3	68.8	71.0	-0.8
122	Kansas St.	2023	Markquis Nowell	B12	-4.0	1	1	81.0	74.0	-6.5
123	Temple	1958	Guy Rodgers	Amer	-4.0	1	1	66.0	68.5	-4.5
124	Xavier	2023	Jack Nunge	BE	-4.0	2	1	72.0	69.3	-4.3
125	LSU	2006	Glen Davis	SEC	-4.0	1	2	66.3	75.0	7.0
126	San Diego St.	2011	Kawhi Leonard #33	Mid	-4.1	2	2	69.3	71.8	-0.3
128	Kansas St.	2008	Michael Beasley	B12	-4.2	1	1	75.0	75.5	0.5
129	Purdue	1969	Rick Mount	b10	-4.2	0	1	86.0	87.0	-2.0
130	Virginia	1981	Ralph Sampson	ACC	-4.2	0	1	61.0	72.0	-1.0
131	Holy Cross	1950	Bob Cousy #34	Pat	-4.2	1	2	82.3	83.7	-6.7
132	South Carolina	1973	Alex English #79	SEC	-4.5	0	1	66.0	72.0	8.0
133	Marquette	1971	Jim Chones	BE	-4.5	1	2	70.0	72.7	2.0
134	Davidson	2008	Stephen Curry #16	A10	-4.6	1	4	66.4	70.2	4.4
135	Seattle	1958	Elgin Baylor #20	WAC	-4.8	0	2	67.5	76.0	-5.5
136	Stanford	2008	Brook Lopez	ACC	-4.9	2	1	79.7	79.0	-4.0
137	Indiana	2002	Jared Jeffries	B10	-4.9	1	3	67.3	72.8	1.3
138	Maryland	2002	Juan Dixon	B10	-4.9	1	3	67.0	76.3	2.0
139	Dayton	2020	Obi Toppin	A10	-5.0	1	1	81.5	80.5	-4.0
140	UNLV	1987	Armen Gilliam	P12/MWC	-5.0	0	1	64.0	82.0	-3.0
142	Alabama	1977	Reggie King	SEC	-5.2	0	1	70.0	71.0	-3.0
143	St. Bonaventure	1970	Bob Lanier	A10	-5.2	0	1	64.0	74.0	-6.0
144	Iowa St.	2014	DeAndre Kane	B12	-5.4	1	1	73.0	75.5	-5.0
145	North Carolina	1957	Lennie Rosenbluth	ACC	-5.5	0	1	76.0	89.0	2.0
146	Florida St.	1993	Charlie Ward	ACC	-5.7	0	1	76.0	78.0	-7.0
147	West Virginia	1959	Jerry West #19	b12	-5.7	0	1	68.0	69.0	-8.0
148	Tennessee	1977	Bernard King	SEC	-5.8	1	1	76.0	83.0	0.0
149	UCLA	1987	Reggie Miller #51	B10	-5.8	1	1	78.0	72.5	-6.5
150	West Virginia	2010	Kevin Jones	b12	-5.9	1	3	70.3	76.0	0.5
151	St. Joe's	2004	Jameer Nelson	A10	-6.0	1	2	68.3	75.7	-1.3
152	UCLA	2006	Jordan Farmar	B10	-6.0	2	3	66.0	72.4	1.2
153	St. Mary's	2023	Logan Johnson	WCC	-6.2	1	1	83.0	84.0	-5.5
154	DePaul	1945	George Mikan #28	BE	-6.2	0	1	51.0	55.0	5.0
155	Notre Dame	1981	Orlando Woolridge	ACC	-6.2	0	1	68.0	74.0	4.0
156	Washington	2006	Brandon Roy	B10	-6.2	0	1	98.0	99.0	-7.0
157	Stephen F. Austin	2016	Thomas Walkup	WAC	-6.2	1	0	88.0	73.0	-2.0
158	Oklahoma	2016	Buddy Hield	SEC	-6.3	1	3	60.3	67.3	0.3
159	Mississippi	2001	Justin Reed	SEC	-6.5	0	1	56.0	67.0	5.0
160	Villanova	1950	Paul Arizin	BE	-6.5	0	1	65.0	85.0	14.0
161	Buffalo	2019	CJ Massinburg	MAC	-6.7	0	1	82.0	84.0	-2.0
162	Auburn	1984	Charles Barkley #22	SEC	-6.8	1	1	71.5	77.0	3.5
163	Loyola-IL	1963	Jerry Harkness	A10	-7.0	0	1	40.0	78.0	10.0
164	Miami	2013	Shane Larkin	ACC	-7.0	0	1	67.0	75.0	0.0
165	Wofford	2019	Fletcher Magee	Mid	-7.0	0	1	81.0	84.0	-11.0
166	Texas	2003	T.J. Ford	SEC	-7.0	1	2	68.7	76.3	-1.0
167	Miami	1965	Rick Barry #38	ACC	-7.2	0	1	104.0	108.0	4.0
168	Arizona St.	2009	James Harden #50	B12	-7.4	1	1	68.0	73.0	-1.5
169	Iowa	2001	Reggie Evans	B10	-7.4	1	2	71.0	75.3	1.0
170	Brigham Young	1981	Danny Ainge	B12	-7.5	0	1	67.0	77.0	0.0
171	Colorado St.	2024	Isaiah Stevens	B12	-7.5	0	1	81.0	82.0	-6.0
172	Nevada	2004	Nick Fazekas	P12/MWC	-7.5	0	1	82.0	84.0	-2.0
173	Syracuse	1966	Dave Bing	ACC	-7.5	0	1	66.0	80.0	16.0
174	Georgia Tech	1990	Dennis Scott	ACC	-7.7	0	1	64.0	82.0	1.0
175	Seton Hall	2020	Myles Powell	BE	-7.7	0	1	78.0	80.0	-3.0
176	Utah	1998	Andre Miller	B12	-7.7	0	1	69.0	79.0	-1.0
177	Wichita St.	2013	Fred VanVleet	Amer	-7.7	1	2	64.3	71.3	1.0
179	Oregon St.	1990	Gary Payton #42	P12/MWC	-8.0	1	1	75.0	75.5	-7.5
180	LSU	1953	Bob Pettit #35	SEC	-8.0	2	1	73.7	74.3	-7.0
181	Arkansas	1978	Sidney Moncrief	SEC	-8.0	0	1	58.0	79.0	3.0
182	Navy	1986	David Robinson #25	Pat	-8.0	0	1	61.0	77.0	10.0
183	Texas A&M	2007	Acie Law	SEC	-8.0	0	1	60.0	77.0	-1.0
184	Arizona St.	1980	Byron Scott	B12	-8.2	0	1	64.0	79.0	5.0
185	Central Florida	2019	Joey Graham	B12	-8.2	0	1	70.0	74.0	3.0
186	TCU	2023	JaKobe Coles	B12	-8.2	0	1	77.0	79.0	-5.0
187	VCU	1985	Calvin Duncan	A10	-8.2	0	1	76.0	85.0	-1.0
188	Marquette	2011	Jimmy Butler	BE	-8.5	0	1	82.0	87.0	-3.0
189	Georgia	1982	Dominique Wilkins #36	SEC	-8.6	1	1	70.0	78.0	4.5
190	Louisville	1968	Wes Unseld #48	ACC	-8.7	2	1	68.0	73.7	-4.3
191	Boston College	2006	Jared Dudley	ACC	-8.7	0	1	72.0	76.0	-2.0
192	Mississippi St.	1996	Lawrence Roberts	SEC	-8.7	0	1	69.0	71.0	5.0
193	UCLA	2021	Jaime Jaquez	B10	-8.7	0	1	81.0	90.0	-3.0
194	Villanova	1985	Ed Pinckney	BE	-8.7	0	1	65.0	72.0	4.0
195	UTEP	1970	Tiny Archibald #77	CUSA	-8.8	1	1	73.0	70.5	-2.0
196	Florida St.	1968	Dave Cowens #61	ACC	-9.0	1	1	62.0	63.0	-2.0
197	Miami	2023	Norchad Omier	ACC	-9.0	2	1	80.3	88.3	-1.7
198	Kansas	1988	Danny Manning	B12	-9.0	0	1	58.0	67.0	-4.0
199	La Salle	1954	Tom Gola	A10	-9.2	0	1	67.0	76.0	-2.0
200	Providence	1960	Lenny Wilkens #65	BE	-9.4	1	1	74.5	77.5	-4.0
201	Oklahoma St.	1946	Bob Kurland	B12	-9.5	0	1	80.0	82.0	-10.0
202	Penn St.	2018	Tony Carr	B10	-9.5	0	1	82.0	90.0	-4.0
203	Virginia Tech	1986	Dell Curry	ACC	-9.5	0	1	81.0	87.0	0.0
204	Wyoming	1943	Ken Sailors	P12/MWC	-9.5	0	1	60.0	73.0	1.0
205	Notre Dame	1970	Austin Carr	ACC	-9.5	1	2	67.3	81.3	2.3
206	North Carolina St.	2024	DJ Burns	ACC	-9.6	1	1	69.5	72.0	-8.0
207	Clemson	1987	Hal Greer #64	ACC	-9.7	0	1	77.0	97.0	-2.0
208	Marquette	1994	Jim McIlvaine	BE	-9.8	1	1	70.0	80.5	-6.5
209	Duquesne	2024	Jimmy Clark	B10	-10.0	1	1	78.5	74.0	-4.0
210	Arkansas	2021	JD Notae	SEC	-10.0	0	1	68.0	83.0	-5.0
211	Dayton	1967	Don May	A10	-10.2	0	1	69.0	88.0	-5.0
212	Louisville	1980	Darrell Griffith	ACC	-10.2	0	1	52.0	82.0	3.0
213	Nebraska	2014	Terran Petteway	B10	-10.2	0	1	72.0	75.0	3.0
214	Vermont	2020	Anthony Lamb	Mid	-10.2	0	1	55.0	62.0	-2.0
215	Rhode Island	2017	Jared Terrell and Coach Danny Hurley	Mid	-10.4	0	2	76.0	88.0	2.5
216	San Diego St.	2023	Jaedon LeDee	Mid	-10.5	0	1	78.0	84.0	-1.0
217	Kentucky	1970	Dan Issel	SEC	-10.7	0	1	116.0	138.0	-4.0
218	Marquette	1955	Terry Rand	BE	-10.7	0	1	74.0	86.0	-2.0
219	Creighton	2014	Doug McDermott	BE	-10.7	0	3	66.3	80.0	-0.3
220	George Mason	2006	Jai Lewis	A10	-10.7	0	3	59.3	67.0	-0.3
221	Bradley	1954	Bob Carney	MVC	-11.0	0	1	60.0	72.0	0.0
222	Florida Atlantic	2023	Johnell Davis	Amer	-11.0	0	1	64.0	77.0	-2.0
223	Princeton	1965	Bill Bradley	Ivy	-11.0	0	1	62.0	79.0	-1.0
225	Utah St.	2003	Desmond Penigar	Low	-11.2	0	1	82.0	86.0	-3.0
226	Wake Forest	2005	Chris Paul #29	ACC	-11.2	0	3	64.3	85.3	4.0
227	Louisiana Tech	1985	Karl Malone #23	CUSA	-11.4	1	1	76.5	86.0	-2.5
228	Northwestern	2017	Vic Law	B10	-11.5	0	1	70.0	85.0	-5.0
230	New Mexico	1974	Bernard Hardin	P12/MWC	-11.7	0	1	68.0	95.0	-3.0
231	VCU	2011	Bradford Burgess	A10	-12.5	0	3	60.3	71.3	3.3
232	California	1993	Jason Kidd #43	ACC	-12.7	0	1	65.0	75.0	-15.0
233	Gonzaga	1981	John Stockton #24	WCC	-13.0	1	1	73.0	76.0	-2.5
234	Creighton	2020	Ty-Shon Alexander	BE	-13.0	0	1	72.0	106.0	5.0
235	LSU	1970	Pete Maravich #54	SEC	-13.0	0	1	66.0	67.0	2.0
236	Morehead St.	2011	Kenneth Faried	Mid	-13.2	1	1	87.0	80.5	-11.0
237	Liberty	2023	Darius McGhee	CUSA	-13.2	0	1	78.0	80.0	2.0
238	Santa Clara	1996	Steve Nash #37	Low	-13.2	0	1	82.0	85.0	-9.0
239	James Madison	2024	Terrence Edwards	SB	-13.7	1	2	72.3	77.0	-7.3
240	Centenary (LA)	1976	Robert Parish #63	Low	-14.2	0	1	64.0	69.0	-11.0
241	Murray St.	2019	Ja Morant	MVC	-14.2	0	1	78.0	85.0	-3.0
242	Marshall	1956	Hal Greer #64	Low	-14.5	0	1	71.0	76.0	-9.0
243	South Dakota St.	2012	Nate Wolters	Mid	-14.5	0	1	66.0	87.0	-5.0
244	Butler	2010	Gordon Hayward	BE	-14.7	0	3	54.7	76.3	3.7
245	Loyola-Chicago	2018	Cameron Krutwig	A10	-15.0	0	3	59.3	75.0	1.0
246	Texas	2007	Kevin Durant #12	SEC	-15.5	0	1	62.0	82.0	-13.0
247	Utah St.	2024	Great Osobor	Low	-15.5	0	1	67.0	73.0	-18.0
248	Washington St.	2008	Kyle Weaver	P12/MWC	-15.7	0	1	64.0	92.0	0.0
249	Grand Canyon	2024	Tyon Grant-Foster	Low	-16.2	0	1	79.0	84.0	-16.0
250	Richmond	2011	Justin Harper	A10	-16.2	0	1	54.0	77.0	-1.0
251	Southern Illinois	1967	Walt Frazier #41	Low	-16.2	0	1	73.0	75.0	-7.0
252	Massachusetts	1971	Julius Erving #14	A10	-17.2	1	1	57.5	68.0	-2.5
253	Yale	2024	Danny Wolf	P12/MWC	-17.5	0	1	73.0	84.0	-6.0
254	North Carolina	1965	Billy Cunningham #72	ACC	-18.7	0	1	65.0	80.0	-7.0
255	Oakland	2024	Jack Gohlke	ACC	-19.2	0	1	72.0	75.0	-6.0
256	NYU	1948	Dolph Schayes #70	Low	-20.2	0	1	53.0	74.0	5.0
257	Niagara	1970	Calvin Murphy	MAAC	-20.6	0	2	66.5	83.0	-6.5
258	Norfolk St.	2012	Kyle O'Quinn	Mid	-22.7	0	1	60.0	62.0	-12.0
259	St. Peter's	2022	Doug Edert	MAAC	-23.2	0	1	39.0	77.0	10.0
260	Weber St.	2010	Damian Lillard #75	Low	-23.2	0	2	70.0	83.0	-12.0
261	Fairleigh Dickinson	2005	Gordon Klaiber	MidM	-26.0	0	1	77.0	93.0	-11.0
262	Princeton	2023	Tosan Evbuomwan	Ivy	-27.0	0	1	50.0	102.0	0.0

UCLA 1975 (all-time NCAA) and Detroit Mercy 1960 (all-time NIT) Survive

Our final all-time NIT Sweet 16 (all-time champs of non-Power Conferences) and all-time NCAA Sweet 16  (title of greatest team ever) were amazingly similar.

In both cases the center for the heavily favored team fouled out (UCLA 1975's Ralph Drollinger and Detroit Mercy 1960's Charlie North) and they clung on for last possession wins. 

UCLA was favored by 12, and Detroit Mercy by 9, and so far teams favored by 7 to 12 in our game have won 78.6% of their Value Add Basketball Games, so these would have been major upsets.

Favored by	Won	Upset	Win%
21 or more	9	0	1.000
13 to 20	32	8	0.800
7 to 12	81	22	0.786
1 to 6	108	67	0.617
All favorites	230	97	0.703

UCLA, ranked No. 2 all-time in our game, survived 71-70 over Western Kentucky 1966 to advance and play Anthony Davis' Kentucky 2012 in the all-time Elite 8.

Detroit Mercy's all-time great NBA player Dave DeBusschere won a shoot out with 2024 James Madison 90-87 to advance as the all-time Horizon League champ that will now face the all-time MAC champ Bowling Green 1963.

 

Pos	Western Kentucky 1966	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Season Stats
1-PG	Dwight Smith	13	1	5	0	0	5	1	0	3	6'5	16.1 Pts, 9.9 Reb
2-SG	Clem Haskins	8	0	3	2	2	4	2	0	2	6'3, NBA	20.4 Pts, 10.0 Reb
3-SF	Wayne Chapman	11	0	4	3	4	4	0	0	1	6'6, NBA	13.3 Pts, 4.3 Reb
4-PF	Greg Smith	10	1	3	1	3	8	0	2	4	6'5, NBA	9.5 Pts, 10.3 Reb
5-C	Steve Cunningham	18	0	6	6	7	10	0	2	1	6'5	15.1 Pts, 7.4 Reb
1-PG	Mike Fawcett	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'10	2.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb
2-SG	Butch Kaufman	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'10	4.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
3-SF	Norm Weaver	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	2.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb
4-PF	Pearl Hicks	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'7	2.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb
5-C	Jack Butler	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	1.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb
	Turnovers 17	70	2	26	12	16	36	3	4	16
Pos	UCLA 1975	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Season Stats
1-PG	Pete Trgovich	13	1	4	2	3	3	3	0	1	6'4	10.2 Pts, 3.3
2-SG	Dave Meyers	11	1	3	2	2	9	3	1	1	6'8, NBA	18.3 Pts, 7.9
3-SF	Marques Johnson	20	3	5	1	1	9	3	2	3	6'7, NBA	11.6 Pts, 7.1
4-PF	Richard Washington	8	0	4	0	0	9	1	0	3	6'11, NBA	15.9 Pts, 7.8
5-C	Ralph Drollinger	4	0	2	0	0	9	0	2	5	7'2, NBA	8.8 Pts, 7.4
1-PG	Jim Spillane	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'11	4.5 Pts, 1.2
2-SG	Andre McCarter	7	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	6'3, NBA	7.0 Pts, 2.3
3-SF	Casey Corliss	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'6	3.1 Pts, 1.3
4-PF	Wilbert Olinde	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'7	3.1 Pts, 2.0
5-C	Brett Vroman	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7'0, NBA	3.5 Pts, 2.6
	Turnovers 12	71	6	23	7	8	44	11	5	19
Pos	James Madison 2024	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Season Stats
1-PG	Xavier Brown	13	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	2	6'2	6.3 Pts, 2.6
2-SG	Noah Freidel	14	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	6'4	11.9 Pts, 5.3
3-SF	Terrence Edwards	11	0	2	7	8	4	0	0	1	6'6	17.2 Pts, 4.4
4-PF	Julien Wooden	7	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	6'8	9.9 Pts, 3.2
5-C	T.J. Bickerstaff	15	0	6	3	6	3	2	1	3	6'9	13.3 Pts, 8.4
1-PG	Michael Green	15	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	5'11	7.3 Pts, 1.3
2-SG	Bryant Randleman	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'4	1.6 Pts, 0.6
3-SF	Quincy Allen	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'7	3.8 Pts, 1.4
4-PF	Raekwon Horton	4	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	2	6'6	6.9 Pts, 4.3
5-C	Jaylen Carey	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'8	7.0 Pts, 4.3
	Turnovers 10	87	9	23	14	18	24	7	1	18
Pos	Detroit Mercy 1960	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Season Stats
1-PG	Ray Albee	17	3	2	4	5	2	2	0	3	5'9	14.4 Pts, 4.2 Reb
2-SG	Larry Hughes	3	0	1	1	2	5	1	2	3	6'4	11.7 Pts, 8.1 Reb
3-SF	George Heger	7	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	6'3	5.0 Pts, 5.4 Reb
4-PF	Dave DeBusschere	27	4	6	3	4	10	1	1	2	6'6, NBA	25.6 Pts, 20.0 Reb
5-C	Charlie North	17	0	7	3	3	4	0	1	5	6'6	19.8 Pts, 14.2 Reb
1-PG	Tom Villemure	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5'9	2.1 Pts, 0.3 Reb
2-SG	Frank Chickowski	8	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	6'1	4.3 Pts, 3.1 Reb
3-SF	Bob Wright	4	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	6'4	1.4 Pts, 1.5 Reb
4-PF	John Parker	3	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	6'4	1.2 Pts, 2.1 Reb
5-C	Dick Dylus	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'8	1.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb
	Turnovers 14	90	8	27	12	16	32	5	6	21

Here are both tournaments so far as both our all-time NIT (all-time champs of all non-Power Conferences) and the all-time NCAA for title of the greatest team in history.