After Michael Jordan's UNC shocked repeat champs from 1962, Cincinnati, our All-Time NCAA Elite 8 and All-Time non-power conference NIT Elite 8 will both be half full after our next NIT-NCAA Value Add Basketball Game double header.
The Kansas 2008 vs. Kentucky 2012 NCAA All-Time Sweet 16 game will feature seven future NBA players on each team. The NIT games normally do not feature any all-time great players, but the next NIT game features one of the greatest 75 players of all time in Elgin Baylor, who averaged 32.5 points per game for Seattle 1958. Their opponent Stephen F. Austin features the star more typical of non-power conferences, the great Thomas Walkup, who talked about choosing to be a star in Europe in this story that includes video of just how close they came in 2016 to pulling off a second straight upset to go Sweet 16.
NIT update: Elgin Baylor scored 29 points, but our top ranked Value Add player of 2016 - Thomas Walkup, matched the 29 and got 23 from 3-point specialist Demetrious Floyd to let Stephen F. Austin stun Seattle 88-73. They are the 4th Elite 8 team in our small conference NIT tournament.
NCAA update: Anthony Davis and Kentucky 2012 destroyed Kansas 2008, as covered in this blog.
Here are the players for each of the four teams in this match-up with their actual season stats and the two brackets to show the three teams that have already made the two Elite 8s.
| Pos | Stephen F. Austin 2016 | Ht,NBA | Actual Season Stats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-PG | Trey Pinkney | 5'9 | 2.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 3.7 Ast |
| 2-SG | Demetrious Floyd | 5'11 | 13.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 1.5 Ast |
| 3-SF | Thomas Walkup | 6'4 | 18.1 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 4.5 Ast |
| 4-PF | Ty Charles | 6'5 | 9.4 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 2.3 Ast |
| 5-C | T.J. Holyfield | 6'8 | 7.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.1 Ast |
| 1-PG | Jared Johnson | 6'0 | 6.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast |
| 2-SG | Dallas Cameron | 6'3 | 3.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.6 Ast |
| 3-SF | Nathan Bain | 6'6 | 2.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.5 Ast |
| 4-PF | Clide Geffrard | 6'5 | 13.3 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 1.4 Ast |
| 5-C | C.J. Williams | 6'2 | 2.4 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 1.0 Ast |
| Pos | Seattle 1958 | Ht,NBA | Actual Season Stats |
| 1-PG | Jim Harney | 5'10 | 6.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb |
| 2-SG | Jerry Frizzell | 6'4 | 9.3 Pts, 4.4 Reb |
| 3-SF | Don Ogorek | 6'5 | 9.3 Pts, 6.3 Reb |
| 4-PF | Charlie Brown | 6'2 | 10.8 Pts, 7.3 Reb |
| 5-C | Elgin Baylor | NBA,6'6 | 32.5 Pts, 19.3 Reb |
| 1-PG | Don Piasecki | 6'2 | 3.6 Pts, 1.8 Reb |
| 2-SG | John Stepan | 6'6 | 1.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb |
| 3-SF | Jude Petrie | 6'6 | 1.4 Pts, 2.1 Reb |
| 4-PF | Francis Saunders | 6'2 | 5.7 Pts, 2.9 Reb |
| 5-C | Thornton Humphries | 6'7 | 2.8 Pts, 3.7 Reb |
| Pos | Kansas 2008 | Ht,NBA | Actual Season Stats |
| 1-PG | Mario Chalmers | NBA,6'1 | 12.8 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 4.3 Ast |
| 2-SG | Russell Robinson | 6'1 | 7.3 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 4.1 Ast |
| 3-SF | Brandon Rush | NBA,6'6 | 13.3 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 2.1 Ast |
| 4-PF | Darnell Jackson | NBA,6'9 | 11.2 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast |
| 5-C | Darrell Arthur | NBA,6'9 | 12.8 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast |
| 1-PG | Sherron Collins | NBA,5'11 | 9.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 3.1 Ast |
| 2-SG | Sasha Kaun | NBA,6'11 | 7.1 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast |
| 3-SF | Cole Aldrich | NBA,6'11 | 2.8 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 0.1 Ast |
| 4-PF | Conner Teahan | 6'5 | 2.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast |
| 5-C | Rodrick Stewart | 6'4 | 2.8 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast |
| Pos | Kentucky 2012 | Ht,NBA | Actual Season Stats |
| 1-PG | Marquis Teague | NBA,6'2 | 10.0 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 4.8 Ast |
| 2-SG | Doron Lamb | NBA,6'4 | 13.7 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast |
| 3-SF | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | NBA,6'7 | 11.9 Pts, 7.4 Reb, 1.9 Ast |
| 4-PF | Terrence Jones | NBA,6'9 | 12.3 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast |
| 5-C | Anthony Davis | NBA,6'10 | 14.2 Pts, 10.4 Reb, 1.3 Ast |
| 1-PG | Darius Miller | NBA,6'8 | 9.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 2.1 Ast |
| 2-SG | Jarrod Polson | 6'2 | 0.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast |
| 3-SF | Sam Malone (card Jon Hood) | 5'11 | 1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast |
| 4-PF | Eloy Vargas | 6'11 | 0.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast |
| 5-C | Kyle Wiltjer | NBA,6'10 | 5.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast |
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