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.