20 New Teams from 2025 Will Be Added to Value Add Basketball Game

 Here are the 20 teams we decided to add to the Value Add Basketball Game to play against the other 358 great teams going back to 1942. We try to keep the teams pretty exclusive, but also add teams that at least play a good tournament game and do not have another team in the game. We are in the process of developing the player cards to add to the game, but we have chosen our rosters, which can only be 10 players per team.

We have listed the players by team below for an initial reference.

The top line is the team line, and it tells us that Alabama State was a 16-seed this year, their kenpom offensive rating was 102 and defensive rating was 110. The "Rate" is how badly a team would be expected to lose (or for a few teams win) going up against one of the all-time great teams in our game. For Alabama State, the "Rate -41" means we would expect them to lose by about 41 points - remember this is against an all-time great team. However, they played much better than that in the tournament, scoring a win in the First 4 game but more impressively battling a great team from this year - Auburn - tough for a long time and keeping it to 20 points so definitely worthy of earning a spot for their school in our game. The players below are the line-up with the five starters first, then the bench, and then a link to their Basketball Research page, their height and the number of possessions out of 44 they can play in our game before tiring.

If you next look at Arizona, right now they have a -4 Rating, so we believe they would be only a slight underdog against the typical all-time great team in the game. In our ratings, the teams also earn an extra rating point - which does affect the dunk range on their cards, for every NCAA tournament game they play - so two more wins in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 would get Arizona up to a -2. Teams then get 2 extra points for a Final Four win and another 2 for taking the title, so if Arizona were national champs, they would finish as a +2 - or slightly better than they typical great team already in the game.

Duke has the highest rating of these 20 teams at +6, so if they went all the way to the title then they would finish as a +12, which would put them in our all-time Top 10 and just ahead of 2001 Duke, which just knocked 2023 UConn just out of the top 10 all-time.

 

Rnk	Row Labels	Rating	Won	Lost
1	UCLA^1975	18.1	4	0
2	UCLA^1972	16.2	6	0
3	Indiana^1976	14.7	5	1
4	San Francisco^1956	14.2	5	1
5	North Carolina^1982	13.1	6	1
6	Kansas^1997	12.2	5	1
7	Kansas^2008	11.9	5	2
8	UCLA^1964	11.3	2	1
9	Duke^2001	11	5	1
10	Kentucky^2012	10.7	8	3

Team and Seed	Start?	Pos	Player or Off Rating	Ht or Def Rating	Stamina or Tm Rate
Alabama St. 16	team		102	110	Rate -41
Alabama St. 16	start	1-PG	CJ Hines	6'2	36
Alabama St. 16	start	2-SG	Amarr Knox	6'3	37
Alabama St. 16	start	3-SF	TJ Madlock	6'3	36
Alabama St. 16	start	4-PF	Micah Octave	6'5	30
Alabama St. 16	start	5-C	Ubong Okon	7'1	13
Alabama St. 16	bench	1-PG	Shawn Fulcher	6'0	5
Alabama St. 16	bench	2-SG	Micah Simpson	6'2	24
Alabama St. 16	bench	3-SF	Tyler Mack	6'5	8
Alabama St. 16	bench	4-PF	D'Ante Bass	6'6	11
Alabama St. 16	bench	5-C	Jasteven Walker	6'10	20
Arizona 4	team		123	92	Rate -4, +1/win
Arizona 4	start	1-PG	Jaden Bradley	6'3	45
Arizona 4	start	2-SG	Caleb Love	6'4	45
Arizona 4	start	3-SF	KJ Lewis	6'4	32
Arizona 4	start	4-PF	Trey Townsend	6'6	21
Arizona 4	start	5-C	Tobe Awaka	6'8	21
Arizona 4	bench	1-PG	Conrad Martinez	6'0	5
Arizona 4	bench	2-SG	Anthony Dell'Orso	6'6	19
Arizona 4	bench	3-SF	Carter Bryant	6'8	20
Arizona 4	bench	4-PF	Henri Veesaar	7'0	23
Arizona 4	bench	5-C	Motiejus Krivas	7'2	5
Arkansas 10	team		114	95	Rate -11, +1/win
Arkansas 10	start	1-PG	DJ Wagner	6'4	46
Arkansas 10	start	2-SG	Johnell Davis	6'4	38
Arkansas 10	start	3-SF	Adou Thiero	6'8	24
Arkansas 10	start	4-PF	Karter Knox	6'6	28
Arkansas 10	start	5-C	Zvonimir Ivisic	7'2	20
Arkansas 10	bench	1-PG	Boogie Fland	6'2	20
Arkansas 10	bench	2-SG	Billy Richmond	6'5	18
Arkansas 10	bench	3-SF	Only 9 players
Arkansas 10	bench	4-PF	Trevon Brazile	6'10	21
Arkansas 10	bench	5-C	Jonas Aidoo	6'11	17
Auburn 1	team		128	93	Rate 5, +1/win
Auburn 1	starter	1-PG	Denver Jones	6'4	33
Auburn 1	starter	2-SG	Miles Kelly	6'6	35
Auburn 1	starter	3-SF	Chad Baker-Mazara	6'7	31
Auburn 1	starter	4-PF	Chaney Johnson	6'7	27
Auburn 1	starter	5-C	Johni Broome 2	6'10	36
Auburn 1	bench	1-PG	Tahaad Pettiford	6'1	26
Auburn 1	bench	2-SG	JP Pegues	6'2	5
Auburn 1	bench	3-SF	Chris Moore	6'6	6
Auburn 1	bench	4-PF	Ja'Heim Hudson	6'7	5
Auburn 1	bench	5-C	Dylan Cardwell	6'11	22
BYU 6	team		124	101	Rate -7, +1/win
BYU 6	start	1-PG	Dallin Hall	6'4	25
BYU 6	start	2-SG	Trevin Knell	6'5	22
BYU 6	start	3-SF	Richie Saunders	6'5	35
BYU 6	start	4-PF	Mawot Mag	6'7	18
BYU 6	start	5-C	Keba Keita	6'8	22
BYU 6	bench	1-PG	Egor Demin	6'9	30
BYU 6	bench	2-SG	Dawson Baker	6'4	16
BYU 6	bench	3-SF	Kanon Catchings	6'9	14
BYU 6	bench	4-PF	Fousseyni Traore	6'6	18
BYU 6	bench	5-C	Mihailo Boskovic	6'10	5
Drake 11	team		113	98	Rate -16
Drake 11	start	1-PG	Bennett Stirtz	6'4	54
Drake 11	start	2-SG	Isaiah Jackson	6'3	20
Drake 11	start	3-SF	Mitch Mascari	6'5	53
Drake 11	start	4-PF	Daniel Abreu	6'6	44
Drake 11	start	5-C	Cam Manyawu	6'8	19
Drake 11	bench	1-PG	Kael Combs	6'4	6
Drake 11	bench	2-SG	Isaia Howard	6'5	9
Drake 11	bench	3-SF	Andrew Alia	6'2	5
Drake 11	bench	4-PF	Tavion Banks	6'7	22
Drake 11	bench	5-C	Nate Ferguson	6'8	5
Duke 1	team		129	90	Rate 6, +1/win
Duke 1	start	1-PG	Tyrese Proctor	6'6	36
Duke 1	start	2-SG	Kon Knueppel	6'7	38
Duke 1	start	3-SF	Sion James	6'6	31
Duke 1	start	4-PF	Cooper Flagg 1	6'9	36
Duke 1	start	5-C	Khaman Maluach	7'2	24
Duke 1	bench	1-PG	Caleb Foster	6'5	12
Duke 1	bench	2-SG	Maliq Brown	6'9	7
Duke 1	bench	3-SF	Isaiah Evans	6'6	11
Duke 1	bench	4-PF	Mason Gillis	6'6	13
Duke 1	bench	5-C	Patrick Ngongba	6'11	5
Florida 1	team		129	93	Rate 6, +1/win
Florida 1	start	1-PG	Walter Clayton 3	6'3	41
Florida 1	start	2-SG	Alijah Martin	6'2	35
Florida 1	start	3-SF	Will Richard	6'4	41
Florida 1	start	4-PF	Thomas Haugh	6'9	29
Florida 1	start	5-C	Rueben Chinyelu	6'10	20
Florida 1	bench	1-PG	Urban Klavzar	6'1	5
Florida 1	bench	2-SG	Denzel Aberdeen	6'5	21
Florida 1	bench	3-SF	Sam Alexis	6'8	5
Florida 1	bench	4-PF	Alex Condon	6'11	27
Florida 1	bench	5-C	Micah Handlogten	7'1	5
High Point 13	team		118	109	Rate -23
High Point 13	start	1-PG	Kezza Giffa	6'2	35
High Point 13	start	2-SG	Chase Johnston	6'3	26
High Point 13	start	3-SF	D'Maurian Williams	6'3	30
High Point 13	start	4-PF	Kimani Hamilton	6'8	30
High Point 13	start	5-C	Juslin Bodo Bodo	7'0	26
High Point 13	bench	1-PG	Bobby Pettiford	6'0	20
High Point 13	bench	2-SG	Abdoulaye Thiam	6'4	12
High Point 13	bench	3-SF	Trae Benham	6'4	14
High Point 13	bench	4-PF	Terry Anderson	6'6	5
High Point 13	bench	5-C	Simon Hildebrandt	6'9	6
Maryland 4	team		119	92	Rate -3, +1/win
Maryland 4	start	1-PG	Ja'Kobi Gillespie	6'1	41
Maryland 4	start	2-SG	Rodney Rice	6'4	40
Maryland 4	start	3-SF	Selton Miguel	6'4	36
Maryland 4	start	4-PF	Julian Reese	6'9	36
Maryland 4	start	5-C	Derik Queen	6'10	39
Maryland 4	bench	1-PG	Jay Young	6'2	6
Maryland 4	bench	2-SG	Deshawn Harris-Smith	6'5	14
Maryland 4	bench	3-SF	Malachi Palmer	6'6	5
Maryland 4	bench	4-PF	Jordan Geronimo	6'6	5
Maryland 4	bench	5-C	Tafara Gapare	6'9	5
McNeese 12	team		114	100	Rate -17
McNeese 12	start	1-PG	Quadir Copeland	6'6	25
McNeese 12	start	2-SG	Javohn Garcia	6'3	37
McNeese 12	start	3-SF	DJ Richards	6'4	26
McNeese 12	start	4-PF	Christian Shumate	6'6	35
McNeese 12	start	5-C	Joe Charles	6'9	36
McNeese 12	bench	1-PG	T'Johnn Brown	5'11	5
McNeese 12	bench	2-SG	Omar Cooper	6'0	5
McNeese 12	bench	3-SF	Brandon Murray	6'5	25
McNeese 12	bench	4-PF	Alyn Breed	6'3	5
McNeese 12	bench	5-C	Bryant Selebangue	6'8	13
Michigan St. 2	team		119	90	Rate -3, +1/win
Michigan St. 2	start	1-PG	Jeremy Fears	6'2	27
Michigan St. 2	start	2-SG	Jase Richardson	6'3	29
Michigan St. 2	start	3-SF	Jaden Akins	6'4	33
Michigan St. 2	start	4-PF	Jaxon Kohler	6'9	23
Michigan St. 2	start	5-C	Szymon Zapala	7'0	12
Michigan St. 2	bench	1-PG	Tre Holloman	6'2	27
Michigan St. 2	bench	2-SG	Frankie Fidler	6'7	16
Michigan St. 2	bench	3-SF	Coen Carr	6'5	23
Michigan St. 2	bench	4-PF	Xavier Booker	6'11	9
Michigan St. 2	bench	5-C	Carson Cooper	6'11	17
Mississippi 6	team		119	96	Rate -8, +1/win
Mississippi 6	start	1-PG	Jaylen Murray	5'11	39
Mississippi 6	start	2-SG	Sean Pedulla	6'1	43
Mississippi 6	start	3-SF	Matthew Murrell	6'4	33
Mississippi 6	start	4-PF	Dre Davis	6'6	29
Mississippi 6	start	5-C	Malik Dia	6'9	23
Mississippi 6	bench	1-PG	Davon Barnes	6'4	22
Mississippi 6	bench	2-SG	Eduardo Klafke	6'5	6
Mississippi 6	bench	3-SF	Mikeal Brown-Jones	6'8	5
Mississippi 6	bench	4-PF	Jaemyn Brakefield	6'8	27
Mississippi 6	bench	5-C	John Bol	7'2	5
Montana 14	team		111	111	Rate -38
Montana 14	start	1-PG	Money Williams	6'4	34
Montana 14	start	2-SG	Brandon Whitney	6'1	38
Montana 14	start	3-SF	Malik Moore	6'5	34
Montana 14	start	4-PF	Joe Pridgen	6'5	35
Montana 14	start	5-C	Te'Jon Sawyer	6'8	28
Montana 14	bench	1-SG	Kai Johnson	6'4	29
Montana 14	bench	2-SG	Jalen Foy	6'7	5
Montana 14	bench	3-SF	Austin Patterson	6'3	21
Montana 14	bench	4-PF	Amari Jedkins	6'7	5
Montana 14	bench	5-C	Jensen Bradtke	6'10	5
Mount St. Mary's 16	team		101	107	Rate -39
Mount St. Mary's 16	start	1-PG	Xavier Lipscomb	6'2	44
Mount St. Mary's 16	start	2-SG	Dallas Hobbs	6'1	27
Mount St. Mary's 16	start	3-SF	Arlandus Keyes	6'2	17
Mount St. Mary's 16	start	4-PF	Dola Adebayo	6'8	37
Mount St. Mary's 16	start	5-C	Jedy Cordilia	6'9	36
Mount St. Mary's 16	bench	1-PG	Javon Ervin	6'3	13
Mount St. Mary's 16	bench	2-SG	Carmelo Pacheco	6'5	27
Mount St. Mary's 16	bench	3-SF	Terrell Ard	6'7	12
Mount St. Mary's 16	bench	4-PF	Malcolm Dread	6'4	5
Mount St. Mary's 16	bench	5-C	Abdou Khadre Kebe	6'7	5
New Mexico 10	team		113	95	Rate -14
New Mexico 10	start	1-PG	Donovan Dent	6'2	48
New Mexico 10	start	2-SG	Tru Washington	6'4	34
New Mexico 10	start	3-SF	Mustapha Amzil	6'9	32
New Mexico 10	start	4-PF	Filip Borovicanin	6'9	26
New Mexico 10	start	5-C	Nelly Junior Joseph	6'10	41
New Mexico 10	bench	1-PG	CJ Noland	6'4	22
New Mexico 10	bench	2-SG	Kayde Dotson	6'2	5
New Mexico 10	bench	3-SF	Braden Appelhans	6'7	5
New Mexico 10	bench	4-PF	Jovan Milicevic	6'10	7
New Mexico 10	bench	5-C	Atiki Ally Atiki	6'10	5
Robert Morris 15	team		108	105	Rate -29
Robert Morris 15	start	1-PG	DJ Smith	6'0	35
Robert Morris 15	start	2-SG	Kam Woods	6'2	40
Robert Morris 15	start	3-SF	Josh Omojafo	6'5	36
Robert Morris 15	start	4-PF	Amarion Dickerson	6'7	36
Robert Morris 15	start	5-C	Alvaro Folgueiras	6'9	37
Robert Morris 15	bench	1-PG	Dilen Miller	6'4	5
Robert Morris 15	bench	2-SG	Ryan Prather	6'5	27
Robert Morris 15	bench	3-SF	Chris Ford	6'5	5
Robert Morris 15	bench	4-PF	Ismael Plet	6'8	14
Robert Morris 15	bench	5-C	Antallah Sandlin-El	6'8	5
St. John's 2	team		114	88	Rate -5
St. John's 2	start	1-PG	Kadary Richmond	6'6	42
St. John's 2	start	2-SG	Simeon Wilcher	6'4	30
St. John's 2	start	3-SF	Aaron Scott	6'7	33
St. John's 2	start	4-PF	RJ Luis	6'7	39
St. John's 2	start	5-C	Zuby Ejiofor	6'9	41
St. John's 2	bench	1-PG	Deivon Smith	6'0	26
St. John's 2	bench	2-SG	Brady Dunlap	6'7	5
St. John's 2	bench	3-SF	Sadiku Ibine Ayo	6'6	5
St. John's 2	bench	4-PF	Ruben Prey	6'10	5
St. John's 2	bench	5-C	Vince Iwuchukwu	7'1	5
Troy 14	team		107	100	Rate -25
Troy 14	start	1-PG	Tayton Conerway	6'3	40
Troy 14	start	2-SG	Marcus Rigsby	6'3	25
Troy 14	start	3-SF	Myles Rigsby	6'6	35
Troy 14	start	4-PF	Jackson Fields	6'8	26
Troy 14	start	5-C	Thomas Dowd	6'8	32
Troy 14	bench	1-PG	Cooper Campbell	6'2	17
Troy 14	bench	2-SG	Victor Valdes	6'7	17
Troy 14	bench	3-SF	Kerrington Kiel	6'6	5
Troy 14	bench	4-PF	Randarius Jones	6'7	5
Troy 14	bench	5-C	Theo Seng	6'9	10
Vanderbilt 10	team		118	102	Rate -16
Vanderbilt 10	start	1-PG	AJ Hoggard	6'4	30
Vanderbilt 10	start	2-SG	Jason Edwards	6'1	30
Vanderbilt 10	start	3-SF	Chris Manon	6'5	19
Vanderbilt 10	start	4-PF	Tyler Nickel	6'7	30
Vanderbilt 10	start	5-C	Devin McGlockton	6'7	30
Vanderbilt 10	bench	1-PG	Tyler Tanner	6'0	23
Vanderbilt 10	bench	2-SG	Grant Huffman	6'4	15
Vanderbilt 10	bench	3-SF	MJ Collins	6'4	21
Vanderbilt 10	bench	4-PF	Jaylen Carey	6'8	22
Vanderbilt 10	bench	5-C	JaQualon Roberts	6'8	5