Atlantic 10 (A10) and the Return of Value Add Basketball

All-Atlantic 10 Conf	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
DaRon Holmes	Dayton	7.61	115.6	98.6	22-12, Poss 27.1%
Adrian Baldwin	VCU	7.54	107.3	93.8	12-seed, 27-8 (PG), Poss 22.5%
Toumani Camara	Dayton	6.38	112.4	98.6	22-12, nba 52 in 2023
Erik Reynolds	Saint Joseph's	5.32	114.6	105.6	16-17, Poss 25.8%
Neal Quinn	Richmond	5.19	111	102.4	15-18, Poss 25.5%
HM-Atlantic 10 Conf	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Yuri Collins	Saint Louis	4.91	105.8	104.1	21-12 (PG), Poss 24.3%
Khalid Moore	Fordham	4.89	107.8	100.4	25-8, Poss 25.6%
Dae Dae Grant	Duquesne	4.85	113.2	104.9	20-13, Poss 22.3%
Josh Oduro	George Mason	4.54	106.1	100.9	20-13, Poss 29.7%

Above is a very late All-Atlantic 10 (A10) team from the 2022-23 season, and we will be updating these and the top 300 players at www.valueaddbasketball.com to go along with the rankings going back to the 2001-02 season. While this system received rave reviews from Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Fox Sports and many others, last season we skipped because we lost the ability to rank all 4000 players who take the court for D1 action.

No conference may have been more hurt than the Atlantic 10 (A10) as the 2020 season loss featured a true national contender in Dayton with Value add All-American Obi Toppin. Last year and this they have not had a top 50 team in www.kenpom.com as all of their potential contenders have lost more than once already this season - so this race looks wide open to see which team will emerge to reignite the magic.

So far the A10 has not been part of the most recent realignment with all the same teams scheduled to be in place. The biggest question is always if the Big East will move to expand with Dayton - particularly if UConn leaves the Big East. Dayton is the highest ranked four top 100 teams hoping to breakthrough, while VCU won the conference tournament and grabbed a strong 12-seed last season.

Team	2023	2024	2025	Seed23	Rnk24
Davidson	A10	A10	A10		106
Dayton	A10	A10	A10		64
Duquesne	A10	A10	A10		86
Fordham	A10	A10	A10		199
George Mason	A10	A10	A10		124
George Washington	A10	A10	A10		154
La Salle	A10	A10	A10		206
Loyola Chicago	A10	A10	A10		135
Massachusetts	A10	A10	A10		144
Rhode Island	A10	A10	A10		202
Richmond	A10	A10	A10		89
Saint Joseph's	A10	A10	A10		109
Saint Louis	A10	A10	A10		153
St. Bonaventure	A10	A10	A10		120
VCU	A10	A10	A10	12	91

Better late than never - this is one of 32 lists of All-Conference teams based on the "resurrected" Value Add Basketball rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The other 31 releases of Conference teams will all include this same explanation for the rest of the blog, including the 10 returning All-Americans and top 60 players from last season listed further down.

This paragraph is of interest to stat nerds only. The offensive ratings were easier to recreate, since the basis was to pull hundreds of players ranked as the most efficient last season (AdjO at www.kenpom.com) and adjusting their figures for their percent of possessions. A player who can produce about 1.2 points per time he has the ball who also gets the ball 25% of the time against tough competition and as part of a strong defense can be All-American level, but a player who doesn't get the ball nearly as often but produces even more at 1.3 points per possession can still be All-Conference even if fans feel other players handling and shooting the ball more are better due to higher points scored per game.

The new simplified system weighs their ability to produce points against the Adjusted Defense (AdjD) - that is how many points per 100 trips would their team allow against an average D1 team. This accounts both for defense and for level of competition. We also note if a player is a Point Guard, the most important position on the court.

The resulting "Value" listed in the third column is the Value Add of points the player would improve an average team over if he could not play if a decent replacement took his place. Zach Edey was by far the most valuable player in the country last year at 13.17 meaning typically he would turn a 65-70 loss for a team into a 72-64 win - a 13 point swing. The notes off to the first indicated the team's record, their seed if they made the tournament, and then if they went to the NBA in the 2023 draft or are projected to go in the 2024 or 2025 draft.

1st and 2nd Team Returning All-Americans; and Top 60 Players from Last Season

 

The table below is the list of the 30 most valuable players in college basketball for the 2022-23 season according to our simplified www.valueaddbasketball.com rankings. Obviously most of these top players finished their eligibility or went pro so are no longer playing. However, if we made this our All-American teams of returning players including transfers at their new school the headline would be from Creighton.

1st Team Returning All-Americans - Value Add Basketball calculates that Creighton now has two of the three most valuable players in 2022-23 in returning Ryan Kalkbrenner and Utah State transfer Steven Ashworth. Ironically, Thursday it was Colorado State that handed Creighton its first loss - a team that Ashworth had dominated four of seven times in conference games at Utah State. The other 1st Team All-Americans based on last year's Value Add would be J'Wan Roberts returning for Houston, and then Tylor Perry who transferred from North Texas to Kansas State.

Most Valuable Player for 2nd Year. However, the far and away Most Valuable Player in the Country could challenge Anthony Davis, Jon Scheyer and Zion Williamson for as the most Valuable college player of the century in the All-Time Value Add Basketball Rankings - Zach Edey who was almost 2 points better than anyone in the country last year at Purdue and has them at No. 1 this season.

2nd Team Returning All-Americans - The 6th most valuable returning player according to Value Add is Marquette Point Guard Tyler Kolek. He would be joined on a second team All-American squad of returning players by Tennessee's Santiago Vescovi, Texas transfer from Oral Roberts Max Abmas, Duke's Ryan Young, Arizona's Azuolas Tubelis and finally Cam Spencer, who transferred from Rutgers to UConn.

In all, 18 of the top 30 players finished their college careers, leaving those 10 returning All-Americans and then two other players - JaKobe Coles of TCU and USC's Boogie Ellis.
 

All-American 1st Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Zach Edey	Purdue	13.17	125.9	94.5	1-seed, 29-6, nba 58 in 2024
Adama Sanogo (gone)	Connecticut	11.37	122.6	90.9	4-seed, 31-8, Poss 26.4%
Marcus Sasser (gone)	Houston	11.25	123.4	90.4	1-seed, 33-4, nba 25 in 2023
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Creighton	10.80	133.4	93.2	6-seed, 24-13, Poss 19.4%
Steven Ashworth (Creigh)	Utah St.	10.72	127.7	98.9	10-seed, 26-9 (PG), Poss 21.6%
All-American 2nd Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Tylor Perry (K-State)	North Texas	10.37	124.3	94.1	31-7, Poss 24.4%
Brandon Miller (gone)	Alabama	10.23	117.0	88.2	1-seed, 31-6, nba 2 in 2023
Xavier Castaneda (gone)	Akron	9.94	121.9	103.4	22-11 (PG), Poss 29.4%
J'Wan Roberts	Houston	9.90	127.9	90.4	1-seed, 33-4, Poss 18.4%
Jordan Hawkins (gone)	Connecticut	9.88	121.2	90.9	4-seed, 31-8, nba 14 in 2023
All-American 3rd Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Jaime Jaquez (gone)	UCLA	9.80	113.1	88	2-seed, 31-6, nba 18 in 2023
Jalen Pickett (gone)	Penn St.	9.66	118.7	101.1	10-seed, 23-14 (PG), nba 32 in 2023
Jordan Walker (gone)	UAB	9.64	114.7	97.9	29-10 (PG), Poss 30.6%
Tyler Kolek	Marquette	9.63	118	96.7	2-seed, 29-7 (PG), Poss 24.1%
Santiago Vescovi	Tennessee	9.52	114.2	87.5	4-seed, 25-11 (PG), Poss 18.8%
All-American 4th Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Max Abmas (Texas)	Oral Roberts	9.47	120.2	102.2	12-seed, 30-5 (PG), Poss 27.6%
Trayce Jackson-Davis (g)	Indiana	9.45	118.5	97.2	4-seed, 23-12, nba 57 in 2023
Ryan Young	Duke	9.37	128.7	93.9	5-seed, 27-9, Poss 18.3%
Kendric Davis (grad)	Memphis	9.24	111.1	96.1	8-seed, 26-9 (PG), Poss 31.6%
Drew Timme (grad)	Gonzaga	9.21	119.6	99.3	3-seed, 31-6, Poss 30.6%
All-American 5th Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Markquis Nowell (gone)	Kansas St.	8.92	111	95	3-seed, 26-10 (PG), Poss 27.6%
Souley Boum (gone)	Xavier	8.87	119.2	98.6	3-seed, 27-10 (PG), Poss 21.2%
Oscar Tshiebwe (gone)	Kentucky	8.83	122.6	98.8	6-seed, 22-12, Poss 24.5%
Terence Lewis (gone)	Louisiana	8.74	131.2	102.9	13-seed, 26-8, Poss 20.3%
Darius McGhee (gone)	Liberty	8.68	114.5	97.5	27-9, Poss 33.4%
All-American 6th Team	Team	Value	AdjO	AdjD	Notes
Azuolas Tubelis	Arizona	8.68	116.1	96.3	2-seed, 28-7, Poss 28.7%
Cam Spencer (UConn)	Rutgers	8.66	119.4	90.8	19-15, Poss 19.8%
Sir'Jabari Rice (gone)	Texas	8.66	116.3	92.1	2-seed, 29-9, Poss 23.4%
JaKobe Coles	TCU	8.64	118.4	94.3	6-seed, 22-13, Poss 23.4%
Boogie Ellis	USC	8.56	113.3	97.5	10-seed, 22-11 (PG), Poss 25.7%

2021 MVP Mobley and USC edge Dayton and 2020 MVP Toppin 79-76 in OT

With Dayton 2020 leading 52-46 with 7:03 to play, Evan Mobley (19 points, 17 rebounds, 10 fouls drawn) drew a 5th foul against Obi Toppin. 

With Toppin in the bench, USC 2021 exploded for a 19-11 run to go up 65-63 with 16 seconds left, but Jalen Crutcher hit a buzzer beater to force overtime. 

USC dominated the boards in OT for a 79-76 road win. The game last 57 minutes from first dice roll.

Pregame write up

In 2020, Obi Toppin was picked as the top player in the country by the Naismith Committee, but Covid kept him from trying to lead Dayton to the national title. In 2021, Evan Mobley was calculated as the top player in the country by www.valueaddbasketball.com. Both are newer teams in our game and won their opener, so we played them against each other to determine which would then play 2-0 Colorado 2021 to see which of the new teams started 3-0.

The following is the line-up rotation we decided to use for each team. You do NOT need to be this precise in playing time - you can just play the bottom five players on the sheet from the 44th to 38th possession and the top row of starters from the 37th possession to the 1st (actually last and final) possession.

Results will be posted later tonight. 

Four Teams Vie to Join Kansas 1997 and UCLA 1972 as 3rd All-Time Unbeaten

After a great day of college basketball, we flipped back to a couple of Value Add Basketball Games. Only six of our 136 teams are still undefeated.

UCLA is 6-0 due to winning the big tournament we did of the first 96 teams we created. Kansas 1997 is 5-0 after winning the second tournament we did after creating new teams. 

While those two teams rank 1st and 3rd, the other four teams have played only a game or two and rank between 44th and 71st in our all-time rankings. We decided we should at least let these teams play until they've lost at least once, so we are pitting 1982 Missouri against 2021 Colorado, and then 2021 USC against the team that might have won the tournament if not for Covid - 2020 Dayton.

At that point only two of those four will be undefeated, and then they can play each other and we will have one 3-0 team (or if Missouri wins both a 4-0 team) as the only undefeated team except for 1997 Kansas and 1972 UCLA).

Rank	Next Game	Year	Player	Won	Lost	Score	Allow	Rating
44	Missouri	1982	Steve Stipanovich	2	0	69.5	65.5	1.5
62	Colorado	2021	McKinley Wright	1	0	86.0	82.0	-0.6
	Game After
71	Dayton	2020	Obi Toppin	1	0	87.0	82.0	-1.6
56	USC	2021	Evan Mobley	1	0	77.0	67.0	0.0
	Not playing, only other undefeated
3	Kansas	1997	Paul Pierce	5	0	76.8	62.2	14.7
1	UCLA	1972	Bill Walton	6	0	72.0	62.0	15.5

As a reminder, to play you click on the Value Add Basketball Game to print scoresheets or review the rules and charts, then click on the 136 all-time great teams and you will see on page 1 that you click pages 16, 23, 82 and 123 to print those four teams.

Best Point Guards in College Basketball This Year

Note: While www.kenpom.com and www.valueaddbasketball.com analytics flagging Chattanooga's Malachi Smith as the 2nd best small forward in the country, we have been informed that in fact he plays point guard - where he would also rank as the 2nd best player at the country barely behind Villanova's Collin Gillespie. We will update for his next post, but we would still consider Smith a 2nd Team All-American at this point - just at a different position. (The analytics are thrown off because he grabs so many defensive rebounds that he appears to be a small forward rather than a point guard statistically).

In Value Add Basketball we consider the team's "point guard" the player who typically has the most  assists, and typically is the shortest player on the floor and with fewer defensive rebounds, blocked shots and less height. A point guard has the toughest job because he is the player who needs to handle it all the way down the court and create his own shots or create shots for others by working the ball inside to a center or power forward, who will thus typically have even better raw numbers than a great point guard. (for a summary of the top players at each position, click here).

Because www.valueaddbasketball.com calculates how many points per game a player improves his team compared to if a typical replacement player took his place, the raw value add is adjusted by position since the replacement player would be at the same position. Therefore, once the formulas are run, and power guard's raw value add is increased by multiplying it by 1.05 to get the result you see below and at www.valueaddbasketball.com.

In general, freshmen guards in particular make so many mistakes (turnovers, bad shots etc.) the first half of the season that they do not rank nearly as high as more experienced guards. Nowhere is this more true than at point guard.

However, they tend to improve more at the end of the season, so we watch for breakout freshmen first when looking at brackets. Therefore we start with the 10 most valuable freshmen pointing guards in college basketball, and perhaps the most incredible finding in these systems is that the top two freshman point guard in all of college basketball both play for Tennessee. Zakai Zeigler plays the point whenever he is in the game based on analytics - and when he sits Kennedy Chandler moves from shooting guard to point guard and is even better. 

Chandler was unbelievable in the recent double digit win against Kentucky, scoring 17 points despite taking only 9 shots, and dishing out 6 assists without a single turnover. Zeigler has four steals in that game, and scored 14 points only taking eight shots. With the importance of guards able to handle the ball in March Madness, this duo could be scary good in the tournament.

Rnk	Top 10 Freshman PG	Team	VA5	Conf	HtText	Cl
23	Kennedy Chandler #1	Tennessee	6.08	SEC	6'0	Fr
52	Zakai Zeigler #5	Tennessee	4.92	SEC	5'9"	Fr
58	Malachi Smith #11	Dayton	4.71	A10	6'0	Fr
60	Jalen Cook #3	Tulane	4.54	Amer	6'0	Fr
66	Jao Ituka #10	Marist	4.22	MAAC	6'1"	Fr
94	Kino Lilly #10	Brown	3.57	Ivy	6'0	Fr
113	Kerr Kriisa #25	Arizona	3.19	P12	6'3"	Fr
116	Ajay Mitchell #13	UC Santa Barbara	3.14	BW	6'4"	Fr
134	Jeremiah Williams #25	Temple	2.81	Amer	6'5"	Fr
136	Walter Clayton #13	Iona	2.77	MAAC	6'2"	Fr

If anyone had any doubts about Collin Gillespie being the top point guard in the country, they should watch how he has brought Villanova surging back into the top 10 - and the difference it made last year when he was injured for March Madness. It is a very close battle for 2nd Team All-American Point Guard between Mississippi State's Iverson Molinar and SMU's Kendric Davis. 

It may look strange to have Wyoming's super star Hunter Maldonado listed at point guard despite standing 6-foot-7, but he is in the top half percent of all players in assist rate - dishing and making everyone else score for a team that appears to be heading to March Madness.

 

Rnk	Top Point Guards (1)	Team	VA5	Conf	HtText	Cl
1	Collin Gillespie #2	Villanova	9.33	BE	6'3"	Sr
2	Iverson Molinar #1	Mississippi St.	8.68	SEC	6'3"	Jr
3	Kendric Davis #3	SMU	8.54	Amer	6'0	Sr
4	Hunter Maldonado #24	Wyoming	8.08	MWC	6'7"	Sr
5	Jamaree Bouyea #1	San Francisco	8.06	WCC	6'2"	Sr
6	Payton Willis #0	Minnesota	7.92	B10	6'4"	Sr
7	Tylor Perry #5	North Texas	7.77	CUSA	5'11"	Jr
8	Trent Frazier #1	Illinois	7.77	B10	6'2"	Sr
9	Baylor Scheierman #3	South Dakota St.	7.45	Sum	6'6"	So
10	Will Richardson #0	Oregon	7.44	P12	6'5"	Sr
11	RJ Cole #2	Connecticut	7.35	BE	6'1"	Sr
12	Mark Sears #1	Ohio	6.99	MAC	6'1"	So
13	Tyger Campbell #10	UCLA	6.92	P12	5'11"	Jr
14	Jacob Gilyard #0	Richmond	6.71	A10	5'9"	Sr
15	Isaiah Stevens #4	Colorado St.	6.69	MWC	6'0	Jr
16	Jalen Williams #24	Santa Clara	6.59	WCC	6'6"	Jr
17	Foster Loyer #0	Davidson	6.55	A10	6'0	Jr
18	Jamari Wheeler #55	Ohio St.	6.53	B10	6'1"	Sr
19	Andrew Nembhard #3	Gonzaga	6.49	WCC	6'5"	Sr
20	Michael Flowers #12	Washington St.	6.41	P12	6'1"	Sr
21	Sincere Carry #3	Kent St.	6.3	MAC	6'1"	Jr
22	Jordan Goldwire #0	Oklahoma	6.19	B12	6'3"	Sr
23	Kennedy Chandler #1	Tennessee	6.08	SEC	6'0	Fr
24	Jovan Blacksher #10	Grand Canyon	6.07	WAC	5'11"	Jr
25	Javon Freeman-Liberty #4	DePaul	6.06	BE	6'4"	Sr
26	RJ Davis #4	North Carolina	5.93	ACC	6'0	So
27	Wendell Green #1	Auburn	5.83	SEC	5'11"	So
28	Scotty Pippen #2	Vanderbilt	5.74	SEC	6'3"	Jr
29	Ben Shungu #24	Vermont	5.74	AE	6'2"	Sr
30	Michael Devoe #0	Georgia Tech	5.65	ACC	6'5"	Sr
31	Markquis Nowell #1	Kansas St.	5.61	B12	5'8"	Jr
32	Jordan Walker #10	UAB	5.57	CUSA	5'11"	Jr
33	Kevion Nolan #3	Jacksonville	5.55	ASun	6'2"	Jr
34	Darius McGhee #2	Liberty	5.5	ASun	5'9"	Sr
35	Souley Boum #0	UTEP	5.49	CUSA	6'3"	Jr
36	Jamal Shead #1	Houston	5.41	Amer	6'1"	So
37	James Akinjo #11	Baylor	5.41	B12	6'1"	Sr
38	Marcus Domask #1	Southern Illinois	5.38	MVC	6'6"	Jr
39	Tristen Newton #2	East Carolina	5.27	Amer	6'5"	So
40	Marcus Shaver #10	Boise St.	5.2	MWC	6'2"	Sr
41	Justice Hill #14	Murray St.	5.18	OVC	6'0	So
42	Bryce Aiken #1	Seton Hall	5.12	BE	6'0	Sr
43	Max Abmas #3	Oral Roberts	5.09	Sum	6'0	Jr
44	Jared Bynum #4	Providence	5.06	BE	5'10"	Jr
45	Darrion Trammell #2	Seattle	5.05	WAC	5'10"	So
46	Noah Kirkwood #10	Harvard	5.01	Ivy	6'7"	Sr
47	Braden Norris #4	Loyola Chicago	4.99	MVC	6'0	Jr
48	AJ Green #4	Northern Iowa	4.98	MVC	6'4"	Jr
49	KD Johnson #0	Auburn	4.97	SEC	6'0	So
50	Jahmir Young #1	Charlotte	4.96	CUSA	6'1"	Jr

POY Toppin Leads Dayton Past Crowder and Butler (updated all-time rankings)

Our mini tournament to get a game played with the final 8 teams (of these 136 great teams or teams with great players) kicked off with the most NBA-laiden team in Marquette history against the National Player of the Year who never played a March Madness game.

Dayton's Obi Toppin was the 2020 National Player of the Year and many thought gave Dayton their best shot at a title. However, that was the year COVID cancelled the tournament.

The Marquette 2011 team shocked all as an 11-seed going to the Sweet 16, the first of three Sweet 16s in a row. After the fact it became clear the team was no fluke as five players went onto the NBA including long, great careers for Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler.

While Toppin did impress with 20 points inside, it was the 3-pointer that let Dayton pull ahead and hold in. Jalen Crutcher, Ryan Mikesell and backup Ibi Watson combined for 6 three-pointers in 6 minutes for a 22-12 run that put the Flyers up 61-54, and they held on for an 87-82 win.

Trey Landers (19 points, 8 rebounds) and Crowder (21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and a blocked shot) had a great battle at small forward.

As a Marquette fan, we've played 6 games featuring Marquette teams and they are 3-5 against other great teams. This team and Wade's 2003 team lost their opener, but in our league play of a 21st Century Big East went 2-1, while the Meminger-Chones 1971 team and Lucas-Ellis 1977 national champs both won their opener and then lost their 2nd round game in the two other tournaments.

We ran formulas similar to KenPom on games played so far to update the rankings of our teams. Each team starts with their SRS for the year -20 because the average team is the game was 20 points better than the average team in the season they played.

Every time we play a game, we adjust each team based on the margin of victory, who wins the game, and the SRS of the opponent to determine strength of schedule. An SoS of 0.0 means the average opponent has been average for the all-time great teams, but that would be an SoS of +20 if just playing average teams the year of their season instead of all-time greats.

Rnk	Team - year - player	Wins	Losses	SoS	Margin	KenPom
1	Kansas - 2008 - Mario Chalmers	5	1	0.3	18.7	22.3
2	UCLA - 1972 - Bill Walton	6	0	0.5	10	15.5
3	North Carolina - 2005 - Sean May	4	2	2.7	10.5	14.8
4	Virginia - 2019 - Kyle Guy	4	1	3.4	7.2	13.6
5	Duke - 2001 - Shane Battier	1	0	-3.0	11	13
6	Indiana - 1976 - Scott May	3	1	0.3	11.5	12.8
7	Houston - 1968 - Elvin Hayes	3	1	2.3	9.3	12.2
8	North Carolina - 1982 - Michael Jordan	5	1	5.0	3.8	12.2
9	Gonzaga - 2017 - Nigel Williams-Goss	3	2	1.0	9.4	11.4
10	Connecticut - 2004 - Ben Gordon	4	2	0.2	9.5	11.3
11	Duke - 2010 - Jon Scheyer	5	2	1.1	7.3	10.6
12	Villanova - 2018 - Mikal Bridges	6	2	1.8	6	10.3
13	Purdue - 2018 - Carsen Edwards	5	1	3.5	3.3	10.2
14	Louisville - 2013 - Russ Smith	2	1	2.7	7.7	9.2
15	UCLA - 1967 - Lew Alcindor	1	0	-1.0	2	9.2
16	Kentucky - 1996 - Antoine Walker	0	1	-1.0	-3	8.6
17	Baylor - 2021 - Jared Butler	1	0	-6.0	23	8.4
18	Auburn - 2019 - Chuma Okeke	8	1	-1.6	5.7	8
19	Cincinnati - 1960 - Oscar Robertson	1	1	11.0	-4	7
20	Kansas - 1997 - Paul Pierce	1	0	-16.0	16	6.6
21	Michigan St. - 2009 - Draymond Green	6	2	2.8	1.3	6.5
22	Duke - 1992 - Christian Laettner	1	1	1.5	7	6.4
23	NC State - 1989 - David Thompson	1	0	1.0	1	6.2
24	North Carolina - 1998 - Vince Carter	1	0	-8.0	6	6.2
25	Oregon - 2017 - Dillon Brooks	3	2	3.8	1.4	6.2
26	Michigan St. - 1979 - Magic Johnson	2	1	-1.3	7.7	6
27	NC State - 1974 - David Thompson	1	1	7.5	-1.5	6
28	UNLV - 1991 - Larry Johnson	1	1	-4.0	1	6
29	Indiana - 1981 - Isaiah Thomas	1	0	-2.0	18	5.8
30	Illinois - 2005 - Deron Williams	3	2	2.2	2.4	5.6
31	Michigan - 1989 - Glen Rice	0	1	2.0	-1	5.6
32	Wake Forest - 1996 - Tim Duncan	2	1	7.0	1.3	5.6
33	Memphis - 2008 - Derrick Rose	4	2	1.0	2.8	5.5
34	Oklahoma - 1985 - Wayman Tisdale	3	1	2.8	1.5	5.2
35	Houston - 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon	1	0	-7.0	15	5
36	Illinois - 1989 - Nick Anderson	0	0	-6.0	0	5
37	Syracuse - 2003 - Carmelo Anthony	2	1	4.0	2	4.6
38	Kentucky - 2012 - Anthony Davis	4	2	-3.7	6.5	4.5
39	Michigan - 1965 - Cazzie Russell	1	1	3.0	9.5	4.4
40	Wisconsin - 2015 - Frank Kaminsky	2	2	2.0	1.8	4
41	Michigan St. - 2000 - Mateen Cleaves	1	0	-11.0	4	3.6
42	Connecticut - 1999 - Richard Hamilton	0	1	6.0	-4	3.4
43	Missouri - 1982 - Steve Stipanovich	2	0	0.5	4	3.2
44	Ohio St. - 1960 - Jerry Lucas	0	1	-2.0	-1	3.2
45	Arizona - 2015 - Stanley Johnson	3	1	-5.0	4.8	2.8
46	Jacksonville - 1970 - Artis Gilmore	1	0	-5.0	13	2.6
47	Loyola Marymount - 1990 - Bo Kimble	1	0	-2.0	22	2.6
48	Georgetown - 1984 - Patrick Ewing	2	1	1.0	2	2.4
49	Arkansas - 1994 - Corliss Williamson	0	1	1.0	-1	2.2
50	Michigan - 2013 - Trey Burke	2	3	2.0	1.2	2.2
51	Cincinnati - 2002 - Jason Maxiell	2	2	-0.5	1.3	2
52	Iowa - 2021 - Luka Garza	0	0	-7.0	0	2
53	Syracuse - 1987 - Rony Seikaly	2	1	-1.0	3.7	1.8
54	UTEP (Texas Western) - 1966 - Bobby Joe Hill	2	1	7.7	-2.3	1.8
55	Loyola-Chicago - 1963 - Jerry Harkness	0	1	-1.0	-6	1.6
56	Seton Hall - 1989 - John Morton	1	1	2.5	0	1.6
57	Texas Tech - 2019 - Jarrett Culver	3	2	2.2	-1.6	1.6
58	DePaul - 1980 - Mark Aguirre	1	0	4.0	18	1.4
59	Dayton - 2020 - Obi Toppin	1	0	-5.0	5	1
60	USC - 2021 - Evan Mobley	0	0	-6.0	0	1
61	Arizona - 1997 - Mike Bibby	2	1	0.0	-2.3	0.4
62	Purdue - 1969 - Rick Mount	0	1	-1.0	-1	0.2
63	Duke - 1986 - Johnny Dawkins	0	1	-5.0	-2	0
64	Marquette - 1971 - Jim Chones	1	1	4.5	-1	-0.4
65	Marquette - 2003 - Dwyane Wade	2	2	1.0	-0.8	-0.4
66	Georgetown - 2007 - Roy Hibbert	1	2	-0.7	1.3	-0.6
67	Kansas - 1957 - Wilt Chamberlain	1	1	3.0	-6.5	-0.8
68	Pittsburgh - 2009 - DeJuan Blair	1	3	3.3	-2.3	-0.8
69	Maryland - 1984 - Len Bias	1	0	0.0	10	-1
70	Marquette - 1977 - Butch Lee	1	1	-4.0	4.5	-1.6
71	LSU - 1992 - Shaquille O'Neal	0	1	-5.0	-3	-1.8
72	San Diego St. - 2011 - Kawhi Leonard	2	2	0.8	-2.5	-1.8
73	St. John's - 1985 - Chris Mullin	0	1	1.0	-1	-1.8
74	Colorado - 2021 - McKinley Wright	0	0	5.0	0	-2
75	Creighton - 2020 - Ty-Shon Alexander	1	1	-2.0	0	-2
76	Holy Cross - 1950 - Bob Cousy	1	0	3.0	2	-2
77	Kansas St. - 2008 - Michael Beasley	1	1	1.5	-0.5	-2
78	Kentucky - 1948 - Alex Groza	1	0	1.0	3	-2.2
79	San Francisco - 1956 - Bill Russell	0	1	5.0	-7	-2.2
80	UNLV - 1987 - Armen Gilliam	0	1	-5.0	-18	-2.4
81	South Carolina - 2017 - Sindarius Thornwell	1	2	-1.0	-0.3	-2.6
82	Ohio St. - 2007 - Greg Oden	2	4	1.7	-3	-3
83	Florida - 2006 - Joakim Noah	3	3	-4.0	0.8	-3.2
84	Iowa - 2002 - Reggie Evans	1	2	2.7	-4.3	-4
85	Oklahoma St. - 2004 - John Lucas	1	3	-0.5	-2.3	-4
86	St. Bonaventure - 1970 - Bob Lanier	0	1	-5.0	-10	-4
87	Davidson - 2008 - Stephen Curry	1	3	2.0	-3.3	-4.2
88	DePaul - 1945 - George Mikan	0	1	8.0	-4	-4.2
89	Georgia Tech - 2004 - Jarrett Jack	2	4	5.5	-8	-4.2
90	Virginia - 1981 - Ralph Sampson	0	1	-2.0	-11	-4.4
91	Indiana - 2002 - Jared Jeffries	1	3	2.3	-5.5	-4.6
92	Tennessee - 1977 - Bernard King	1	1	3.0	-7	-4.6
93	California - 1959 - Jack Grout	0	1	-1.0	-2	-4.8
94	St. Joe's - 2004 - Jameer Nelson	1	2	0.0	-7.3	-5
95	Seattle - 1958 - Elgin Baylor	0	1	1.0	-2	-5.2
96	Utah - 1998 - Andre Miller	0	1	-3.0	-10	-5.2
97	Oklahoma - 2016 - Buddy Hield	1	3	2.8	-7	-5.4
98	Alabama - 1977 - Reggie King	0	1	-2.0	-1	-5.6
99	Texas - 2003 - T.J. Ford	1	2	0.7	-7.7	-5.6
100	Wichita St. - 2013 - Fred VanVleet	1	2	2.7	-7	-5.6
101	Georgia Tech - 1990 - Dennis Scott	0	1	2.0	-18	-5.8
102	West Virginia - 2010 - Kevin Jones	1	3	1.0	-5.8	-5.8
103	Brigham Young - 1981 - Danny Ainge	0	0	1.0	0	-6
104	Marquette - 2011 - Jimmy Butler	0	1	0.0	-5	-6
105	UCLA - 2006 - Jordan Farmar	2	3	1.4	-6.4	-6
106	Kansas - 1988 - Danny Manning	0	1	-3.0	-9	-6.6
107	Indiana St. - 1979 - Larry Bird	0	1	-2.0	-7	-6.8
108	LSU - 2006 - Glen Davis	1	2	0.3	-8.7	-6.8
109	Dayton - 1967 - Don May	0	0	2.0	0	-7
110	La Salle - 1954 - Tom Gola	0	1	-2.0	-9	-7.2
111	Maryland - 2002 - Juan Dixon	1	3	1.8	-9.3	-7.2
112	Notre Dame - 1970 - Austin Carr	1	1	2.0	-9.5	-7.2
113	Oklahoma St. - 1946 - Bob Kurland	0	1	-9.0	-2	-7.2
114	South Carolina - 1973 - Mike Dunleavy	0	1	7.0	-6	-7.2
115	Wyoming - 1943 - Ken Sailors	0	1	2.0	-13	-7.2
116	Auburn - 1984 - Charles Barkley	1	1	-2.5	-5.5	-7.4
117	West Virginia - 1959 - Jerry West	0	1	-7.0	-1	-7.4
118	Kentucky - 1970 - Dan Issel	0	1	-3.0	-22	-7.6
119	North Carolina - 1957 - Lennie Rosenbluth	0	1	0.0	-13	-7.6
120	Navy - 1986 - David Robinson	0	1	5.0	-16	-8
121	Villanova - 1985 - Ed Pinckney	0	1	-1.0	-7	-8.2
122	Arkansas - 1978 - Sidney Monfrief	0	1	-1.0	-21	-8.6
123	Georgia - 1982 - Dominique Wilkins	1	1	0.0	-8	-8.6
124	Arizona St. - 1980 - Byron Scott	0	1	3.0	-15	-9
125	Louisville - 1980 - Darrell Griffith	0	1	4.0	-30	-9.4
126	Notre Dame - 1981 - Orlando Woolridge	0	1	5.0	-23	-9.4
127	George Mason - 2006 - Jai Lewis	0	3	1.3	-7.7	-9.6
128	Creighton - 2014 - Doug McDermott	0	3	-0.3	-13.7	-11.8
129	LSU - 1970 - Pete Maravich	0	1	2.0	-1	-12
130	Princeton - 1965 - Bill Bradley	0	1	-2.0	-17	-12
131	Wake Forest - 2005 - Chris Paul	0	3	5.3	-21	-12
132	VCU - 2011 - Bradford Burgess	0	3	2.0	-11	-12.8
133	Miami FL - 1965 - Rick Berry	0	1	-15.0	-4	-13.6
134	Loyola-Chicago - 2018 - Cameron Krutwig	0	3	2.7	-15.7	-13.6
135	Butler - 2010 - Gordon Hayward	0	3	5.3	-21.7	-14.8
136	Niagara - 1970 - Calvin Murphy	0	1	7.0	-16	-15.6

Baylor Replaces Illinois in All-Time Great Tournament

Our first 2021 Value Add Basketball Game player cards will be used in a game. We have substituted the 2021 National Champions from Baylor into our current tournament as the No. 7 seed in place of Nick Anderson's 1989 Illinois team. 

In recent blogs we announced we added four teams from 2021 as well as Obi Toppin's 2000 Dayton squad to bring our total to 134 Great All-Time teams. It turned out Baylor and the 1989 Illinois squad were tied for 34th in our simulated KenPom Ratings, and since Illinois had yet to play their opener against Orlando Woolridge's 1981 Notre Dame team, we discovered that the Challong.com site I use to set up my brackets does allow you to edit teams in a bracket that have yet to play we subbed them in as an equal level replacement.

Below is the new bracket. As the 7-seed, a Baylor win would mean the top seven seeds will all play in Round 2. However, because of many upsets in other games, a Notre Dame win would mean the worse seeds would be 6-5 in the tournament to date. In our original tournament of 96 teams the favorites 63-32.