NIT Wild Elite 8 Games: UNCW 116-114, NIA 94-92

Coming off the lowest scoring game of our first 350, with Bobby Knights' Indiana defeating Michael Jordan, we proceeded to have the two wildest games decided at the buzzer.

Northern Iowa Edges Winthrop. We the non-power Conferences playing for automatic bids, we thought we would shift back to out NIT of all-time non-power champs, and the first game was between our two biggest non-power champs, with Winthrop 2007 vs. Northern Iowa 2015. In their real MVC tournament this year Northern Iowa is not in the title game due to being upset by Valpo in the quarter finals.

Seth Tuttle drew a foul in the closing seconds and hit both free throws for a 94-92 win to advance to our All-Time NIT Final 4. He has made Northern Iowa perhaps the biggest surprise so far i the game - as a blowout win over Bobby Hurley's Rhode Island, stunning upset of the 1960 Ohio State champs and then respectable loss against a Kentucky team make them 4-1 with this win and in our top 50. IN real MVC action 

Winthrop also lost their real tournament title game today to end up runner up in the Big South tournament.

UNC Wilmington over Stephen F Austin in double OT Despite 4 starters fouling out. The next game would be the second highest scoring game of our 350 Value Add Basketball Games played to date. The average score in our first 350 games has been 78-68. Ironically the lowest scoring game was played right before these two games, as Bobby Knight's Indiana beat Michael Jordan's UNC 53-46 in a matchup of perhaps the best two defensive teams in teh game.

Rnk	Highest Scoring Games	Player	Score	Allow	Pts	Opponent
1	Loyola Marymount 1990	Bo Kimble	138	116	254	Kentucky 1970
2	UNC Wilmington 2003	Devontae Cacok	116	114	230	Stephen F. Austin 2016
3	Holy Cross 1950	Bob Cousy #34	108	106	214	Duke 1986
4	Michigan St. 2000	Mateen Cleaves	108	104	212	Miami FL 1965
5	North Carolina 1998	Vince Carter	104	101	205	Loyola Marymount 1990
6	Illinois 1989	Nick Anderson	105	98	203	Loyola Marymount 1990
7	Miami FL 2023	Norchad Omier	99	98	197	Washington 2006
8	Texas 2023	Marcus Carr	97	96	193	Indiana St. 1979
9	Michigan 1965	Cazzie Russell	95	94	189	Stephen F Austin 1965
10	Marquette 2023	Tyler Kolek	94	93	187	Creighton 2023
Drop	UCLA 1967	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar #3	93	92	185	Baylor 2021

That was topped in our second game which sets all kinds of records starting with both teams being the first to score 100 points besides games  in which Loyola-Marymount was not playing.  Stephen F. Austin drew a record 33 fouls to get a record 47 foul shots attempted. Four of five UNC Wilmington starters fouled out, but the remaining player - Denzel Ingram - hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the end of the 2nd overtime to advance to our NIT Final 4 with a 116-114 win.

While we ranked Thomas Walkup as the best player in the country when we ran our Value Add Basketball rankings, it was Demetrious Floyd hit an all-time game high seven 3-pointers in the losing effort.

Pos	Stephen F Austin 2016	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
	UNCW 116, SFA 114
1-PG	Trey Pinkney	6	0	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	5'9	2.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb
2-SG	Demetrious Floyd	28	7	1	5	7	1	3	1	3	5'11	13.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb
3-SF	Thomas Walkup	31	0	8	15	16	11	7	1	4	6'4	18.1 Pts, 6.9 Reb
4-PF	Ty Charles	21	1	7	4	9	7	4	0	3	6'5	9.4 Pts, 4.8 Reb
5-C	T.J. Holyfield	14	0	3	8	11	10	0	2	1	6'8	7.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb
1-PG	Jared Johnson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'0	6.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
2-SG	Dallas Cameron	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	3.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
3-SF	Nathan Bain	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'6	2.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
4-PF	Clide Geffrard	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	13.3 Pts, 5.9 Reb
5-C	C.J. Williams	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	2.4 Pts, 2.7 Reb
	Turnovers 14	114	8	28	34	47	39	16	4	18
Pos	UNC Wilmington 2017	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
1-PG	Denzel Ingram	33	4	9	3	4	3	1	0	3	6'0	14.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb
2-SG	Ambrose Mosley	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	6'2	8.2 Pts, 2.9 Reb
3-SF	Chris Flemmings	13	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	5	6'5	15.8 Pts, 5.6 Reb
4-PF	C.J. Bryce	24	1	7	7	10	3	0	0	5	6'5	17.4 Pts, 5.4 Reb
5-C	Devontae Cacok	12	0	6	0	0	13	0	2	5	6'7	12.3 Pts, 9.8 Reb
1-PG	Jordon Talley	14	1	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	6'0	7.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb
2-SG	JaQuel Richmond	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'1	4.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb
3-SF	Jaylen Fornes	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	6'3	3.1 Pts, 1.0 Reb
4-PF	Marcus Bryan	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6'7	2.2 Pts, 2.7 Reb
5-C	Chuck Ogbodo	9	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	6'9	1.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
	Turnovers 21	116	8	40	12	17	30	3	3	33
	Previous game
Pos	Winthrop 2007	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
	N IA wins 116-114
1-PG	Michael Jenkins	12	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	6'3	14.8 Pts, 3.8 Reb
2-SG	Chris Gaynor	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	5'10	7.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb
3-SF	Taj McCullough	16	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	1	6'7	7.9 Pts, 3.8 Reb
4-PF	Phillip Williams	8	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	6'8	8.7 Pts, 5.5 Reb
5-C	Craig Bradshaw	16	1	6	1	2	5	0	2	2	6'11	13.5 Pts, 6.3 Reb
1-PG	DeAndre Adams	7	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	3	5'8	2.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb
2-SG	Antwon Harris	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'4	5.5 Pts, 3.3 Reb
3-SF	Kyle Moore	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'3	1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
4-PF	Mantoris Robinson	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6'5	2.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
5-C	Torrell Martin	13	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	6'5	14.5 Pts, 5.7 Reb
	Turnovers 13	92	13	24	5	6	27	4	3	18
Pos	Northern Iowa 2015 (MVC)	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Ht	Actual Season
1-PG	Deon Mitchell	11	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	6'1	7.5 Pts, 2.0 ^ 2.5 Ast
2-SG	Matt Bohannon	9	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	1	6'4	5.7 Pts, 1.7 ^ 0.9 Ast
3-SF	Jeremy Morgan	11	2	2	1	1	4	0	0	1	6'5	5.6 Pts, 3.1 ^ 0.9 Ast
4-PF	Marvin Singleton	10	0	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	6'6	4.7 Pts, 4.9 ^ 0.7 Ast
5-C	Seth Tuttle	25	4	4	5	5	4	0	2	3	6'8	15.3 Pts, 6.9 ^ 3.3 Ast
1-PG	Wes Washpun	10	2	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	6'1	7.6 Pts, 2.5 ^ 2.6 Ast
2-SG	Wyatt Lohaus	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	3.8 Pts, 1.2 ^ 0.7 Ast
3-SF	Paul Jesperson	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6'6	5.9 Pts, 2.3 ^ 0.3 Ast
4-PF	Nate Buss	9	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	6'9	7.7 Pts, 2.7 ^ 0.1 Ast
5-C	Bennett Koch	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'9	1.4 Pts, 0.6 ^ 0.0 Ast
	Turnovers 12	94	13	20	15	17	25	4	6	13

Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) 25 MVPs and Top Freshmen

The following are the 25 most valuable players based on their value above a typical replacement player both offensively and defensively at www.valueaddbasketball.com in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).   

  Details to follow.

Missouri Valley Conference Top 15 Men’s Basketball Players To Date

 For Immediate Release

John Pudner, 404.606.3163, johnp@takebackaction.org

Missouri Valley Conference Top 15 Men’s Basketball Players To Date

“Value Add Basketball is happy to provide the early list of the conference’s top 15 men’s  basketball players based on proven analytics used by NBA teams for draft prep,as well as writers at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Fox Sports,” said John Pudner, the inventor of the system.”

“The MVC is stacked with top tier talent this year with seven players placing in the top five percent of all players, including three from Loyola Chicago. Our analytics calculate a virtual tie for Player of the Year between defending Defensive Player of the Year Lucas Williamson of Loyola and Northern Iowa’s Nate Heise - 6.77 and 6.71 Value Add ratings respectively.”

“With Aher Uguak (4th) and Braden Norris (7th) completing a dominate trio for Loyola, it looks like Sister Jean has another chance to celebrate in March Madness. However, Garrett Sturtz (3rd) likely gives Drake the best chance to beat them.”

You can click on this google doc with information on all 4,000+ players prior to it being posted on www.valueaddbasketball.com. You can also click here for the top 100 players in the country.

Information includes each player’s chance of making the NBA, his Value Add Rating for how many points he impacts a typical game (roughly 10 points is All-American level). The key to the table is: Rank = the player's conference ranking, Value Add = how many points he improves his team over a replacement player, Class = if he is in his 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th and final year of eligibility, Ht = his height, AdjD = how many points he takes away from opponents, and NBA = his percent chance of making the NBA.

Feel free to use any information contained in these statements as wanted, and email (johnp@takebackaction.org), or text/call 404.606.3163 for any questions or additional quotes from John Pudner.

Rank	MVC	Team	Value Add	Class	Ht	AdjD
1	Lucas Williamson	Loyola Chicago	6.77	Sr	6'4"	-4
2	Nate Heise	Northern Iowa	6.71	Fr	6'4"	-2.08
3	Garrett Sturtz	Drake	6.31	Sr	6'3"	-1.98
4	Aher Uguak	Loyola Chicago	6.21	Sr	6'7"	-3
5	Gaige Prim	Missouri St.	5.94	Sr	6'9"	-2.38
6	Terry Roberts	Bradley	5.83	Jr	6'3"	-1.57
7	Braden Norris	Loyola Chicago	5.41	Jr	6'0	-0.82
8	Jawaun Newton	Evansville	4.66	Sr	6'3"	-0.7
9	Steven Verplancken	Southern Illinois	4.64	Jr	6'4"	0.02
10	Malevy Leons	Bradley	4.47	Jr	6'9"	-1.11
11	Marquise Kennedy	Loyola Chicago	4.38	Jr	6'1"	-1.75
12	Marcus Domask	Southern Illinois	4.3	Jr	6'6"	-0.85
13	Jaylen Minnett	Missouri St.	4.18	Sr	6'1"	-0.32
14	Tucker DeVries	Drake	4.17	Fr	6'7"	-1.55
15	ShanQuan Hemphill	Drake	4.11	Sr	6'6"	-2.3
Def	Lance Jones	Southern Illinois	2.24	Jr	6'1"	-1.98
Def	Rienk Mast	Bradley	1.25	So	6'9"	-1.88
Def	Thomas Kithier	Valparaiso	4.02	Sr	6'8"	-1.81
Def	Cameron Henry	Indiana St.	2.94	Jr	6'6"	-1.72
Def	Tate Hall	Loyola Chicago	2.7	Sr	6'6"	-1.7