ACC: Carmelo (22 ppg) Puts Syracuse Atop Rugged ACC

The last thing the four National Champions competing in our greatest ACC teams of the century tournament needed was Carmelo Anthony and his 2003 Syracuse national champions. With every other team splitting their first two games except for 0-2 Georgia Tech (2004), first place came down to a showdown between Jon Scheyer's 2010 Duke Squad and Carmelo Anthony and company.

Duke led until 10:19 to go in the game, when Warrick drew a crucial 5th foul on Singler and hit a free throw to make it 62-61. Despite Miles Plumlee coming off the bench to finish the game, Syracuse's Duany hit a 3-pointer with 1:15 to play to make it 82-79, and it appeared over when Duke had to foul McNamara and the 90% free throw shooters drained them both for the 84-79 lead. However Duke's Zoubek scored at the other end and drew a foul, and then hit the free throw despite being only a 55% free throw shooter (1-11 good, 12-20 miss on the dice). Scheyer then hit a game-tying shot only to have Duany hit a buzzer beater.

Here are the top five in each category we track in the game, which you can play for free here.

Most points per game ACC	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Anthony, Syracuse 2003	22.0	7.5	1.5	0.0
Smith, Duke 2010	21.5	0.5	0.0	2.0
Williams J, UNC 2005	18.0	9.5	1.0	1.0
Duany, Syracuse 2003	17.0	2.0	0.0	1.0
Scheyer, Duke 2010	16.5	4.5	2.5	0.0
Most rebounds per game ACC	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
May, UNC 2005	10.5	13.5	1.5	1.5
Warrick, Syracuse 2003	16.0	13.0	0.5	0.0
Williams J, UNC 2005	18.0	9.5	1.0	1.0
Blair, Pitt 2009	11.0	10.0	2.0	0.5
Thomas, Duke 2010	3.0	8.0	0.5	0.0
Most steals per game ACC	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Scheyer, Duke 2010	16.5	4.5	2.5	0.0
Jerome, Virginia 2019	8.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
Blair, Pitt 2009	11.0	10.0	2.0	0.5
Manuel, Maryland 2002	8.5	5.5	2.0	0.5
Felton, UNC 2005	13.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Most Blocks per game ACC	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
McHenry, Georgia Tech 2004	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.0
Smith, Duke 2010	21.5	0.5	0.0	2.0
Jerome, Virginia 2019	8.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
May, UNC 2005	10.5	13.5	1.5	1.5
May, Maryland 2002	9.0	4.5	0.0	1.5
McCants, Maryland 2002	4.5	2.0	0.0	1.5
Key, Virginia 2019	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5

Every team has shown the ability to explode and score, and because the ACC is so loaded I am giving them four spots in the tournament while the others all get just the 1st and 2nd place team. All six champions get a huge advantage because they start in the Elite 8, while the other teams must win back-to-back playoff games to reach the Elite 8.

Therefore even though that one last shot by Syracuse dropped Duke from 1st to 4th in the ACC, they would still be in the tournament with UNC 2005 and UVa 2019 if it started today.

Below are the first seven box scores. While the columns look a little funny to the right, that is because the information there is intended to show people playing the game the suggested positions as well as which of the 44 posssessions we usually play each player.

G-F	Poss	Pitt 2009	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
	Pitt 2009	70		UNC 2005		64
G-F	Poss	Pitt 2009	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1		Fields	18	4	1	0	Pitt 2009
2		Dixon	1	2	1	0	Pitt 2009
3		Biggs	10	8	0	1	Pitt 2009
4		Young	22	5	1	0	Pitt 2009
5		Blair	6	7	1	0	Pitt 2009
		Bench					Pitt 2009
		Gibbs	0	0	2	2	Pitt 2009
		Robinson	0	0	0	0	Pitt 2009
		Brown	2	4	3	0	Pitt 2009
		McGee	0	1	2	2	Pitt 2009
		Wanamaker	11	1	0	0	Pitt 2009
		Total	70	32	11	5	Pitt 2009
G-F	Poss	UNC 2005	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1		Manuel	3	1	3	1	UNC 2005
2		Felton	17	2	0	0	UNC 2005
3		McCants	16	4	0	0	UNC 2005
4		Williams J	9	8	1	1	UNC 2005
5		May	6	10	3	3	UNC 2005
		Bench					UNC 2005
			10	3	2	0	UNC 2005
		Noel	3	0	0	0	UNC 2005
		Thomas	0	1	0	0	UNC 2005
		Scott	0	3	0	2	UNC 2005
		Williams M	0	1	0	0	UNC 2005
		Total	64	33	9	7	UNC 2005
Virginia 2019		72		Syracuse		92
G-F	Poss	Virginia	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	33-1	Clark	7	3	0	0	Virginia 2019
2	44-34, 32-1	Jerome	17	1	4	3	Virginia 2019
3	all	Guy	26	4	1	1	Virginia 2019
4	44-33,30-1	Hunter	11	2	0	1	Virginia 2019
5	25-1	Diakite	3	3	0	1	Virginia 2019
		Bench					Virginia 2019
			0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
			0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
1,2,4	44-31	Key	1	0	0	3	Virginia 2019
5	39-26	Salt	6	2	0	0	Virginia 2019
5	44-40	Huff	1	1	0	2	Virginia 2019
TO	9		72	16	5	11	Virginia 2019
G-F	Poss	Syracuse	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	all	McNamara	7	1	1	0	Syracuse 2003
2	33-1	Duany	15	1	0	1	Syracuse 2003
3	43-1	Warrick	18	15	1	0	Syracuse 2003
4	all	Anthony	31	7	3	0	Syracuse 2003
5	20-1	McNeil	2	3	0	0	Syracuse 2003
		Bench					Syracuse 2003
			0	2	0	0	Syracuse 2003
			0	0	0	0	Syracuse 2003
2	44-34	Pace	3	1	0	0	Syracuse 2003
3/5	44,31-20	Forth	0	1	0	0	Syracuse 2003
1	44-31	Edelin	3	1	0	0	Syracuse 2003
TO	4	Total	79	32	5	1	Syracuse 2003
Duke 2010		67		Georgia Tech 2004		56
G-F	Poss	Duke 2010	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	all	Smith	14	1	0	3	Duke 2010
2	all	Scheyer	19	7	4	0	Duke 2010
3	all	Singler	13	5	1	0	Duke 2010
4	27-1	Thomas	3	10	0	0	Duke 2010
5	27-1	Zoubek	14	8	0	0	Duke 2010
		Bench					Duke 2010
			0	0	0	0	Duke 2010
4,5	44-28	Plumlee, Mi	3	3	0	0	Duke 2010
5	27-21	Kelly	0	1	2	0	Duke 2010
5	39-31	Dawkins	0	1	0	0	Duke 2010
5	44-40	Plumlee, Ma	1	1	0	0	Duke 2010
			67	37	7	3	Duke 2010
G-F	Poss	Georgia Tech 2004	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	40-1	Jack	13	5	1	0	Georgia Tech 2004
2	44-4,28-1	Elder	15	1	1	0	Georgia Tech 2004
3	34-1	Lewis	3	2	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
4	21-1	Muhammad	2	4	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
5	33-1	Schenscher	8	6	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
		Bench					Georgia Tech 2004
1,2	44-29	Bynum	0	0	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
3	44-35	Moore	11	2	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
4	44-26	McHenry	2	5	0	2	Georgia Tech 2004
4	25-22	Brooks	2	2	2	0	Georgia Tech 2004
5	44-40	Tarver	0	2	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
		Total	56	29	4	2	Georgia Tech 2004
	Pitt 2009	55	Maryland 2002			64
G-F	Poss	Pitt 2009	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1		Fields	8	1	1	0	Pitt 2009
2		Dixon	6	5	0	0	Pitt 2009
3		Biggs	10	4	1	1	Pitt 2009
4		Young	10	5	1	1	Pitt 2009
5		Blair	16	13	3	1	Pitt 2009
		Bench					Pitt 2009
		Gibbs	0	0	0	0	Pitt 2009
		Robinson	0	0	0	0	Pitt 2009
		Brown	5	1	0	0	Pitt 2009
		McGee	0	1	0	0	Pitt 2009
		Wanamaker	0	1	3	2	Pitt 2009
		Total	55	31	9	5	Pitt 2009
G-F+114110:113	Poss	Maryland 2002	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	25-1	Manuel	17	10	4	1	Maryland 2002
2	40-1	Felton	7	5	1	0	Maryland 2002
3	27-1	McCants	9	2	0	3	Maryland 2002
4	29-1	Williams J	9	5	0	1	Maryland 2002
5	44-30,18-1	May	18	5	0	3	Maryland 2002
		Bench					Maryland 2002
			0	0	0	0	Maryland 2002
1	44-26	Noel	0	0	0	0	Maryland 2002
2,3	44-41,28	Thomas	0	2	0	0	Maryland 2002
3	44-29	Scott	0	1	0	2	Maryland 2002
4,5	44-30,29-19	Williams M	4	3	2	0	Maryland 2002
		Total	64	33	7	10	Maryland 2002
Virginia 2019		Maryland 2002				0
G-F	Poss	Virginia	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	33-1	Clark	0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
2	44-34, 32-1	Jerome	0	1	0	0	Virginia 2019
3	all	Guy	0	1	0	0	Virginia 2019
4	44-33,30-1	Hunter	0	2	0	0	Virginia 2019
5	25-1	Diakite	0	2	0	0	Virginia 2019
		Bench					Virginia 2019
			0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
			0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
1,2,4	44-31	Key	0	0	0	0	Virginia 2019
5	39-26	Salt	0	1	0	0	Virginia 2019
5	44-40	Huff	0	1	0	0	Virginia 2019
TO	9		0	8	0	0	Virginia 2019
G-F+114110:113	Poss	Maryland 2002	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1		Manuel	0	1	0	0	Maryland 2002
2		Felton	0	2	0	0	Maryland 2002
3		McCants	0	2	0	0	Maryland 2002
4		Williams J	0	3	0	0	Maryland 2002
5		May	0	4	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Bench					Maryland 2002
			0	0	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Noel	0	0	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Thomas	0	1	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Scott	0	1	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Williams M	0	1	0	0	Maryland 2002
		Total	0	15	0	0	Maryland 2002
Duke 2010		0	Syracuse 2003			0
G-F	Poss	Duke 2010	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	all	Smith	29	0	0	1	Duke 2010
2	all	Scheyer	14	2	1	0	Duke 2010
3	all	Singler	4	1	0	1	Duke 2010
4	27-1	Thomas	3	6	1	0	Duke 2010
5	27-1	Zoubek	5	7	0	0	Duke 2010
		Bench					Duke 2010
			0	0	0	0	Duke 2010
4,5	44-28	Plumlee, Mi	8	6	0	0	Duke 2010
5	27-21	Kelly	9	0	0	0	Duke 2010
5	39-31	Dawkins	8	2	0	0	Duke 2010
5	44-40	Plumlee, Ma	4	1	0	0	Duke 2010
			84	25	2	2	Duke 2010
G-F	Poss	Syracuse 2003	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	all	McNamara	15	2	0	0	Syracuse 2003
2	33-1	Duany	19	3	0	1	Syracuse 2003
3	43-1	Warrick	14	11	0	0	Syracuse 2003
4	all	Anthony	13	8	0	0	Syracuse 2003
5	20-1	McNeil	0	4	0	0	Syracuse 2003
		Bench					Syracuse 2003
			0	0	0	0	Syracuse 2003
			0	0	0	0	Syracuse 2003
2	44-34	Pace	3	1	0	0	Syracuse 2003
3/5	44,31-20	Forth	12	2	0	0	Syracuse 2003
1	44-31	Edelin	10	2	0	0	Syracuse 2003
TO	4	Total	86	33	0	1	Syracuse 2003
Georgia Tech 2004			UNC 2005
G-F	Poss	Georgia Tech 2004	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	40-1	Jack	3	2	1	0	Georgia Tech 2004
2	44-4,28-1	Elder	10	2	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
3	34-1	Lewis	6	1	3	0	Georgia Tech 2004
4	21-1	Muhammad	13	4	1	1	Georgia Tech 2004
5	33-1	Schenscher	7	5	1	1	Georgia Tech 2004
		Bench					Georgia Tech 2004
1,2	44-29	Bynum	3	0	2	0	Georgia Tech 2004
3	44-35	Moore	6	3	0	2	Georgia Tech 2004
4	44-26	McHenry	4	0	0	2	Georgia Tech 2004
4	25-22	Brooks	0	0	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
5	44-40	Tarver	0	1	0	0	Georgia Tech 2004
		Total	52	18	8	6	Georgia Tech 2004
G-F	Poss	UNC 2005	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks	Team
1	25-1	Manuel	1	1	0	0	UNC 2005
2	40-1	Felton	9	2	4	0	UNC 2005
3	27-1	McCants	9	7	0	0	UNC 2005
4	29-1	Williams J	27	11	1	1	UNC 2005
5	44-30,18-1	May	15	17	0	0	UNC 2005
		Bench					UNC 2005
			0	0	2	2	UNC 2005
1	44-26	Noel	10	0	0	0	UNC 2005
2,3	44-41,28	Thomas	3	1	0	0	UNC 2005
3	44-29	Scott	3	1	0	0	UNC 2005
4,5	44-30,29-19	Williams M	0	1	0	0	UNC 2005
		Total	77	41	7	3	UNC 2005

SEC Leaders: Pts-Davis KY 2012, Reb-Lewis GMU 2006, Steals-Okeke Aub 2019, Blocks-Spencer Aub 2019

Three SEC teams started 2-0 in the Greatest Teams of the Century play with Kentucky 2012 nudging out Auburn 2019 and Florida for first place based to a slight edge in point differential. The winner of the 6-game round robin will play in and 8-team tournament, while the second place team will need to win playin games to make the Elite 8. Here are the leaders in four categories we record in the game (to play games yourself, click here):

Points (2 SEC Gms)	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Davis, Kentucky 2012	24.5	9.0	0.5	1.0
Thornwell, South Carolina 2017	20.0	6.0	1.0	0.0
Green, Florida 2006	19.0	8.0	2.0	0.0
Okeke, Auburn 2019	17.5	3.5	3.5	0.0
Mitchell, T, LSU 2006	16.0	5.0	0.0	0.5
Rebounds  (2 SEC Gms)	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Lewis, George Mason 2006	13.5	10.5	0.5	1.5
Horford, Florida 2006	10.5	10.0	2.0	1.0
Davis, LSU 2006	9.0	10.0	1.0	0.5
Davis, Kentucky 2012	24.5	9.0	0.5	1.0
Mitchell, T, Kentucky 2012	14.5	9.0	0.5	1.0
Steals  (2 SEC Gms)	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Okeke, Auburn 2019	17.5	3.5	3.5	0.0
Kotsar, South Carolina 2017	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.5
Horford, Florida 2006	10.5	10.0	2.0	1.0
Green, Florida 2006	19.0	8.0	2.0	0.0
Purifoy, Auburn 2019	4.0	4.5	2.0	0.0
Brewer, Florida 2006	11.5	3.0	2.0	1.0
Spencer, Auburn 2019	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.5
Bradenburg, VCU 2011	3.0	1.5	2.0	0.0
Blocks  (2 SEC Gms)	Pts	Reb	Steals	Blocks
Spencer, Auburn 2019	2	3	2	2.5
Noah, Florida 2006	13	4.5	1.5	2
Thomas, LSU 2006	4	4.5	0	2
Lewis, George Mason 2006	13.5	10.5	0.5	1.5
Butler, George Mason 2006	14	2.5	1	1.5

Sidarius Thornwell (South Carolina 2017) had the biggest scoring game of any game in an conference so far with 33 vs. VCU, however, due to only scoring 7 in their first game loss to Florida he still trains Anthony Davis (Kentucky 2012) in points per game - as Davis is the only player to top 20 in both games. VCU 2011 led Florida with six minutes to play, but Taurean Green was unstoppable in a 20-0 run from that point - the biggest we've had in any game, to win going away.

Al Horford has been a dominant rebounder along with Big Baby Davis from the LSU 2006 squad, BUT Jai Lewis showed the 6'7, 275 pound dominance that let him lead George Mason 2006 past UConn and into the Final 4, and he is the top rebounder.

The balanced Auburn 2019 attack includes by far the best defense through two games, averaging allowing just 54 points a game to Kentucky's second best 61. This is partly due to Chuma Okeke leading in steals (3.5) and Horace Spencer in blocks (2.5).

The following are the box scores for all SEC games we've played so far. We will post a similar wrap up as the ACC, Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten and Big East wrap up two games a piece. The info to the right of each player is the four stats we track. The info to the left is for players playing the game to give suggestions for each team on possessions and which of the 44 possessions we use each player based on their endurance as we roll the dice. For example, we play Auburn's Harper at the "1" (point guard) and we have him sit only for the "44th" (counting down, so the first of the game) possession so the possessions he plays in our games are 43-1 - the final 43 possessions of the game.

This game he scored 13 points, and happened to get by far the most rebounds of any guard yet with 8 - which the team needed since Big Baby grabbed 15 and his backup center Roll grabbed 9 for a ridiculous 24-8 edge on the Board over Auburn's center.

Auburn 69, LSU 56

G-F	Poss	Auburn 2019	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	43-1	Harper	13	8	0	0
2	44,41-1	Brown	13	1	1	0
3	15-1	Purifoy	3	3	3	0
4	35-1	Okeke	13	2	3	0
5	14-1	Wiley	11	4	0	0
		Bench
1/2	44-42	McCormick	5	2	2	2
3	44-16	Doughty	3	0	0	0
4	44-36	Dunbar	5	4	3	0
5	29-15	Spencer	0	2	2	2
5	44-30	McLemore	3	2	0	0
		Total	69	28	14	4
G-F	Poss	LSU 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	All	Temple	0	2	1	1
2	All	Mitchell, D	8	3	0	0
3	All	Mitchell, T	20	5	0	0
4	27-1	Thomas	5	5	0	0
5	41-1	Davis	9	15	1	0
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
			0	0	0	0
		Team Reb	0	1	0	0
4	44-28	Lazare	8	2	0	0
5	44-42	Roll	6	9	0	0
		Total	56	42	2	1
	VCU	58		Florida		76
G-F	Poss	VCU 2011	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	30-1	Nixon	8	0	1	0
2	all	Rodriguez	9	0	3	0
3	22-1	Rozzell	13	2	0	0
4	all	Burgess	14	3	1	0
5	40-1	Skeen	2	8	1	1
		Bench
		Team Rebound	0	0	0	0
	44-31 (1)	Theus	4	0	0	0
	44-40 (3)	Rddic	2	2	0	0
	39-32 (3)	Bradenburg	4	2	2	0
	44-41	Veal	2	0	0	0
TO	8	Total	58	17	8	1
G-F	Poss	Florida 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	37-1	Humphrey	4	2	0	1
2	44-38, 28-1	Brewer	13	3	1	1
3	all	Green	23	11	1	0
4	37-33,26-1	Noah	18	7	3	3
5	32-1	Horford	6	10	0	1
		Bench
			8	2	0	0
		Team Reb	2	2	0	0
	44-38 (1), 37-29(2)	Hodge	2	1	0	0
	44-38 (4)	Moss	0	1	0	0
	44-33 (5), 32-27	Richard	0	1	2	0
TO	14	Total	76	40	7	6
South Carolina		71	George Mason			62
G-F	Poss	South Carolina 2017	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	43-41	Notice	1	1	1	0
2	44,34-1	Dozier	13	4	0	0
3	44-35,30-1	Thornwell	33	9	1	0
4	28-1	Kotsar	2	4	3	0
5	23-1	Silva	11	7	0	0
		Bench
1/2/3	44-31	Gravett	3	0	2	0
4	44-29	McKie	4	2	0	0
5	44-41	Keita	0	1	0	0
5	40-36	Gueye	0	1	0	2
5	35-24	Felder	4	2	0	0
TO	5		71	31	7	2
G-F	Poss	George Mason 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	40-1	Campbell	12	0	0	0
2	41-1	Butler	6	2	1	3
3	44-42,36-1	Skinn	0	1	0	0
4	44-37,31-1	Lewis	21	16	1	0
5	41-1	Thomas	16	12	0	1
		Bench
			0	0	2	0
1	44-41	Team Reb	4	3	0	0
2/3	44-37	Norwood	0	0	0	2
3	44-41	Carter	0	0	0	0
5	44-42	Hernandez	3	0	0	0
TO	15	Total	62	34	4	6
VCU 2011		51		Auburn		61
G-F	Poss	VCU	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	30-1	Nixon	4	0	1	1
2	all	Rodriguez	8	2	0	0
3	22-1	Rozzell	10	3	0	0
4	all	Burgess	9	3	0	0
5	40-1	Skeen	11	8	1	0
		Bench
		Team Rebound	0	0	0	0
	44-31 (1)	Theus	3	0	3	0
	44-40 (3)	Rddic	2	0	0	0
	39-32 (3)	Bradenburg	2	1	2	0
	44-41	Veal	2	1	0	0
TO	8	Total	51	18	7	1
G-F	Poss	Auburn 2019	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	43-1	Harper	7	2	1	0
2	44,41-1	Brown	9	3	1	0
3	15-1	Purifoy	5	6	1	0
4	35-1	Okeke	22	5	4	0
5	14-1	Wiley	2	3	0	0
		Bench
1/2	44-42	McCormick	2	0	0	0
3	44-16	Doughty	4	3	0	2
4	44-36	Dunbar	2	5	0	0
5	29-15	Spencer	4	4	2	3
5	44-30	McLemore	4	2	0	0
		Total	61	33	9	5
South Carolina 2017		66	Florida 2006			67
G-F	Poss	South Carolina 2017	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	43-41	Notice	17	4	1	1
2	44,34-1	Dozier	14	3	1	1
3	44-35,30-1	Thornwell	7	3	1	0
4	28-1	Kotsar	0	2	3	1
5	23-1	Silva	8	4	1	1
		Bench
1/2/3	44-31	Gravett	0	0	0	0
4	44-29	McKie	12	0	0	0
5	44-41	Keita	8	1	0	0
5	40-36	Gueye	0	2	0	0
5	35-24	Felder	0	1	0	0
TO			66	20	7	4
G-F	Poss	Florida 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	37-1	Humphrey	12	4	0	0
2	44-38, 28-1	Brewer	10	3	3	1
3	all	Green	15	5	3	0
4	37-33,26-1	Noah	8	2	0	1
5	32-1	Horford	15	10	4	1
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
		Huertas	7	0	0	0
	44-38 (1), 37-29(2)	Hodge	0	1	0	0
	44-38 (4)	Moss	0	2	0	0
	44-33 (5), 32-27	Richard	0	1	0	0
TO		Total	67	28	10	3
LSU 2006		58	Kentucky 2012			83
G-F	Poss	LSU 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	All	Temple	11	5	0	0
2	All	Mitchell, D	17	2	1	0
3	All	Mitchell, T	12	5	0	1
4	27-1	Thomas	3	4	0	4
5	41-1	Davis	9	5	1	1
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
			0	0	0	0
		Team Reb	0	0	0	0
4	44-28	Lazare	6	0	3	0
5	44-42	Roll	0	1	0	0
		Total	58	22	5	6
G-F	Poss	Kentucky 2012	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	44, 42-1	Teague	6	1	0	1
2	44-43,39-1	Mitchell, D	6	3	1	0
3	44-40, 35-1	Mitchell, T	16	7	0	1
4	44-36,34-1	Thomas	17	4	1	1
5	44-36,33-1	Davis	28	9	0	1
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
			0	1	0	0
		Team Reb	0	1	0	0
4		Miller	6	3	0	0
5		Wiltjer	4	2	0	0
		Total	83	31	2	4
GMU		64	Kentucky 2012			66
G-F	Poss	George Mason 2006	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	40-1	Campbell	9	5	3	0
2	41-1	Butler	22	3	1	0
3	44-42,36-1	Skinn	13	2	3	1
4	44-37,31-1	Lewis	6	5	0	3
5	41-1	Thomas	9	5	0	1
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
1	44-41	Team Reb	0	0	0	0
2/3	44-37	Norwood	0	1	0	0
3	44-41	Carter	5	1	2	0
5	44-42	Hernandez	0	1	0	0
		Total	64	23	9	5
G-F	Poss	Kentucky 2012	Pts	Reb	Stls	Blks
1	44, 42-1	Teague	10	1	3	0
2	44-43,39-1	Mitchell, D	7	3	1	0
3	44-40, 35-1	Mitchell, T	13	11	1	1
4	44-36,34-1	Thomas	8	3	0	0
5	44-36,33-1	Davis	21	9	1	1
		Bench
			0	0	0	0
			0	0	0	0
		Team Reb	0	1	0	0
4		Miller	3	1	0	2
5		Wiltjer	4	1	0	0
		Total	66	30	6	4

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Email summary of season after every team has played once

Complete email sent 5.28.2019 below

As Draymond Green prepares to take the court against the Toronto Raptors for the NBA title this week, his 2009 Michigan State squad won on a buzzer beater against the last team that Bobby Knight recruited at Indiana in the free basketball game I developed. That link includes player cards for the 42 teams listed in the standings below, as I've now played each team at least once.

The NBA Finals also feature Fred VanVleet, whose Wichita State 2013 team pulled a minor upset of Arizona in the expanded Pac-12 conference I created for the game (see standings below). However it is the Oregon 2017 team which lost 72-70 to the Memphis State 2008 team of John Calipari and Derrick Rose in the game but now has players on both sides of the NBA Finals with Oregon's Jordan Bell and Toronto's Chris Boucher. I still contend if Boucher were not injured for March Madness that year then the Oregon Ducks would be National Champs and they may well have won it a second time this year if Bol Bol were not injured (down a superstar in each year the lost by one to eventual champ UNC in the 2017 semifinals, then by four to eventual champ Virginia this year).

If you voted for the person in college basketball in the last 20 years who combined incredible talent with fiery competitiveness, you might start your list with Green and Knight, who I happened to talk with in New York a couple of years ago about the last undefeated team in college basketball (1976). When my program generated the cards - which measure each players ability to get open, score, draw fouls, rebound, block shots, steal and stop opponents on defense all adjusted precisely for their level of competition faced - I realized things such as four of the top six players on Indiana's 2002 Final Four team actually played on Knight's last team before his firing in 2000.



 The criteria for consideration was making the Final Four or finishing in the top 5 in www.kenpom.com, and each school could only have one team. In this post I noted that six teams featured at least six future NBA players, while the three had none (George Mason 2006, VCU 2011 and Loyola 2016) but as fans know, sometimes NBA talent plays well and sometimes they are freshmen putting in one season to get to the pros.

1	Kansas 2008	7	42	Big 12 (A10)	Brandon Rush 10, Darrell Arthur 10, Mario Chalmers 9, Cole Aldrich 8, Darnell Jackson 3, Sasha Kaun 1, Sherron Collins 1
2	UCLA 2006	6	51	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Arron Afflalo 11, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 10, Jordan Farmar 10, Ryan Hollins 10, Darren Collison 9, Cedric Bozeman 1
3	Michigan 2013	6	48	Big Ten	Caris LeVert 11, Trey Burke 10, Nik Stauskas 9, Tim Hardaway 9, Glenn Robinson 7, Mitch McGary 2
4	Connecticut 2004	6	47	Big East (past & present)	Ben Gordon 11, Charlie Villanueva 11, Emeka Okafor 11, Hilton Armstrong 6, Josh Boone 4, Marcus Williams 4
5	North Carolina 2005	6	40	ACC (past & present)	Marvin Williams 13, Raymond Felton 13, Sean May 5, Rashad McCants 4, Jawad Williams 3, David Noel 2
6	Duke 2010	6	30	ACC (past & present)	Lance Thomas 7, Kyle Singler 6, Miles Plumlee 6, Mason Plumlee 5, Ryan Kelly 4, Nolan Smith 2

If you ever want to play off teams yourself you can click on this link or the photo below of the scoresheet we provide, and pick up four dice of your own and roll 44 times for each team (plus extra rolls sometimes to see who gets a rebound or to take free throws). We were able to make the game highly accurate but to keep the playing time down to 25-35 minutes, it could not be precise. By that I mean, a player who shot 88% from the line will make a free throw on rolls of 1-18 on a 20-sided die and sow will a player who shot 92% - they both round to 18 of 20.

I know most gamers play videos on TV or computer - but as someone who spends long hours most days working on my computer while monitoring TV news on the TV screen behind my computer, I prefer to leave the computer and TV off a good bit on a three-day weekend and go back to my dice and scoresheets for a change of pace. Luckily others at Facebook sites of Sports Simulations as well specific games like my first sports game love Statis-Pro baseball and I do get thousands of hits on my www.pudnersports.com and Value Add Sports Facebook page.
I am glad one of the Oregon Ducks will have a chance to get a ring with Toronto or Jordan Bell will get a second one with Golden State since that great 2017 team.
John Pudner
404.606.3163

Kansas Leads All-Time Great Teams with 7 Future NBA Players

While playing off the great college teams of the century, I went through to check and see how many future NBA players were on each team. The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks were the only team with seven future NBA players. However, when I add total years played and projected years remaining in a player's career, three teams top the total 42 NBA years of that Kansas squad - UCLA 2006 (51 combined NBA seasons), Michigan 2013 (48), UConn 2004 (47), Florida 2006 (46, but could end up higher than my projection for Horford, Noah and Brewer).

The only three teams in the Great Teams of the Century game with no NBA players are 2006 George Mason, 2011 VCU and 2018 Loyola-Chicago. I ranked everyone else by players and then total years.

Everyone you need to play the game yourself except for a few dice is on this link.

Note for fellow nerds on projections: I added projected remaining years of NBA play based on a player in the NBAdraft.net top 10, will play 10 years, top 20 will play 9 years etc., but for players already in the league I adjusted based on their trend (e.g. Michael Conley, Anthony Davis and Draymond Green will end up with very long NBA careers while a high draft pick whose minutes have dwindled the last couple of years likely does not have many years left.

Rnk	All-Time Great	NBA Players	Years	All-Time Conference	NBA Players with Actual + Projected Years
1	Kansas 2008	7	42	Big 12 (A10)	Brandon Rush 10, Darrell Arthur 10, Mario Chalmers 9, Cole Aldrich 8, Darnell Jackson 3, Sasha Kaun 1, Sherron Collins 1
2	UCLA 2006	6	51	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Arron Afflalo 11, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 10, Jordan Farmar 10, Ryan Hollins 10, Darren Collison 9, Cedric Bozeman 1
3	Michigan 2013	6	48	Big Ten	Caris LeVert 11, Trey Burke 10, Nik Stauskas 9, Tim Hardaway 9, Glenn Robinson 7, Mitch McGary 2
4	Connecticut 2004	6	47	Big East (past & present)	Ben Gordon 11, Charlie Villanueva 11, Emeka Okafor 11, Hilton Armstrong 6, Josh Boone 4, Marcus Williams 4
5	North Carolina 2005	6	40	ACC (past & present)	Marvin Williams 13, Raymond Felton 13, Sean May 5, Rashad McCants 4, Jawad Williams 3, David Noel 2
6	Duke 2010	6	30	ACC (past & present)	Lance Thomas 7, Kyle Singler 6, Miles Plumlee 6, Mason Plumlee 5, Ryan Kelly 4, Nolan Smith 2
7	Florida 2006	5	46	SEC (Colonial)	Al Horford 16, Joakim Noah 14, Corey Brewer 13, Chris Richard 2, Taurean Green 1
8	Villanova 2018	5	40	Big East (past & present)	Mikal Bridges 11, Jalen Brunson 9, Omari Spellman 8, Donte DiVincenzo 7, Eric Paschall 5
9	Oklahoma St. 2004	5	36	Big 12 (A10)	Tony Allen 14, John Lucas 9, Joey Graham 6, Stephen Graham 6, Ivan McFarlin 1
10	Illinois 2005	5	23	Big Ten	Deron Williams 12, Luther Head 6, Dee Brown 2, James Augustine 2, Roger Powell 1
11	Maryland 2002	4	35	ACC (past & present)	Steve Blake 13, Chris Wilcox 11, Juan Dixon 7, Lonny Baxter 4
12	Ohio St. 2007	4	31	Big Ten	Mike Conley 17, Daequan Cook 6, Greg Oden 6, Othello Hunter 2
13	Kentucky 2012	4	25	SEC (Colonial)	Anthony Davis 16, Darius Miller 4, Marquis Teague 3, Doron Lamb 2
14	Georgetown 2007	4	24	Big East (past & present)	Jeff Green 10, Roy Hibbert 9, DaJuan Summers 4, Patrick Ewing 1
15	Louisville 2013	4	23	Big East (past & present)	Gorgui Dieng 10, Montrezl Harrell 10, Russ Smith 2, Peyton Siva 1
16	Oregon 2017	4	22	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Tyler Dorsey 7, Dillon Brooks 6, Jordan Bell 6, Chris Boucher 3
17	Memphis 2008	4	21	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Derrick Rose 10, Chris Douglas-Roberts 6, Joey Dorsey 4, Antonio Anderson 1
18	Wisconsin 2015	4	21	Big Ten	Sam Dekker 10, Frank Kaminsky 9, Duje Dukan 1, Nigel Hayes 1
19	Marquette 2003	3	31	Big East (past & present)	Dwyane Wade 15, Steve Novak 11, Travis Diener 5
20	Arizona 2015	3	28	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Stanley Johnson 10, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 9, T.J. McConnell 9
21	St. Joe's 2004	3	28	Big 12 (A10)	Jameer Nelson 14, Delonte West 8, Dwayne Lee 6
22	LSU 2006	3	24	SEC (Colonial)	Garrett Temple 8, Glen Davis 8, Tyrus Thomas 8
23	Georgia Tech 2004	3	23	ACC (past & present)	Jarrett Jack 13, Will Bynum 8, Luke Schenscher 2
24	Texas 2003	3	21	Big 12 (A10)	Royal Ivey 10, T.J. Ford 9, James Thomas 2
25	Virginia 2019	3	20	ACC (past & present)	De'Andre Hunter 10, Ty Jerome 7, Kyle Guy 3
26	Wichita St. 2013	3	17	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Fred VanVleet 9, Ron Baker 6, Cleanthony Early 2
27	Pittsburgh 2009	3	12	ACC (past & present)	DeJuan Blair 7, Sam Young 4, Brad Wanamaker 1
28	Butler 2010	2	26	Big East (past & present)	Gordon Hayward 15, Shelvin Mack 11
29	Syracuse 2003	2	24	ACC (past & present)	Carmelo Anthony 16, Hakim Warrick 8
30	Michigan St. 2009	2	17	Big Ten	Draymond Green 16, Kalin Lucas 1
31	Auburn 2019	2	9	SEC (Colonial)	Chuma Okeke 7, Austin Wiley 2
32	South Carolina 2017	2	7	SEC (Colonial)	Sindarius Thornwell 5, PJ Dozier 2
33	Purdue 2018	2	6	Big Ten	Carson Edwards 5, Vince Edwards 1
34	West Virginia 2010	2	4	Big 12 (A10)	Devin Ebanks 3, Kevin Jones 1
35	Gonzaga 2017	2	2	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	Killian Tillie 1, Zach Collins 1
36	Oklahoma 2016	1	12	Big 12 (A10)	Buddy Hield 12
37	Indiana 2002	1	11	Big Ten	Jared Jeffries 11
38	Cincinnati 2002	1	10	Big East (past & present)	Jason Maxiell 10
39	Texas Tech 2019	1	9	Big 12 (A10)	Jarrett Culver 9
	George Mason 2006	0	0	SEC (Colonial)	No NBA Players
	Loyola-Chicago 2018	0	0	Pac 12 (WCC, MVC, CUSA)	No NBA Players
	VCU 2011	0	0	SEC (Colonial)	No NBA Players

Greatest Basketball Teams of the 21st Century Standings - Updated Regularly after Value Add Basketball Games

We consolidated all instruction blogs for Value Add Basketball to this Master Instructions Blog.

Below we will update the standings and grid of match-ups as we playoff the greatest teams of the 21st Century in Value Add Basketball. The 6 conference champions after the 6-game round robin in their conference will advance to the Elite 8 tournament, while the runners-up will join the ACCs 3rd and 4th place teams in two double play-in games - meaning each of them must win twice to be one of the two non-conference champs in the Elite 8.

We played all 42 teams in at least one game, while one team in each 7-game conference has played twice.

Big Ten: Buzzer Beater Kicks Off Play in Illini 2005 vs. Wisconsin 2015 Showdown

My Big Ten replay season started with my first game-winning buzzer beater between two teams that deserved a National Champion but both ran into hot Tobacco Road teams in the Nation Championship.

Frank Kaminsky, from the 2015 Wisconsin team with the most impressive win of the century over Kentucky, scored with 37 seconds left to give Wisconsin a 68-67 lead. Deron Williams, whose 2005 Illinois team that went 37-2 with only a regular season ending one point loss at Ohio State and a 75-70 loss to an NBA loaded and hot UNC team for the title, then put up a 3-point buzzer beater to give the Illini the 71-69 win.

The first photo is the entire setup of the game, followed by a zoomed in photo of the scoresheet where we track the game.

Here is the closeup of the scoresheet. Playing advanced rules we play each player as many possessions as they can (e.g. Williams plays "all" 44 possessions while Brown skips the first two possessions to play the 42nd down to the 1st possession). If we were playing Simple rules then all reserves would play the first column, then all starters would play the second three columns where we keep the running score. We often write some highlights at the bottom, and give each players total points after adding each player's proportional points from the 20-20 tie and we add 50% to all steals, turnover, and rebounds total to account for the beginning of the game.

Big Ten Standings - Greatest Teams of the Century

We plan a round robin of the Big Ten and the other five 7-team conferences to determine the Big Ten 21st Century champion. Michigan State's 2000 National Championship was the last year of the 20th Century.

Rolling the Dice on 3-day Weekend for Basketball and Baseball All-Time Greats

With Giannis Antetokounmpo (the Greek Freak) hoping to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a win tonight to get them back to Marquette's home court for Game 7, and the great three day weekend full of major league baseball as well as the college baseball and softball playoff picks - I have a rare chance to get off the work computer and roll dice to replay great old basketball and baseball match-ups.

Yes my brothers make fun of me for playing dice and card games - but for me the break from spending 12 or 14 hour work days staring at excel sheets, or a screen for getting through my phone calls, or writing, all with cable news in the background my break is one that does not involved video games. Instead, I like to turn off the computer and pull out the dice and my free baseball and basketball replay games  by clicking basketball game here for current instructions and player cards for Value Add Basketball or here for players and instructions for Statis-Pro baseball - where you can find the gold standard for cards for all players by following the Statis Pro Baseball Advanced page.

Should match-up the unhittable Bob Gibson from the 1960s against Joe Morgan and the Big Red Machine on the 1970s  in Statis-Pro baseball left of 2nd photo) or maybe the 1984 Detroit Tigers against one of the greatest Yankees teams of all time from 1927 (Ruth and Gehrig), 1939 (DiMaggio) or 2000 (Jeter). Or the same dice could let the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks that stunned John Calipari's Memphis see if they could do the same against him with the greatest college player of the Century Anthony Davis (see right and center of Value Add Basketball game). Or maybe one of the old Big East Powers of Carmelo Anthony and 2003 Syracuse or 2004 UConn against the 2018 Villanova or UNC or Duke from the ACC?

Here are the two games side-by-side with the same dice needed for both except a second 8-sided die needed for baseball. I hope you enjoy however you break away from work this weekend in preparation for remembering those lost defending our freedom to play silly games and remember the great sports we've enjoyed living in our country made safe by their sacrifice. - John Pudner 404.606.3163