Value Add Version 5.0 Corrects for Trips Per Trip, Domination Distortion

Version 3.0 of Value Add corrected slight variations to ensure the sum of their players' Value Adds equalled the offensive and defensive team ratings on www.kenpom.com. If a team has an offensive rating of 108 and the sum of the players' Value Add indicates they only add up to a 106 offensive rating, then each player is adjusted upward precisely to account for the fact that they are doing something that is not showing up on the stat sheet. Likewise if the team is underperforming what their stats would calculate, each player is adjusted downward.

In January 2017, Value Add 5.0 calculated for two additional factors to adjust the 3.0 ratings:

1. Version 3.0 indicates the players Value Add in terms of how much each player impacts a team's trips up and down the court per 100 trips down the court. However, fans typically want to know how many points a player is worth to their team PER GAME. I have had callers tell me that even the great Ken Pomeroy cannot seem to explain the PER 100 TRIPS vs. PER GAME distinction in sound bites on the radio - as Jeff Sagarin's basketball rankings are much easier to understand as a "points per game" measurement.

We start by looking at www.kenpom.com to calculate that the average team during the tempo free era has had 67.2 trips down the court (possessions) per game - so the basic adjustment to get a POINTS PER GAME Value Add is to multiply their Version 3.0 Value by .672 to translate the final result to match up with Sagarin's rankings.

Year	Ave Trips
2002	69.5
2003	68.5
2004	67.7
2005	67.3
2006	67.0
2007	66.9
2008	66.9
2009	66.5
2010	67.3
2011	66.7
2012	66.1
2013	65.9
2014	66.4
2015	64.8
2016	69.0
2017	69.3
Average	67.2

2. The second factor adjusted by Version 5.0 is the distortion to the Value Add rating of players on great teams who sit on the bench when their teams are blowing out lesser opponents. These games are particularly damaging to a rating, because not only do the key players not get as many stats in those blowouts, but because they are often against teams with poor defenses, they receive a lower rating for those games due to going up against an inferior defense.

In going through the sixteen seasons, it appears the good players on the teams that win by the biggest margins lose enough Value Add to justify a multiplier of 1.3 to account for the extra minutes and possessions they could have had against the lesser early season opponents.

On the flip side the stars on poor teams often play almost all the minutes while getting blown out by the great teams, getting credit for scoring against the greatest defenses in the land even though points often come against the subs and even walk-ons for the great team. A review of the seasons indicates that the team that gets blow out by the biggest margins should have their Version 3.0 ratings multiplied by 0.695 to account for the easy points and other stats they get.

Each team gets a different multiplier, with the team winning by the second biggest margin getting a slightly smaller multiplier than the 1.305, all the way down to the players on the 351st team getting a 0.695.

However, we accomplish both items 1 and 2 in this piece by also multiplying those values by the .672 to account for trips per game, so the top victory margin team actually has their Version 3.0 Values multiplied by 0.877, and the team with the second biggest margin a slightly lower factor, making the actual factor for the 351st team 0.467.

Adjustment from v3.0 to v5.0	Domination Distortion	Multiplied by Trips/Game
Teams with biggest ave.victory margin	1.305	0.877
Average Team	1.000	0.672
Team with biggest average defeat margin	0.695	0.467

Some pure analytics people who attend MIT Sloan do not like any factor that is not purely mathmatically based, but I subscribe to the Bill James' approach that when observation gets you very close to an accurate mathematical equation, you administer it in a way that gets you as close as possible to the truth.

A player's Version 5.0 Value Add Ranking indicates how many points he can be worth to a team. However, the next question is how many points the player is worth over the replacement players of the actual team on which he plays.

When Version 5.0 was first calculated January 29, 2017, the average Value Add of the top player on each of the 351 teams was 5.13. The following is the average of each of top nine players (so the average 9th player of all 351 teams is 0.24.

Team	Ave Value Add
Top Player	5.13
2nd Player	3.58
3rd Player	2.69
4th Player	2.02
5th Player	1.46
6th Player	1.01
7th Player (Subtract)	0.68
8th Player	0.42
9th Player	0.24

This is the rating on which each player is ranked. The true value of a player to the actual team on which he played is usually lower, as it is approximately his Value Add minus the 7th best player on his team. So on a typical team:

The actual point value of the best player on a team is actually 5.13 MINUS the 7th best players total of 0.68 for a true value of 4.45.

The fact is that losing a player that is not one of the top six players is tiny and not worth adjusting the projected result of an upcoming game. Certainly there can be a starting point guard who has a low Value Add rating because he misses so many shots and turns the ball over so much that his Value Add is low, but in general it is very low.

For this reason, in the initial Version 5.0 Ratings on January 29, 2017, Gonzaga's Nigel Williams-Goss was the 20th most valuable player on Gonzaga's team at 9.21 points per game. He would in fact be worth 8.53 points per game to a typical team - so could turn a five point loss into a three- or four-point win, and that is the standard we use to measure his value against other teams.

However, the Gonzaga 2017 team is so loaded that Williams-Goss is actually only worth 4.91 points per game. Losing five points per game off your Sagarin rating is huge when you are competing for a national championship. When these figures were calculated, Gonzaga's Sagarin rating was 93.92 - second in the country - and subtracting 4.91 leaves a "Gonzaga without Williams-Goss" Sagarin Rating of 89.01 for 16th in the nation (Gonzaga/Sagarin 93.92 MINUS losing Williams-Goss 9.21 PLUS 4.45 for Gonzaga's 7th player equals 89.01.

Domino Effect, Not Baseball War

Why? Because his possessions and minutes are being used by players who are almost as good. Gonzaga's Josh Perkins has the best Value Add of any 7th man in the country at 4.30, so the domino effect from Williams-Perkins being out for a game to everyone down to Perkins getting more opportunities calculates as 9.21 (Williams-Goss Value Add) MINUS 4.91 (Perkins' Value Add) to equal 4.91 (actual point shift in the final score by Williams-Goss missing a game.

Many call me and try to figure out the Value Add of the backup player who will most likely replace the injured player, but unlike Baseball WAR where a specific player replaces another specific player both in the lineup and at a position in the field, the possessions are spread among several players and positions are even moved throughout the game to compensate. The one exception is when a great point guard is injured and the team lacks a decent backup point guard.

Louisville has the second best 7th man, and the following are the 40 teams with such a strong top seven that you need to subtract at least 1.70 from any of their player's Value Add ratings to get the true number of points the team will be hurt if the player is out.

Rnk	Best 7th Players 1/29/2017	Teams w/ Deepest Bench	Subtract from Value
1	Josh Perkins^ 13	Gonzaga	4.30
2	Anas Mahmoud^ 14	Louisville	4.10
3	Justin Leon^ 23	Florida	3.51
4	Jack Salt^ 33	Virginia	3.48
5	Shaquille Morris^ 24	Wichita St.	3.44
6	Nate Fowler^ 51	Butler	3.44
7	Casey Benson^ 2	Oregon	3.03
8	Terry Maston^ 31	Baylor	2.87
9	Nate Britt^ 0	North Carolina	2.71
10	Lamont West^ 15	West Virginia	2.71
11	Carlton Bragg^ 15	Kansas	2.60
12	Khalil Iverson^ 21	Wisconsin	2.60
13	Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman^ 12	Michigan	2.49
14	Mychal Mulder^ 11	Kentucky	2.45
15	Katin Reinhardt^ 22	Marquette	2.43
16	Ryan Cline^ 14	Purdue	2.33
17	Temple Gibbs^ 2	Notre Dame	2.29
18	Devontavius Payne^ 1	East Tennessee St.	2.27
19	Eric Paschall^ 4	Villanova	2.27
20	Jarquez Smith^ 23	Florida St.	2.26
21	Niem Stevenson^ 10	Texas Tech	2.24
22	Chance Comanche^ 21	Arizona	2.24
23	Nathan Taphorn^ 32	Northwestern	2.15
24	Jordan Murphy^ 3	Minnesota	2.14
25	Alvin Ellis^ 3	Michigan St.	2.08
26	Sedrick Barefield^ 2	Utah	2.08
27	Shembari Phillips^ 25	Tennessee	2.06
28	Trey Thompson^ 1	Arkansas	2.04
29	Kamari Murphy^ 21	Miami FL	2.01
30	Terrence Samuel^ 5	Penn St.	1.97
31	Isaiah Zierden^ 21	Creighton	1.96
32	Tre Scott^ 13	Cincinnati	1.94
33	Drew Urquhart^ 25	Vermont	1.94
34	Sam Miller^ 2	Dayton	1.92
35	Paul Watson^ 3	Fresno St.	1.91
36	Jarvis Garrett^ 1	Rhode Island	1.89
37	Tyrique Jones^ 0	Xavier	1.89
38	Carlbe Ervin^ 1	Kansas St.	1.75
39	Horace Spencer^ 0	Auburn	1.70
40	Jonah Mathews^ 2	USC	1.70

The following are the original top 25 players calculated using Version 5.0 based on the Louisville, Michigan State and Villanova wins on January 29, 2017. The entire 4000+ players were released at www.valueaddbasketball.com shortly thereafter:

Rnk	Player	Pts/Gm>Repl	Team	Conf	Ht	Class
1	Josh Hart^ 3	13.03	Villanova	BE	6'5"	Sr
2	Frank Mason^ 0	12.35	Kansas	B12	5'11"	Sr
3	Luke Kennard^ 5	11.98	Duke	ACC	6'6"	So
4	Monte Morris^ 11	11.37	Iowa St.	B12	6'3"	Sr
5	Lauri Markkanen^ 10	11.15	Arizona	P12	7'0	Fr
6	Yante Maten^ 1	10.41	Georgia	SEC	6'8"	Jr
7	Ethan Happ^ 22	10.39	Wisconsin	B10	6'10"	So
8	Jevon Carter^ 2	10.35	West Virginia	B12	6'2"	Jr
9	Ben Lammers^ 44	10.13	Georgia Tech	ACC	6'10"	Jr
10	Marcus Marshall^ 1	10.01	Nevada	MWC	6'3"	Sr
11	Alec Peters^ 25	9.79	Valparaiso	Horz	6'9"	Sr
12	Markelle Fultz^ 20	9.65	Washington	P12	6'4"	Fr
13	Jaylen Adams^ 10	9.58	St. Bonaventure	A10	6'2"	Jr
14	Jalen Brunson^ 1	9.49	Villanova	BE	6'2"	So
15	Caleb Swanigan^ 50	9.48	Purdue	B10	6'9"	So
16	Sindarius Thornwell^ 0	9.32	South Carolina	SEC	6'5"	Sr
17	TJ Williams^ 10	9.32	Northeastern	CAA	6'3"	Sr
18	Donovan Mitchell^ 45	9.29	Louisville	ACC	6'3"	So
19	Lucas Woodhouse^ 34	9.26	Stony Brook	AE	6'3"	Sr
20	Nigel Williams-Goss^ 5	9.21	Gonzaga	WCC	6'3"	Jr
21	Jeffrey Carroll^ 30	9.20	Oklahoma St.	B12	6'6"	Jr
22	Dennis Smith^ 4	9.15	North Carolina St.	ACC	6'3"	Fr
23	Bonzie Colson^ 35	9.05	Notre Dame	ACC	6'5"	Jr
24	Joe Chealey^ 13	9.05	College of Charleston	CAA	6'4"	Jr
25	Jock Landale^ 34	9.05	Saint Mary's	WCC	6'11"	Jr

Value Add Basketball History and References

For a basic, succinct explanation of how Value Add Basketball pinpoints how many points each player is worth to his college team, click on articles in places such as the University of Arizona basketball site, Big Apple Buckets, Bleacher Report, Breitbart (700+ articles), ESPN (another ESPN draft guide), ESPN the Magazine, Fox News, Fox Sports, Northwestern State University, the Times-Picayune, Sports Illustrated the Washington Post, blogs like Xavier Hoops Rumors and TV stations such as this one. The math is outlined in the following links.




1. Value Over Replacement Player

The system is similar to baseball WAR (Wins Above Replacement), meaning if a team is a 2-point favorite in a game before learning a player with a Value Add Rating of 4.0 cannot play and must be replaced by a borderline replacement player, then you subtract his rating and the team would be a 2-point underdog.

The first difference between Value Add and WAR are than WAR represents WINS above replacement over the course of a SEASON while Value Add measures POINTS above replacement in a typical GAME.  The second difference is that in baseball a player is replaced by one player (a shortstop is replaced by a shortstop who also takes a spot in the line-up), the impact of losing one player has a domino effect of perhaps a new "ninth player" getting a few minutes, but also of other players having to play more and thus becoming less efficient and drawing more defensive attention as calculated in great detail in this Big Apple Buckets piece.

2. The four main ratings

Value Add v5.0 Pts/Game - The most important figure is the Actual Value Add figure generated from the 5th version (v5.0) of the system. This gives the actual point impact a player has on a game, so a team that won 73-71 with a player with a Value Add of 4.00 would best estimated to lose 71-73 if a replacement player played instead of him. This final figure is a factor of the three figures that follow, but also accounts for a player getting less possessions because he is on a very good team and factors like this. In earlier years, this figure had to be adjusted based on the position a player played (the former PGPer) because point guards and perimeter defenders rated so much lower because they faced more risk of turnovers and could be muscled up and prevented from getting near the basket. Luckily the "freedom of movement rules" have allowed guards to move freely and there is now virtually no statistical difference between the average ratings of guards, forwards and centers eliminating a cumbersome adjustment.

AdjO - this is the figure of the player's impact on the identical rating that www.kenpom.com calculates for teams. So if www.kenpom.com gives a team a rating of 110.0 points per 100 trips down the court and a player's AdjO is 4.0, then the www.kenpom.com rating without him would be estimated at 107.0 (110.0 minus 4.00).

AdjD - the same is true of the defensive figure, where the bigger negative indicates great defense. So if www.kenpom.com calculates a player's defense at 94.0 AdjD per 100 trips down the court, a player's AdjD of 4.0 would be very bad, meaning the team would actually be a much better 90.0 AdjD with him replaced. However, a -4.00 AdjD for a player would be very good, meaning without the player the defense would start allowing 98.0 per 100 trips rather than just 94.0 if the player could not play.

AdjEM - The total of the two previous numbers equals the overall impact on www.kenpom.com team rating with the same name, which he gets by SUBTRACTING AdjD from AdjO as we do for the player. This is actually the Value Add 3.0 Rating, however it is in terms of 100 trips down the court rather than the lower number that results from the 70 or so trips during a game. While the AdjEM allowed a ball hog on a bad team to ring up an incredibly high rating by taking many of the shots, Version 5.0 calculates how many points the player would actually add in GAME for a strong team, so the Value Add number is much lower than the AdjEM.

3. Detailed Science Behind Value Add

If you want to truly follow the math, read on.

The science behind Value Add Basketball is laid out in Cracked Sidewalks pieces beginning in May 2011 and now. A massive effort to upgrade the system and pinpoint the impact each player had on his team's Offensive and Defensive Efficiency Ratings culminated at the end of 2015 with Value Add Version 3.0, 1000 lines of code, a series of improvements detailed here, and a simple explanation with illustrative tables to make the impact of each player easy to understand.

Others such as the Basketball Prospectus took the formula and suggested additional calculations based of the system, and Version 4.0 was introduced at the outset of the 2016-17, but honestly was the one version that did not work. We went back to the drawing board, and reach incredible breakthroughs in Version 5.0, which results in a current ratings that pinpoints everything we can measure on a court. Those improvements are detailed here.

John is now the Executive Director of Take Back Our Republic, a group working to find conservative solutions to the problem of money in politics. Anyone who wants to join that group simply needs to go to that page and type in their email and zipcode.

Value Add Basketball History and References

The science behind Value Add Basketball is laid out in Cracked Sidewalks pieces between May 2011 and now. A massive effort to upgrade the system and pinpoint the impact each player had on his team's Offensive and Defensive Efficiency Ratings culminated at the end of 2015 with Value Add Version 3.0, 1000 lines of code, a series of improvements detailed here, and a simple explanation with illustrative tables to make the impact of each player easy to understand.

Others such as the Basketball Prospectus took the formula and suggested additional calculations based of the system, and Version 4.0 was introduced at the outset of the 2016-17 season to measure the potential value of players based on how valuable they could be if they played 67% of the minutes and had 24% of the possessions during that time on the court.

Articles on the Value Add Basketball system appear in places such as the University of Arizona basketball site, Big Apple Buckets, Bleacher Report, Breitbart (700+ articles), ESPN (another ESPN draft guide), ESPN the Magazine, Fox News, Fox Sports, Northwestern State University, the Times-Picayune, Sports Illustrated the Washington Post, blogs like Xavier Hoops Rumors and TV stations such as this one.

The system is similar to baseball WAR. However, while WAR measures one "replacement player" taking the place of a start player, in Value Add pin points the number of POINTS each college player is worth due to the "domino effect" of the impact on the entire game rotation when the player is lost.

John is now the Executive Director of Take Back Our Republic, a group working to find conservative solutions to the problem of money in politics. Anyone who wants to join that group simply needs to go to that page and type in their email and zipcode.

From there we have played around with some offshoots, but none of these pretend to pinpoint value like Value Add Basketball does.

1. Baseball - The value of 250+ starting pitchers from 2014 and 2015 with every start detailed, and with an explanation of how the metrix can work when other systems fail.

2. Football - The value of 6000+ returning players - really just for fun as a one year attempt to value everyone from tackles to quarterbacks.

3. State-by-State - The top athletes in each state (track, hockey, etc., cast your vote by sending an email to valueaddsports@gmail.com with up to 10 players listed in your state).

Kentucky NBA Alumni Might Sweep Next Best 35 College Alumni Teams

Click here for the full story breaking down the 36 colleges that produce 47.3% of all NBA talent, and their projected records if they played as one NBA team.

That story is one of my stories for Breitbart, and the large table with breakdown of how many wins each player from these 36 colleges would add to his team appears here in an earlier Best Returning Players Post. The projections are based on Value Add Basketball and Hollinger's Estimated Wins Added (EWA).

Calculating records of 36 colleges with a complete NBA alumni roster

After laying out the calculation of additional wins of all NBA Players in the previous post, If we go the next step and rank all NBA players by the same method and then group them by their colleges, we have 27 colleges that could put a starting five on the court. When we add D-League players we get to a perfectly round 36 colleges.

Better yet, these 36 fall pretty nicely into the six current NBA Divisions, going with six colleges each Division. Using ESPN's Extra Wins formula for current NBA players and Value Add Basketball's ranking minus two for each player coming out of college this year, we give each college credit for the number of extra wins each of their top five NBA players delivered in 2016. If they have more than five NBA players we give half credit for the next best five players from the college, but any beyond 10 from one college are not counted.

Here are the final records we would expect from all 36 NBA players teams of current college players, and each players estimated win value in that division. At the bottom of the table the resultant playoff match-ups are listed:

Player	East - Atlantic Division	Wins	Losses	GB	Current Team
Team Record	Connecticut	59	23	0
Team Record	Syracuse	46	36	-13
Team Record	Georgetown	41	41	-18
Team Record	Villanova	38	44	-21
Team Record	Virginia	28	54	-31
Team Record	Maryland	24	58	-35
Lowry, Kyle	Villanova	15.9			Toronto Raptors
Drummond, Andre	Connecticut	14.2			Detroit Pistons
Walker, Kemba	Connecticut	14.2			Charlotte Hornets
Monroe, Greg	Georgetown	13.0			Milwaukee Bucks
Anthony, Carmelo	Syracuse	12.4			New York Knicks
Gbinije, Michael	Syracuse	6.9			Detroit Pistons
Brogdon, Malcolm	Virginia	6.9			Milwaukee Bucks
Gay, Rudy	Connecticut	5.9			Sacramento Kings
Porter, Otto	Georgetown	4.5			Washington Wizards
Lamb, Jeremy	Connecticut	3.3			Charlotte Hornets
Green, Jeff	Georgetown	2.8			Orlando Magic
Carter-Williams, Michael	Syracuse	2.4			Milwaukee Bucks
Grant, Jerami	Syracuse	2.2			Philadelphia 76ers
Len, Alex	Maryland	1.7			Phoenix Suns
Scott, Mike	Virginia	1.5			Atlanta Hawks
Anderson, Justin	Virginia	1			Dallas Mavericks
Blake, Steve	Maryland	1			Detroit Pistons
Butler, Caron	Connecticut	1			agreed buy out
Christmas, Rakeem	Syracuse	1			Indiana Pacers
Cunningham, Dante	Villanova	1			New Orleans Pelicans
Foye, Randy	Villanova	1			Oklahoma City Thunder
Hibbert, Roy	Georgetown	1			Charlotte Hornets
Hilliard, Darrun	Villanova	1			Detroit Pistons
Layman, Jake	Maryland	1			Portland Trail Blazers
Sims, Henry	Georgetown	1			Brooklyn Nets roster
Stone, Diamond	Maryland	1			Los Angeles Clippers
Vásquez, Greivis	Maryland	1			Milwaukee Bucks
Ennis, Tyler	Syracuse	0.5			Milwaukee Bucks
Hamilton, Daniel	Connecticut	0.5			Oklahoma City Thunder
Johnson, Wesley	Syracuse	0.5			Los Angeles Clippers
McCullough, Chris	Syracuse	0.5			Brooklyn Nets roster
Napier, Shabazz	Connecticut	0.5			Portland Trail Blazers
Richardson, Malachi	Syracuse	0.5			Sacramento Kings
Thompson, Hollis	Georgetown	0.5			Philadelphia 76ers
Villanueva, Charlie	Connecticut	0.5			Dallas Mavericks
Waiters, Dion	Syracuse	0.5			Oklahoma City Thunder
Atkins, Darion	Virginia	0			D-League
Bowen, Aaron	Georgetown	0			D-League
Daniels, DeAndre	Connecticut	0			D-League
Fair, C. J.	Syracuse	0.0			D-League
Farrakhan, Mustapha	Virginia	0			D-League
Pinkston, JayVaughn	Villanova	0			D-League
Smith, Joshua	Georgetown	0			D-League
Trawick, Jabril	Georgetown	0			D-League
Whittington, Greg	Georgetown	0			D-League
Player	East - Central Division	Wins	Losses	GB
Team Record	Marquette	52	30	0
Team Record	Michigan State	49	33	-3
Team Record	Ohio State	41	41	-11
Team Record	Indiana	34	48	-18
Team Record	Michigan	28	54	-24
Team Record	Wisconsin	26	56	-26
Butler, Jimmy	Marquette	13.3			Chicago Bulls
Wade, Dwyane	Marquette	11.1			Chicago Bulls
Green, Draymond	Michigan State	10.9			Golden State Warriors
Conley, Mike	Ohio State	7.4			Memphis Grizzlies
Oladipo, Victor	Indiana	7.4			Oklahoma City Thunder
Valentine, Denzel	Michigan State	7.2			Chicago Bulls
Randolph, Zach	Michigan State	6.9			Memphis Grizzlies
Crowder, Jae	Marquette	6.1			Boston Celtics
Sullinger, Jared	Ohio State	5.9			Boston Celtics
Zeller, Cody	Indiana	4.9			Charlotte Hornets
Crawford, Jamal	Michigan	3.7			Los Angeles Clippers
Turner, Evan	Ohio State	3.6			Portland Trail Blazers
Koufos, Kosta	Ohio State	3.4			Sacramento Kings
Leuer, Jon	Wisconsin	3			Detroit Pistons
Harris, Gary	Michigan State	2.8			Denver Nuggets
Russell, D'Angelo	Ohio State	2.5			Los Angeles Lakers
Gordon, Eric	Indiana	2.2			Houston Rockets
Burke, Trey	Michigan	2.1			Washington Wizards
Kaminsky, Frank	Wisconsin	1.6			Charlotte Hornets
Harris, Devin	Wisconsin	1.4			Dallas Mavericks
Anderson, Alan	Michigan State	1			Washington Wizards
Dekker, Sam	Wisconsin	1			Houston Rockets
Ellenson, Henry	Marquette	1			Detroit Pistons
Hardaway	Michigan	1			Atlanta Hawks
LeVert, Caris	Michigan	1			Brooklyn Nets roster
Matthews, Wesley	Marquette	1			Dallas Mavericks
McGary, Mitch	Michigan	1			Oklahoma City Thunder
Vonleh, Noah	Indiana	1			Portland Trail Blazers
Davis, Deyonta	Michigan State	0.5			Memphis Grizzlies
Dawson, Branden	Michigan State	0.5			Los Angeles Clippers
Novak, Steve	Marquette	0.5			Milwaukee Bucks
Payne, Adreian	Michigan State	0.5			Minnesota Timberwolves
Robinson	Michigan	0.5			Indiana Pacers
Stauskas, Nik	Michigan	0.5			Philadelphia 76ers
Appling, Keith	Michigan State	0			D-League
Blue, Vander	Marquette	0			D-League
Buycks, Dwight	Marquette	0			D-League
Carlino, Matt	Marquette	0			D-League
Craft, Aaron	Ohio State	0			D-League
Hayward, Lazar	Marquette	0			D-League
Jackson, Traevon	Wisconsin	0			D-League
Jones, Verdell	Indiana	0			D-League
Morgan, Jordan	Michigan	0			D-League
Morris, Darius	Michigan	0			D-League
Scott, Shannon	Ohio State	0			D-League
Thomas, Deshaun	Ohio State	0			D-League
Thompson, Sam	Ohio State	0			D-League
Trice, Travis	Michigan State	0			D-League
Williams, Amir	Ohio State	0			D-League
Player	East - Southeast Division	Wins	Losses	GB
Team Record	Duke	60	22	0
Team Record	Wake Forest	54	28	-6
Team Record	Florida	49	33	-11
Team Record	North Carolina	48	34	-12
Team Record	Georgia Tech	47	35	-13
Team Record	LSU	29	53	-31
Paul, Chris	Wake Forest	18.4			Los Angeles Clippers
Horford, Al	Florida	11.6			Boston Celtics
Favors, Derrick	Georgia Tech	10.1			Utah Jazz
Johnson, Brice	North Carolina	7.9			Los Angeles Clippers
Bosh, Chris	Georgia Tech	7.8			Miami Heat
Teague, Jeff	Wake Forest	7.8			Indiana Pacers
Irving, Kyrie	Duke	7.4			Cleveland Cavaliers
Redick, JJ	Duke	7.4			Los Angeles Clippers
Young, Thaddeus	Georgia Tech	7.3			Indiana Pacers
Plumlee, Mason	Duke	6.9			Portland Trail Blazers
Davis, Ed	North Carolina	6.8			Portland Trail Blazers
Williams, Marvin	North Carolina	6.3			Charlotte Hornets
Deng, Luol	Duke	5.4			Los Angeles Lakers
Okafor, Jahlil	Duke	5.2			Philadelphia 76ers
Parsons, Chandler	Florida	5.2			Memphis Grizzlies
Duncan, Tim	Wake Forest	4.9			San Antonio Spurs
Beal, Bradley	Florida	4.3			Washington Wizards
Bass, Brandon	LSU	3.9			Los Angeles Lakers
Lee, David	Florida	3.7			Dallas Mavericks
Henson, John	North Carolina	3.4			Milwaukee Bucks
Speights, Marreese	Florida	2.7			Los Angeles Clippers
Aminu, Al-Farouq	Wake Forest	2.6			Portland Trail Blazers
Thornton, Marcus	LSU	2.4			Washington Wizards
Hood, Rodney	Duke	2.3			Utah Jazz
Ingram, Brandon	Duke	2.3			Los Angeles Lakers
Parker, Jabari	Duke	2.0			Milwaukee Bucks
Barnes, Harrison	North Carolina	1.8			Dallas Mavericks
Jack, Jarrett	Georgia Tech	1.8			Free Agent
Plumlee, Miles	Duke	1.5			Milwaukee Bucks
Johnson, James	Wake Forest	1			Toronto Raptors
Martin, Jarell	LSU	1			Memphis Grizzlies
Mickey, Jordan	LSU	1			Boston Celtics
Morrow, Anthony	Georgia Tech	1			Oklahoma City Thunder
O'Bryant, Johnny	LSU	1			Free Agent
Henderson, Gerald	Duke	0.9			Philadelphia 76ers
Zeller, Tyler	North Carolina	0.9			Boston Celtics
Carter, Vince	North Carolina	0.6			Memphis Grizzlies
Noah, Joakim	Florida	0.6			New York Knicks
Bonner, Matt	Florida	0.5			San Antonio Spurs
Brewer, Corey	Florida	0.5			Houston Rockets
Bullock, Reggie	North Carolina	0.5			Detroit Pistons
Ellington, Wayne	North Carolina	0.5			Brooklyn Nets roster
Felton, Raymond	North Carolina	0.5			Dallas Mavericks
Finney-Smith, Dorian	Florida	0.5			Dallas Mavericks
Haslem, Udonis	Florida	0.5			Miami Heat
Shumpert, Iman	Georgia Tech	0.5			Cleveland Cavaliers
Simmons, Ben	LSU	0.5			Philadelphia 76ers
Smith, Ish	Wake Forest	0.5			Detroit Pistons
Temple, Garrett	LSU	0.5			Sacramento Kings
Brand, Elton	Duke	0			Philadelphia 76ers
Cook, Quinn	Duke	0			D-League
Curry, Seth	Duke	0			Dallas Mavericks
Dawkins, Andre	Duke	0			D-League
Dunleavy	Duke	0			Cleveland Cavaliers
Frazier, Michael	Florida	0			D-League
Green, Danny	North Carolina	0			San Antonio Spurs
Hairston, PJ	North Carolina	0			Memphis Grizzlies
Hansbrough, Tyler	North Carolina	0			Charlotte Hornets
Holsey, Kammeon	Georgia Tech	0			D-League
Horford, Jon	Florida	0			D-League
Jones, Dahntay	Duke	0			Cleveland Cavaliers
Jones, Tyus	Duke	0			Minnesota Timberwolves
Kelly, Ryan	Duke	0			Los Angeles Lakers
Lawson, Ty	North Carolina	0			Indiana Pacers
Marshall, Kendall	North Carolina	0			Philadelphia 76ers
McAdoo, James	North Carolina	0			Golden State Warriors
McRoberts, Josh	Duke	0			Miami Heat
Miller, Mike	Florida	0			Denver Nuggets
Paige, Marcus	North Carolina	0			Utah Jazz
Plumlee, Marshall	Duke	0			New York Knicks
Rivers, Austin	Duke	0			Los Angeles Clippers
Singler, Kyle	Duke	0			Oklahoma City Thunder
Stringer, Andre	LSU	0			D-League
Thomas, Lance	Duke	0			New York Knicks
Tokoto, J. P.	North Carolina	0			D-League
Walker, Chris	Florida	0			D-League
Walker, Ty	Wake Forest	0			D-League
Williams, Coron	Wake Forest	0			D-League
Williams, L. D.	Wake Forest	0			D-League
Winslow, Justise	Duke	0			Miami Heat
Wright, Brandan	North Carolina	0			Memphis Grizzlies
Player	West - Pacific Division	Wins	Losses	GB
Team Record	UCLA	74	8	0
Team Record	Southern California	51	31	-23
Team Record	Stanford	45	37	-29
Team Record	Washington	42	40	-32
Team Record	California	30	52	-44
Team Record	Gonzaga	28	54	-46
Westbrook, Russell	UCLA	22.8			Oklahoma City Thunder
DeRozan, DeMar	Southern California	15.5			Toronto Raptors
Thomas, Isaiah	Washington	13.9			Boston Celtics
Lopez, Brook	Stanford	13.7			Brooklyn Nets roster
Vučević, Nikola	Southern California	10.7			Orlando Magic
Love, Kevin	UCLA	9.1			Cleveland Cavaliers
Holiday, Jrue	UCLA	8.0			New Orleans Pelicans
Lopez, Robin	Stanford	7.8			Chicago Bulls
Anderson, Ryan	California	5.8			Houston Rockets
Collison, Darren	UCLA	5.4			Sacramento Kings
Brown, Jaylen	California	4.0			Boston Celtics
Chriss, Marquese	Washington	4.0			Phoenix Suns
Gibson, Taj	Southern California	4.0			Chicago Bulls
Muhammad, Shabazz	UCLA	4.0			Minnesota Timberwolves
Olynyk, Kelly	Gonzaga	4.0			Boston Celtics
Sabonis, Domantas	Gonzaga	4.0			Oklahoma City Thunder
Powell, Dwight	Stanford	2.7			Dallas Mavericks
Ross, Terrence	Washington	2.1			Toronto Raptors
LaVine, Zach	UCLA	1.9			Minnesota Timberwolves
Ariza, Trevor	UCLA	1.8			Houston Rockets
Brown, Anthony	Stanford	1			Los Angeles Lakers
Gutiérrez, Jorge	California	1			Charlotte Hornets
Hawes, Spencer	Washington	1			Charlotte Hornets
Holiday, Justin	Washington	1			New York Knicks
Huestis, Josh	Stanford	1			Oklahoma City Thunder
Mayo, O.J.	Southern California	1			Free Agent
Sacre, Robert	Gonzaga	1			Los Angeles Lakers
Wallace, Tyrone	California	1			Utah Jazz
Young, Nick	Southern California	1			Los Angeles Lakers
Crabbe, Allen	UCLA	0.9			Free Agent
Anderson, Kyle	UCLA	0.8			San Antonio Spurs
Barnes, Matt	UCLA	0.7			Sacramento Kings
Murray, Dejounte	Washington	0.5			San Antonio Spurs
Pondexter, Quincy	Washington	0.5			New Orleans Pelicans
Wilcox, C.	Washington	0.5			Los Angeles Clippers
Adams, Jordan	UCLA	0			Memphis Grizzlies
Afflalo, Arron	UCLA	0			Sacramento Kings
Childress, Josh	Stanford	0			D-League
Christopher, Patrick	California	0			D-League
Davis, Baron	UCLA	0			D-League
Drew, Larry	UCLA	0			D-League
Farmar, Jordan	UCLA	0			Memphis Grizzlies
Kemp, Shawn	Washington	0			D-League
Looney, Kevon	UCLA	0			Golden State Warriors
Mbah	UCLA	0			Los Angeles Clippers
Powell, Norman	UCLA	0			Toronto Raptors
Stepheson, Alex	Southern California	0			D-League
Stockton, David	Gonzaga	0			D-League
Suggs, Scott	Washington	0			D-League
Wesley, Byron	Gonzaga	0			D-League
Woolridge, Renaldo	Southern California	0			D-League
Player	West - Southwest Division	Wins	Losses	GB
Team Record	Kentucky	80	2	0
Team Record	Louisville	36	46	-44
Team Record	Memphis	31	51	-49
Team Record	Tennessee	29	53	-51
Team Record	Vanderbilt	27	55	-53
Team Record	Arkansas	24	58	-56
Towns, Karl-Anthony	Kentucky	15.7			Minnesota Timberwolves
Cousins, DeMarcus	Kentucky	14.6			Sacramento Kings
Davis, Anthony	Kentucky	14.6			New Orleans Pelicans
Wall, John	Kentucky	12.2			Washington Wizards
Rondo, Rajon	Kentucky	7.5			Chicago Bulls
Dieng, Gorgui	Louisville	7.3			Minnesota Timberwolves
Harris, Tobias	Tennessee	7.2			Detroit Pistons
Barton, Will	Memphis	6.5			Denver Nuggets
Lee, Damion	Louisville	4.8			Miami Heat
Baldwin, Wade	Vanderbilt	4.0			Memphis Grizzlies
Onuaku, Chinanu	Louisville	3.7			Houston Rockets
Ulis, Tyler	Kentucky	3.7			Phoenix Suns
Murray, Jamal	Kentucky	2.8			Denver Nuggets
Evans, Tyreke	Memphis	2.8			New Orleans Pelicans
Ezeli, Festus	Vanderbilt	2.7			Portland Trail Blazers
Rose, Derrick	Memphis	2.6			New York Knicks
Bledsoe, Eric	Kentucky	2.4			Phoenix Suns
Noel, Nerlens	Kentucky	2.4			Philadelphia 76ers
Beverley, Patrick	Arkansas	2.1			Houston Rockets
Johnson, Joe	Arkansas	2			Utah Jazz
Knight, Brandon	Kentucky	1.8			Phoenix Suns
Portis, Bobby	Arkansas	1.3			Chicago Bulls
Harrell, Montrezl	Louisville	1			Houston Rockets
Jenkins, John	Vanderbilt	1			Phoenix Suns
Jones, Damian	Vanderbilt	1			Golden State Warriors
McRae, Jordan	Tennessee	1			Cleveland Cavaliers
Richardson, Josh	Tennessee	1			Miami Heat
Rozier, Terry	Louisville	1			Boston Celtics
Watson, C.	Tennessee	1			Orlando Magic
Bogans, Keith	Kentucky	0			D-League
Booker, Devin	Kentucky	0			Phoenix Suns
Brewer, Ronnie	Arkansas	0			D-League
Cauley-Stein, Willie	Kentucky	0			Sacramento Kings
Crawford, Chris	Memphis	0			D-League
Douglas-Roberts, Chris	Memphis	0			D-League
Goodwin, Archie	Kentucky	0			Phoenix Suns
Harris, Ramon	Kentucky	0			D-League
Harrison, Aaron	Kentucky	0			Charlotte Hornets
Harrison, Andrew	Kentucky	0			D-League
Hayes, Chuck	Kentucky	0			Free Agent
Johnson, Dakari	Kentucky	0			D-League
Jones, Terrence	Kentucky	0			Houston Rockets
Kidd-Gilchrist, Michael	Kentucky	0			Charlotte Hornets
Labissière, Skal	Kentucky	0			Sacramento Kings
Liggins, DeAndre	Kentucky	0			D-League
Lyles, Trey	Kentucky	0			Utah Jazz
Meeks, Jodie	Kentucky	0			Orlando Magic
Mohammed, Nazr	Kentucky	0			Oklahoma City Thunder
Pargo, Jannero	Arkansas	0			D-League
Patterson, Patrick	Kentucky	0			Toronto Raptors
Prince, Tayshaun	Kentucky	0			Minnesota Timberwolves
Prince, Tayshuaun	Kentucky	0			Free Agent
Randle, Julius	Kentucky	0			Los Angeles Lakers
Siakam, James	Vanderbilt	0			D-League
Stephens, D. J.	Memphis	0			D-League
Stokes, Jarnell	Tennessee	0			D-League
Teague, Marquis	Kentucky	0			D-League
Wade, Mardracus	Arkansas	0			D-League
Young, James	Kentucky	0			Boston Celtics
Player	West - Western Division	Wins	Losses	GB
Team Record	Texas	68	14	0
Team Record	Kansas	42	40	-26
Team Record	Arizona	39	43	-29
Team Record	UNLV	30	52	-38
Team Record	Oklahoma State	24	58	-44
Team Record	Colorado	23	59	-45
Durant, Kevin	Texas	22.8			Golden State Warriors
Aldridge, LaMarcus	Texas	12.3			San Antonio Spurs
Wiggins, Andrew	Kansas	8.6			Minnesota Timberwolves
Thompson, Tristan	Texas	6.0			Cleveland Cavaliers
McCaw, Patrick	UNLV	5.9			Golden State Warriors
Gordon, Aaron	Arizona	5.2			Orlando Magic
Hill, Jordan	Arizona	4.4			Indiana Pacers
Aldrich, Cole	Kansas	4.3			Minnesota Timberwolves
Williams, Derrick	Arizona	4.1			Miami Heat
Chalmers, Mario	Kansas	3.3			waived
Bradley, Avery	Texas	2.8			Boston Celtics
McConnell, T.J.	Arizona	2.8			Philadelphia 76ers
Turner, Myles	Texas	2.7			Indiana Pacers
Withey, Jeff	Kansas	2.3			Utah Jazz
Allen, Tony	Oklahoma State	2			Memphis Grizzlies
Morris, Marcus	Kansas	1.8			Detroit Pistons
Burks, Alec	Colorado	1.5			Utah Jazz
Iguodala, Andre	Arizona	1.5			Golden State Warriors
Amundson, Lou	UNLV	1			New York Knicks
Anderson, James	Oklahoma State	1			Sacramento Kings
Anthony, Joel	UNLV	1			Detroit Pistons
Bennett, Anthony	UNLV	1			waived
Brown, Markel	Oklahoma State	1			Brooklyn Nets roster
Copeland, Chris	Colorado	1			Free Agent
Dinwiddie, Spencer	Colorado	1			Chicago Bulls
Roberson, André	Colorado	1			Oklahoma City Thunder
Smart, Marcus	Oklahoma State	1			Boston Celtics
Vaughn, Rashad	UNLV	1			Milwaukee Bucks
Augustin, D.J.	Texas	0.9			Orlando Magic
Joseph, Cory	Texas	0.8			Toronto Raptors
Robinson, Thomas	Kansas	0.7			Brooklyn Nets roster
Bayless, Jerryd	Arizona	0.6			Philadelphia 76ers
Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae	Arizona	0.6			Brooklyn Nets roster
Arthur, Darrell	Kansas	0.5			Denver Nuggets
Black, Tarik	Kansas	0.5			Los Angeles Lakers
Budinger, Chase	Arizona	0.5			Phoenix Suns
Collison, Nick	Kansas	0.5			Oklahoma City Thunder
Diallo, Cheick	Kansas	0.5			New Orleans Pelicans
Frye, Channing	Arizona	0.5			Cleveland Cavaliers
Hamilton, Jordan	Texas	0.5			Free Agent
Hill, Solomon	Arizona	0.5			New Orleans Pelicans
Tucker, P.	Texas	0.5			Phoenix Suns
Wood, Christian	UNLV	0.5			Philadelphia 76ers
Zimmerman, Stephen	UNLV	0.5			Orlando Magic
Booker, Askia	Colorado	0			D-League
Cobbins, Michael	Oklahoma State	0			D-League
Embiid, Joel	Kansas	0			Philadelphia 76ers
Henry, Xavier	Kansas	0			D-League
Hinrich, Kirk	Kansas	0			Atlanta Hawks
Jefferson, Richard	Arizona	0			Cleveland Cavaliers
Johnson, Nick	Arizona	0			D-League
Johnson, Stanley	Arizona	0			Detroit Pistons
Kabongo, Myck	Texas	0			D-League
Kaun, Sasha	Kansas	0			Cleveland Cavaliers
McLemore, Ben	Kansas	0			Sacramento Kings
Morris, Markieff	Kansas	0			Washington Wizards
Oubre	Kansas	0			Washington Wizards
Parrom, Kevin	Arizona	0			D-League
Pierce, Paul	Kansas	0			Los Angeles Clippers
Rush, Brandon	Kansas	0			Minnesota Timberwolves
Terry, Jason	Arizona	0			Houston Rockets

The Eastern Conference Playoffs would then set up as:

No. 8 Georgia Tech at No. 1 Duke

No. 7 UNC at No. 2 UConn

No. 6 Florida at No. 3 Marquette

No. 5 Michigan State at No. 4 Wake Forest

The Western Conference Playoffs would set up as:

NO. 8 Arizona at overall No. 1 Kentucky

No. 7 Kansas at No. 2 UCLA

No. 6 Washington at No. 3 Texas

No. 5 Stanford at No. 4 USC

NBA Value Tracker: Team-by-team list of the 148 NBA Players worth 4 additional wins or more

The additional wins a team can expect from drafting or trading for an impact player can be measured by referring to this chart. We follow only the 148 players who played at a level worth at least four additional wins to an NBA team over what a replacement player would have done, based on:

1. Value Added ratings for players in the NBA last year, as listed here on ESPN.
2. Value Add Basketball ratings minus 2 for players who played college basketball last year. The ratings at www.valueaddbasketball.com actually measure how many points a college player impacts his team's scores each 100 trips down the court, but the projection to their value at the next level is roughly projected in this way.
3. The assumption that international picks were taken in roughly the correct position in the draft relative to the Value Add ratings of the college players selected near them in the draft.

This table does not rate players who were injured, or adjust for age (a 20 year old will likely improve the next year, while a 30 year old will likely decline).

The Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls are the three teams who have improved by at least 15 games based on these analytics, but of course the Warriors cannot really improve that much with Kevin Durant since they were already 73-9. Click here for on John Pudner's stories on Breitbart Sports for team breakdowns and other updates.

Player	2016	2017	Extra Wins
Paul Millsap	ATL	ATL	13.0
DeAndre Bembry	St. Joseph's	ATL	5.5
Taurean Prince	Baylor	ATL	4.0
Brook Lopez	BKN	BKN	13.7
Isaiah Thomas	BOS	BOS	13.9
Al Horford	ATL	BOS	11.6
Jae Crowder	BOS	BOS	6.1
Jared Sullinger	BOS	BOS	5.9
Ben Bentil	Providence	BOS	5.7
Amir Johnson	BOS	BOS	4.1
Ante Zizic	Croatia	BOS	4.0
Guerschon Yabusele	France	BOS	4.0
Jaylen Brown	California	BOS	4.0
Kelly Olynyk	BOS	BOS	4.0
Isaiah Whitehead	Seton Hall	BRK	4.3
Kemba Walker	CHA	CHA	14.2
Marvin Williams	CHA	CHA	6.3
Nicolas Batum	CHA	CHA	6.3
Cody Zeller	CHA	CHA	4.9
Al Jefferson	CHA	CHA	4.2
Jimmy Butler	CHI	CHI	13.3
Dwyane Wade	MIA	CHI	11.1
Robin Lopez	NY	CHI	7.8
Rajon Rondo	SAC	CHI	7.5
Denzel Valentine	Michigan St.	CHI	7.2
Taj Gibson	CHI	CHI	4.0
LeBron James	CLE	CLE	23.1
Kevin Love	CLE	CLE	9.1
Kyrie Irving	CLE	CLE	7.4
Kahlil Felder	Oakland	CLE	7.1
Tristan Thompson	CLE	CLE	6.0
Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	DAL	8.9
Zaza Pachulia	DAL	DAL	5.6
Chandler Parsons	DAL	DAL	5.2
AJ Hammons	Purdue	DAL	4.2
Nikola Jokic	DEN	DEN	9.5
Kenneth Faried	DEN	DEN	8.1
Danilo Gallinari	DEN	DEN	7.8
Will Barton	DEN	DEN	6.5
Jamal Murray	Kentucky	DEN	5.7
Juan Hernangomez	Spain	DEN	4.0
Andre Drummond	DET	DET	14.2
Reggie Jackson	DET	DET	10.4
Tobias Harris	DET	DET	7.2
Michael Gbinije	Syracuse	DET	6.9
Aron Baynes	DET	DET	4.4
Stephen Curry	GS	GS	27.6
Draymond Green	GS	GS	10.9
Klay Thompson	GS	GS	10.8
Kevin Durant	OKC	GSW	22.8
Patrick McCaw	UNLV	GSW	5.9
James Harden	HOU	HOU	23.1
Dwight Howard	HOU	HOU	9.5
Ryan Anderson	NO	HOU	5.8
Clint Capela	HOU	HOU	5.0
Paul George	IND	IND	14.7
Jeff Teague	ATL	IND	7.8
Thaddeus Young	BKN	IND	7.3
Georges Niang	Iowa St.	IND	7.0
Monta Ellis	IND	IND	4.5
Jordan Hill	IND	IND	4.4
Chris Paul	LAC	LAC	18.4
DeAndre Jordan	LAC	LAC	13.0
Brice Johnson	North Carolina	LAC	7.9
JJ Redick	LAC	LAC	7.4
Blake Griffin	LAC	LAC	6.2
Cole Aldrich	LAC	LAC	4.3
Louis Williams	LAL	LAL	6.9
Luol Deng	MIA	LAL	5.4
Brandon Ingram	Duke	LAL	4.6
Jordan Clarkson	LAL	LAL	4.2
Mike Conley	MEM	MEM	7.4
Zach Randolph	MEM	MEM	6.9
Marc Gasol	MEM	MEM	6.4
Wade Baldwin	Vanderbilt	MEM	4.0
Hassan Whiteside	MIA	MIA	16.0
Chris Bosh	MIA	MIA	7.8
Goran Dragic	MIA	MIA	5.4
Greg Monroe	MIL	MIL	13.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	MIL	11.7
Khris Middleton	MIL	MIL	9.0
Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	MIL	6.9
Thon Maker	Australia	MIL	6.0
Jabari Parker	MIL	MIL	4.0
Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	MIN	15.7
Andrew Wiggins	MIN	MIN	8.6
Ricky Rubio	MIN	MIN	7.7
Gorgui Dieng	MIN	MIN	7.3
Kris Dunn	Providence	MIN	4.8
Shabazz Muhammad	MIN	MIN	4.0
Anthony Davis	NO	NO	14.6
Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	NO	8.6
Jrue Holiday	NO	NO	8.0
Carmelo Anthony	NY	NY	12.4
Kristaps Porzingis	NY	NY	6.4
Derrick Williams	NY	NY	4.1
Russell Westbrook	OKC	OKC	22.8
Enes Kanter	OKC	OKC	11.6
Victor Oladipo	ORL	OKC	7.4
Steven Adams	OKC	OKC	4.9
Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	OKC	4.0
Nikola Vucevic	ORL	ORL	10.7
Evan Fournier	ORL	ORL	5.4
Aaron Gordon	ORL	ORL	5.2
Ben Simmons	LSU	PHI	8.1
Jahlil Okafor	PHI	PHI	5.2
Nerlens Noel	PHI	PHI	4.7
Ish Smith	PHI	PHI	4.4
Furkan Korkmaz	Turkey	PHI	4.0
Timothe Luwawu	France	PHI	4.0
Tyler Ulis	Kentucky	PHX	7.3
Dragan Bender	Croatia	PHX	7.0
Eric Bledsoe	PHX	PHX	4.8
Marquese Chriss	Washington	PHX	4.0
Mirza Teletovic	PHX	PHX	4.0
Damian Lillard	POR	POR	15.0
C.J. McCollum	POR	POR	10.1
Mason Plumlee	POR	POR	6.9
Ed Davis	POR	POR	6.8
Kobe Bryant	LAL	Ret	4.1
Kawhi Leonard	SA	SA	18.5
LaMarcus Aldridge	SA	SA	12.3
Tony Parker	SA	SA	5.1
Tim Duncan	SA	SA	4.9
Boban Marjanovic	SA	SA	4.3
David West	SA	SA	4.3
Manu Ginobili	SA	SA	4.2
DeMarcus Cousins	SAC	SAC	14.6
Rudy Gay	SAC	SAC	5.9
Darren Collison	SAC	SAC	5.4
Georgios Papagiannis	Greece	SAC	4.0
Pau Gasol	CHI	SAS	12.7
Kyle Lowry	TOR	TOR	15.9
DeMar DeRozan	TOR	TOR	15.5
Jonas Valanciunas	TOR	TOR	9.3
Pascal Siakam	New Mexico St.	TOR	7.0
Jakob Poeltl	Utah	TOR	6.8
Gordon Hayward	UTAH	UTAH	11.3
Derrick Favors	UTAH	UTAH	10.1
Rudy Gobert	UTAH	UTAH	6.6
Joel Bolomboy	Weber St.	UTAH	5.2
Rodney Hood	UTAH	UTAH	4.6
Ian Mahinmi	IND	WAS	5.5
John Wall	WSH	WSH	12.2
Marcin Gortat	WSH	WSH	9.5
Otto Porter Jr.	WSH	WSH	4.5
Bradley Beal	WSH	WSH	4.3
Ramon Sessions	WSH	WSH	4.1

Villanova's Four Top 200 Players - Best in US - Set Record and Make Big East Case

Prior to the Big East, Villanova needed to upset Kansas and beat an Oklahoma team that destroyed them earlier in the year to let the Big East finish with a better case than the Big 12 as the No 2 conference this year. Well, a record 44-point margin of victory by Nova over Oklahoma settles that case and leaves the final tournament records prior to the National Title game as:

ACC 18-5
Big East 8-4
Big 12 8-7

All other conferences with at least two teams invited had a losing record or .500 mark, though a shout out to the West Coast conference for not getting a second bid but looking great in the NIT and having Gonzaga go 2-1 and almost beat Syracuse.

Villanova was the only team at Value Add Basketball with four top four players in the top 200 and the ability to spread the court was unstoppable as they shot over 70% Saturday - the only team besides the 1985 Villanova squad to top that mark.