Monday, January 30, 2017

Reinhardt and Wilson surge to give MU one of deepest teams; 8-seed in tournament

In a season  highlighted by the play of two of the top freshmen in the country, veterans Katin Reinhardt and Duane Wilson surged to carry Marquette to an projected 8-seed Monday according to both ESPN and CBS Sports

Due to slow starts to the season in which they were worth close to 0.00 points per game, Wilson and Reinhardt still rank as the 8th and 7th most valuable players over the season as a whole, worth an improvement of 1.99 and 2.43 in Marquette's victory/defeat margin for game due to great recent performances.

Marquette's ability to have eight different players who can be the difference in a big game makes them one of the most balanced teams in the country. Only 10 teams have eight players ranked higher than Wilson's 1.99 Value Add, and only 14 teams have seven players with a higher rating than Reinhardt's surging 2.43. Here are the teams, followed by where all of Marquette's players rank.

It is very hard to be a projected 8-seed with no players in the Top 200, but Marquette is doing it with incredible balance. Marquette's victim Villanova is the only team in the nation with three top 50 players in Josh Hart (ranked No. 1), Jalen Brunson (No. 14) and Mikal Bridges (No. 47).

RnkBest 8th Players 1/29/2017Teams w/ Deepest BenchValue
1Mamadi Diakite #25Virginia3.34
2Killian Tillie #33Gonzaga3.12
3Zach Brown #1Wichita St.3.05
4VJ King #0Louisville2.49
5John Egbunu #15Florida2.47
6Kethan Savage #11Butler2.44
7Dominique Hawkins #25Kentucky2.33
8CJ Walker #2Florida St.2.15
9Theo Pinson #1North Carolina2.07
10Parker Van Dyke #5Utah2.04
11Keanu Pinder #25Arizona1.99
12Duane Wilson #1Marquette1.99
13Dustin Thomas #13Arkansas1.90
14Justin Jenifer #3Cincinnati1.89
15King McClure #22Baylor1.88
16Ebuka Izundu #15Miami FL1.86
17Sagaba Konate #50West Virginia1.83
18Admiral Schofield #5Tennessee1.78
19Kaiser Gates #22Xavier1.76
20Isaac Banks #10East Tennessee St.1.62


RnkBest 7th Players 1/29/2017Teams w/ Deepest BenchValue
1Josh Perkins #13Gonzaga4.30
2Anas Mahmoud #14Louisville4.10
3Justin Leon #23Florida3.51
4Jack Salt #33Virginia3.48
5Shaquille Morris #24Wichita St.3.44
6Nate Fowler #51Butler3.44
7Casey Benson #2Oregon3.03
8Terry Maston #31Baylor2.87
9Nate Britt #0North Carolina2.71
10Lamont West #15West Virginia2.71
11Carlton Bragg #15Kansas2.60
12Khalil Iverson #21Wisconsin2.60
13Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman #12Michigan2.49
14Mychal Mulder #11Kentucky2.45
15Katin Reinhardt #22Marquette2.43
16Ryan Cline #14Purdue2.33
17Temple Gibbs #2Notre Dame2.29
18Devontavius Payne #1East Tennessee St.2.27
19Eric Paschall #4Villanova2.27
20Jarquez Smith #23Florida St.2.26

Marquette player ranks.



RnkPlayerPts/Gm
207Luke Fischer #405.84
346Markus Howard #04.82
360Andrew Rowsey #304.75
395Sam Hauser #104.46
423JaJuan Johnson #234.32
582Haanif Cheatham #253.69
962Katin Reinhardt #222.43
1151Duane Wilson #11.99
2012Traci Carter #210.61
2102Matt Heldt #120.52
9999Sandy Cohen #50.00

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