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Monday, March 19, 2012

NCAA All-Tournament Team after 1st week – based on NBA Efficiency by position

Now that the first week of play is complete and we are down to 16 teams, I ran the NBA Efficiency on all players so far. Draymond Green (67 Efficiency Rating for two games) and Jae Crowder (64) remain far ahead of every other player at any position to claim the two 1st team forward position.

Green and Crowder head 1st team as by far the top 2 performers to date

The top Value Add player of the year Anthony Davis (55) claims the center spot on the All-Tournament team. The top two guards bringing the ball up are Aaron Craft of Ohio State, and Kendall Marshall of UNC – and we are all hoping his surgery is successful tomorrow so he can continue in the tournament. The following are the stats used in NBA Efficiency calculation, with each players total for each game and then the two-game total. The most recent game is listed on top for each player.



1st team all-tournament FGM FGA FTM FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTSEffTotalTeam
Draymond Green, F 6 11 2 3 13620316 28 67Mich St
Draymond Green, F 10 17 2 3 121010024 39 67Mich St
Jae Crowder, F 6 13 4 7 13232117 26 64Marquette
Jae Crowder, F 10 20 2 2 16440125 38 64Marquette
Kendall Marshall, G 7 8 3 6 41101418 26 44UNC
Kendall Marshall, G 5 7 - 1 21010311 18 44UNC
Aaron Craft, G 7 9 2 2 31030217 29 43Ohio State
Aaron Craft, G 1 2 6 6 543058 14 43Ohio State
Anthony Davis, C 4 9 7 9 12502315 24 55Kentucky
Anthony Davis, C 5 8 6 8 9317016 31 55Kentucky




New Mexico and Iowa State forwards make 2nd team after valiant effort

Forwards Drew Gordon and Royce White did everything they could to keep New Mexico and Iowa State in the tournament, and both actually had one more point (56) than 1st team center Davis, but they are 2nd team since Green and Crowder are so far ahead at the forward position. The heroics of Lorenzo Brown and Walter Offutt were enough for NC State and Ohio, respectively, to make the Sweet 16, while Cody Zeller of Indiana nudges out his brother Tyler Zeller only because UNC lists the latter at center. Actually Tyler has been two points better (45-43) in NBA Efficiency.



2nd team all-tournament FGM FGA FTM FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTSEffTotalTeam
Drew Gordon, F 8 15 4 5 14210121 29 56New Mexico
Drew Gordon, F 7 10 4 6 13101118 27 56New Mexico
Royce White, F 9 12 5 9 9431323 30 56Iowa State
Royce White, F 6 9 3 4 13201115 26 56Iowa State
Lorenzo Brown, G 3 9 5 9 6710112 15 42NC State
Lorenzo Brown, G 5 9 5 6 9821517 27 42NC State
Walter Offutt, G 7 9 3 4 3040021 25 42Ohio
Walter Offutt, G 4 7 3 4 3421011 17 42Ohio
Cody Zeller, C 5 9 6 8 13101416 21 43Indiana
Cody Zeller, C 5 9 4 6 6460214 22 43Indiana


Frease bounces back from ND game to make 3rd team and advance Xavier
After an off game against Notre Dame, 7-footer Kenny Frease had the best efficiency of anyone this weekend with a 33 to lead Xavier’s comeback win. He beat out Robbie Hummel’s 31 today for the top one-day total. The backcourt includes Brady Helsip keeping Baylor’s hopes alive, and D.J. Cooper helping with the Ohio shocker, and Terrence Jones locks up the other forward position for the tourney favorite Kentucky.




3rd team all-tournament FGM FGA FTM FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTSEffTotalTeam
Terrence Jones, F 3 9 2 4 1131218 16 46Kentucky
Terrence Jones, F 9 13 3 3 10210122 30 46Kentucky
Tyler Zeller, F 4 7 3 3 6001011 15 45UNC
Tyler Zeller, F 4 9 9 10 15214317 30 45UNC
Brady Heslip, G 9 13 0 - 1010127 24 41Baylor
Brady Heslip, G 5 10 2 2 3110017 17 41Baylor
D.J. Cooper, G 5 12 7 9 6720419 21 41Ohio
D.J. Cooper, G 7 11 4 5 2500321 20 41Ohio
Kenny Frease, C 11 13 3 5 12002225 33 42Xavier
Kenny Frease, C 4 8 2 2 3000010 9 42Xavier



No-call on goal tending costs Darius Johnson-Odom 4th team spot
I have to go straight by the numbers, but Darius Johnson-Odom would have beaten out Scoop Jardine for the 4th team guard if only he had gotten the goal tend call on his great move in the lane. Without the call, the fourth team was dominated by players who matched up against each other in the Syracuse-Kansas State game. I never heard why Vandy had to sit center Festus Ezeli at the start of the 3-point loss to Wisconsin, but he had 11 rebounds in both games to claim the 4th team center spot. The formula gives DJO a minus-1 for the "blocked" shot, and would have instead added 2 points for the made shot to elevate him to the 4th team if the call had been made.




4th team all-tournament FGM FGA FTM FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTSEffTotalTeam
Jordan Henriquez, F 7 17 - 1 17300414 19 45Kansas St.
Jordan Henriquez, F 3 6 9 10 9206215 26 45Kansas St
James Southerland, F 6 8 - 1 8110215 20 44Syracuse
James Southerland, F 5 6 3 4 6113015 24 44Syracuse
Rodney McGruder, G 11 16 6 8 4040030 31 40Kansas St.
Rodney McGruder, G 5 13 5 6 4200315 9 40Kansas St.
Scoop Jardine, G 3 8 4 4 2720311 14 33Syracuse
Scoop Jardine, G 5 9 3 4 5810616 19 33Syracuse
Festus Ezeli, C 5 7 4 6 11011214 21 41Vanderbilt
Festus Ezeli, C 2 3 4 6 1112438 20 41Vanderbilt

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