Updated 2019 Team and Player Projections With Kentucky, Oklahoma, Florida St. and Memphis signings

As we track players, one fact stands out - Joe Cremo projects as the third most valuable player available and the best hope for a Sweet 16 next year. More on that later.

Harry Froling makes the list of players lost due to signing a pro agent, but the 1.31 Value Add lost was factored into Marquette's 27th best 39.02 projected team Value Add at www.valueaddbasketball.com and on the projected 2019 players you can edit. Villanova's 13.50 point edge over everyone else could withstand the loss of Mikal Bridges (top projected 2019 Value Add at 11.06) but not both him and Jalen Brunson (No. 3 projected at 10.44).

Please keep the updates coming on the google sheet of all projected 2019 players. In addition to 100+ corrections, cleanup of a few duplicates, etc., Kentucky, Oklahoma, Florida State and Memphis had big signings to help propel them in the team projections below. EJ Montgomery picking Kentucky over Duke helps Kentucky maintain second place for Villanova now as they wait for additional players to decide on the NBA.

Rank Proj	Projected 2019 Players	Ht	Class	Team Gained	Proj. VA	Notes
94	EJ Montgomery	6-foot-10	Fr	Kentucky	6.80	247 Ranked 12, PF, signed April 9
584	Miles Reynolds #3	6-foot-2	Sr	Oklahoma	3.62	Sr. transfer from Pacific, SG
1126	David Nichols #13	6-foot-0	Sr	Florida St.	2.17	Sr. transfer from Albany, PG
1292	Alex Lomax	5-foot-11	Fr	Memphis	1.82	247 Ranked 144, PG, signed April 4

Of course, this included Kentucky losing two more players since the original update, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kevin Knox signing with agents at a cost of almost 16 Value Add points. Four other Kentucky players worth another 21.39 points are in the system as considering the NBA but still potentially staying at Kentucky; PJ Washington with a 5.65 Value Add, Hamidou Diallo 5.64, Jarred Vanderbilt 5.17 and Wenyen Gabriel 4.93.

Players signing agents	Ht	Class	Team Lost	Proj. VA	Notes
Deandre Ayton #13	7-foot-1	So	Arizona	9.98	Signed agent/Pro
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #22	6-foot-6	Fr	Kentucky	9.16	Signed agent/Pro
Gary Trent #2	6-foot-6	Fr	Duke	7.43	Signed agent/Pro
Robert Williams #44	6-foot-10	So	Texas A&M	6.91	Signed agent/Pro
Kevin Knox #5	6-foot-9	Fr	Kentucky	6.77	Signed agent/Pro
Drew Eubanks #12	6-foot-10	Sr	Oregon	6.09	Signed agent/Pro
Leron Black #12	6-foot-7	Sr	Illinois	5.43	Signed agent/Pro
Bruce Brown #11	6-foot-5	So	Miami	5.39	Signed agent/Pro
Lagerald Vick #2	6-foot-5	Sr	Kansas	5.28	Signed agent/Pro
Deng Adel #22	6-foot-7	Jr	Louisville	5.05	Signed agent/Pro
Corey Sanders #3	6-foot-2	Sr	Rutgers	4.06	Signed agent/Pro
Harry Froling 13	6-foot-11	So	Marquette	1.31	Signed agent/Pro
Terry Larrier #22	6-foot-8	Sr	Connecticut	0.86	Signed agent/Pro

As you can see, eight of the top 25 projected players for next season could leave to go pro but have not signed agents. If a player signs with an agent we take him out of the database, but if they express an interest in the NBA and could be drafted then we flag them in the database with the "/could go NBA" in the Value Add Basketball database and in the "Considering NBA" 2nd team column below. If someone announces they are exploring the NBA but it does not appear they will be drafted, we assume for now they will return and do not flag them.

Projected Rank	Projected 2019 Players	Ht	Class	2019 Team	Proj. Value Add
1	Mikal Bridges #25	6-foot-7	Jr	Villanova /could go NBA	11.06
2	Keita Bates-Diop #33	6-foot-7	Jr	Ohio St. /could go NBA	10.66
3	Jalen Brunson #1	6-foot-2	Jr	Villanova /could go NBA	10.44
4	Juwan Morgan #13	6-foot-7	Sr	Indiana	10.07
5	Dean Wade #32	6-foot-10	Sr	Kansas St.	9.92
6	John Konchar #55	6-foot-5	Sr	Fort Wayne	9.57
7	Dylan Windler #3	6-foot-7	Sr	Belmont	9.54
8	James Thompson #2	6-foot-10	Sr	Eastern Michigan	9.44
9	Luke Maye #32	6-foot-8	Sr	North Carolina	9.18
11	RJ Barrett	6-foot-7	Fr	Duke	9
12	Carsen Edwards #3	6-foot-1	So	Purdue /could go NBA	8.94
13	Zhaire Smith #2	6-foot-5	Fr	Texas Tech /could go NBA	8.87
14	Anthony Cowan #1	6-foot-0	Jr	Maryland	8.86
15	Cameron Reddish	6-foot-7	Fr	Duke	8.8
16	Ethan Happ #22	6-foot-10	Sr	Wisconsin /could go NBA	8.76
17	Michael Oguine #0	6-foot-2	Sr	Montana	8.6
18	Zion Williamson	6-foot-6	Fr	Duke	8.6
19	Moe Wagner #13	6-foot-11	Jr	Michigan	8.58
20	Reid Travis #22	6-foot-8	Sr	Stanford	8.54
21	Cassius Winston #5	6-foot-0	Jr	Michigan St.	8.53
22	Jerome Robinson #1	6-foot-5	Jr	Boston College /could go NBA	8.53
23	Mike Daum #24	6-foot-9	Sr	South Dakota St.	8.46
24	Tyler Davis #34	6-foot-10	Sr	Texas A&M /could go NBA	8.43
25	Bol Bol	7-foot-1	Fr	Oregon	8.4

As you can see below, if no one left Villanova their projected Value Add would be 72.30, but if everyone considering the NBA left they would drop 29.34 to a 42.96. This, of course, plays well for Marquette and other teams with no one considering the NBA because they can only move up the list with NBA departures from others. Of course, the database will continue to adjust for other signings and departures - and please remember you must put something in column A if you have an update or catch a mistake. I review each record with a comment and then update www.valueaddbasketball.com as well. Here are where the 351 teams rank, BUT it really doesn't work well after the top 100 because in lower ranked conferences Value Add will capture the one player who could play at a high major level and value him more than three or four excellent lower conference players who could not competed in the power conferences.

Rnk	Team	Proj Value Add	Considering NBA	If Lose All
1	Villanova	72.30	29.34	42.96
2	Kentucky	58.80	21.39	37.41
3	Auburn	53.79	6.00	47.79
4	Oregon	53.56		53.56
5	North Carolina	48.78		48.78
6	Tennessee	48.39	12.87	35.52
7	Duke	48.23		48.23
8	Nevada	47.52	22.37	25.15
9	Gonzaga	45.99	13.17	32.82
10	Mississippi St.	45.85	21.91	23.94
11	Maryland	45.70	14.02	31.68
12	Virginia	45.64	6.55	39.09
13	Syracuse	45.50	15.39	30.11
14	UCLA	45.23	10.10	35.12
15	LSU	44.15		44.15
16	North Carolina St.	42.67		42.67
17	Ohio St.	41.95	10.66	31.29
18	Virginia Tech	41.52	4.25	37.27
19	Michigan St.	41.44	6.64	34.80
20	Michigan	40.94		40.94
21	Alabama	40.85	15.14	25.71
22	Miami FL	40.48	6.53	33.95
23	Florida	39.94	6.61	33.33
24	USC	39.67		39.67
25	Texas	39.40	5.03	34.37
26	Montana	39.13		39.13
27	Marquette	39.02		39.02
28	Kansas	38.88	7.03	31.85
29	Kansas St.	38.52	5.84	32.68
30	Florida St.	38.19		38.19
31	Arizona St.	38.02		38.02
32	Iowa	36.88	8.39	28.49
33	TCU	36.75		36.75
34	Northeastern	36.74		36.74
35	Boston College	36.40	14.67	21.73
36	Notre Dame	36.15		36.15
37	Iowa St.	35.92	3.83	32.09
38	Indiana	35.64		35.64
39	Xavier	35.32		35.32
40	BYU	35.28	7.65	27.63
41	Providence	34.97		34.97
42	San Diego St.	34.93	8.02	26.91
43	Fresno St.	34.90	5.63	29.27
44	Texas Tech	34.90	8.87	26.03
45	Northwestern	34.84		34.84
46	Davidson	34.81		34.81
47	Houston	34.69		34.69
48	St. John's	34.62	7.81	26.81
49	Washington	34.33	13.30	21.03
50	Wake Forest	34.32		34.32
51	Vanderbilt	34.12		34.12
52	Butler	34.11		34.11
53	West Virginia	33.86	7.29	26.57
54	South Dakota St.	33.84		33.84
55	Purdue	33.66	8.94	24.72
56	Clemson	33.44	13.21	20.23
57	Texas A&M	33.32	13.97	19.35
58	Creighton	32.80		32.80
59	Loyola Chicago	32.73		32.73
60	Georgetown	32.59		32.59
61	Nebraska	32.25	13.77	18.48
62	Mississippi	31.81	3.78	28.03
63	Missouri	31.67	6.93	24.74
64	Arizona	31.50		31.50
65	Penn St.	31.31	7.19	24.12
66	Baylor	31.07		31.07
67	Dayton	30.75	3.77	26.98
68	Oklahoma St.	30.49		30.49
69	Stanford	30.24		30.24
70	SMU	29.93	9.79	20.14
71	Marshall	29.69	7.79	21.90
72	Minnesota	29.58		29.58
73	Buffalo	29.39		29.39
74	Oklahoma	29.16		29.16
75	Cincinnati	29.06		29.06
76	UNC Greensboro	29.04		29.04
77	San Diego	28.97		28.97
78	Georgia Tech	28.44	6.56	21.88
79	Wisconsin	28.21	8.76	19.45
80	Georgia St.	28.05	4.57	23.48
81	New Mexico	28.01		28.01
82	Rhode Island	27.97		27.97
83	Belmont	27.91		27.91
84	Arkansas	27.89		27.89
85	Wofford	27.71	6.97	20.74
86	Temple	27.69		27.69
87	Louisville	27.56		27.56
88	St. Bonaventure	27.31		27.31
89	Connecticut	27.06		27.06
90	Northern Kentucky	27.03		27.03
91	Illinois	26.98		26.98
92	Murray St.	26.88		26.88
93	Lipscomb	26.81		26.81
94	Rider	26.39		26.39
95	UC Davis	26.36		26.36
96	Louisiana Lafayette	26.34		26.34
97	Richmond	26.30		26.30
98	Toledo	26.27		26.27
99	Oregon St.	26.25		26.25
100	Northern Iowa	26.18		26.18
101	Ball St.	26.14		26.14
102	Liberty	26.13		26.13
103	Furman	26.12		26.12
104	Southern Illinois	26.04		26.04
105	Northern Colorado	25.99		25.99
106	North Texas	25.99		25.99
107	Akron	25.72		25.72
108	South Carolina	25.71		25.71
109	Georgia Southern	25.61		25.61
110	Memphis	25.59		25.59
111	Saint Mary's	25.43		25.43
112	Georgia	25.36		25.36
113	Saint Louis	25.36		25.36
114	Middle Tennessee	25.35		25.35
115	Canisius	25.12		25.12
116	Fort Wayne	24.99		24.99
117	Rutgers	24.91		24.91
118	New Mexico St.	24.89		24.89
119	Jacksonville St.	24.87		24.87
120	Hofstra	24.74	6.35	18.39
121	Saint Joseph's	24.70		24.70
122	Harvard	24.68		24.68
123	Utah St.	24.62		24.62
124	South Dakota	24.45		24.45
125	DePaul	24.41	6.50	17.91
126	Old Dominion	24.40		24.40
127	Tulsa	24.39		24.39
128	Eastern Michigan	24.33		24.33
129	Colorado	24.21		24.21
130	Radford	24.21		24.21
131	UC Irvine	24.15		24.15
132	UCF	24.01		24.01
133	Vermont	24.01		24.01
134	Illinois St.	23.91		23.91
135	Stephen F. Austin	23.82		23.82
136	Cornell	23.79	6.47	17.32
137	Tulane	23.78	6.35	17.43
138	Valparaiso	23.48		23.48
139	Pacific	23.36		23.36
140	Weber St.	23.31		23.31
141	Utah Valley	23.30		23.30
142	Western Kentucky	23.23		23.23
143	Southern Miss	23.20		23.20
144	Idaho St.	23.11		23.11
145	UTSA	23.00		23.00
146	Austin Peay	22.71		22.71
147	St. Francis PA	22.71		22.71
148	Campbell	22.68	5.66	17.02
149	Wright St.	22.57		22.57
150	College of Charleston	22.48		22.48
151	Seton Hall	22.48		22.48
152	Iona	22.45		22.45
153	William & Mary	22.38		22.38
154	Eastern Washington	22.35		22.35
155	Ohio	22.31		22.31
156	Bradley	22.29		22.29
157	Massachusetts	22.10		22.10
158	Winthrop	22.09		22.09
159	Central Michigan	22.09		22.09
160	Indiana St.	22.01		22.01
161	Cal St. Fullerton	21.97		21.97
162	Southeast Missouri St.	21.68		21.68
163	Yale	21.65		21.65
164	Illinois Chicago	21.48		21.48
165	San Francisco	21.22		21.22
166	UAB	21.10		21.10
167	Columbia	21.08		21.08
168	Towson	20.98		20.98
169	Princeton	20.97		20.97
170	James Madison	20.83		20.83
171	Northern Illinois	20.80	5.87	14.93
172	Missouri St.	20.70		20.70
173	Grand Canyon	20.64		20.64
174	Loyola Marymount	20.61		20.61
175	UNLV	20.60		20.60
176	Pepperdine	20.50		20.50
177	VCU	20.36		20.36
178	Wyoming	20.36	5.42	14.94
179	Charleston Southern	20.35		20.35
180	East Tennessee St.	20.29		20.29
181	Penn	20.28		20.28
182	Hartford	20.05		20.05
183	Kent St.	20.04		20.04
184	Lehigh	19.94		19.94
185	UT Arlington	19.76		19.76
186	Evansville	19.70		19.70
187	La Salle	19.61		19.61
188	North Florida	19.50		19.50
189	Louisiana Tech	19.46		19.46
190	UNC Asheville	19.45		19.45
191	Florida Gulf Coast	19.37	3.99	15.38
192	Western Michigan	19.28		19.28
193	South Alabama	19.23		19.23
194	Wichita St.	19.21		19.21
195	George Mason	19.13		19.13
196	Troy	19.13		19.13
197	Colorado St.	19.10		19.10
198	NJIT	18.96		18.96
199	Seattle	18.82		18.82
200	Duquesne	18.59		18.59
201	Louisiana Monroe	18.53		18.53
202	Texas Southern	18.50		18.50
203	Coastal Carolina	18.38		18.38
204	UNC Wilmington	18.20		18.20
205	Portland St.	18.18		18.18
206	Southeastern Louisiana	18.17		18.17
207	Milwaukee	18.10		18.10
208	Colgate	17.97		17.97
209	Lamar	17.90		17.90
210	Utah	17.90		17.90
211	Washington St.	17.84	5.43	12.41
212	Montana St.	17.82		17.82
213	Miami OH	17.76		17.76
214	Monmouth	17.61		17.61
215	Wagner	17.48		17.48
216	Idaho	17.24		17.24
217	Drexel	17.21		17.21
218	FIU	17.17		17.17
219	Fairleigh Dickinson	17.10		17.10
220	North Dakota	17.10		17.10
221	Bowling Green	17.07	3.67	13.40
222	California	17.01		17.01
223	Nebraska Omaha	16.90		16.90
224	Elon	16.89		16.89
225	Saint Peter's	16.86		16.86
226	UC Santa Barbara	16.66		16.66
227	Delaware	16.47		16.47
228	Boston University	16.45		16.45
229	Hawaii	16.43		16.43
230	Eastern Kentucky	16.38		16.38
231	Robert Morris	16.28		16.28
232	Niagara	16.28		16.28
233	LIU Brooklyn	16.25		16.25
234	Boise St.	16.25		16.25
235	Texas St.	16.11		16.11
236	Denver	16.10		16.10
237	Tennessee St.	16.07		16.07
238	Nicholls St.	15.98		15.98
239	Sam Houston St.	15.84		15.84
240	Albany	15.58		15.58
241	Air Force	15.56		15.56
242	Appalachian St.	15.51		15.51
243	UMBC	15.48		15.48
244	Fairfield	15.40		15.40
245	North Dakota St.	15.29		15.29
246	Stony Brook	15.27		15.27
247	Oral Roberts	15.25		15.25
248	Hampton	15.23		15.23
249	Oakland	15.09		15.09
250	High Point	15.07		15.07
251	Drake	14.96		14.96
252	Cal St. Bakersfield	14.93		14.93
253	Long Beach St.	14.90		14.90
254	George Washington	14.87		14.87
255	Navy	14.60		14.60
256	Brown	14.54		14.54
257	Army	14.48		14.48
258	Manhattan	14.38		14.38
259	Binghamton	14.29		14.29
260	Quinnipiac	13.93		13.93
261	Howard	13.92		13.92
262	Fordham	13.79		13.79
263	Jacksonville	13.78		13.78
264	New Orleans	13.76		13.76
265	Mercer	13.75		13.75
266	Mount St. Mary's	13.68		13.68
267	Charlotte	13.55	5.58	7.97
268	Bucknell	13.53		13.53
269	Eastern Illinois	13.43		13.43
270	Chattanooga	13.35		13.35
271	Detroit	13.25	4.70	8.55
272	Santa Clara	13.15		13.15
273	Central Arkansas	13.00		13.00
274	The Citadel	12.92		12.92
275	Abilene Christian	12.88		12.88
276	Morehead St.	12.80		12.80
277	Holy Cross	12.77		12.77
278	Gardner Webb	12.70		12.70
279	St. Francis NY	12.68		12.68
280	Western Carolina	12.62		12.62
281	Tennessee Martin	12.53		12.53
282	Southern Utah	12.45		12.45
283	Alabama St.	12.42		12.42
284	Sacramento St.	12.32		12.32
285	Dartmouth	12.32		12.32
286	American	12.29		12.29
287	Bethune Cookman	12.26		12.26
288	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	12.16		12.16
289	Portland	12.12		12.12
290	Little Rock	12.08		12.08
291	Prairie View A&M	12.08		12.08
292	Tennessee Tech	11.83		11.83
293	Central Connecticut	11.81		11.81
294	Siena	11.81		11.81
295	Green Bay	11.80		11.80
296	North Carolina Central	11.78		11.78
297	McNeese St.	11.70		11.70
298	Lafayette	11.68		11.68
299	UMass Lowell	11.55		11.55
300	South Florida	11.51		11.51
301	UTEP	11.45		11.45
302	Sacred Heart	11.18		11.18
303	Marist	11.12		11.12
304	Samford	11.09		11.09
305	North Carolina A&T	11.07		11.07
306	Loyola MD	10.86		10.86
307	IUPUI	10.76		10.76
308	Pittsburgh	10.74		10.74
309	Arkansas St.	10.73		10.73
310	New Hampshire	10.72		10.72
311	Youngstown St.	10.63		10.63
312	Norfolk St.	10.56		10.56
313	UMKC	10.48		10.48
314	Western Illinois	10.47		10.47
315	Arkansas Pine Bluff	10.44		10.44
316	Southern	10.41		10.41
317	Rice	10.36		10.36
318	Cal Poly	10.28		10.28
319	Stetson	10.19		10.19
320	Northwestern St.	9.89		9.89
321	East Carolina	9.87		9.87
322	Northern Arizona	9.86		9.86
323	Savannah St.	9.79		9.79
324	Cal St. Northridge	9.61		9.61
325	UC Riverside	9.52		9.52
326	UT Rio Grande Valley	9.44		9.44
327	Cleveland St.	9.28		9.28
328	Florida Atlantic	9.02		9.02
329	Florida A&M	9.01		9.01
330	Houston Baptist	9.00		9.00
331	Maryland Eastern Shore	8.96		8.96
332	Delaware St.	8.70		8.70
333	VMI	8.63		8.63
334	Kennesaw St.	8.52		8.52
335	Maine	7.96		7.96
336	Grambling St.	7.92		7.92
337	South Carolina St.	7.68		7.68
338	SIU Edwardsville	7.50		7.50
339	Morgan St.	7.39		7.39
340	Incarnate Word	7.36		7.36
341	San Jose St.	7.26		7.26
342	Presbyterian	7.21		7.21
343	Jackson St.	7.19		7.19
344	USC Upstate	7.07		7.07
345	Bryant	6.99		6.99
346	Chicago St.	6.61		6.61
347	Mississippi Valley St.	6.41		6.41
348	Alcorn St.	5.54		5.54
349	Longwood	5.16		5.16
350	Coppin St.	5.15		5.15
351	Alabama A&M	4.80		4.80

Every Conference Tournament Result: Big East Ranks 5th Despite Nova Title Hope

While the Big East seeks a second National Title in three years, the conference had a slightly disappointing tournament with some near misses - finishing almost even with the Big Ten but behind the ACC, SEC and Big 12 in overall play.

After the season I match each conferences #1 team against the #1 team in the other 31 conferences, then the #2 team against the other #2s etc. to get a composite record for each conference from top to bottom. The "winner" is determined as the team that had the better tournament with teams getting a credit for 1.0 for each line in March Madness, 0.4 for each NIT line (yes, NIT Champ Penn State gets more credit than a team that won one NCAA game), and less for each CBI or CIT line.

Obviously, a team like Maryland that did not go to a tournament is better than CBI and CIT teams, which only invite Mid-Majors, but this really doesn't matter in scoring because as the 7th place team in the Big Ten they "win" all their match-ups with smaller conferences 7th best teams. If teams are tied in their tournament success or neither on went to a tournament, then the team's www.kenpom.com ratings determine the "winner."

Marquette gets 1.2 credit for being on three NIT lines, which puts them slightly ahead of Providence and Creighton with a 1.0 for making the NCAA tournament but not winning a game. That gives Marquette the 5th best tournament success in the Big East, and when matched up against the 5th most successful teams from the other conferences they go 28-3 with losses only to UNC of the ACC, Ohio State of the Big Ten and Auburn of the SEC.

That is part of a composite 267-33 projected "record" for a .890 winning percentage that ranks behind only the ACC (327-10, .970), Big 12 (282-18, .940), SEC (314-23, .932) and just behind the Big Ten (301-36, .893). Here is the breakdown and tournament history for every team by conference.

Atlantic 10 (9th Place)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Rhode Island 7	vs. all #1	22	9	0.710	NCAA	2	52
St. Bonaventure 11	vs. all #2	24	7	0.774	NCAA	1.5	68
Davidson 12	vs. all #3	24	7	0.774	NCAA	1	44
Saint Joseph's	vs. all #4	13	18	0.419			117
VCU	vs. all #5	15	16	0.484			144
Saint Louis	vs. all #6	20	11	0.645			148
La Salle	vs. all #7	20	11	0.645			156
Dayton	vs. all #8	21	10	0.677			172
Richmond	vs. all #9	19	8	0.704			181
George Washington	vs. all #10	17	8	0.680			192
Duquesne	vs. all #11	10	4	0.714			201
Massachusetts	vs. all #12	9	3	0.750			207
George Mason	vs. all #13	3	3	0.500			220
Fordham	vs. all #14	2	3	0.400			292
		219	118	0.650
ACC (1st)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Duke 2	vs. all #1	27	4	0.871	NCAA	4	3
Florida St. 9	vs. all #2	30	1	0.968	NCAA	4	27
Clemson 5	vs. all #3	30	1	0.968	NCAA	3	14
Syracuse 11	vs. all #4	30	1	0.968	NCAA	3	41
North Carolina 2	vs. all #5	31	0	1.000	NCAA	2	8
Louisville	vs. all #6	30	1	0.968	NIT	1.2	38
Virginia 1	vs. all #7	30	1	0.968	NCAA	1	2
Virginia Tech 8	vs. all #8	31	0	1.000	NCAA	1	33
Miami FL 6	vs. all #9	27	0	1.000	NCAA	1	36
North Carolina St. 9	vs. all #10	25	0	1.000	NCAA	1	46
Notre Dame	vs. all #11	14	0	1.000	NIT	0.8	35
Boston College	vs. all #12	12	0	1.000	NIT	0.4	77
Wake Forest	vs. all #13	6	0	1.000			89
Georgia Tech	vs. all #14	4	1	0.800			119
Pittsburgh	vs. all #15	0	0	0.000			227
		327	10	0.970
American East (25th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
UMBC 16	vs. all #1	18	13	0.581	NCAA	2	166
Vermont	vs. all #2	11	20	0.355	NIT	0.4	75
Hartford	vs. all #3	8	23	0.258	CIT	0.2	215
Albany	vs. all #4	9	22	0.290			151
Stony Brook	vs. all #5	6	25	0.194			223
New Hampshire	vs. all #6	4	27	0.129			278
UMass Lowell	vs. all #7	5	26	0.161			287
Binghamton	vs. all #8	9	22	0.290			297
Maine	vs. all #9	3	24	0.111			332
		73	202	0.265
American (8th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Cincinnati 2	vs. all #1	23	8	0.742	NCAA	2	4
Houston 6	vs. all #2	26	5	0.839	NCAA	2	18
Wichita St. 4	vs. all #3	25	6	0.806	NCAA	1	20
Temple	vs. all #4	22	9	0.710	NIT	0.4	87
SMU	vs. all #5	21	10	0.677			85
Tulsa	vs. all #6	22	9	0.710			110
UCF	vs. all #7	23	8	0.742			111
Memphis	vs. all #8	22	9	0.710			161
Tulane	vs. all #9	20	7	0.741			171
Connecticut	vs. all #10	18	7	0.720			179
South Florida	vs. all #11	7	7	0.500			279
East Carolina	vs. all #12	4	8	0.333			307
		233	93	0.715
Atlantic Sun (30th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Lipscomb 15	vs. all #1	4	27	0.129	NCAA	1	167
Florida Gulf Coast	vs. all #2	10	21	0.323	NIT	0.4	127
NJIT	vs. all #3	1	30	0.032			254
North Florida	vs. all #4	2	29	0.065			282
Kennesaw St.	vs. all #5	2	29	0.065			309
Stetson	vs. all #6	2	29	0.065			314
Jacksonville	vs. all #7	2	29	0.065			320
USC Upstate	vs. all #8	2	29	0.065			338
		25	223	0.101
Big Ten (4th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Michigan 3	vs. all #1	30	1	0.968	NCAA	6	7
Purdue 2	vs. all #2	29	2	0.935	NCAA	3	5
Penn St.	vs. all #3	29	2	0.935	NIT	2.4	19
Michigan St. 3	vs. all #4	29	2	0.935	NCAA	2	6
Ohio St. 5	vs. all #5	30	1	0.968	NCAA	2	16
Nebraska	vs. all #6	26	5	0.839	NIT	0.4	54
Maryland	vs. all #7	25	6	0.806			39
Wisconsin	vs. all #8	27	4	0.871			70
Indiana	vs. all #9	24	3	0.889			71
Northwestern	vs. all #10	23	2	0.920			84
Iowa	vs. all #11	12	2	0.857			88
Illinois	vs. all #12	10	2	0.833			102
Minnesota	vs. all #13	4	2	0.667			116
Rutgers	vs. all #14	3	2	0.600			130
		301	36	0.893
Big 12 (2nd)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Kansas 1	vs. all #1	29	2	0.935	NCAA	5	9
Texas Tech 3	vs. all #2	31	0	1.000	ncaa	4	11
Kansas St. 9	vs. all #3	31	0	1.000	NCAA	4	42
West Virginia 5	vs. all #4	31	0	1.000	ncaa	3	12
Oklahoma St.	vs. all #5	27	4	0.871	NIT	1.2	59
TCU 6	vs. all #6	29	2	0.935	NCAA	1	24
Texas 10	vs. all #7	29	2	0.935	NCAA	1	37
Oklahoma 10	vs. all #8	29	2	0.935	NCAA	1	48
Baylor	vs. all #9	25	2	0.926	NIT	0.8	34
Iowa St.	vs. all #10	21	4	0.840			103
		282	18	0.940
Big East (5th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Villanova 1	vs. all #1	31	0	1.000	NCAA	6	1
Xavier 1	vs. all #2	27	4	0.871	NCAA	2	15
Butler 10	vs. all #3	27	4	0.871	NCAA	2	22
Seton Hall 8	vs. all #4	27	4	0.871	NCAA	2	26
Marquette	vs. all #5	28	3	0.903	NIT	1.2	55
Creighton 8	vs. all #6	28	3	0.903	NCAA	1	30
Providence 10	vs. all #7	28	3	0.903	NCAA	1	64
St. John's	vs. all #8	26	5	0.839			76
Georgetown	vs. all #9	23	4	0.852			95
DePaul	vs. all #10	22	3	0.880			100
		267	33	0.890
Big Sky (15th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Northern Colorado	vs. all #1	17	14	0.548	CIT	1.2	104
Montana 14	vs. all #2	20	11	0.645	NCAA	1	72
Portland St.	vs. all #3	14	17	0.452	CIT	0.4	164
Eastern Washington	vs. all #4	19	12	0.613	CBI	0.3	136
Idaho	vs. all #5	16	15	0.516			126
Weber St.	vs. all #6	19	12	0.613			159
Idaho St.	vs. all #7	16	15	0.516			226
North Dakota	vs. all #8	16	15	0.516			239
Southern Utah	vs. all #9	13	14	0.481			251
Montana St.	vs. all #10	11	14	0.440			270
Sacramento St.	vs. all #11	5	9	0.357			285
Northern Arizona	vs. all #12	2	10	0.167			327
		168	158	0.515
Big South (20th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Radford 16	vs. all #1	3	28	0.097	NCAA	1	170
Liberty	vs. all #2	17	14	0.548	CIT	0.8	183
Campbell	vs. all #3	21	10	0.677	CBI	0.8	218
UNC Asheville	vs. all #4	21	10	0.677	NIT	0.4	187
Winthrop	vs. all #5	13	18	0.419			160
High Point	vs. all #6	10	21	0.323			241
Charleston Southern	vs. all #7	13	18	0.419			246
Gardner Webb	vs. all #8	13	18	0.419			261
Presbyterian	vs. all #9	2	25	0.074			334
Longwood	vs. all #10	3	22	0.120			340
		116	184	0.387
Big West (26th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Cal St. Fullerton 15	vs. all #1	5	26	0.161	NCAA	1	162
UC Davis	vs. all #2	9	22	0.290	NIT	0.4	129
UC Santa Barbara	vs. all #3	5	26	0.161			123
UC Irvine	vs. all #4	10	21	0.323			147
Long Beach St.	vs. all #5	10	21	0.323			191
Hawaii	vs. all #6	15	16	0.484			200
UC Riverside	vs. all #7	11	20	0.355			267
Cal Poly	vs. all #8	4	27	0.129			325
Cal St. Northridge	vs. all #9	4	23	0.148			330
		73	202	0.265
Colonial Athletic (21st)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
College of Charleston 13	vs. all #1	9	22	0.290	NCAA	1	115
Northeastern	vs. all #2	1	30	0.032			96
Towson	vs. all #3	4	27	0.129			153
Hofstra	vs. all #4	8	23	0.258			157
William & Mary	vs. all #5	12	19	0.387			169
James Madison	vs. all #6	12	19	0.387			229
UNC Wilmington	vs. all #7	14	17	0.452			245
Delaware	vs. all #8	15	16	0.484			247
Elon	vs. all #9	14	13	0.519			248
Drexel	vs. all #10	12	13	0.480			252
		101	199	0.337
Conference USA (7th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Marshall 13	vs. all #1	19	12	0.613	NCAA	2	105
Western Kentucky	vs. all #2	25	6	0.806	NIT	1.6	47
North Texas	vs. all #3	26	5	0.839	CBI	1.2	146
Middle Tennessee	vs. all #4	25	6	0.806	NIT	0.8	45
UTSA	vs. all #5	25	6	0.806	CIT	0.6	174
Old Dominion	vs. all #6	24	7	0.774			63
UAB	vs. all #7	24	7	0.774			109
Louisiana Tech	vs. all #8	23	8	0.742			149
Southern Miss	vs. all #9	18	9	0.667			206
FIU	vs. all #10	16	9	0.640			222
Florida Atlantic	vs. all #11	9	5	0.643			233
UTEP	vs. all #12	8	4	0.667			240
Rice	vs. all #13	2	4	0.333			289
Charlotte	vs. all #14	1	4	0.200			308
		245	92	0.727
Horizon League (23rd)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Wright St. 14	vs. all #1	7	24	0.226	NCAA	1	133
Illinois Chicago	vs. all #2	19	12	0.613	CIT	1	182
Northern Kentucky	vs. all #3	17	14	0.548	NIT	0.4	90
Oakland	vs. all #4	7	24	0.226			175
Milwaukee	vs. all #5	9	22	0.290			196
Green Bay	vs. all #6	8	23	0.258			263
IUPUI	vs. all #7	6	25	0.194			284
Cleveland St.	vs. all #8	7	24	0.226			300
Detroit	vs. all #9	6	21	0.222			319
Youngstown St.	vs. all #10	6	19	0.240			322
		92	208	0.307
Ivy League (27th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Penn 16	vs. all #1	8	23	0.258	NCAA	1	125
Harvard	vs. all #2	8	23	0.258	NIT	0.4	141
Princeton	vs. all #3	3	28	0.097			190
Yale	vs. all #4	5	26	0.161			197
Columbia	vs. all #5	5	26	0.161			231
Cornell	vs. all #6	6	25	0.194			265
Brown	vs. all #7	10	21	0.323			268
Dartmouth	vs. all #8	8	23	0.258			299
		53	195	0.214
Metro Atlantic (18th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Iona 15	vs. all #1	6	25	0.194	NCAA	1	138
Rider	vs. all #2	7	24	0.226	NIT	0.4	145
Niagara	vs. all #3	13	18	0.419	CIT	0.4	205
Canisius	vs. all #4	20	11	0.645	CBI	0.3	131
Monmouth	vs. all #5	11	20	0.355			184
Fairfield	vs. all #6	14	17	0.452			212
Manhattan	vs. all #7	17	14	0.548			216
Saint Peter's	vs. all #8	17	14	0.548			217
Quinnipiac	vs. all #9	10	17	0.370			280
Siena	vs. all #10	8	17	0.320			303
Marist	vs. all #11	2	12	0.143			321
		125	189	0.398
Mid American (13th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Buffalo 13	vs. all #1	20	11	0.645	NCAA	2	67
Central Michigan	vs. all #2	13	18	0.419	CIT	0.6	168
Eastern Michigan	vs. all #3	16	15	0.516	CIT	0.4	143
Miami OH	vs. all #4	18	13	0.581	CBI	0.3	194
Toledo	vs. all #5	18	13	0.581			113
Ball St.	vs. all #6	18	13	0.581			173
Western Michigan	vs. all #7	19	12	0.613			188
Ohio	vs. all #8	19	12	0.613			193
Kent St.	vs. all #9	17	10	0.630			211
Bowling Green	vs. all #10	14	11	0.560			232
Northern Illinois	vs. all #11	8	6	0.571			249
Akron	vs. all #12	6	6	0.500			255
		186	140	0.571
Mid-Eastern (31st)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
North Carolina Central 16	vs. all #1	0	31	0.000	NCAA	0.5	316
Hampton	vs. all #2	4	27	0.129	NIT	0.4	250
North Carolina A&T	vs. all #3	7	24	0.226	CIT	0.2	306
Bethune Cookman	vs. all #4	1	30	0.032			288
Norfolk St.	vs. all #5	1	30	0.032			312
Savannah St.	vs. all #6	1	30	0.032			317
Morgan St.	vs. all #7	1	30	0.032			324
Howard	vs. all #8	3	28	0.097			335
Florida A&M	vs. all #9	1	26	0.037			341
South Carolina St.	vs. all #10	2	23	0.080			343
Coppin St.	vs. all #11	0	14	0.000			347
Maryland Eastern Shore	vs. all #12	0	12	0.000			349
Delaware St.	vs. all #13	0	6	0.000			350
		21	311	0.063
Missouri Valley (12th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Loyola Chicago 11	vs. all #1	28	3	0.903	NCAA	5	31
Drake	vs. all #2	6	25	0.194	CIT	0.4	155
Missouri St.	vs. all #3	6	25	0.194			120
Northern Iowa	vs. all #4	12	19	0.387			122
Bradley	vs. all #5	17	14	0.548			124
Evansville	vs. all #6	21	10	0.677			134
Southern Illinois	vs. all #7	21	10	0.677			135
Indiana St.	vs. all #8	25	6	0.806			137
Illinois St.	vs. all #9	21	6	0.778			140
Valparaiso	vs. all #10	19	6	0.760			150
		176	124	0.587
Mountain West (10th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Nevada 7	vs. all #1	24	7	0.774	NCAA	3	25
San Diego St. 11	vs. all #2	21	10	0.677	NCAA	1	50
Boise St.	vs. all #3	18	13	0.581	NIT	0.4	61
Fresno St.	vs. all #4	16	15	0.516			79
New Mexico	vs. all #5	19	12	0.613			106
UNLV	vs. all #6	23	8	0.742			107
Wyoming	vs. all #7	22	9	0.710			118
Utah St.	vs. all #8	24	7	0.774			139
Colorado St.	vs. all #9	15	12	0.556			224
Air Force	vs. all #10	13	12	0.520			237
San Jose St.	vs. all #11	3	11	0.214			301
		198	116	0.631
Northeast (29th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
LIU Brooklyn 16	vs. all #1	1	30	0.032	NCAA	0.5	259
Wagner	vs. all #2	5	26	0.161	NIT	0.4	180
St. Francis PA	vs. all #3	12	19	0.387	CIT	0.4	214
Mount St. Mary's	vs. all #4	3	28	0.097			238
Robert Morris	vs. all #5	4	27	0.129			253
Fairleigh Dickinson	vs. all #6	5	26	0.161			274
Sacred Heart	vs. all #7	3	28	0.097			305
Central Connecticut	vs. all #8	5	26	0.161			310
St. Francis NY	vs. all #9	8	19	0.296			313
Bryant	vs. all #10	1	24	0.040			344
		47	253	0.157
Ohio Valley (17th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Murray St. 12	vs. all #1	15	16	0.484	NCAA	1	62
Jacksonville St.	vs. all #2	18	13	0.581	CBI	0.8	142
Austin Peay	vs. all #3	20	11	0.645	CIT	0.6	189
Belmont	vs. all #4	15	16	0.484			83
Tennessee St.	vs. all #5	8	23	0.258			198
Tennessee Tech	vs. all #6	13	18	0.419			219
Southeast Missouri St.	vs. all #7	12	19	0.387			256
Eastern Illinois	vs. all #8	14	17	0.452			257
Morehead St.	vs. all #9	11	16	0.407			273
Eastern Kentucky	vs. all #10	9	16	0.360			286
Tennessee Martin	vs. all #11	4	10	0.286			294
SIU Edwardsville	vs. all #12	3	9	0.250			318
		142	184	0.436
Pac-12 (6th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Utah	vs. all #1	21	10	0.677	NIT	2	58
Arizona 4	vs. all #2	22	9	0.710	NCAA	1	28
Arizona St. 11	vs. all #3	23	8	0.742	NCAA	1	49
UCLA 11	vs. all #4	26	5	0.839	NCAA	1	56
USC	vs. all #5	26	5	0.839	NIT	0.8	51
Oregon	vs. all #6	27	4	0.871	NIT	0.8	74
Stanford	vs. all #7	27	4	0.871	NIT	0.8	86
Washington	vs. all #8	28	3	0.903	NIT	0.8	98
Oregon St.	vs. all #9	22	5	0.815			99
Colorado	vs. all #10	20	5	0.800			114
Washington St.	vs. all #11	11	3	0.786			186
California	vs. all #12	7	5	0.583			244
		260	66	0.798
Patriot (28th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Bucknell 14	vs. all #1	12	19	0.387	NCAA	1	97
Colgate	vs. all #2	2	29	0.065	CBI	0.3	202
Navy	vs. all #3	2	29	0.065			225
Lehigh	vs. all #4	4	27	0.129			236
Boston University	vs. all #5	3	28	0.097			258
Army	vs. all #6	7	24	0.226			264
Lafayette	vs. all #7	9	22	0.290			275
Holy Cross	vs. all #8	11	20	0.355			290
Loyola MD	vs. all #9	5	22	0.185			323
American	vs. all #10	5	20	0.200			328
		60	240	0.200
Sun Belt (16th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Georgia St. 15	vs. all #1	11	20	0.355	NCAA	1	101
Louisiana Lafayette	vs. all #2	12	19	0.387	NIT	0.4	69
Louisiana Monroe	vs. all #3	11	20	0.355	CIT	0.4	230
UT Arlington	vs. all #4	11	20	0.355			128
Georgia Southern	vs. all #5	14	17	0.452			152
Troy	vs. all #6	17	14	0.548			177
Appalachian St.	vs. all #7	18	13	0.581			208
Coastal Carolina	vs. all #8	18	13	0.581			209
South Alabama	vs. all #9	16	11	0.593			221
Texas St.	vs. all #10	15	10	0.600			228
Arkansas St.	vs. all #11	6	8	0.429			281
Little Rock	vs. all #12	5	7	0.417			296
		154	172	0.472
Southern (22nd)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
UNC Greensboro 13	vs. all #1	13	18	0.419	NCAA	1	82
Mercer	vs. all #2	14	17	0.452	CBI	0.6	154
Wofford	vs. all #3	15	16	0.484	CIT	0.4	163
East Tennessee St.	vs. all #4	14	17	0.452			93
Furman	vs. all #5	20	11	0.645			94
Samford	vs. all #6	3	28	0.097			298
Western Carolina	vs. all #7	4	27	0.129			302
Chattanooga	vs. all #8	6	25	0.194			304
The Citadel	vs. all #9	7	20	0.259			315
VMI	vs. all #10	4	21	0.160			331
		100	200	0.333
Southeastern (3rd)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Kentucky 5	vs. all #1	25	6	0.806	NCAA	3	17
Texas A&M 7	vs. all #2	28	3	0.903	ncaa	3	29
Tennessee 3	vs. all #3	28	3	0.903	NCAA	2	13
Florida 6	vs. all #4	28	3	0.903	NCAA	2	21
Auburn 4	vs. all #5	29	2	0.935	NCAA	2	23
Alabama 9	vs. all #6	31	0	1.000	NCAA	2	57
Mississippi St.	vs. all #7	31	0	1.000	NIT	1.6	53
Missouri 8	vs. all #8	30	1	0.968	NCAA	1	40
Arkansas 7	vs. all #9	26	1	0.963	NCAA	1	43
LSU	vs. all #10	24	1	0.960	NIT	0.8	66
Georgia	vs. all #11	13	1	0.929			65
South Carolina	vs. all #12	11	1	0.917			80
Vanderbilt	vs. all #13	5	1	0.833			91
Mississippi	vs. all #14	5	0	1.000			108
		314	23	0.932
Southland (14th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Stephen F. Austin 14	vs. all #1	10	21	0.323	NCAA	1	112
Sam Houston St.	vs. all #2	16	15	0.516	CIT	0.8	204
Central Arkansas	vs. all #3	19	12	0.613	CBI	0.6	213
New Orleans	vs. all #4	23	8	0.742	CBI	0.6	266
Southeastern Louisiana	vs. all #5	23	8	0.742	NIT	0.4	199
Lamar	vs. all #6	25	6	0.806	CIT	0.4	203
Abilene Christian	vs. all #7	26	5	0.839	CIT	0.2	262
Nicholls St.	vs. all #8	20	11	0.645			185
McNeese St.	vs. all #9	9	18	0.333			291
Texas A&M Corpus Chris	vs. all #10	7	18	0.280			311
Houston Baptist	vs. all #11	1	13	0.071			333
Incarnate Word	vs. all #12	1	11	0.083			342
Northwestern St.	vs. all #13	1	5	0.167			345
		181	151	0.545
Summit (24th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
South Dakota St. 12	vs. all #1	14	17	0.452	NCAA	1	78
South Dakota	vs. all #2	3	28	0.097	CBI	0.3	81
Fort Wayne	vs. all #3	9	22	0.290	CIT	0.2	165
North Dakota St.	vs. all #4	6	25	0.194			176
Denver	vs. all #5	7	24	0.226			210
Oral Roberts	vs. all #6	11	20	0.355			235
Nebraska Omaha	vs. all #7	7	24	0.226			283
Western Illinois	vs. all #8	10	21	0.323			293
		67	181	0.270
Southwestern Athletic (32nd)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Texas Southern 16	vs. all #1	2	29	0.065	ncaa	1	243
Prairie View A&M	vs. all #2	0	31	0.000			269
Grambling St.	vs. all #3	0	31	0.000			295
Southern	vs. all #4	0	31	0.000			326
Arkansas Pine Bluff	vs. all #5	0	31	0.000			329
Alcorn St.	vs. all #6	0	31	0.000			336
Jackson St.	vs. all #7	0	31	0.000			337
Alabama St.	vs. all #8	1	30	0.032			339
Mississippi Valley St.	vs. all #9	0	27	0.000			348
Alabama A&M	vs. all #10	0	25	0.000			351
		3	297	0.010
Western Athletic (19th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
New Mexico St. 12	vs. all #1	16	15	0.516	NCAA	1	60
Utah Valley	vs. all #2	15	16	0.484	CBI	0.6	92
Grand Canyon	vs. all #3	10	21	0.323	CBI	0.3	121
Seattle	vs. all #4	17	14	0.548	CBI	0.3	195
UT Rio Grande Valley	vs. all #5	22	9	0.710	CBI	0.3	260
Cal St. Bakersfield	vs. all #6	9	22	0.290			242
UMKC	vs. all #7	8	23	0.258			276
Chicago St.	vs. all #8	0	31	0.000			346
		97	151	0.391
West Coast (11th)	Rank	W	L	W%	Tour	Lines	KenPom
Gonzaga 4	vs. all #1	26	5	0.839	NCAA	3	10
Saint Mary's	vs. all #2	23	8	0.742	NIT	1.2	32
San Francisco	vs. all #3	22	9	0.710	CBI	1	158
San Diego	vs. all #4	24	7	0.774	CIT	0.6	132
BYU	vs. all #5	24	7	0.774	NIT	0.4	73
Pacific	vs. all #6	16	15	0.516			178
Loyola Marymount	vs. all #7	15	16	0.484			234
Pepperdine	vs. all #8	12	19	0.387			271
Portland	vs. all #9	12	15	0.444			272
Santa Clara	vs. all #10	10	15	0.400			277
		184	116	0.613

Marquette's Ranking Among Catholic D1 Programs

With two Catholic schools in the Final Four, and potentially even making it an all-Catholic national championship, I took a look at where Marquette ranked against the other 41 Catholic Schools. Base purely on www.kenpom.com ratings, Marquette is 9th of 42, but the two teams behind them (Providence and St. Bonaventure) both won an NCAA tournament game so I'd say we really rank as the 10th best Catholic school this year.

For anyone wondering, Marist dropped the Catholic affiliation years ago - so are not the 41st team listed - but if you see any other misses let me know. I believe this is the complete list, however.

Rank	Team (42 Catholic Teams)	Catholic Affiliation	Conf
1	Villanova 1	Augustinian	BE
10	Gonzaga 4	Jesuit	WCC
15	Xavier 1	Jesuit	BE
25	Seton Hall 8	Diocesan	BE
30	Loyola Chicago 11	Jesuit	MVC
31	Creighton 8	Jesuit	BE
32	Saint Mary's	De La Salle Christian Brothers	WCC
35	Notre Dame	Holy Cross	ACC
56	Marquette	Jesuit	BE
64	Providence 10	Dominican	BE
68	St. Bonaventure 11	Franciscan	A10
76	Boston College	Jesuit	ACC
79	St. John's	Vincentian	BE
97	Georgetown	Jesuit	BE
101	DePaul	Vincentian	BE
116	Saint Joseph's	Jesuit	A10
130	San Diego	Independent	WCC
131	Canisius	Catholic	MAAC
139	Iona 15	Christian Brothers	MAAC
147	Saint Louis	Jesuit	A10
153	San Francisco	Jesuit	WCC
158	La Salle	De La Salle Christian Brothers	A10
173	Dayton	Society of Mary	A10
195	Seattle	Jesuit	WAC
202	Duquesne	Spiritans	A10
205	Niagara	Vincentian	MAAC
213	Fairfield	Jesuit	MAAC
216	St. Francis PA	Franciscan	NEC
217	Manhattan	De La Salle Christian Brothers	MAAC
218	Saint Peter's	Jesuit	MAAC
231	Loyola Marymount	Jesuit	WCC
240	Mount St. Mary's	Diocesan	NEC
272	Portland	Holy Cross	WCC
274	Santa Clara	Jesuit	WCC
290	Holy Cross	Holy Cross	Pat
293	Fordham	Jesuit	A10
302	Siena	Franciscan	MAAC
306	Sacred Heart	Diocesan	NEC
313	St. Francis NY	Franciscan	NEC
321	Detroit	Jesuit	Horz
322	Loyola MD	Jesuit	Pat
342	Incarnate Word	Sisters of Charity	Slnd

Rowsey Finished With Bang as 14th Best Offensive Player in America

We just witnessed the second greatest MU offensive season of the century behind only Dwyane Wade, who was worth an extra 10.42 points above replacement per 100 possessions in 2003. After concluding with identical lines of 29 points on 6 of 11 three-point shooting in the last two NIT games - the latter against one of the toughest defenses in the country in Penn State - Rowsey was worth an extra 9.41 points per 100 trips down the court. This was the 14th best offensive performance in the country - though some kid named Jordan Howard who I hear has a brother who is pretty good as well, finished a few spots higher.

Yes, turnovers and missed shots are counted against players, and Rowsey had almost as many turnovers as Wade, but even though Rowsey was not a great matchup on defense he still finishes as the 50th most valuable overall player among 4,068 players ranked at www.valueaddbasketball.com.

The overall Values are a bit lower overall because they measure value per game (about 70 possessions a game) while the offensive ratings are per 100 possessions - as measured at www.kenpom.com.

Player	Team	Off per 100 trips	Off Rank	Overall Value	Overall Rank
Nick Masterson #21	Kennesaw St.	11.07	1	5.74	200
Jock Landale #34	St. Mary's	11.03	2	11	2
Trae Young #11	Oklahoma	10.98	3	9.77	8
Jeff Roberson #11	Vanderbilt	10.9	4	8.81	16
Yante Maten #1	Georgia	10.56	5	10.29	6
Jalen Brunson #1	Villanova	10.33	6	9.69	10
Deandre Ayton #13	Arizona	10.32	7	11.32	1
Jordan Howard #1	Central Arkansas	10.27	8	6.63	105
James Thompson #2	Eastern Michigan	9.56	9	8.76	17
Sam Merrill #3	Utah St.	9.55	10	7.32	52
Tookie Brown #4	Georgia Southern	9.55	11	7.46	46
Devonte' Graham #4	Kansas	9.49	12	9.39	13
Juwan Morgan #13	Indiana	9.46	13	9.48	12
Andrew Rowsey #30	Marquette	9.41	14	7.4	50
Jonathan Stark #2	Murray St.	9.31	15	8.82	15
John Konchar #55	IUPU Fort Wayne	9.15	16	8.03	26
Jevon Carter #2	West Virginia	9.12	17	10.6	5
Peyton Aldridge #23	Davidson	9.09	18	8	29
Reed Timmer #12	Drake	9.09	19	6.3	131
Daryl Macon #4	Arkansas	9.05	20	7.51	44
Denzel Mahoney #34	Southeast Missouri St.	9.03	21	5.48	236
Mikal Bridges #25	Villanova	9.02	22	10.74	4
Joe Rosga #2	Denver	8.99	23	6.32	128
Tyler Seibring #41	Elon	8.96	24	5.88	178
James Batemon #5	Loyola Marymount	8.95	25	5.6	219

Quick NIT recap as we close out a so-so season

We pulled together a quick podcast to close out a fairly interesting NIT post season and discuss what we liked and didn't like about it. Talk a few other tidbits but just closing out the season with a quick reaction before we do a full breakdown in a couple of weeks. Enjoy!

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Game over man! Game over! (NCAA Tournament Edition)

Well, it was apparent to anyone other than Phil that MU wasn't going to make the NCAA tournament, so we talk through it and resolve our feelings. We also talk the NIT bracket and match-up sponsored by Arby's. We will also spend some time wondering around the national stage on various topics from the selection committee to the Selection Show sponsored by Milli Vanilli. It's a long podcast so you are just going to need to listen to the whole thing, we think it'll be cathartic. Enjoy!

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Waiting in Auburn in MU Jersey for Noon Tip-off: 13 Teams for 7 Spots

We may take an extended lunch today in the office with four people in Auburn gear, one in Alabama gear, and then me in the Jae Crowder Marquette jersey. The Auburn and Marquette interests are aligned today, as Auburn can hurt the chances of their rival Alabama and in turn help Marquette.

Tipoff is in half an hour and my preseason selection of Auburn as the No. 11 team in the country (while another sports writer picked them to go 4-14) won reviews from local press. However, the 23-3 team I predicted could go as far as the Final Four then lost one of their only players with height, Anfernee McLemore, and is 2-3 since. They are still a 6-point favorite.

If you average the subjective brackets of CBS Sports' Jerry Palm, ESPN's Joe Lunardi, the composite Bracket Matrix, and the two most accurate Mathematical predictors (ESPN's Strength of Record, and Dance Card) Marquette averages as next to last team in the tournament and Alabama as the next to last, so a win from Alabama may push Marquette down another spot:

(updates new Friday Bracket Matrix - Alabama moved up 4 spots to 5, UCLA up 2 spots to 1, MU drops 2 spots to 12 and MTSU drops 4 spots to 8). On the overall average of these 5, that leaves Marquette within one point of MTSU 6.0, Lville 6.2, Alabama 6.4, MU 6.9 prior to the Auburn game)

up to 7 bids of 13	Palm	Lunardi	Matrix	SOR	Dance	Ave.	Today
Alabama	10	5	5	11	1	6.4	Auburn Noon +6
Arizona State	9	10	7	13	11	9.8	Done
Baylor	12	13	9	4	10	9.4	Done
Louisville	5	7	6	3	9	6.2	Done
Marquette	3	12	12	2	5	6.8	Done
MTSU	8	6	8	6	2	6.0	Done
Notre Dame	11	9	13	10	13	11.2	Done
Oklahoma	4	4	2	1	3	2.6	Done
Oklahoma State	13	8	10	5	12	9.8	Done
Saint Mary's	2	3	4	7	8	5	Done
Syracuse	7	11	11	9	4	8.6	Done
USC	6	1	3	12	6	5.4	Oregon 10:30 pm -3
UCLA	1	2	1	8	7	3.8	Arizona 8 pm +3

However, while averages are nice, the fact that Marquette ranks everywhere from 2nd to 12th in trying to claim seven spots shows that we do not know - Alabama could be easily ahead of Marquette already or could be far enough behind that even another win does not get them past Marquette.

Tonight's games for USC and UCLA could also be important. Most have them both ahead of Marquette, but not all. Even Lunardi, the least favorable for Marquette, stated at the beginning of the conference tournament that either team could be eliminated if they lose in the semifinals.

Marquette fans should root for Auburn, Oregon, and Arizona tonight, and would then want Arizona to win the Pac-12 title over Oregon to avoid have the Ducks take a spot and only allow six of the 13 above make it.

Six other games cold matter today, as they three conferences that would "steal" a bid with a surprise champion are the Mountain West, Atlantic 10, and American Athletic. The nightmare scenario would be Oregon winning the Pac-12, someone besides Nevada winning the MW, someone besides St. Bonaventure or Rhode Island winning the A10, and someone besides Cincinnati, Wichita State or Houston winning the AAC. If all four of those things happened, then only three of the 13 teams above would logically make the tournament.

All the teams we are rooting for are favored from between 4 and 9 points today.

Need to win	Conf	Today
Nevada	MW	SD St 8 pm -4
Rhode Island	A10	VCU 11 am -8
St. Bonaventure	A10	Rich 5 p.m. -9
Cincinnati	AAC	SMU 11 am -8
Wichita State	AAC	Temple 6 pm -9
Houston	AAC	UCF 8 pm -8

Auburn is a disaster. About to drop to 2-4 since the injury to Anfernee McLemore.

Turning my attention to possible spoilers, I guess I see up to 5 conferences that theoretically could have one - so will root against these teams, though some still need to play each other.

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2018/03/waiting-in-auburn-in-mu-jersey-for-noon.html
updated Saturday after the relief over Rhode Island and Cincy rallying to stop spoilers - only one spoiler (New Mexico or San Diego State with Nevada out) and only one possible additional - Davidson if they beat both St. B's and Rhode Island.

Conf Possible Spoiler

A10 Davidson - sat vs. St. B's 2:30 p.m Sat

A10 George Mason - gone

A10 Richmond - gone

A10 Saint Joseph's - eliminated semis by RI

A10 Saint Louis - gone

Amer Memphis - eliminated semis by Cincy

Amer Temple - gone

Amer Tulsa - gone

Amer UCF - gone

MWC New Mexico or San Diego state WILL steal bid

MWC San Diego St. - see above

MWC Utah St. - gone

P12 Oregon - gone

SEC Georgia - gone

SEC Mississippi St. - gone

Nothing is set in stone, the Selection Committee could have some other team in or out, but it looks like these 12 are competing with Marquette. Thanks TAMU Eagle and wisblue for your posts on MUScoop to help me narrow this down.

The Most Bubbly Bubble Team to Ever Bubble

We'll make this summary quick, because Joe put together a great viewing guide. We talk Creighton and senior day, what our tournament fate looks like, how #mubb will play in the Big East tournament and then analyze who we want to win and/or lose for MU to get in. #noredforOwen makes an appearance as well. Enjoy!


BUBBLE ROOTING GUIDE
Note: This rooting guide did not take into account small RPI points, strength of schedule boosts and other metrics. So, there may be some slight inaccuracies for that reason. This is simply bubble teams you want to lose and rooting against potential bid thieves.



Pac-12

It is alarming how close this “power conference” league is to being a one-bid league. Arizona is the only team not sweating Selection Sunday (now, the FBI is another story).

Root for: Arizona. Arizona State is also probably in, but I’d advise them to not lose early and make it interesting. Marquette fans, you’d much prefer Arizona to win this tournament. You are also rooting for Oregon State, not to win, but to pick off a couple bubble teams.

Root against: Washington, USC, UCLA and Utah. What’s weird is that USC, UCLA, and Utah are the 2, 3, and 4 seeds, respectively. So, the odds are at least a couple of this teams will pad their resumes enough to feel safe. Oregon State can do Marquette a big favor by picking off Washington in the 7-10 game and then USC.



SEC

While the SEC may not have a team get a top two NCAA seed, it has quite a few teams that are comfortably in and Marquette fans should feel okay with winning  the SEC tournament.

Root for: Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, Texas A&M to win it. Root for LSU to pull a couple upsets then go down. LSU would be a bid thief if it wins the whole thing.

Root against: Mississippi State, Alabama. Pull for LSU to take down Mississippi State in the 7-10 game. Alabama may be in regardless, but having the Tide go down to A&M wouldn’t be a bad result. Even though he’s not playing, rooting for a team with Duane Wilson on it is always easy for Marquette fans.



ACC

This should be easy for Marquette fans, because there are some teams in here that Marquette would root against no matter what.

Root for: The top seeds, just to avoid a bid thief. Duke and North Carolina are fine. Even if you don’t like Virginia, the Cavs winning is also a positive result. Root for Pitt to get an upset or two, just because it would be hilarious.

Root against: Syracuse, Notre Dame, Louisville. Again, these are all teams you’d probably root against anyway. Notre Dame is definitely an interesting case for the committee due to how good the Irish have been when healthy. However, the Irish resume is less than ideal. A first round exit to Pitt would be the nail in the coffin for the Irish. Syracuse losing to 14 seed Wake would be a great result for Marquette. Louisville has Florida State in an 8-9 game. The Cardinals may be in either way, but an early Louisville exit is certainly not a bad thing as far as Marquette is concerned.



Big 12

The Big 12 is a deep league and should definitely have seven or eight teams in. Marquette, though, is obviously rooting for seven instead of eight.

Root for: Kansas winning this thing in KC is a regular occurrence, and that would be fine with us. Texas Tech or West Virginia would also be acceptable. If you’re looking at it from a Big East perspective, an early Kansas exit may increase the likelihood of Xavier and Villanova both getting 1 seeds, but we’re just talking Marquette things here.

Root against: Lots of bubble teams: Baylor, Kansas State, Texas, and maybe even Oklahoma are sweating right now. Texas losing to Iowa State would be a disaster for the ‘Horns. I know we don’t like rooting for ISU, but suck it up and do it just this once. (Although, I feel for Texas, considering Andrew Jones is battling cancer. For that reason, I’d like to see Texas dance, not at Marquette’s expense, but the Longhorns are easy to like.) Oklahoma is still probably in, but losing to Oklahoma State would be bad for the Sooners. I am on the record that, if Marquette has to go to Dayton, let’s get nuts and play the Sooners. Trae Young vs. MU’s shooters would be wild, like a 115-113 final. But for these purposes, root for Oklahoma State to take down OU before losing to Kansas. I’m pretty sure OSU is out, but let’s not get any more teams in the bubble discussion.



Big Ten

Oh wait, they’re done. Bubble teams Penn State and Nebraska are biting their nails for a week.



Elsewhere

Loyola Chicago winning the MVC on Sunday was a nice result for Marquette, as it guarantees Loyola Chicago won’t enter the at-large discussion. Even if MU may have a better resume, more teams to talk about is bad.


Wichita State is definitely the team you want in the American, but Houston or (grits teeth) Cincinnati would also be fine because they’re both locks. No one else in the American is acceptable. Temple scares me a little as a team talented enough to run through the AAC. And I don’t care how bad they are, UConn has done this crap before. So, beware.


In the Mountain West, Nevada is critical. The Wolfpack is a lock to make the dance. Boise State is on the wrong side of the bubble, and no one else in the MWC is close. I’m not sure Boise State can play its way to an at-large. Let’s keep this simple: Go Nevada!


As always, the WCC must be Gonzaga or Saint Mary’s. They’re both comfortably in the field, especially Gonzaga. So, root for the Zags, settle for Saint Mary’s. Any other result is bad.


In the Atlantic 10, pull hard for Rhode Island. St. Bonaventure is a bubble team that has a very good shot at being in. So, the Bonnies winning is something you could stomach I suppose, but seeing them go down early and sweat is a more preferable result. No one else in the Atlantic 10 is close to an at-large. Again, we’ll keep it simple: Pull for the Rams.


Finally, our old home of Conference USA. Middle Tennessee is the one you want here. Western Kentucky and Old Dominion have nice records but probably aren’t playing their way to an at-large bid. Similar to Loyola Chicago before Sunday, the Blue Raiders should be in the field but may be out with an early exit. The possibility that they could be added to the at-large field is not something Marquette wants. Fewer teams in the at-large discussion is better, so go Middle Tennessee!



Finally, the most important team in the rooting guide: MARQUETTE! Your Golden Eagles could make this very easy with a deep run at MSG. They have only reached the Big East semifinals twice since joining the league, and they’ve only won more than one game three times. Marquette has been one-and-done five times in Big East Tournament history. So, Marquette is due, right? Here’s to hoping for a run to the Big East title game, which means we just wrote all this for nothing!
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Howard's 1,016 by 19th Birthday Tops Durant, Magic, Duncan, Tisdale, Curry ... well, everyone we can find

Magic Johnson scored 511 points before celebrating his 19th birthday, Steph Curry 700 points, Wayman Tisdale 810 and Kevin Durant 903. Only five players have scored 1,000 points in one season since Sports Reference started tracking in the 1980s and freshman could not even play until the early 1970s.

We looked through the greatest freshman seasons we could find, including freshman who finished in the top 50 at www.valueaddbasketball.com and lists of top freshman seasons and discovered that the majority of great freshman seasons were accomplished by players who turned 19 before they started their freshman season. So the majority total is ZERO.

And then you have the rare player who starts playing at 17 - two years younger than most of the all-time great freshmen.

Tim Duncan showed up on Wake Forest campus as a 17-year-old in 1993 and scored 860 points by the time he turned 19, and on Saturday Markus Howard celebrated his birthday by torching Creighton to bring his total to 1,016 points. We know no one has topped that total in a single freshman season, so we will leave it up to others to find someone else who came to a campus as a 17-year-old and put up two years of scoring to get to 1,000 by their 19th birthday, but for now Howard is the best ever that we can find.

Rank	Player	19th birthday	by 19th	Team	Notes
1	Markus Howard	3/3/2018	1,016	Marquette	thru sophomore season finale
2	Kevin Durant	11/29/2007	903	Texas	full freshman season
3	Tim Duncan	4/25/1995	860	Wake Forest	full freshman and soph season
4	Wayman Tisdale	6/9/1983	810	Oklahoma	full freshman season
5	Carmelo Anthony	5/29/2003	778	Syracuse	full freshman season
6	Steph Curry	3/14/2007	700	Davidson	day after birthday added 30 in loss to MD to end freshman season
7	Jabari Parker	3/15/2014	633	Duke	37 points after birthday
8	James Harden	8/26/2008	605	Arizona St.	full freshman season
9	Bradley Beal	6/26/2012	546	Florida	full freshman season
10	Marvin Bagley III	3/14/2018	539	Duke	still counting until birthday
11	Jared Sullinger	3/4/2011	514	Ohio St.	121 after birthday
12	Magic Johnson	8/14/1978	511	Michigan State	full freshman season
13	Jordan Adams	7/8/2013	505	UCLA	full freshman season
14	Malik Monk	2/4/2017	503	Kentucky	251 after birthday
15	Patrick Beverley	7/12/2007	485	Arkansas	full freshman season
16	Anthony Davis	3/11/2012	485	Kentucky	full freshman season
17	Chase Budinger	5/22/2007	484	Arizona	full freshman season
18	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	9/26/2012	476	Kentucky	full freshman season
19	Miles Bridges	3/21/2017	473	Michigan State	full freshman season
20	Chris Bosh	24-Mar-03	466	Georgia Tech	scored 19 more in NIT loss to Bobby Knight's Texas Tech after birthday
21	Tyus Jones	5/10/2015	461	Duke	full freshman season
22	Marcus Smart	3/6/2013	433	Oklahoma St.	74 after birthday
23	DeJuan Blair	4/22/2008	429	Pittsburgh	full freshman season
24	Justise Winslow	3/26/2015	425	Duke	67 after birthday
25	Gordon Hayward	3/23/2009	420	Butler	full freshman season

The red flashing light? Its the "not gonna make the tournament" warning light, and it's just gone into overdrive

Not even sure where to start with this post, it was not good before now with a loss to DePaul it is likely over. So we are going to talk about what went wrong in Chicago and what was Wojo thinking. After we go through all the woulda, coulda, shouldas, we turn to the impact this loss has on a potential NCAA bid. We then talk about the next week and whether or not Marquette can win both games to even give them a shot at a tournament bid. We then talk about our favorite memories from the BC since this will be the last regular season game before moving to the new arena. Lastly we spend some time talking about the reports this week regarding bag dropping and cheating by various programs from the vantage point of Marquette. It was not great, but still....Enjoy! Download this episode (right click and save)

SOR/Matrix Average: Marquette Only Winner Among 10 "Middle" Teams Wednesday

In the past I've argued a "Middle 25" ranking for college basketball would be much more interesting than the Top 25, since what we really want to identify pre-tournament is the 25 teams fighting for the last 10 spots in the tournament.

The "Middle 25" below were those teams based on me averaging the Strength of Record ESPN argues is the best analytic indicator (a measure of how likely the 25th best team in the country would have been to match the team's record) and the cumulative wisdom of the bracket matrix. I grade last night's performance with a B, C or D letter grade (there were no earth-shattering A or F grades last night) to indicated if a team could have moved up or down based on last night's performance.

SOR/ Matrix	up to 10 of 25 get bids	CONF	Record	Wed Gm	Grade for Wed or next game (kenpom ranks)
1	Arizona State	Pac-12	19-7		Thur at #74 Oregon
2	Saint Mary's	WCC	25-4		Thur hosts #295 Pepperdine
3	Florida	SEC	17-10	Unchanged	C - closer than expected loss at #15 Tennessee
4	Baylor	Big 12	17-11		Sat at #23 TCU; Lunardi 7th in middle
5	St. Bona.	A 10	20-6	Unchanged	C - closer than expected 73-67 home win over #191 Duquesne
6	Alabama	SEC	17-10	Down	D - destroyed by 19 vs #12 Auburn
7	Missouri	SEC	18-10		Sat #25 Kentucky
8	Providence	Big East	17-10	Down	D - losing 56-47 with 13 min left vs. #38 Seton Hall before slick floor suspended
9	Louisville	ACC	18-9	Down	D - destroyed by Duke 82-56
10	Miss St. Current Cutoff	SEC	20-8		Sat Hosts #80 South Carolina
11	Syracuse	ACC	18-9	Down	D - lost at home vs. #7 UNC
12	Nebraska	Big Ten	21-9		Hosts #27 Penn State
13	UCLA	Pac-12	19-8		Thur at #60 Utah; lunardi 11th in middle
14	Maryland	Big Ten	19-11		Sat hosts #20 Michigan
15	Marquette	Big East	15-11	Up	B - bigger than expected win over #71 St. John's
16	Boise State	MW	21-6	Up	B - crushed #222 Colorado St 87-54 on road
17	Penn State	Big Ten	19-10	Down	D - upset loss vs. #24 Minnesota at home
18	LSU	SEC	16-11		Sat #71 Georgia
19	USC	Pac-12	19-9	Up	bigger than expected win at #112 Colorado
20	Washington	Pac-12	18-9		Thur at #93 Stanford
21	Utah	Pac-12	17-9		Thur hosts #53 UCLA
22	Georgia	SEC	15-11	Down	D - bigger than expected loss at South Carolina 66-57
23	Notre Dame	ACC	16-12		Sat at #89 Wake Forest
24	Temple	American	15-12		host #97 UCF
25	Western Kentucky	CUSA	20-7		Hosts #316 Charlotte

A warning - there are 10 spots available for this team without any tournament spoilers, most notably if Middle Tennessee or Nevada were to but upset in the Conference USA or Mountain West Tournament than those two conferences would likely get two spots, but there really are not too many spoilers most years. Based on this measure, Marquette is the "5th team out" as the 15th best team among the Middle 25 vying for 10 spots.

The good news is that was going into the St. John's game, and that win was coupled with all four teams in action in the 6th to 15 spots (the "Middle 10" with Marquette) having bad nights - though Providence could still salvage their night with a comeback in the game they need to finish at Noon Thursday. So if ESPN's resume and/or the Bracket Matrix is close, Marquette's chances likely improved somewhat substantially last night in beating a St. John's team that was undefeated in February including the upsets of Villanova and Duke.

Alabama, Louisville, Syracuse and Providence having setbacks and Marquette's win also improving its standing against the three idle teams just in front of them - Nebraska, UCLA and Maryland - give plenty of potential for movement. We will see how many nudge Marquette into their brackets or at least the next teams' out.

Wait, playing a single small guard and a 2-3 zone worked? Why didn't we think of that???

We are absolutely going to take that win and run with it, but it left us with a lot of questions, some of them angry. First, at the time of recording we knew nothing of the prognosis for Markus Howard so instead of going all local news and having a Sunday night news teaser that made it sound like we know what was going on with him but it turned out we had no idea whatsoever......we aren't going to do that[rant off/]. So we talk about the injury and what we know as well as the possible impact it could have on the rest of the season. We also talk about why did it take Howard's pelvis exploding for Wojo to actually go to a line-up/defense that made sense for this team? Finally, we talk about the next week of basketball and whether #mubb can win two more. It's gonna be an interesting week to be sure, so listen up and get ready for a roller coaster. Enjoy! Download this episode (right click and save)

Have you ever seen the rain comin' down on a sunny day? #mubb edition

We went with a little CCR for the pod title because we are trying to unpack what we just experienced with the saddest 1-1 week that included a road win over a top 40 opponent. What do we make of the win against Seton Hall and then watch Wojo get out coached by Chris Mullen? I'm not saying we're having an existential crisis but we certainly aren't not having an existential crisis. We break down the two games and talk about what we learned and how it projects for the last 5 games of the regular season. We talk about what, if anything, Wojo actually does different over the next 5 games and how much we can actually look at positively from the season to date. We make some predictions on the Creighton game and how that may foretell the rest of the season. We close out by talking about an old friend, Duane Wilson, and the unfortunate end to his season. Maybe CCR was singing about the #mubb defense: 'Til forever, on it goes. Through the circle, fast and slow. I know! It can't stop, I wonder. Enjoy! Download this episode (right click and save)

It was a bad week, was it the worst one in the Wojo era?

Not much of a synopsis this week. We basically have a long therapy session about the state of the program under Wojo after a very bad week of basketball against Butler and Providence. It's a tough pod but hopefully one that helps us get our heads right. Enjoy Download this episode (right click and save)