MUScoop

MU wins 1st 2 NCAA Games in consecutive years for 2nd time in history; Updated All-Tournament calculations include Crowder, DJO and Mayo

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (bamamarquettefan1)

For all the nostalga for the Glory Days, it should be noted that DJO and Crowder just led Marquette to wins in their first two games in consecutive NCAA tournaments for only the 2nd time in history.  The first time was the 1976 and 1977 seasons.  The nine times MU has won their first two games of the tourney were 1955, 69, 74, 76, 77, 94, 2003, 11 and 12.

Think about it, a Sweet 16 next year would make the first time in the history of MU basketball that MU had won their first two tourney games three years in a row, and based on Todd Mayo’s performance and the possibility of both centers being healthy makes that a real possibility.

I ran the NBA Efficiency numbers again through tonight’s game, and despite both getting bounced this round, Draymond Green and Jae Crowder had the top two efficiency ratings of any player in the tournament through three games.  When I adjusted for position by multiplying all backcourt players by 1.16, Florida’s Bradley Beal did nudge Jae out for 2nd place after his 10 of 12 outing from the floor to eliminate MU.

The top 60 players in the tournament are listed below â€" broken down in teams of 5 (I made slight adjustments to move a player up a spot or two to make sure each team had at least two guards and at least two front line players, but DJO was actually the 40th best player in the tournament statistically but the 8th team already had three guards).

A couple of interesting notes when looking at the top 60 were than Aaron Craft (12 steals) is the only player with more steals than Jae (10), and of the players that scored 50 points, only Green, Marquis Teague of Kentucky and DJ Cooper of Ohio had more assists than DJO (51 points, 7 assists).

But in addition to the seniors, we can’t overlook Mayo as he takes the baton from them.  Mayo was one of only seven freshman to make the list below, with Beal, Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague and Michael Kidd-Gilcrest of Kentucky, Cody Zeller of Indiana and Chance Behanan of Louisville being the others.  With four of the other six expected to be in the NBA next year, Mayo could be one of the top returning freshman in the country.  What was also amazing was his consistency, as his NBA Efficiency rating was exactly 11 every night.  The following is Mayo’s game by game, and then the top 60 player performances based on NBA Efficiency so far in the tournament:

Todd Mayo's three tournament games that rate among the best performances this year

table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}
.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}

NBAFG FGA FT FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTS[/tr]

11	3	5	2	5	6	2	2	0	4	10
11	2	7	2	2	6	3	2	0	3	8
11	4	8	1	2	4	1	2	0	2	11
33	9	20	5	9	16	6	6	-	9	29

Top 60 tournament players so far based on NBA Efficiency

I listed the actual NBA Efficiency after each players position, BUT guards were moved up if multiplying their efficiency by 1.16 would have put them ahead of other front line players.  Also, each team of five had to have at least two guards and two forwards, and a couple of players were moved up a spot or two to make that happen.


table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}
.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}


1st team all-tournamentTeamPosNBAFG FGA FT FTA REBASTSTLBLKTOPTS[/tr]

Draymond Green	MSU	F	84	21	44	6	8	41	18	4	2	9	53
Bradley Beal	Flo	G	69	17	26	9	13	26	8	5	2	8	49
Jae Crowder	Mar	F	79	21	48	10	14	36	7	10	2	2	57
Walter Offutt	Ohio	G	66	21	34	6	9	10	6	7	2	1	58
Anthony Davis	Ken	F	77	11	22	18	23	33	10	1	12	3	40
2nd team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deshaun Thomas	OSU	F	77	30	54	8	10	26	2	-	5	5	75
Tyler Zeller	UNC	F	76	16	30	16	20	43	2	1	9	9	48
Jared Sullinger	OSU	F	66	16	36	18	21	26	5	3	5	3	53
Aaron Craft	OSU	G	56	10	18	14	18	12	19	12	-	11	36
Jordan Taylor	Wis	G	55	17	40	3	3	14	15	3	1	3	48
3rd team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cody Zeller	Ind	F	64	19	32	12	16	26	7	6	1	9	50
Lorenzo Brown	NCS	G	55	11	30	12	18	22	18	6	3	8	39
Darius Miller	Ken	G	54	15	23	9	10	13	6	-	1	1	44
Tu Holloway	Xav	G	54	22	43	17	21	8	7	4	1	9	68
Terrence Jones	Ken	F	59	17	31	6	9	26	5	3	3	3	42
4th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brady Heslip	Bay	G	52	17	30	6	6	6	2	3	-	1	55
Pierre Jackson	Bay	G	51	17	40	9	11	5	22	9	-	9	49
Kenny Frease	Xav	C	58	22	31	9	12	18	1	-	3	5	53
Marquis Teague	Ken	G	50	17	35	15	19	9	18	2	-	7	50
Drew Gordon	NM	F	56	15	25	8	11	27	3	1	1	2	39
5th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Reggie Bullock	UNC	G	49	13	29	1	4	21	7	4	2	3	37
Scoop Jardine	Syr	G	49	13	25	9	10	9	19	3	-	10	41
Quincy Acy	Bay	F	56	12	18	7	8	28	6	1	3	6	31
Royce White	IoSt	F	56	15	21	8	13	22	6	3	2	4	38
Thomas Robinson	Kansas	F	55	16	42	13	22	41	7	5	1	9	45
6th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Christian Watford	Ind	F	53	20	41	8	10	14	4	3	2	4	57
Gorgui Dieng	Lou	C	53	7	15	5	7	26	2	5	12	2	20
Doron Lamb	Ken	G	45	18	30	9	10	7	2	1	-	5	53
Jordan Hulls	Ind	G	45	15	31	2	2	9	13	6	-	6	39
Sean Kilpatrick	Cin	G	45	14	28	5	6	11	8	4	1	5	41
7th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Elijah Johnson	Kan	G	44	18	30	1	4	11	5	4	-	5	44
Cashmere Wright	Cin	G	43	12	30	5	6	15	14	5	-	6	34
Chane Behanan	Lou	F	49	16	26	7	14	24	3	4	1	5	39
Andre Roberson	Col	F	43	8	15	8	11	24	3	5	3	7	25
Dion Waiters	Syr	G	41	14	29	12	12	8	4	3	-	2	43
8th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kenny Boynton	Flo	G	41	12	32	12	14	17	11	3	-	7	39
D.J. Cooper	Ohio	G	40	15	43	14	17	10	18	4	-	11	50
Luke Loucks	FSU	G	38	6	10	11	12	9	10	3	2	8	27
James Southerland	Syr	F	43	11	16	3	5	15	2	2	3	2	30
Robbie Hummel	Pur	F	43	12	22	5	7	16	3	2	1	3	36
9th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Darius Johnson-Odom	Mar	G	37	18	44	9	12	11	7	1	-	4	51
Jeff Withey	Kan	C	42	5	13	9	13	16	2	1	17	1	19
Richard Howell	NCSt	F	42	14	32	7	10	28	3	4	2	9	35
Lenzelle Smith	OSU	G	36	9	15	3	5	18	3	2	1	5	25
Festus Ezeli	Van	C	41	7	10	8	12	22	1	3	5	5	22
10th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	Ken	F	41	12	27	11	13	24	4	-	1	6	35
Yancy Gates	Cin	F	41	13	26	6	10	20	1	4	5	4	32
Jaquon Parker	Cin	G	35	12	33	6	9	23	9	1	-	6	32
C.J. Williams	NCSt	G	34	12	27	2	2	14	5	1	-	1	30
Gabe Knutson	Leh	F	40	8	10	11	13	14	-	1	2	1	28
11th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Kellogg	Ohio	G	34	8	16	5	6	11	2	4	-	3	29
Patric Young	Flo	C	39	11	15	4	8	20	2	-	1	2	26
Victor Rudd Jr.	SF	F	39	8	21	9	10	17	3	3	1	1	30
Kendall Williams	NM	G	33	11	22	2	2	6	10	4	1	4	27
Todd Mayo	Mar	G	33	9	20	5	9	16	6	6	-	9	29
12th team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.J. Leslie	NCSt	F	38	17	37	13	23	17	3	1	4	4	47
Erving Walker	Flo	G	32	9	24	15	17	10	8	4	-	8	35
Adreian Payne	MSU	C	37	11	21	2	2	18	2	2	3	2	24
Jared Berggren	Wis	C	37	13	28	4	6	11	5	1	7	4	34
Bradford Burgess	VCU	G	30	10	26	5	7	12	4	2	1	2	31

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2012/03/mu-wins-1st-2-ncaa-games-in-consecutive.html

Very interesting history ... thank you.

The one element of the McGuire years lost in the myth is that they would have been even more successful had Coach McGuire not been so anti-establishment/anti-authority. He fought with everyone. The result being the referees rarely, if ever, gave him a break, and the hypocrites at the NCAA could not stand him and did everything possible to beat him down - with absolutely no success, as it just seemed to fuel him.

Despite Coach McGuire's tendency to get technical fouls called on him during big games (Indiana), and losing a lot of talent to the NBA (Chones), it is truly amazing what he accomplished. He was smart, driven, and proved that were there is an iron will, there is a way. He was also very funny.

Coach Williams, who has all the internal fire as Coach McGuire, seems to keep it a bit more in-check. Coach Williams might dance, but I cannot imagine Coach Williams pulling a Coach McGuire and standing on the scorer's table after a win. Then again, they were different times requiring different skill sets - as long as one won, of course, all was acceptable.

Anyway, the present program is not about to arrive; it has arrived. Everything is in place. Barring injury, bad luck, etc., it will remain a top 20 team as long as Coach Williams is there.

Finally, the statistics published by Cracked Sidewalks, support, what even the dimmest of basketball wits, now understand. Mayo not only has star written all over him, he also has "clutch money" player written all over him. He is a born player/leader who will explode next year.

Rest-up guys ...

agree with everything you said, and we certainly have had two coaches that were absolutely perfect for their eras and Mayo will be a star.

Great work. My hope is that Todd understands that he can put this team on his back and that JC should help him make it happen as his captain next year.

I expect Jamil and Vander to step up big time.  Todd will too.