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

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MU wins 1st 2 NCAA Games in consecutive years for 2nd time in history; Updated All-Tournament teams 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

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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

The top 60 players in the tournament so far based on NBA Efficiency

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

Draymond Green	Mich St.	F	84	84	21	44	6	8	41	18	4	2	9	53
Bradley Beal	Florida	G	69	80	17	26	9	13	26	8	5	2	8	49
Jae Crowder	Marquette	F	79	79	21	48	10	14	36	7	10	2	2	57
Walter Offutt	Ohio	G	66	77	21	34	6	9	10	6	7	2	1	58
Anthony Davis	Kentucky	F	77	77	11	22	18	23	33	10	1	12	3	40
2nd team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deshaun Thomas	Ohio St.	F	77	77	30	54	8	10	26	2	-	5	5	75
Tyler Zeller	UNC	F	76	76	16	30	16	20	43	2	1	9	9	48
Jared Sullinger	Ohio St.	F	66	66	16	36	18	21	26	5	3	5	3	53
Aaron Craft	Ohio St.	G	56	65	10	18	14	18	12	19	12	-	11	36
Jordan Taylor	Wisconsin	G	55	64	17	40	3	3	14	15	3	1	3	48
3rd team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cody Zeller	Indiana	F	64	64	19	32	12	16	26	7	6	1	9	50
Lorenzo Brown	NC State	G	55	64	11	30	12	18	22	18	6	3	8	39
Darius Miller	Kentucky	G	54	63	15	23	9	10	13	6	-	1	1	44
Tu Holloway	Xavier	G	54	63	22	43	17	21	8	7	4	1	9	68
Terrence Jones	Kentucky	F	59	60	17	31	6	9	26	5	3	3	3	42
4th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brady Heslip	Baylor	G	52	60	17	30	6	6	6	2	3	-	1	55
Pierre Jackson	Baylor	G	51	59	17	40	9	11	5	22	9	-	9	49
Kenny Frease	Xavier	C	58	58	22	31	9	12	18	1	-	3	5	53
Marquis Teague	Kentucky	G	50	58	17	35	15	19	9	18	2	-	7	50
Drew Gordon	New Mexico	F	56	57	15	25	8	11	27	3	1	1	2	39
5th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Reggie Bullock	UNC	G	49	57	13	29	1	4	21	7	4	2	3	37
Scoop Jardine	Syracuse	G	49	57	13	25	9	10	9	19	3	-	10	41
Quincy Acy	Baylor	F	56	56	12	18	7	8	28	6	1	3	6	31
Royce White	Iowa St.	F	56	56	15	21	8	13	22	6	3	2	4	38
Thomas Robinson	Kansas	F	55	55	16	42	13	22	41	7	5	1	9	45
6th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Christian Watford	Indiana	F	53	53	20	41	8	10	14	4	3	2	4	57
Gorgui Dieng	Louisville	C	53	53	7	15	5	7	26	2	5	12	2	20
Doron Lamb	Kentucky	G	45	52	18	30	9	10	7	2	1	-	5	53
Jordan Hulls	Indiana	G	45	52	15	31	2	2	9	13	6	-	6	39
Sean Kilpatrick	Cincinnati	G	45	52	14	28	5	6	11	8	4	1	5	41
7th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Elijah Johnson	Kansas	G	44	51	18	30	1	4	11	5	4	-	5	44
Cashmere Wright	Cincinnati	G	43	50	12	30	5	6	15	14	5	-	6	34
Chane Behanan	Louisville	F	49	49	16	26	7	14	24	3	4	1	5	39
Andre Roberson	Colorado	F	43	48	8	15	8	11	24	3	5	3	7	25
Dion Waiters	Syracuse	G	41	48	14	29	12	12	8	4	3	-	2	43
8th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kenny Boynton	Florida	G	41	48	12	32	12	14	17	11	3	-	7	39
D.J. Cooper	Ohio	G	40	46	15	43	14	17	10	18	4	-	11	50
Luke Loucks	Florida St.	G	38	44	6	10	11	12	9	10	3	2	8	27
James Southerland	Syracuse	F	43	43	11	16	3	5	15	2	2	3	2	30
Robbie Hummel	Purdue	F	43	43	12	22	5	7	16	3	2	1	3	36
9th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Darius Johnson-Odom	Marquette	G	37	43	18	44	9	12	11	7	1	-	4	51
Jeff Withey	Kansas	C	42	42	5	13	9	13	16	2	1	17	1	19
Richard Howell	NC State	F	42	42	14	32	7	10	28	3	4	2	9	35
Lenzelle Smith	Ohio St.	G	36	42	9	15	3	5	18	3	2	1	5	25
Festus Ezeli	Vanderbilt	C	41	41	7	10	8	12	22	1	3	5	5	22
10th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	Kentucky	F	41	41	12	27	11	13	24	4	-	1	6	35
Yancy Gates	Cincinnati	F	41	41	13	26	6	10	20	1	4	5	4	32
Jaquon Parker	Cincinnati	G	35	41	12	33	6	9	23	9	1	-	6	32
C.J. Williams	NC State	G	34	40	12	27	2	2	14	5	1	-	1	30
Gabe Knutson	Lehigh	F	40	40	8	10	11	13	14	-	1	2	1	28
11th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Kellogg	Ohio	G	34	39	8	16	5	6	11	2	4	-	3	29
Patric Young	Florida	C	39	39	11	15	4	8	20	2	-	1	2	26
Victor Rudd Jr.	S. Florida	F	39	39	8	21	9	10	17	3	3	1	1	30
Kendall Williams	New Mexico	G	33	38	11	22	2	2	6	10	4	1	4	27
Todd Mayo	Marquette	G	33	38	9	20	5	9	16	6	6	-	9	29
12th team all-tournament	Include	Pos	NBA	by Pos	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.J. Leslie	NC State	F	38	38	17	37	13	23	17	3	1	4	4	47
Erving Walker	Florida	G	32	37	9	24	15	17	10	8	4	-	8	35
Adreian Payne	Mich St.	C	37	37	11	21	2	2	18	2	2	3	2	24
Jared Berggren	Wisconsin	C	37	37	13	28	4	6	11	5	1	7	4	34
Bradford Burgess	VCU	G	30	35	10	26	5	7	12	4	2	1	2	31

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