http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2019/06/villanova-2018-nudges-louisville-2013.htmlWade's 7 steals in 2 games ties him for 2nd in the All-Time Big East simulation behind only Peyton Siva. Villanova is the only Big East to start 2-0 while Butler 2010 is the only 0-2, so MU is in a 5-team tie for second which includes MU beating Cincy, Cincy nudging Georgetown on a buzzer beater, and Georgetown beating MU.
Here is is pasted, but due to tables, easier to reach on Cracked Sidewalks.
Villanova 2018 Nudges Louisville 2013 to Start 2-0 in Simulation; Syracuse 2003 Leads ACC
Carmelo Anthony (22 ppg) led Syracuse 2003 to a buzzer beater win over Duke and 1st place in my simulated "ACC" replay but Villanova's 2018 Mikal Bridges (28.5, 8.0 rebound) has been even better as Nova nudged Louisville 2013 to take first in the Big East.
Obviously it is only a 2-game sample and while I believe the player cards in the free game are now very accurate, dice lead to the same variations as you see in real games. In fact, in the first two games of my SEC play, Kentucky 2012, Florida 2006 and Auburn 2019 are all 2-0, but using the same player card for Sidarius Thornwell (who we still have nightmares about from the South Carolina tournament game a few years ago) scored 33 points against VCU after being held to 7 by Florida. Partly that is the result of tougher defensive match-ups, but part is just the dice from game to game - and likewise as awesome as Marquette fans saw both Bridges and 2002 Cincinnati great Steve Logan are, they will not keep their current 28.5 and 26.0 points per game over the course of several games.
With the disclaimer that it is only two games, here are Big East leaders in four categories followed by the stats for all Marquette players who played enough to have a card, followed by the standings and box scores from the seven games played so far.
Big East Scoring leaders (2 games) Pts Reb Stl Block
Bridges, Villanova 2018 28.5 8.0 0.0 2.0
Logan, Cincinnati 2002 26.0 2.5 1.5 0.0
Gordon, Connecticut 2004 23.5 2.0 1.0 0.5
Green, Georgetown 2007 21.5 5.0 1.5 2.0
Smith, Louisville 2013 19.5 5.0 2.5 1.0
Big East Rebound leaders (2 games) Pts Reb Stl Block
Okafor, Connecticut 2004 17.5 16.5 1.5 0.5
Dieng, Louisville 2013 7.0 10.0 0.0 0.5
Hibbert, Georgetown 2007 11.0 9.5 0.0 5.0
Bridges, Villanova 2018 28.5 8.0 0.0 2.0
Spellman, Villanova 2018 10.0 7.5 2.0 0.0
Davis, Cincinnati 2002 4.5 7.5 1.5 0.0
Big East Steals leaders (2 games) Pts Reb Stl Block
Siva, Louisville 2013 19.0 1.5 4.5 0.0
Wade, Marquette 2003 14.5 6.0 3.5 0.5
McElroy, Cincinnati 2002 10.5 3.0 3.5 0.5
Brown T, Connecticut 2004 2.5 1.5 3.5 0.5
Brunson, Villanova 2018 15.5 0.0 3.5 0.5
Big East Blocks leaders (2 games) Pts Reb Stl Block
Hibbert, Georgetown 2007 11.0 9.5 0.0 5.0
Williams, Connecticut 2004 1.5 0.0 1.0 2.5
Bridges, Villanova 2018 28.5 8.0 0.0 2.0
Green, Georgetown 2007 21.5 5.0 1.5 2.0
Boone, Connecticut 2004 5.5 5.0 0.0 2.0
Other Marquette 2003 Pts Reb Stl Block
Jackson, Marquette 2003 15.5 6.0 0.0 0.0
Diener, Marquette 2003 14.5 2.5 1.0 0.0
Novak, Marquette 2003 5.5 4.0 0.0 0.0
Townsend, Marquette 2003 4.0 1.0 1.5 1.0
Merritt, Marquette 2003 3.8 4.0 0.0 0.0
Chapman, Marquette 2003 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grimm, Marquette 2003 2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0
Bradley, Marquette 2003 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Here are the standings. After the 6-game round robin the tie breaker will be point differential and teh top two make my tournament, but 2nd place team must win two play-in games (like being in the round of 32 to start) while the champ goes right to the Elite 8. I would say Marquette's road is a little uphill due to a very weak defense and the fact that they have not played and of the three defending national champs, but as we all know from 2003 MU's fire power gives them a shot even against a No. 1. This is the same setup for my Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC, but because the addition of Syracuse 2003 gives the ACC five national champs, I am giving them the two extra spots for their 3rd and 4th place team in the preliminary round of my tournament.
Big East (past & present) W L Pts PtsAll
Villanova 2018 2 0 83 67
Louisville 2013 1 1 74 69
Georgetown 2007 1 1 76 71
Connecticut 2004 1 1 66 61
Marquette 2003 1 1 68 68
Cincinnati 2002 1 1 71 75
Butler 2010 0 2 54 80
Finally these box scores would be a little more neat of I did not include the info to the left, but it is helpful when others play the game. It shows the position at which I play each player and which of the last 44 possessions I have them on the court when playing the game. For example, Steve Novak has the best three-point card and the best free throw card of all players on all 42 teams, but the card shows he can play 14 of the last 44 possessions, so I play him at the end in possessions 14-1 (1 is the final). Todd Townsend is actually the workhorse, so he plays from the 1st possession (44) down to when Novak enters (so "44-15"). Here are the instructions of you want to try any matchups yourself, and it links to cards for all 353 teams from 2019 if anyone is curious about current.
Villanova 2018 77
Louisville 2013 73
G-F Poss Villanova 2018 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 41-1 Brunson 13 0 4 1
2 37-1 DiVincenzo 18 1 4 1
3 35-1 Paschall 3 1 3 0
4 42-1 Bridges 31 5 0 1
5 35-1 Spellman 6 5 0 0
Bench
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 44-42 Gillespie 3 0 0 0
2,3,4 44-38,37-28,27-25 Booth 3 2 0 0
5 44-36 Cosby-Roundtree 0 2 0 0
Total 77 16 11 3
G-F Poss Louisville 2013 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 40-1 Siva 25 2 6 0
2 44-41,34-1 Smith 15 7 3 1
3 38-35,31-1 Hancock 17 4 1 0
4 31-1 Dieng 3 9 0 1
5 30-1 Behanan 4 5 0 0
Bench
0 0 0 0
1,2,3 44-41, 40,35, 34-32 Ware 0 2 0 2
3 44-39 Van Treese 3 0 0 0
4.3 44-32,31-24 Blackshear 0 4 0 0
5 44-31 Harrell 6 2 0 0
Total 73 35 10 4
Connecticut 2004 71
Butler 2010 47
G-F Poss Connecticut 2004 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 39-1 Brown T 5 2 6 1
2 all Gordon 23 2 0 1
3 30-1 Brown D 0 4 0 0
4 24-1 Boone 5 5 0 4
5 38-1 Okafor 19 12 3 1
Bench
1 44-40 Williams 3 0 0 5
3 44-31 Villanueva 5 2 0 2
4 44-25 Anderson 8 4 0 0
5 44-40 Armstrong 3 7 0 0
5 39 - s Tooles 0 1 0 0
Total 71 39 9 14
G-F Poss Butler 2010 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 44-39,34-1 Mack 7 0 0 1
2 38-1 Nored 7 4 4 0
3 39-1 Veasley 14 3 1 0
4 31-1 Howard 12 2 0 0
5 43-1 Hayward 7 5 1 0
Bench
2,1 0 0 0 0
3 44-39,38-35 Vanzant 0 0 2 0
4 44-40 Butcher 0 0 0 0
4 44-32 Hahn 0 1 0 0
5 44 Jukes 0 1 0 0
Total 47 16 8 1
Cincinnati 2002 79
Georgetown 2007 77
G-F Poss Cincinnati 2002 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 all Logan 27 1 3 0
2 39-1 McElroy 18 3 0 1
3 44-30,20-1 Davis 6 4 3 0
4 35-1 Stokes 6 7 0 0
5 29-1 Little 10 6 0 0
Bench
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 44-40 Barker 0 1 0 0
4 44-36 Williams 7 2 0 0
5,3 44-30, 29-1 Maxiell 5 6 2 2
Total 79 30 8 3
G-F Poss Georgetown 2007 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 42-1 Wallace 12 4 0 0
2 44-43, 41-1 Sapp 13 1 1 0
3 all Green 13 5 0 0
4 32-1 Summers 23 2 1 0
5 32-1 Hibbert 12 8 0 4
Bench
0 0 0 0
1,2 44-43, 42 Macklin 0 0 0 0
4 44-33 Ewing 0 2 0 2
4 44-38 Rivers 0 1 0 0
5 37-33 Egerson 4 1 0 0
Total 77 24 2 6
Marquette 2003 73
Cincinnati 2002 62
G-F Poss Marquette 2003 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 all Diener 22 4 1 0
2 42-1 Wade 11 6 6 1
3 14-1 Novak 8 5 0 0
4 37-1 Merritt 12 11 0 0
5 36-1 Jackson 7 9 0 0
Bench
1 0 0 0 0
4,5 44-43 Chapman 0 0 0 0
4 44-15 Townsend 8 1 3 2
5 44-38,37 Merritt 0 2 0 0
5 44-38 Grimm 5 2 0 0
Total 73 40 10 3
G-F Poss Cincinnati 2002 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 all Logan 25 4 0 0
2 39-1 McElroy 3 3 7 0
3 44-30,20-1 Davis 3 11 0 0
4 35-1 Stokes 11 4 1 0
5 29-1 Little 3 8 1 3
Bench
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 44-40 Barker 0 1 0 0
4 44-36 Williams 4 1 0 0
5,3 44-30, 29-1 Maxiell 13 4 0 0
Total 62 36 9 3
Marquette 2003 62
Georgetown 2007 74
G-F Poss Marquette 2003 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 all Diener 7 1 1 0
2 42-1 Wade 18 6 1 0
3 14-1 Novak 3 3 0 0
4 37-1 Merritt 3 2 0 0
5 36-1 Jackson 24 3 0 0
Bench
1 0 0 0 0
4,5 44-43 Chapman 7 0 0 0
4 44-15 Townsend 0 1 0 0
5 44-38,37 Merritt 0 1 0 0
5 44-38 Grimm 0 1 0 0
Total 62 18 2 0
G-F Poss Georgetown 2007 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 42-1 Wallace 16 5 0 0
2 44-43, 41-1 Sapp 7 1 3 0
3 all Green 30 5 3 4
4 32-1 Summers 3 4 0 0
5 32-1 Hibbert 10 11 0 6
Bench
0 3 0 0
1,2 44-43, 42 Macklin 3 6 0 2
4 44-33 Ewing 0 1 0 0
4 44-38 Rivers 3 1 0 0
5 37-33 Egerson 3 1 0 0
Total 75 38 6 12
Villanova 2018 89
Butler 2010 60
G-F Poss Villanova 2018 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 41-1 Brunson 18 0 3 0
2 37-1 DiVincenzo 13 4 0 0
3 35-1 Paschall 14 3 0 0
4 42-1 Bridges 26 11 0 3
5 35-1 Spellman 14 10 4 0
Bench
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 44-42 Gillespie 0 0 0 0
2,3,4 44-38,37-28,27-25 Booth 0 1 3 0
5 44-36 Cosby-Roundtree 4 1 0 0
Total 89 30 10 3
G-F Poss Butler 2010 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 44-39,34-1 Mack 8 5 0 0
2 38-1 Nored 17 1 1 1
3 39-1 Veasley 3 3 0 0
4 31-1 Howard 20 8 0 0
5 43-1 Hayward 12 5 0 1
Bench
2,1 0 0 0 0
3 44-39,38-35 Vanzant 0 2 2 0
4 44-40 Butcher 0 0 0 0
4 44-32 Hahn 0 1 0 0
5 44 Jukes 0 1 0 0
Total 60 26 3 2
Connecticut 2004 61
Louisville 2013 74
G-F Poss Connecticut 2004 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 39-1 Brown T 0 1 1 0
2 all Gordon 24 2 2 0
3 30-1 Brown D 3 4 1 0
4 24-1 Boone 6 5 0 0
5 38-1 Okafor 16 21 0 0
Bench
1 44-40 Williams 0 0 2 0
3 44-31 Villanueva 0 0 0 0
4 44-25 Anderson 12 1 3 0
5 44-40 Armstrong 0 1 2 0
5 39 - s Tooles 0 1 0 0
Total 61 36 11 0
G-F Poss Louisville 2013 Pts Reb Stls Blks
1 40-1 Siva 13 1 3 0
2 44-41,34-1 Smith 24 3 2 1
3 38-35,31-1 Hancock 17 6 3 0
4 31-1 Dieng 11 11 0 0
5 30-1 Behanan 4 3 1 1
Bench
0 0 0 0
1,2,3 44-41, 40,35, 34-32 Ware 0 0 2 0
3 44-39 Van Treese 0 1 2 0
4.3 44-32,31-24 Blackshear 4 1 2 0
5 44-31 Harrell 1 3 2 0
Total 74 29 17 2
