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

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 – 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

NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
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.

1st team all-tournament	Team	Pos	NBA	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
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