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.
Just updated the standings after McDermott scored another 32 points against UConn to up his mark to a national best 31.5 ppg, but UConn dominated 86-61 to move into second place due to a 12-point average margin of victory.
| Big East (past & present) | W | L | Pts | PtsAll | Pt Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova 2018 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 67 | 16.0 |
| Connecticut 2004 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 61 | 12.0 |
| Marquette 2003 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Louisville 2013 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 69 | 5.0 |
| Georgetown 2007 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 71 | 5.0 |
| Cincinnati 2002 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 75 | -4.0 |
| Creighton | 0 | 2 | 72 | 85 | -13.0 |
| Butler 2010 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 80 | -26.0 |
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 |
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