{"id":671,"date":"2006-03-23T03:35:38","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T09:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.227.157.91\/~kenpom\/wp_blog\/sweet-16-preview\/"},"modified":"2006-03-23T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2006-03-23T09:35:38","slug":"sweet-16-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/sweet-16-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet 16 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I get to the preview, the folks at Grey Dog Software have given me a copy of their new college hoops simulation, Total College Basketball<\/a>, to give away. This game is a simulation, so you’re not going to be doing 360 dunks or anything like that. You’re the coach and you manage all aspects of your program (recruiting, scheduling, practices, and yes, games).<\/p>\n

I’ve played it a little and it seems to have all the bases covered. Anyway, it’s a $35 value, so if you’d like a copy, be the first to ratings@kenpom.com with the name of the player that scored the most points in a 40-minute Division I game this season. [There’s been a winner. Thanks!]<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Here’s my Sweet 16 preview in a format of where they’ve been, where they are, where they’re going. Each team is listed with their preseason odds (as listed by Caesar’s on 8\/16\/05), their current standing among Sweet 16 teams in tempo, adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency, and their key players as ranked by DraftExpress<\/a> (as of 3\/2\/06) in the top 100 of each class.<\/p>\n

Keep in the mind the player rankings have more to do with NBA potential that current ability (see: Josh Boone, Sean Williams), but since it’s generally assumed that the team with the most talent wins, I thought it would be enlightening to see where the talent is. It does give you a picture of who the true underdogs are.<\/p>\n

Atlanta<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

(Tonight)
\nDuke:<\/b> 4-1 odds, #3 tempo, #1 offense, #10 defense. J.J. Redick – #1 Senior. Shelden Williams – #2 Senior. Sean Dockery – #63 Senior. DeMarcus Nelson – #71 Sophomore. Josh McRoberts – #4 Freshman. Greg Paulus – #15 Freshman. <\/p>\n

LSU:<\/b> 22-1 odds, #6 tempo, #14 offense, #4 defense. Glen Davis- #38 Sophomore. Tyrus Thomas – #1 Freshman. Magnum Rolle – #20 Freshman. Tasmin Mitchell – #24 Freshman.<\/p>\n

Texas:<\/b> 18-1 odds, #10 tempo, #2 offense, #2 defense. Brad Buckman – #68 Senior. P.J. Tucker – #29 Junior. LaMarcus Aldridge – #1 Sophomore. Daniel Gibson – #17 Sophomore.<\/p>\n

West Virginia:<\/b> 30-1 odds, #13 tempo, #10 offense, #14 defense. Mike Gansey – #16 Senior. Kevin Pittsnogle – #28 Senior.<\/p>\n

Oakland<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

(Tonight)
\nMemphis:<\/b> 25-1 odds, #2 tempo, #11 offense, #5 defense. Rodney Carney – #3 Senior. Darius Washington – #4 Sophomore. Shawne Williams – #5 Freshman. Joey Dorsey – #48 Sophomore. Antonio Anderson – #14 Freshman. Chris Douglas-Roberts #19 Freshman. Robert Dozier – #30 Freshman.<\/p>\n

Bradley:<\/b> unlisted odds, #5 tempo, #15 offense, #7 defense. Marcellus Sommerville – #86 Senior. Patrick O’Bryant – #11 Sophomore.<\/p>\n

Gonzaga:<\/b> 22-1 odds, #8 tempo, #3 offense, #16 defense. J.P. Batista – #44 Senior. Erroll Knight – #60 Senior. Adam Morrison – #1 Junior. Derek Raivio – #44 Junior. Josh Heytvelt – #29 Freshman. <\/p>\n

UCLA:<\/b> 35-1 odds, #14 tempo, #11 offense, #1 defense. Cedric Bozeman – #75 Senior. Ryan Hollins – #70 Senior. Jordan Farmar – #6 Sophomore. Arron Afflalo – #24 Sophomore. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute – #25 Freshman.<\/p>\n

Washington<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

(Friday)
\nUConn:<\/b> 7-1 odds, #4 tempo, #5 offense, #3 defense. Hilton Armstrong – #7 Senior. Rashad Anderson – #29 Senior. Denham Brown – #40 Senior. Josh Boone – #4 Junior. Marcus Williams – #5 Junior. Rudy Gay – #2 Sophomore. <\/p>\n

Washington:<\/b> 60-1 odds, #1 tempo, #9 offense, #11 defense. Brandon Roy – #8 Senior. Bobby Jones – #23 Senior.<\/p>\n

George Mason:<\/b> unlisted odds, #12 tempo, #16 offense, #8 defense. <\/p>\n

Wichita State:<\/b> unlisted odds, #11 tempo, #13 offense, #14 defense. <\/p>\n

Minneapolis<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

(Friday)
\nVillanova:<\/b> 8-1 odds, #9 tempo, #4 offense, #9 defense. Randy Foye – #5 Senior.  Allan Ray – #20 Senior. Jason Fraser – #51 Senior. Mike Nardi – #61 Junior. Kyle Lowry – #8 Sophomore.<\/p>\n

Boston College:<\/b> 18-1 odds, #15 tempo, #6 offense, #15 defense. Craig Smith – #53 Senior. Jared Dudley – #16 Junior. Sean Williams – #26 Sophomore. <\/p>\n

Florida:<\/b> 50-1 odds, #7 tempo, #8 offense, #6 defense. Chris Richard – #62 Junior. Al Horford – #5 Sophomore, Corey Brewer – #7 Sophomore. Joakim Noah – #14 Sophomore.<\/p>\n

Georgetown:<\/b> 400-1 odds, #16 tempo, #7 offense, #12 defense. Brandon Bowman – #69 Senior. Jeff Green – #18 Sophomore. Roy Hibbert – #22 Sophomore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I get to the preview, the folks at Grey Dog Software have given me a copy of their new college hoops simulation, Total College Basketball, to give away. This game is a simulation, so you’re not going to be doing 360 dunks or anything like that. You’re the coach and you manage all aspects […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}