Round 1: American Athletic 75, Big Sky 57 and Mountain tops Valley 86-70

Round 1: American Athletic 75, Big Sky 57 and Mountain tops Valley 86-70

In St. Louis, UConn shooting guard Shabazz Napier, Cincinnati small forward Sean Kilpatrick and Memphis center Shaq Goodwin dominated their three positions to help the 7-seed American Athletic beat an otherwise very tough Big Sky team. They will stay close to home, travelling to Memphis to battle the 10-seed MWC. New Mexico small forward Kendall Williams (13 points) led all five MWC starters in double figures. 

In the mock tournament, all 32 conferences were seeded based on their ratings at www.kenpom.com, and then sent to their likely 2014 tournament sites. The top 10 players to date from each conference were pitted against their counterpart using the Value Add Predictor  to determine how many points each player would score against his counterpart, with the winning team advancing. All players can be looked up at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The following are the box scores for both games: 

All-Star (1st 5 starters) Amer 75 Position All-Star (1st 5 starters) BSky 59
Russ Smith Louisville 7 PG Kareem Jamar Montana 9
Shabazz Napier Connecticut 10 SG Davion Berry Weber St. 8
Sean Kilpatrick Cincinnati 11 SF Tim Huskisson Northern Colorado 6
TaShawn Thomas Houston 9 PF Troy Huff North Dakota 11
Shaq Goodwin Memphis 10 C Derrick Barden Northern Colorado 3
Joe Jackson Memphis 7 PG-bu Aaron Anderson North Dakota 4
Chris Jones Louisville 4 SG-bu Keron DeShields Montana 2
Dalton Pepper Temple 9 SF-bu Tyler Harvey Eastern Washington 7
Montrezl Harrell Louisville 5 PF-bu Dominique Lee Northern Colorado 2
Justin Jackson Cincinnati 3 C-bu Kyle Tresnak Weber St. 7

All-Star (1st 5 starters) MWC 86 Position All-Star (1st 5 starters) OVC 70
Deonte Burton Nevada 12 PG Glenn Cosey Eastern Kentucky 12
Xavier Thames San Diego St. 10 SG Angelo Warner Morehead St. 9
Kendall Williams New Mexico 13 SF JJ Mann Belmont 10
Larry Nance Wyoming 10 PF Chris Horton Austin Peay 7
Cameron Bairstow New Mexico 12 C Drew Windler Belmont 6
Derrick Marks Boise St. 4 PG-bu Craig Bradshaw Belmont 2
Jeff Elorriaga Boise St. 6 SG-bu Corey Walden Eastern Kentucky 5
Khem Birch UNLV 8 SF-bu Jarekious Bradley Southeast Missouri St. 6
Ryan Watkins Boise St. 7 PF-bu Dennis Ogbe Tennessee Tech 5
Alex Kirk New Mexico 4 C-bu Jarvis Williams Murray St. 8

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