In San Antonio, Oklahoma St. Point Guard Marcus Smart held his counterpart to only three points, while Smart’s teammate Markel Brown won the battle at small forward with 12 points. The 2-seed Big 12 beat the MEAC 80-58 to advance to Memphis to play the 15-seed MAAC. The MAAC survived a very evenly matched game with the Summit League due mainly to Canisius center Jordan Heath winning the battle at center 12-7.
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) | B12 | 80 | Position | All-Star (1st 5 starters) | MEAC | 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | Oklahoma St. | 7 | PG | Emanuel Chapman | NC Central | 3 |
| Juwan Staten | West Virginia | 10 | SG | Jeremy Ingram | NC Central | 10 |
| Markel Brown | Oklahoma St. | 12 | SF | Malcolm Hawkins | Norfolk St. | 9 |
| Dustin Hogue | Iowa St. | 12 | PF | Pendarvis Williams | Norfolk St. | 11 |
| Joel Embiid | Kansas | 9 | C | Jordan Parks | NC Central | 3 |
| Kyan Anderson | Texas Christian | 6 | PG-bu | Jamie Adams | Florida A&M | 4 |
| Brady Heslip | Baylor | 9 | SG-bu | Richaud Pack | North Carolina A&T | 7 |
| Jaye Crockett | Texas Tech | 4 | SF-bu | Du’Vaughn Maxwell | Hampton | 2 |
| Perry Ellis | Kansas | 5 | PF-bu | Jyles Smith | Savannah St. | 2 |
| Andrew Wiggins | Kansas | 6 | C-bu | Brandon Goode | Norfolk St. | 7 |
| All-Star (1st 5 starters) | MAAC | 78 | Position | All-Star (1st 5 starters) | Sum | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baron | Canisius | 10 | PG | Pierre Bland | IUPU Fort Wayne | 9 |
| Zaid Hearst | Quinnipiac | 12 | SG | Brett Olson | Denver | 10 |
| Sean Armand | Iona | 11 | SF | Chris Udofia | Denver | 11 |
| George Beamon | Manhattan | 11 | PF | Taylor Braun | North Dakota St. | 12 |
| Jordan Heath | Canisius | 12 | C | Marshall Bjorklund | North Dakota St. | 7 |
| Michael Alvarado | Manhattan | 4 | PG-bu | Mo Evans | IUPU Fort Wayne | 4 |
| Emmy Andujar | Manhattan | 3 | SG-bu | TrayVonn Wright | North Dakota St. | 3 |
| Deon Jones | Monmouth | 4 | SF-bu | Matt Hagerbaumer | Nebraska Omaha | 4 |
| Daniel Stewart | Rider | 8 | PF-bu | Jordan Dykstra | South Dakota St. | 7 |
| Rhamel Brown | Manhattan | 3 | C-bu | Mike Rostampour | Nebraska Omaha | 5 |
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