Valued Add Bracketology: 9- to 12-seeds Based on Top Trios

The depth and balance of San Diego State, Virginia and St. Louis may get them very high seeds – however depth can be less important in the tournament where have three strong players can be more important to a run. If bids were handed out just based on which teams had the best trio of players at www.valueaddbasketball.com, then those three teams would drop all the way to 11- or 12-seeds. A team happy to be on this list is Wyoming – as Breitbart Sports All-American Larry Nance leads a trio that would make them worthy of a 9-seed for a 3-on-3 tournament.

Michigan was the Value Add preseason No. 1 team before losing All-American Mitch McGary for the season.  Nik Stauskas has done an incredible job as one of the Top 30 in the country, but for Michigan to continue it’s great conference run into the tournament they will need Glenn Robinson to play consistently like an All-American.

When picking brackets, watch these lists for injuries. Colorado has a strong team, but Spencer Dinwiddie looked like he would have an all-conference season until he went down with a season-ending injury. He accomplished so much in the games he played that he still ranks in the top 100 of all players for the year, but with him not available Colorado drops from their current 10-seed status.

The following are all of the 9-, 10-, 11- and 12-seeds if the tournament were based on the best trios in the game.

Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
12	Providence	BE		10.46
49	Bryce	Cotton	.6-01	5.02
141	LaDontae	Henton	.6-06	3.79
562	Carson	Desrosiers	.7-00	1.65
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
12	SMU	Amer		10.67
84	Markus	Kennedy	.6-09	4.45
151	Nic	Moore	.5-09	3.72
326	Ben	Moore	.6-08	2.5
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
12	Virginia	ACC		10.85
56	Malcolm	Brogdon	.6-05	4.88
178	Joe	Harris	.6-06	3.49
330	Akil	Mitchell	.6-08	2.48
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
12	West Virginia	B12		10.55
15	Juwan	Staten	.6-01	6.32
384	Eron	Harris	.6-03	2.25
453	Nathan	Adrian	.6-09	1.98
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
11	Gonzaga	WCC		11.3
74	Kevin	Pangos	.6-02	4.62
107	Sam	Dower	.6-09	4.19
329	Gary	Bell	.6-01	2.49
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
11	San Diego St.	MWC		11.1
5	Xavier	Thames	.6-03	7.36
374	Josh	Davis	.6-08	2.3
650	Winston	Shepard	.6-08	1.44
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
11	St. Louis	A10		11.06
122	Rob	Loe	.6-11	3.99
154	Dwayne	Evans	.6-06	3.67
190	Jordair	Jett	.6-01	3.4
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
11	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd		11.25
39	Jacob	Parker	.6-06	5.31
125	Nikola	Gajic	.6-05	3.97
462	Thomas	Walkup	.6-04	1.97
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
10	Arizona St.	P12		11.62
41	Jordan	Bachynski	.7-02	5.27
132	Shaquielle	McKissic	.6-05	3.9
334	Jermaine	Marshall	.6-04	2.45
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
10	Clemson	ACC		11.56
9	KJ	McDaniels	.6-06	7.07
297	Landry	Nnoko	.6-10	2.65
505	Rod	Hall	.6-01	1.84
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
10	Colorado	P12		11.46
40	Josh	Scott	.6-10	5.3
86	Spencer	Dinwiddie	.6-06	4.41
530	Askia	Booker	.6-02	1.75
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
10	Michigan	B10		11.69
27	Nik	Stauskas	.6-06	5.74
251	Caris	LeVert	.6-06	2.98
252	Glenn	Robinson	.6-06	2.97
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
9	Florida St.	ACC		12.16
57	Aaron	Thomas	.6-05	4.86
104	Okaro	White	.6-08	4.24
239	Ian	Miller	.6-03	3.06
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
9	Iowa	B10		11.7
76	Aaron	White	.6-09	4.57
92	Roy	Devyn Marble	.6-06	4.34
280	Jarrod	Uthoff	.6-09	2.79
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
9	Iowa St.	B12		12.12
87	Melvin	Ejim	.6-06	4.4
127	Dustin	Hogue	.6-06	3.95
145	DeAndre	Kane	.6-04	3.77
Seed/Rnk	Fname/team	Lname/conf	Ht	Value Add
9	Wyoming	MWC		11.91
6	Larry	Nance	.6-08	7.21
272	Derek	Cooke	.6-09	2.81
488	Riley	Grabau	.6-02	1.89