In Spokane, Nine of 10 Atlantic 10 players bested their counterparts from the Atlantic Sun, with UMass Center Cady Lalane outscoring Mercer’s Daniel Coursey 10-4 in an easy 74-57 win. The 8-seed A10 team advances to Indianapolis to play the 9-seed WCC which dominated the NEC 93-71. The combination of St. Mary’s and Gonzaga stars overcame a strong showing by a duo of stars from Robert Morris, which stunned Kentucky last season. Gonzaga shooting guard Kevin Pangos was the high scorer from all 16 first round games.
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) | A10 | 74 | Position | All-Star (1st 5 starters) | ASun | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaz Williams | Massachusetts | 9 | PG | Jordan Jackson | Northern Kentucky | 7 |
| Cedrick Lindsay | Richmond | 10 | SG | Ty Greene | South Carolina Upstate | 8 |
| Langston Galloway | St. Joseph’s | 12 | SF | Langston Hall | Mercer | 10 |
| Briante Weber | Virginia Commonwealth | 6 | PF | Vince Martin | Jacksonville | 4 |
| Cady Lalanne | Massachusetts | 10 | C | Daniel Coursey | Mercer | 4 |
| Tyreek Duren | La Salle | 3 | PG-bu | Orlando Coleman | Kennesaw St. | 2 |
| Joe McDonald | George Washington | 6 | SG-bu | Willie Green | Stetson | 4 |
| Kethan Savage | George Washington | 6 | SF-bu | Jakob Gollon | Mercer | 3 |
| Treveon Graham | Virginia Commonwealth | 7 | PF-bu | Bud Thomas | Mercer | 5 |
| Juvonte Reddic | Virginia Commonwealth | 5 | C-bu | Chase Fieler | Florida Gulf Coast | 10 |
| All-Star (1st 5 starters) | WCC | 93 | Position | All-Star (1st 5 starters) | NEC | 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Ireland | Loyola Marymount | 10 | PG | Sidney Sanders | Fairleigh Dickinson | 8 |
| Kevin Pangos | Gonzaga | 15 | SG | Dyami Starks | Bryant | 11 |
| Stephen Holt | St. Mary’s | 11 | SF | Lucky Jones | Robert Morris | 11 |
| Gary Bell | Gonzaga | 13 | PF | Karvel Anderson | Robert Morris | 12 |
| Brad Waldow | St. Mary’s | 14 | C | Jalen Cannon | St. Francis NY | 5 |
| Christopher Anderson | San Diego | 3 | PG-bu | Kenneth Ortiz | Wagner | 1 |
| Tyler Haws | Brigham Young | 8 | SG-bu | Jason Brickman | Long Island Brooklyn | 6 |
| Sam Dower | Gonzaga | 7 | SF-bu | Julian Norfleet | Mount St. Mary’s | 5 |
| Brendan Lane | Pepperdine | 6 | PF-bu | Joe O’Shea | Bryant | 5 |
| Thomas van der Mars | Portland | 6 | C-bu | Scooter Gillette | Fairleigh Dickinson | 7 |
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