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.

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