May 2011 Georgetown Hoyas Wiretap
Marquette and USC have more than a 70 percent chance to upset 6th seeds Xavier and Georgetown, according to statistician John Ezekowitz, who works as a consultant for the Phoenix Suns.
Accounting for turnover rates, rebounding rates, and strength of schedule, Ezekowitz’s model is specifically geared towards predicting first round upsets.
Ezekowitz correctly predicted Murray State over Vanderbilt and foresaw St. Mary’s run to the Sweet 16 in last year’s tournament.
Kemba Walker led Connecticut to five victories in five consecutive nights to win the 2011 Big East Tournament.
Walker led all tournament participants in points, steals, minutes and FIC. Walker played in 190 of UConn's available 205 minutes.
Joining Walker on the Big East All-Tournament Team was teammate Jeremy Lamb, Peyton Siva and Preston Knowles (Louisville), Rick Jackson (Syracuse) and Scott Martin (Notre Dame).
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Ohio State is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will be placed in the East Region.
Joining the Buckeyes No. 1 seeds is Kansas in the Midwest, Pittsburgh in the Southeast and Duke in the West.
Pitt is the only No. 1 seed to not win their conference tournament, losing to eventual champion Connecticut in the quarterfinals.
San Diego State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida are the No. 2 seeds, while Syracuse, Purdue, Connecticut and BYU are the No. 3 seeds. Kentucky, Louisville, Texas and Wisconsin are the No. 4 seeds.
Kansas and Duke were also No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, while Ohio State was a No. 2 and Pitt was a No. 3.
The Final Four will be held in Houston on April 2nd and 4th.
Chris Wright was cleared by doctors Saturday and will resume practicing fully with his teammates Monday.
"It's consistent with what we were told," Georgetown Coach John Thompson III said. "We had anticipated him being able to start full practice this week and anticipated him being able to play on Thursday."
The Hoyas went 0-4 without Wright, with the once efficient offense averaging just 51.1 points per game on 33.9 percent shooting.
Kemba Walker scored 28 points to lead UConn to a 79-62 win against Georgetown in the second round of the Big East tournament.
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel added 28; Jeremy Lamb scored 11 points; and Shabazz Napier had 7 for UConn.
Walker has 54 points in the first two games of the Big East tournament, making 18 of 33 shots.
"When you have No. 15 on your team, usually you're in pretty good shape," Calhoun said. "Kemba was terrific. He understood where his teammates were, made them better at points and just made some sensational plays regardless of who, what and how they were playing him."
Georgetown point guard Chris Wright missed the past 2 ½ gams with a broken bone in his left hand.
"He's progressing as we hoped he would," Coach John Thompson III said. "Obviously, he's limited in what he can do. But it's good to have him back out there and participating in parts of practice. Absolutely we are expecting him to return."
Thompson said the target date for Wright's return remains the first round of next week's NCAA tournament.
"I doubt very seriously if he will play this week [despite] how well his recovery is going," Thompson said. "One of the reasons he's not going to participate this week is to make [the NCAA tournament] a possibility."
The Hoyas have lost three straight since Wright injured his hand against Cincinnati.
Ben Hansbrough of Notre Dame has been named Big East Player of the Year.
Rick Jackson of Syracuse won Defensive Player of the Year, DePaul's Cleveland Melvin won Rookie of the Year and Dwight Hardy of St. John's won Most Improved Player honors.
Hansbrough was joined on the All-Big East First Team by Marshon Brooks (Providence), Austin Freeman (Georgetown), Ashton Gibbs (Pitt), Dwight Hardy (St. John's) and Kemba Walker (Connecticut).
On the All-Big East Second Team are Corey Fisher (Villanova), Rick Jackson (Syracuse), Darius Johnson-Odom (Marquette), Preston Knowles (Louisville) and Brad Wanamaker (Pitt).
The All-Rookie Team is comprised of Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut), Gilvydas Biruta (Rutgers), Sean Kilpatrick (Cincinnati), Melvin, Shabazz Napier (Connecticut) and Brandon Young (DePaul).
Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough was the lone unanimous selection to the All-Big East team on Sunday.
The 6-foot-3 guard was joined by Kemba Walker of Connecticut, Austin Freeman of Georgetown, Ashton Gibbs of Pittsburgh, Marshon Brooks of Providence and Dwight Hardy of St. John’s. The team was chosen by the conference’s head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Hansbrough led the Irish in scoring with an 18.5 average, which was third in the league, and he was third in the conference in three-point shooting at 45.1 percent.
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