March Madness 2018 - Elite Eight

Late in the second round of the draft, Stu needed to choose his second player. With pick number 17, after the top three KU players had already been chosen, with the top Virginia, Xavier, and Michigan men still on the board, Stu selected Malik Newman.

Is Stu a huge KU homer who would have picked a KU player there regardless of their quality? His past selection of Carlton Bragg suggests the answer is yes. Should Stu deny this, though, he could say that he was impressed with Newman's development over the season, or his strong Big 12 tournament performance, and that he knew that Malik Newman would be the top overall point scorer heading into the Final Four.

Malik Newman after continuing his scorching postseason run with 32 points in 44 minutes, including five 3-pointers and an 11-of-12 clip at the free-throw line. The surging sophomore scored all 13 of KU's points in the overtime session, including two 3-pointers and the four free throws that iced the game.

Stu also saw his first round pick of Nova's Brunson make the top seven studs. Meanwhile, Shawn finally got a good game from his Rambler.


TOP SEVEN STUDS - ELITE EIGHT

	OWNER	ROUND	SELECTION	PLAYER	TEAM	SEED	GAME4_SCORE
1	Stu	2	17	Malik Newman	Kansas	1	43
2	Shawn	8	74	Donte Ingram	Loyola	11	30
3	Bob	6	55	Charles Matthews	Michigan	3	27
4	Brian	1	1	Marvin Bagley III	Duke	2	26
5	Stu	1	4	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	1	25
6	Gavin	7	63	Trevon Duval	Duke	2	25
7	Luke	2	13	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	Kansas	1	24

While Bob got good production out of his Michigan dude, he owned two of the three worst duds, as his Nova guy only had 9, and Carter Jr of Duke was in foul trouble all game, and fouled out on a quite questionable charge call versus Newman.


TOP SEVEN DUDS - ELITE EIGHT

	OWNER	ROUND	SELECTION	PLAYER	TEAM	SEED	GAME4_SCORE
1	Bob	7	66	Phil Booth	Villanova	1	9
2	Brian	8	80	Jarrett Culver	Texas Tech	3	11
3	Bob	1	6	Wendell Carter Jr	Duke	2	14
4	Luke	4	33	Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman	Michigan	3	14
5	Jake	8	76	Zhaire Smith	Texas Tech	3	14
6	Chris	6	52	Lagerald Vick	Kansas	1	15
7	Shawn	2	14	Omari Spellman	Villanova	1	17

So yeah, Stu has taken the lead! James needs Graham to outpace his teammate Newman against Nova AND in the championship game, and for Brunson to get in early foul trouble or commit constant turnovers or fracture his leg or something. Bob still has a chance, but Nova probably has to blow out KU and Michigan needs to go to the championship.