NEM looks at the second round

I'm planning to post tournament NEM for all teams later this week.

As always, all raw efficiency data is from the sublime kenpom.com. I used the ratings through all first round games to make the comparisons. (For my Sweet 16 reviews, I'll update the ratings through the end of the second round, and so on.)

Best games (by combined total NEM)

	Result				Total NEM
1.	Duke	68	Cal	53	61.4	This one had the biggest NEM gap (51.5 to 9.9) of these top 5.
2.	Kansas St.	84	BYU	72	54.9
3.	Northern Iowa	69	Kansas	67	54.4	Obviously, one of the biggest tournament upsets.
4.	West Virginia	68	Missouri	59	50.4	Like Kansas State, the Mountaineers are another 2 seed playing well and not getting a lot of notice.
5.	Ohio St.	75	Georgia Tech	66	50.0

Top overall performances

	Team	Opponent	NEM
1.	Kentucky	Wake Forest	60.8	No surprise here. The young Wildcats may have finally grown into the role of tournament favorites.
2.	Cornell	Wisconsin	58.1
3.	Duke	Cal	51.5	When you turn over the ball on only 8.6% of your possessions, you're going to win a lot of games.
4.	Syracuse	Gonzaga	48.3
5.	Kansas St.	BYU	44.1	The Wildcats are playinkg very well (average 37.5 NEM in two games) but not getting a lot of attention. If they win two more, that will change.

Top offensive performances

	Team	Opponent	NEM
1.	Cornell	Wisconsin	56.3	With CtD's alma mater out of the tournament, the Big Red may be the sentimental favorite. How can you not enjoy their press conference shenanigans?
2.	Kentucky	Wake Forest	42.3
3.	Baylor	Old Dominion	31.2	Quite a difference from their round 1 performance.
4.	Syracuse	Gonzaga	29.0
5.	Kansas St.	BYU	27.4

Top defensive performances (lower scores are better)

	Team	Opponent	NEM
1.	Duke	Cal	-30.0	Duke shut down the third best offensive team in the country, holding the bears to 42.7 eFG%.
2.	Purdue	Texas A&M	-27.2	The offensive struggles without Robbie Hummel continue, but the Boilers shut down A&M enough to escape in OT.
3.	Washington	New Mexico	-22.1
4.	Texas A&M	Purdue	-21.1
5.	Ohio St.	Georgia Tech	-20.4	Tech has been careless with the ball all year long, but turning the ball over on 28.5% of your possessions and shooting 44.8 eFG% will send you home.

Worst overall performances

	Team	Opponent	NEM
1.	Wake Forest	Kentucky	-15.8	The Deacs couldn't stop Kentucky (16.3 defensive NEM) or score against them (0.5 NEM).
2.	Wisconsin	Cornell	-13.8
3.	New Mexico	Washington	-4.8
4.	Gonzaga	Syracuse	-2.3
5.	Ohio	Tennessee	-1.8	The Bobcats couldn't keep the magic going in the second round.