NCAA Tournament 2016: The All-Tournament Team Through Round of 32

The first 52 games of the 2016 NCAA tournament were incredible, and we've combed through the box scores and video clips to crown the top individual performers to date.

Several guys had great moments—Northern Iowa's Paul Jesperson hitting a game-winner from midcourt, Notre Dame freshman Rex Pflueger's game-winning tip-in against Stephen F. Austin and a game-sealing steal and dunk by Maryland's Rasheed Sulaimon in the first round, to name a few—but we're looking for most valuable players who are scoring, rebounding and/or dishing in bunches.

For example, Duke's Grayson Allen, Iowa State's Georges Niang and Miami's Angel Rodriguez each scored at least 23 points in both of their games. If nothing else, those guys were stone-cold locks for second-team honors.

Making an actual roster was important in this process. We required two guards (one of the point variety) and two frontcourt players. But there was no shortage of options at any of the positions. We've seen some fantastic individual efforts so far.

Honorable Mentions: Brandon Ingram, Duke; Anthony Gill, Virginia; Daniel Ochefu, Villanova; JeQuan Lewis, VCU; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Tyler Lydon, Syracuse; Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa; Danuel House, Texas A&M; Jordan Woodard, Oklahoma; DeAndre Bembry, Saint Joseph's; Dillon Brooks, Oregon

Second Team

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Yogi Ferrell, PG, Indiana: Can you believe Ferrell entered the 2016 NCAA tournament without a double-double in his career? He hit double digits in assists twice but failed to score 10 points in either of those contests. In game No. 135 of his collegiate career, though, Ferrell had 20 points and 10 assists in a 99-74 win over Chattanooga. He had another 18 points, five rebounds and four assists in the monumental 73-67 win over Kentucky. Indiana is 18-1 this season when he scores at least 16.

Grayson Allen, SG, Duke: Even when he isn't shooting well, Allen still scores. He attacked the glass and embraced the contact in the first round against UNC Wilmington, scoring 15 of his 23 points from the free-throw line. But he was on fire in the first half against Yale, scoring 22 of his game-high 29 points before the intermission. He has now scored at least 15 points in 24 straight games.

Brice Johnson, PF, North Carolina: For most of the season, Johnson was an above-average defender on a team that didn't play a whole lot of defense. But all of a sudden, he's Dikembe Mutombo 2.0. Johnson had 18 points, eight blocks, seven rebounds and three assists in the opener against Florida Gulf Coast before a double-double against Providence with 21 points, 10 rebounds and two more blocks.

Zach Auguste, PF, Notre Dame: Notre Dame's competition in the first two rounds wasn't exactly gifted in the frontcourt department. Michigan's Mark Donnal is far from a juggernaut in the paint, and Stephen F. Austin's biggest dude runs 6'7", 210 pounds. Nevertheless, Auguste has impressed with back-to-back double-doubles, tallying a total of 26 points, 27 rebounds and four blocks.

Ethan Happ, PF, Wisconsin: For a Badgers team only averaging 56.5 points in the tournament, Happ's 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game have been huge. Just as big, though, is the defense. Pittsburgh's Michael Young had just six points and five rebounds in the first round, and Xavier's James Farr—he of the 18 points and 15 rebounds against Weber State—had just two points and one rebound in the upset loss to Wisconsin.

PG: Angel Rodriguez, Miami

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By the Numbers: There has been a little bit of "Bad Angel Rodriguez" in the form of 10 turnovers in two games, but that has been drastically outweighed by the good of 52 points, nine assists, nine rebounds and seven steals. Miami's fifth-year senior is 6-of-11 from three-point range and 16-of-19 from the charity stripe.

This is quite the difference from the Rodriguez we saw in Miami's two losses earlier this March. In those games against Virginia and Virginia Tech, he had 14 points and eight turnovers, shooting 50.0 percent from the free-throw line and 25.0 percent from beyond the arc. The Hurricanes often live and die based on what he does, and they are alive and well so far.

Shining Moment: Can a moment last 10.5 minutes? Rodriguez scored 16 of Miami's first 25 points on Saturday afternoon, pacing the 'Canes to an early 21-point advantage. And after the Shockers stormed back to temporarily take the lead, Rodriguez scored Miami's final 10 points to keep Wichita State at bay.

Next Up: Miami will get Villanova in the Sweet 16. Scrappy defenses gave Rodriguez trouble during the regular season, but based on how he dealt with Buffalo and Wichita State, he might be OK against a Villanova defense that has 17 steals in the tournament.

SG: Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

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By the Numbers: Want to know how lethal Buddy Hield can be when he's cooking? He failed to score a single point in the first 10 minutes against VCU and still leads all players in scoring in the NCAA tournament with 63 points. He finished that game with 36, scoring 21 of Oklahoma's final 26 points.

If you were worried that Hield's six-point performance in the Big 12 semifinal was a sign that he was running out of gas, you were mistaken. Nobody works harder in the gym than Hield, and he's ready to carry this Sooners team to Houston.

Shining Moment: Hield hit a few clutch three-pointers late in both wins, but it was a shot he didn't take that said all you need to know about his impact. With Oklahoma clinging to a late three-point lead against the Rams, Hield took possession 30 feet from the hoop and was blanketed by three defenders. It was like a triangle-and-two defense with both of the guys in man covering the same shooter. It seems Will Wade got fed up with watching him make jumpers.

Next Up: Oklahoma will draw Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 in what could be one heck of a battle between scoring guards. Both Hield and Danuel House can go for 25 on any given night. How much support each stud gets should determine the outcome, but there's always a chance that Hield explodes for 40 and wins the game by himself.

SF: Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin

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By the Numbers: Ideally, this would have been exclusively a list of players who will still be playing next weekend, but Thomas Walkup was just too damn good to ignore. The athletic embodiment of a Lumberjack totaled 54 points, 14 rebounds, nine assists and four steals while shooting 26-of-27 from the free-throw line.

We weren't sure how this team would fare against the likes of West Virginia and Notre Dame—given Stephen F. Austin played one game all season against the RPI Top 50 and lost that game against Baylor by a 42-point margin—but Walkup (NBA) and Brad Underwood (major-conference coaching gig) had quite the auditions for the next stage in their careers.

Shining Moment: Walkup had some big-time "manly" moments, but we were most impressed by his ballerina act late in the second half against Notre Dame, walking a tightrope along the baseline before finishing with a reverse left-handed layup.

Next Up: Walkup's collegiate career is over, but don't be shocked to hear his name called in the second round of the draft in June. At any rate, you should be hoping your favorite NBA team is willing to take a flier on a tough-as-nails dude with 116 career wins and KenPom MVP honors in 13 of his final 16 games. He was the nation's best-kept secret for the past three years, and it was great to see him finally have his moment in the sun.

PF: Georges Niang, Iowa State

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By the Numbers: Georges Niang had 28 points, six rebounds and three assists in the 94-81 win over Iona and then did it again in a 78-61 win over Arkansas-Little Rock—identical results against wildly different opponents. He's shooting 53.7 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from beyond the arc.

March had been Niang's kryptonite in years past. He had eight points in a second-round loss to Ohio State as a freshman, scored 11 points in last year's disappointing loss to UAB and broke his foot one game into Iowa State's Sweet 16 run in 2014. But perhaps the fourth time is the charm.

Shining Moment: Arkansas-Little Rock was within two late in the first half when Niang went on a personal 8-0 run to push the Cyclones ahead by double digits. The Trojans never got it closer than nine again.

Next Up: One of the best defenses in the country is on deck with Virginia waiting in Chicago. However, the Cavaliers were shredded for 25 points by Butler's Andrew Chrabascz in the round of 32. Villanova's Kris Jenkins (23 points) and Duke's Brandon Ingram (25) also fared well against the Wahoos, so look for Iowa State's stretch 4 to be the go-to weapon on Friday.

C: Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga

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By the Numbers: If you had a misconceived notion that Domantas Sabonis was only putting up big numbers this season because of subpar West Coast Conference competition, that should have gone flying out the window after watching him play through the first weekend of the tournament.

Seton Hall has a bulldog in the post in Angel Delgado, and Utah's Jakob Poeltl might be the best big man in the country. Sabonis owned them both, posting two double-doubles and a combined line of 40 points, 26 rebounds and seven assists. Delgado and Poeltl combined for just 12 points and 10 rebounds. Delgado has had occasional duds this season, but it was Poeltl's worst performance all year—and it came on the heels of a 16-point, 18-rebound performance in the first round against Fresno State.

Shining Moment: Gonzaga led by two shortly after the midpoint of the first half, but in a span of a little over three minutes, Sabonis added five points, three rebounds, a steal and a foul drawn. And as part of those five points, he drained just his fifth three-pointer of the season. That was all she wrote for the Utes.

Next Up: Gonzaga will face Syracuse in the Sweet 16. Earlier this season, the Orange let Duke's Marshall Plumlee go for 19 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks. Sabonis could absolutely go for 20 and 20 against that frontcourt.

Kerry Miller covers college basketball for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter @kerrancejames.