NCAA Basketball 2023-2024
CBB Almanac's top 100 players
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Zach Edey, C, Purdue
Kyle Filipowski, F, Duke
Hunter Dickinson, C, Kansas
Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton
Donovan Clingan, C, UConn
Tyler Kolek, G, Marquette
Armando Bacot, F/C, North Carolina
Tyrese Proctor, G, Duke
Max Abmas, G, Texas
Tyson Walker, G, Michigan State
Wade Taylor IV, G, Texas A&M
Justin Moore, G, Villanova
Trey Alexander, G, Creighton
Oumar Ballo, C, Arizona
DaRon Holmes II, F, Dayton
LJ Cryer, G, Houston
Ryan Nembhard, G, Gonzaga
Johnell Davis, G, Florida Atlantic
Aidan Mahaney, G, Saint Mary’s
Isaiah Collier, G, USC
Tylor Perry, G, Kansas State
Jamal Shead, G, Houston
Terrence Shannon Jr., G, Illinois
Reece Beekman, G, Virginia
PJ Hall, F, Clemson
Nijel Pack, G, Miami (FL)
RJ Davis, G, North Carolina
Bryce Hopkins, F/G, Providence
Norchad Omier, F, Miami (FL)
Johni Broome, F, Auburn
Isaiah Stevens, G, Colorado State
Santiago Vescovi, G, Tennessee
Boo Buie, G, Northwestern
Baylor Scheierman, G, Creighton
Jahmir Young, G, Maryland
Alijah Martin, G, Florida Atlantic
Dajuan Harris, G, Kansas
Anton Watson, F, Gonzaga
Justin Edwards, G, Kentucky
Ace Baldwin, G, Penn State
Eric Dixon, F, Villanova
AJ Hoggard, G, Michigan State
Trevon Brazile, F, Arkansas
Riley Kugel, G, Florida
Boogie Ellis, G, USC
Coleman Hawkins, F, Illinois
Tyrese Hunter, G, Texas
Graham Ike, F, Gonzaga
Olivier Nkamhoua, F, Michigan
Tyler Burton, F, Villanova
Kevin McCullar Jr., G, Kansas
Judah Mintz, G, Syracuse
Lamont Butler, G, San Diego State
Caleb Love, G, Arizona
Oso Ighodaro, F, Marquette
Tristan da Silva, F, Colorado
Steven Ashworth, G, Creighton
Mark Sears, G, Alabama
Joel Soriano, C, St. John’s
Cam Spencer, G, UConn
Jordan Dingle, G, St. John’s
J’Wan Roberts, F, Houston
Arthur Kaluma, F, Kansas State
Tyson Degenhart, F, Boise State
Branden Carlson, C, Utah
Grant Nelson, F, Alabama
Stephon Castle, G, UConn
Drew Pember, F, UNC Asheville
RayJ Dennis, G, Baylor
Jamal Mashburn Jr., G, New Mexico
Jesse Edwards, C, West Virginia
Nae’Qwan Tomlin, F, Kansas State
Tolu Smith, F, Mississippi State
Tucker DeVries, G/F, Drake
Darrion Trammell, G, San Diego State
Tristen Newton, G, UConn
Adem Bona, F/C, UCLA
Jeremy Roach, G, Duke
Zakai Zeigler, G, Tennessee
Ajay Mitchell, G, UC Santa Barbara
DJ Wagner, G, Kentucky
Kam Jones, G, Marquette
Alex Karaban, F, UConn
Fardaws Aimaq, F, California
Jaelen House, G, New Mexico
Mark Mitchell, F, Duke
RaeQuan Battle, G, West Virginia
Devin Carter, G, Providence
Payton Sandfort, F, Iowa
Aaron Estrada, G, Alabama
KJ Simpson, G, Colorado
Cody Williams, F, Colorado
Elliott Cadeau, G, North Carolina
Jalen Bridges, F, Baylor
Sean Pedulla, G, Virginia Tech
Antonio Reeves, G, Kentucky
Ja’Kobe Walter, G, Baylor
TJ Bamba, G, Villanova
Fousseyni Traore, F, BYU
Fletcher Loyer, G, Purdue
Almanac All American Teams
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All-America Teams
First Team
C — Zach Edey, Purdue (unanimous)
C — Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
C — Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
F — Kyle Filipowski, Duke
G — Tyler Kolek, Marquette
Second Team
C — Donovan Clingan, UConn
C — Armando Bacot, North Carolina
G — Tyrese Proctor, Duke
G — Max Abmas, Texas
G — Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M
Third Team
C — Oumar Ballo, Arizona
G — Trey Alexander, Creighton
G — Justin Moore, Villanova
G — Tyson Walker, Michigan State
G — Tylor Perry, Kansas State
National Awards
National Player of the Year: Zach Edey, C, Purdue
Defensive Player of the Year: Ryan Kalkbrenner, C, Creighton
Freshman of the Year: Isaiah Collier, G, USC
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I think the portal and free transfer ability has been a big net negative for Football and a slight positive for Basketball.
Football is definitely a different animal.
1 Caliparians from the King James Naismith bible
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
modern day translation:
for as far as i can saw
faith and evil favors he who picks whooo pig sooie as his calling
The fun of having a fanbase like UK having a completely open coach search
That's wild. I would have bet big and lost that he'd take the job given the family flying there. Maybe the Lexington megachurch wasn't big enough for them.
Feels like this ends up with Will Wade at UK
Good for Scott Drew. He’s built something at Baylor and is going to see it through. You don’t see that often these days.
Mark Pope to UK? That would be ... something.
Mark Pope? This AD is gonna end up inciting a riot or getting someone killed.
Well this has been quite the week...
He boned them by waiting so long. They could have snagged Musselman at least
I'd rather have pope than musselman.
Not that I think Pope will work out, I don't, but he is a "Kentucky Man," and I don't think the hire will be greeted with great hostility. Definitely a "give him a chance" attitude.
Side point: has there ever been a center who became a great/successful coach? Who are they and how many? Seems point guards galore make the great coaches. Here are some guards who became successful coaches: Wooden, Coach K, Calipari, Pitino, Dean Smith, Bill Self, Adolph Rupp, Tom Izzo, Roy Wiliams, Jim Boeheim, Denny Crum, Huggins, Hurley, Calhoun, Tarkanian, Jason Kidd ...
That's a mega sick partial list. Virtually all the greats in college. Knight was a forward, I think. Phil Jackson a forward/ center. Bill Russell as a player coach his last couple years of course, then fail as coach after that.
Might have been a rushed panic hire.
Wow. Bobby Knight played in three NCAA final games in his three years of play.
I dig it.
My
moment is the donors are apparently all in
The knock on Pope was his recruiting. Which I get. But he was recruiting to BYU, without 4 million behind him.
Also as a side story. I attended a UK women's volleyball game with my dad in 96. He noticed Mark Pope a few rows ahead and talked me into asking for his signature. Dude couldn't have been nicer. I so hope he succeeds.
Yeah imagine how much better his recruiting will be when his players don't have to take a pledge of abstinence
I'm a bit skeptical about Sheppard being a super elite 3-point marksman in the NBA for some reason. It just kind of seemed he was on a super heater this year. Had he stayed he could have developed into possibly the all-time UK icon, leading scorer, multi-millionaire on Big Man on Campus, etc. We'll see.
Xavier is doing major work in the portal, working on returning two of their best players for one more year, and get a great big back next season off a season ending injury. Going to be a top 10, if not top 5, preseason team. DK has them at 100/1 right now and hasn't caught up. Might be worth tossing a few dollars on and forgetting about.
