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 didn't realize this
Lefty invented 'Midnight Madness'
I don't know who lefty is or what midnight madness is?
Wait I think that is midnight the first night cbb starts, but I've never watched it.
UConn rout!
Yeah for my money it's
1. UConn
Small gap
2. Purdue
Big gap
Anyone else
1a. Houston
1b. UConn and Purdue
Good teams I trust in March
UNC, Tennessee, Duke, Baylor, San Diego State, Marquette
Good teams I don't trust in March
Alabama, Auburn, Arizona, Kentucky, Creighton
Good teams I'm unsure about this year
Kansas, Iowa St, Illinois
The Rebels are close but that 32 pt loss at home to Air Force is like an anchor around their neck. Bad losses have a lot of sway with the committee. If they close well (6-1 or better) and make a run to the conference tourney final they have a decent chance. I think they would have to knock out 1 of the other MWC teams that are supposedly getting in. No way 7 teams from the MWC are getting in, deserving or not.
That Air Force loss still remains inexplicable other than, for whatever reason, UNLV always seems to struggle with Air Force no matter who the head coaches are.
But that loss no longer matter as UNLV blows a late lead at the Thomas & Mack to the maggots from up north. No NCAA tourney now for UNLV unless they win the MWC tourney.
Fwiw obv San Diego St. is a lock for the tourney barring a couple of unforeseen huge losses and not winning the MWC tourney.
never forget this team won a title and this was end of regular seasonish
Florida Atlantic missing the tourney seems in play
Also the fake selection yesterday had clempson in talk for a 4 seed and their resume is terrible?
Clemson has road wins at Alabama and North Carolina. Those paper over a lot of losses.
lol at the Buckeyes students who have "PURDONT" painted on their chests
too funny
Looks like it might be
1. UConn
Big gap
Anyone else
my preseason magazine had South Florida finishing 9th & Charlotte finishing 11th in the AAC.
After today's results I would say both have a legit chance to win the AAC. also Memphis has kinda been garbage in conference play which is a surprise.
There's like 7-10 legitimately decent resumes. Most everyone past the 3 seed line has a bad resume. Really weird year.
That just means a double digit seed is going to finally win it all.
There's like 7-10 legitimately decent resumes. Most everyone past the 3 seed line has a bad resume. Really weird year.
I feel like this is the problem with bloated conferences.
When the ACC was playing a home and home Round Robin, everybody gets 2 shots at UNC, Duke, and UVA. Now you probably get at most 4 chances against those teams and nobody else counts as a "good win".
That's also where I don't like the circular nature of how the NET works. I get there is no perfect metric, but yeah, when Clemson and Wake Forest are playing each other, one has to win and one has to lose. If they're already starting from behind, it's tough for either to catch up. And then you're also at the mercy of whose floor you're playing on, without the true round robin. Those are just two random schools I picked since they're close to each other in NET.
With that said, Lunardi continues to be a hack and the ACC continues to be underrated.
I just went and compared 2002 to 2024.
In 2002, the top 6 conferences had:
ACC - 9
B12 - 12
B10 - 11
SEC - 12
P12 - 10
BE - 14
teams for a total of 68.
In 2024 it's
B12 - 14
ACC - 15
BE - 11
B10 - 14
SEC - 14
P12 - 12
teams for a total of 80.
I'm not sure teams own net ranking matters? Just your opponents net ranking.
Man slick Rick has lost it. What kind of coach would say this about his team?
Whered you see that?
Zags a lock!
Plenty of statements made in the past, but the below is directly from the NCAA website.
How are the NET rankings used?
Since the NET rankings serve as the primary sorting tool for Division I men's basketball, they play an important role in establishing a team's resume. The men’s and women’s basketball NET rankings and team sheets will be provided publicly on a daily basis on NCAA.com and NCAA.org starting in December.
DEEPER DIVE: What to know about college basketball's newest tool to help select the NCAA tournament field
Using the quadrant system, which was in its fourth season in 2020-21, the quality of wins and losses will be organized based on game location and the opponent's NET ranking.
Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
The number of Quadrant 1 wins and Quadrant 3/4 losses will be incredibly important when it comes time for NCAA tournament selection and seeding.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men...
So I guess they don’t necessarily say you’re team 5 in NET, that equates to the top 2 seed line. But a team’s NET ranking is driven by their wins and losses, based on the quads.
Hoos getting run out of the gym in Blacksburg
go 9:43 w/out a pt
Va Tech take a 20-2 run into halftime
0.574 ppp for UVa at half
Wow
