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
Spoiler
Clemson v Miami on ESPN
Clemson's PJ Hall currently third in kenpom POY (obv crazy elite #s across the board)
Joe Girard, after 4 yrs at 'Cuse, now at Clemson shooting 45.6 3P% (a career 37.2% shooter)
Clemson can shoot (12th in the nation in eFG% at 57.5%) but don't turnover opponents (348th in the nation in defensive TO%)
crazy that this is Brownell's 14th season
Going to be a tough one at Littlejohn on Saturday.
the BUFFS get s**tcanned on the road to start 2024. This comes after they squeaked by in a couple of conference home games to end 2023.
In other words, they are already in mid-season form.
Time to move on from CFB and let's fire up this thread guys.
solid offensive 1st half by Butler (1.209 ppp)
Purdue records it's fourth KenPom top 10 win against Illinois.
PJ Hall was no match vs Bacot today. Solid UNC win at Clemson.
Hubert took a lot of crap from me, all the UNC fans, and the rest of college bball last year (and a lot of it was deserved) but he actually looks like he can coach with his own players filling out the majority of the roster. Ingram has been the sort of leader and do it all type of player vs what the defense gives, and if he doesn't score d's up and rebounds like a beast. Trimble by far has been the biggest surprise.
Cadeau just doesn't seem like a one and done. Jumping to next year I don't see how you keep Trimble off the court, or if he transfers if Ian Jackson still comes.
Massive home cooking for Kansas
Joining thread in preparation for madness.
Juwan needs to go. You can do all the extracurricular bullshit if the team is winning, but this team stinks and you keep getting into random fights and stuff, we need to go in a different direction.
AdjD rank only
Houston's (#1 AdjD 84.9) gap between #2 Tenn (89.7) is the same between #2 Tenn and #18 St. Mary's (94.5)
Nebraska upsets Purdue
This is for sure the highest profile CBB game featuring two teams where both of their best players are Asian, right?
I did some poking around
Rui and Yuta Watanabe were in college at the same time, but they never played each other
Edey isn't Asian, he's Canadian
To be fair to Golden it's easy to confuse the two
His maternal grandparents were Chinese immigrants.
#1 #2 #3 #5 all go down as road favorites against unranked teams. I guess UConn is about to jump to #1
**** state.
Thought our contingent of UNC Slapjacks might enjoy this
Kansas is 19th in KenPom, 22nd in Torvik, 3rd in the AP Poll because of course.
lol. indeed
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UNC's team identity is melding into gritty D (and i love it)
the Heels have posted the best defensive performance vs their opponent in four of their past five games (and third best in the other game)
and a tip of the cap to Harrision Ingram for grabbing 19 rebounds from his forward spot last night
lol. indeed
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UNC's team identity is melding into gritty D (and i love it)
the Heels have posted the best defensive performance vs their opponent in four of their past five games (and third best in the other game)
and a tip of the cap to Harrision Ingram for grabbing 19 rebounds from his forward spot last night
This team is playing like a more athletic and way more up and down better scoring version of Virginia. When their shots aren't falling, everybody out there seems to take total pride in defense. Ingram and Trimble especially. This is probably the best UNC defensive team I've seen since Dean in the 90s. They kind of remind me of the 1993 team. Not the most athletic or talented UNC team ever, but a great team that played hard and together and great defense. Ingram reminds me a lot of George Lynch with his defense, rebounding and leadership.
