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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Congrats to the ducks as well.
Wonder what seed all these bid stealers will get.
Poor bubble teams with all the bid stealing.
Oregon, NC State, and probably New Mexico were all on the wrong side of the bubble entering the week.
Poor bubble teams with all the bid stealing.
Oregon, NC State, and probably New Mexico were all on the wrong side of the bubble entering the week.
add whatever climbs out of the primordial ooze to win the AAC & A10.
virginia probably has a death wish for north carolina and the BUFFS (horrific embarrassing performance tonight btw) right now...I think they are the last team out\
new mexico most likely was always in once they reached with MWC final with their NET rating.
gonna be an interesting bubble sweat tomorrow evening.
NOTE: Joe Linardi just posted his updated Bracketology. The BUFFS went from a 10 seed to the 67th team in in a day. Crazy day.
Yeah I saw someone mention on Twitter that they think we may have a 10 seed play in game. That's crazy.
fun ending to today's games:
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
Grand Canyon guy could have dribbled out the clock with 3 seconds left and the game well in hand. Instead he does a tomahawk dunk and flexes to the crowd. Subsequently UTA gets a double technical for 1. one guy throws a body-block on the dunker when he is running up court and 2. the in-bounder fires the ball as hard as he can at the dunker and plunks him.
Isn't Grand Canyon supposed to be a Christian "be a good human being" school? Lol...I actually agree with what the UTA guys did. Why not?
Grand Canyon Online University is trying to buy its way into being the new Gonzaga
Temple makes the tournament after point-shaving incident.
Long Beach makes the tournament with a coach they already fired.
And everyone’s darling Indiana State gets bubbled out
the top 16 seeds this morning in the matrix
all 4 teams on the top line are secure
could Illinois move one of UK or dook to the fourth line?
Feels like a weaker than normal year for the lower seeds. I think there's a lot of variance in terms of teams that can give a high seed a run.
On the 13/14 line I'd be way more scared to play Yale, Samford, or Oakland than Vermont or Colgate.
I was under the impression the four 1s were locked in. Rothbot appears to think Iowa State may grab the fourth one.
it's called click bait Redd
Borzello out here doing the same thing
would be a disgrace to elevate Iowa St to the top line when they weren't even in the discussion a few days ago and UNC played in their conference's title game
but who knows. crazier things have happended in the world of sports
of note: Iowa St played in nine Quad 4 games (26% of their games). nine. tied for most of those teams ranked in the top 15 of the Net
I also can't help but feel like conference expansion has killed the conference tourneys.
When you're playing a true round robin, the seeding feels earned in a way it just doesn't now.
Thur-Sat at MSG for Big East tournament is still amazing. But to your point, Big East is also playing a round robin schedule.
I actually thought all four of the 1s and 2s were dead set.
UConn, Purdue, Houston, UNC
Tennessee, Iowa State, Marquette, Zona
The 3s and 4s may have some wiggle room
Iowa State has the better resume for a 1 seed (if we do a generic top 5 team analysis like GB does in football) but the name recognition and late push will hurt them.
Temple makes the tournament after point-shaving incident.
Long Beach makes the tournament with a coach they already fired.
And everyone’s darling Indiana State gets bubbled out
Definitely one of the more absurd things I’ve seen
‘Hey you’re fired’
‘But go ahead and finish out the Big West tourney before you go’
‘****’
I'm going to be vaguely sad if st John's misses the tourney even though I don't care about the team at all but I'd be more entertained if they were in.
Plus they played UConn really tough and seem to be playing vaguely well.
I'm going to be vaguely sad if st John's misses the tourney even though I don't care about the team at all but I'd be more entertained if they were in.
Plus they played UConn really tough and seem to be playing vaguely well.
I agree. Beating up on SHU in what seemed like a play-in game, then putting up 90 against Uconn Friday after averaging 64.5 in their first two UConn games was impressive.
If you told me UConn was going to score 95 points there, I literally would have bet my house on them covering -9.
Florida and Auburn both look like **** today
a gutsy hire by tOSU's new AD
5 yrs no less
Poor Brown, kinda collapsed at the end
I feel like it's a thing teams do when they think time will run out "soon".
