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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East feels very tough south easy and the other two average
The beach will take down arizona
You heard it here first and last
I for one would love to see RJ Davis style on Caleb Love.
One of the CBS guys said that Grand Canyon will beat Alabama because of their geographic advantage. How close does he think Phoenix and Spokane are?
Gonzaga and St Mary's both getting a 5 seed is very odd.
If it goes the opposite and Caleb does it on us, then I’m gonna be so mad at all the fans that bashed him and ran him off, and Hubert for basically doing the same in their end of year meeting. I’ll be mad but applaud him if so. I love that dude.
If it goes the opposite and Caleb does it on us, then I’m gonna be so mad at all the fans that bashed him and ran him off, and Hubert for basically doing the same in their end of year meeting. I’ll be mad but applaud him if so. I love that dude.
Caleb loves to be doubted. He's going for 30 if we play.
One of the CBS guys said that Grand Canyon will beat Alabama because of their geographic advantage. How close does he think Phoenix and Spokane are?
I lol'ed at this. If both teams have to travel over 1000 miles, I'd say there's no benefit to the closer team.
Michigan St shouldn't have gotten in right?
mcneese st. had an interesting non-con schedule:
11/06 VCU W 76-65 Away 1-0 0-0
11/10 College of Biblical Studies W 96-55 Home 2-0 0-0
11/13 Champion Baptist W 110-46 Home 3-0 0-0
11/14 Le Tourneau W 81-49 Home 4-0 0-0
11/18 W Carolina L 74-76 Away 4-1 0-0
11/21 Texas St W 59-48 Neutral 5-1 0-0
11/22 LA Tech L 62-71 Away 5-2 0-0
11/28 UAB W 81-60 Away 6-2 0-0
12/02 TN Martin W 91-80 Home 7-2 0-0
12/05 Mississippi Univ. For Women W 92-23 Home 8-2 0-0
12/13 S Mississippi W 67-48 Home 9-2 0-0
12/17 Louisiana W 74-72 Home 10-2 0-0
12/29 Michigan W 87-76 Away 11-2 0-0
SOURCE: teamrankings.com
how does mississippi university for women ever come up in a scheduling conversation?
I would understand it if Gonzaga had won the title game but as is I'm shocked they got a 5. I wasn't at all prepared for them to come up when the bracket was being revealed, because why the hell would they be a 5.
McNeese/Samford could be a fun 2nd round game I guess.
I mean, he just won Pac12 POY of the year lol. I'm not a Caleb apologist, and I wasn't upset to see him go, but that doesn't mean he can't ball.
The dude has never been good at consistent decision making, but he just has a different attitude on the court when he's on. He definitely has the mentality he's the best player on the floor, and in single elimination March Madness, that's not exactly what I want to face. Especially since we are the team that forced him to move on.
The difference is that UNC’s offense was always tops in the country and miles ahead of their defense, but by the time March rolled around their defense had improved and capable of winning it all. This is where it’s just never developed with Kentucky this year. I agree with Chuckles. I don’t want them in our bracket though.
They seem to have more moments of good D late in the season, but always mixed in with great weakness soon after. Some stat had them going from 105 in D efficiency to 53rd over the last month.
Luving my prediction circa a month ago after the Pitino meltdown that St. Johns would win the NIT this year. They got a shot.
Don't know about college basketball. I do know creigton all of sudden became the greatest shooting team ever when I bet against them last month. But not knowing much, I am wondering how much money will I lose during this tournment. Gave the bing ai image thing some words and this spat out.
I mean, he just won Pac12 POY of the year lol. I'm not a Caleb apologist, and I wasn't upset to see him go, but that doesn't mean he can't ball.
The dude has never been good at consistent decision making, but he just has a different attitude on the court when he's on. He definitely has the mentality he's the best player on the floor, and in single elimination March Madness, that's not exactly what I want to face. Especially since we are the team that forced him to move on.
More of a sign of how shitty the Pac-12 was than anything. In regards to the bolded, I guess so...but I'd much rather just have RJ Davis and actually have the best player on the floor.
This is one of the worst jobs I've ever seen from the committee. I don't normally subscribe to conference bias or name bias but it's pretty clear that's going on. When one of the committee members was asked about the Mountain West's seeds he said "they didn't win enough out of conference." Do these guys even watch the games? They had some big wins out of conference including pounding Creighton (a 3 seed) twice, St. Mary's, Gonzaga, etc. They also did a lot of dumb stuff like giving Florida Atlantic an 8 seed with 5? atrocious losses. In what world is a team like FAU the same seed as Utah State. I have no horse in this race but Utah State had zero bad losses, more wins, and won regular season title in a tough league. Is the committee just actually blind?
Same with Dayton. Zero wins against tournament teams? A 7?! Nevada. Ok, not great out of conference, but pretty damn good in a conference full of tourney teams. You can't just use bad arguments and ignore numbers. "they didn't win out of conference". Well actually these teams did, and they had almost no bad losses. That's stupid reasoning for actually ignoring numbers. I don't think Virginia and Michigan State had any business in the tourney either, just in because of name and/or previous success.
They seemed to care about preseason rankings for MSU Kentucky FAU Gonzaga
More of a sign of how shitty the Pac-12 was than anything. In regards to the bolded, I guess so...but I'd much rather just have RJ Davis and actually have the best player on the floor.
RJ is great, but his best skill is tough shot maker. That doesn’t always make him the best player on the floor. He has limitations, especially on defense.
I was of the opinion Caleb leaving would open up RJ’s offense. It has and for the better of the team. But you are underselling Caleb.
RJ is great, but his best skill is tough shot maker. That doesn’t always make him the best player on the floor. He has limitations, especially on defense.
I was of the opinion Caleb leaving would open up RJ’s offense. It has and for the better of the team. But you are underselling Caleb.
Hoping we get that far, but I don't think this team matches up with Zona's athleticism very good. It's gonna be fitting if it somehow comes down to a key shot from either Caleb or RJ.
A straight up majority of talking heads I've seen so far have predicted UConn to win it all. I mean they are the favorite, but they are just +400 favorites. I know it is common sense but if you are looking to win any large office pool I would take anyone but UConn to win it.
My all-names team from this week
Jizzle James, CINCINNATI
Faizon Fields, MILWAUKEE
Yaxel Lendeborg, BIRMINGHAM
Brooks Barnhizer, NORTHWESTERN
Lok Wur, GRAND CANYON
