Value Add projects Chima Moneke as potential Player of the Year after begin voted newcomer of the year as Cal Davis made their first NCAA tournament. However, he lost four of the top five scoring teammates, which could lead to a drop well down the balanced conference. Every team plays one game in Hawaii. While the conference has solid players, none are in the top 10 percent of all players.
Here is where Value Add ranks each Big West team for the season, and the Massey Rankings rank the football teams against all other schools (including behind the 129 FBS schools). Updates will be provided here.
| Big West / 2017 Seed | Hoops 2017-18 | Football |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Santa Barbara | 149 | |
| Cal Irvine | 159 | |
| Hawaii | 210 | 107 |
| Cal St. Fullerton | 239 | |
| Long Beach St. | 247 | |
| Cal St. Northridge | 262 | |
| Cal Poly | 280 | 185 |
| Cal Riverside | 305 | |
| Cal Davis 16 | 320 | 133 |
Here are the top 15 projected players in the conference in order.
| Top 15 Big West Players | Value Add | School | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavrion Dawson 4 | 4.20 | Cal St. Northridge | `6-08 |
| Chima Moneke 11 | 4.11 | UC Davis | `6-06 |
| Marcus Jackson 22 | 3.75 | UC Santa Barbara | `6-03 |
| Tommy Rutherford 42 | 3.41 | UC Irvine | `6-08 |
| Jack Purchase 12 | 3.30 | Hawaii | `6-08 |
| Jack Purchase 12 | 3.30 | Hawaii | `6-08 |
| Menno Dijkstra 32 | 3.06 | UC Riverside | `7-00 |
| Jonathan Galloway 5 | 2.96 | UC Irvine | `6-10 |
| Evan Payne 1 | 2.85 | Long Beach St. | `6-01 |
| Gibson Johnson 21 | 2.66 | Hawaii | `6-08 |
| Temidayo Yussuf 4 | 2.50 | Long Beach St. | `6-07 |
| Jackson Rowe 34 | 2.42 | Cal St. Fullerton | `6-07 |
| Gabe Levin 0 | 2.40 | Long Beach St. | `6-07 |
| Micheal Warren 1 | 2.39 | Cal St. Northridge | `6-05 |
| Austen Awosika 10 | 2.28 | Cal St. Fullerton | `6-03 |
Ken Pomeroy ranked the Big West 29th bestof 32 Division 1 basketball conferences, which will all be previewed here with notes on which schools are now "basketball" or "football" schools based on which program is stronger this season. Football revenue is much higher, but programs are much more expensive between equipment and the requirement of matching enough women's scholarships in other sports. Therefore some programs forgo FBS football programs to focus on low cost basketball programs as their biggest revenue sport.
Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports and ESPN have lauded Value Add Basketball for estimating the number of points each college basketball players is worth to his team above a replacement player - similar to baseball WAR (Wins Above Replacement). Massey Ratings is used for the football rankings above.
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