Of the 4,095 college players to take the court this season, Dedric Lawson's ability to improve Kansas an average of 13.29 points per game on offense and defense makes him the most valuable player in the country - and here are the 20 most valuable listed at www.valueaddbasketball.com. Look for the CBS 247 story on the top 8 match-up between St. John's Shamorie Ponds and Marquette's Markus Howard, who just scored 62 points in a 29 minute stretch on 13 of 15 three-pointers and 13 of 13 free throws to shoot up the 6th.
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In addition to the CBS Sports 247 site, keep up with this blog for coverage of the Value Add Basketball rankings and Statis-Pro baseball projections all year. You can sort www.valueaddbasketball.com by team, conference or even click for past projections and seasons. Click here for the explanation of the Value Add basketball and how it calculates how much worse a teams average score would be if the player were replaced by a bench player on a mediocre team.
The top 5 defensive players in the country, based on their personal AdjD points by which they lower their teams www.kenpom.com rating.
| Top 5 Defensive Players | State | Points stopped AdjD |
| Matisse Thybulle | Washington | -4.45 |
| Ethan Happ | Wisconsin | -4.32 |
| Zion Williamson | Duke | -4.14 |
| Nicolas Claxton | Georgia | -4.11 |
| Dedric Lawson | Kansas | -4.04 |
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