Well, this is the one weekend a year I send everyone my annual sports update ranking the top basketball players in the country for the season, of course normally I include the breakdown of the March Madness brackets.
Instead coronavirus intervened to change American life. I came up in two Google Alerts the same day with my
CBS247 story on realizing I was reporting on the last game of the season in Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, and the other of
this explanation to the Washington Post on why Congress should vote from home instead of DC.
The cancellation of much of American life occurred just a couple of days after we passed 169,000 visitors to our sports blog with a photo of me and Bobby Knight and recounting my
simulated March Madness tournament of 96 of the greatest teams ever with Bill Walton's UCLA defeating Michael Jordan's in the final of this free Value Add Basketball
Game. While the work load is pretty heavy, I hope to soon add player cards for the 2020 season so everyone can play out the tournament that never happened.
The final ratings for all 4000+ players will be updated at
www.valueaddbasketball.com shortly, and the top 100 are listed below. We list how many points each player would improve an average team (San Diego State's Malachi Flynn would improve a team 11.42 points per game), their conference, the number of games the player started, came off the bench, or missed, and finally the chance that they will make it to the NBA. Ironically I ran into the parent's of Creighton's Mitch Ballock this morning and was able to tell them in person their son was moving up from 60th to 40th in the final rankings. It is great that the NCAA is letting all the seniors as well as Spring Athletes like my two children who run D1 track have an extra season of eligibility after we get through the coming months of uncertainty. Stay safe. - John Pudner 404.606.3163
Best Basketball Players FINAL 2020
| Rnk | Player and jersey number | Team | Value | Conf | Starts/Bench/Missed Game (Team Rec.) | Cl | NBA |
| 1 | Malachi Flynn #22 | San Diego St. | 11.42 | MWC | 31/0/1 (30-2) PG | Jr | 40% |
| 2 | Payton Pritchard #3 | Oregon | 10.78 | P12 | 31/0/0 (24-7) PG | Sr | 39% |
| 3 | Devon Dotson #1 | Kansas | 10.70 | B12 | 29/0/2 (28-3) PG | So | 72% |
| 4 | Luka Garza #55 | Iowa | 10.38 | B10 | 31/0/0 (20-11) C | Jr | 25% |
| 5 | Markus Howard #0 | Marquette | 10.25 | BE | 29/0/1 (18-12) PG | Sr | 46% |
| 6 | Christian Vital #1 | Connecticut | 10.06 | Amer | 31/0/0 (19-12) SG | Sr | 5% |
| 7 | Jordan Ford #3 | Saint Mary's | 10.03 | WCC | 33/0/1 (26-8) SG | Sr | 24% |
| 8 | Jalen Smith #25 | Maryland | 10.01 | B10 | 31/0/0 (24-7) C | So | 56% |
| 9 | Sam Merrill #5 | Utah St. | 9.91 | MWC | 32/0/2 (26-8) PG | Sr | 5% |
| 10 | Onyeka Okongwu #21 | USC | 9.70 | P12 | 28/0/3 (22-9) PF | Fr | 90% |
| 11 | Daniel Oturu #25 | Minnesota | 9.70 | B10 | 31/0/0 (15-16) C | So | 82% |
| 12 | Obi Toppin #1 | Dayton | 9.60 | A10 | 31/0/0 (29-2) C | So | 96% |
| 13 | Ty-Shon Alexander #5 | Creighton | 9.44 | BE | 30/0/1 (24-7) SG | Jr | 37% |
| 14 | Sean McDermott #22 | Butler | 9.38 | BE | 31/0/0 (22-9) SF | Sr | 5% |
| 15 | Nate Hinton #11 | Houston | 9.30 | Amer | 31/0/0 (23-8) SF | So | 10% |
| 16 | Devin Vassell #24 | Florida St. | 9.24 | ACC | 30/0/1 (26-5) SF | So | 40% |
| 17 | Mason Jones #15 | Arkansas | 9.20 | SEC | 30/1/1 (20-12) PF | Jr | 5% |
| 18 | Jared Butler #12 | Baylor | 9.11 | B12 | 30/0/0 (26-4) SG | So | 31% |
| 19 | Dwayne Sutton #24 | Louisville | 8.94 | ACC | 31/0/0 (24-7) SF | Sr | 5% |
| 20 | Isaiah Stewart #33 | Washington | 8.94 | P12 | 32/0/0 (15-17) C | Fr | 88% |
| 21 | Jonah Radebaugh #12 | Northern Colorado | 8.92 | BSky | 29/0/2 (22-9) PG | Sr | 5% |
| 22 | Loren Cristian Jackson #1 | Akron | 8.85 | MAC | 29/0/2 (24-7) PG | Jr | 5% |
| 23 | Trayce Jackson-Davis #4 | Indiana | 8.84 | B10 | 32/0/0 (20-12) PF | Fr | 29% |
| 24 | Jalen Crutcher #10 | Dayton | 8.83 | A10 | 30/0/1 (29-2) SG | Jr | 5% |
| 25 | MaCio Teague #31 | Baylor | 8.80 | B12 | 28/0/2 (26-4) SF | Jr | 5% |
| 26 | Anthony Cowan #1 | Maryland | 8.76 | B10 | 31/0/0 (24-7) PG | Sr | 35% |
| 27 | Xavier Tillman #23 | Michigan St. | 8.76 | B10 | 31/0/0 (22-9) C | Jr | 31% |
| 28 | Udoka Azubuike #35 | Kansas | 8.60 | B12 | 29/1/1 (28-3) C | Sr | 60% |
| 29 | Jake Toolson #5 | BYU | 8.52 | WCC | 31/0/1 (24-8) SF | Sr | 5% |
| 30 | Immanuel Quickley #5 | Kentucky | 8.40 | SEC | 20/10/1 (25-6) SG | So | 34% |
| 31 | Reggie Perry #1 | Mississippi St. | 8.40 | SEC | 31/0/0 (20-11) PF | So | 39% |
| 32 | Tyrique Jones #4 | Xavier | 8.38 | BE | 32/0/0 (19-13) C | Sr | 27% |
| 33 | Elijah Hughes #33 | Syracuse | 8.34 | ACC | 32/0/0 (18-14) SF | Jr | 33% |
| 34 | Fatts Russell #1 | Rhode Island | 8.24 | A10 | 29/1/0 (21-9) PG | Jr | 5% |
| 35 | Desmond Bane #1 | TCU | 8.16 | B12 | 31/0/1 (16-16) PF | Sr | 37% |
| 36 | Skylar Mays #4 | LSU | 8.15 | SEC | 31/0/0 (21-10) PG | Sr | 32% |
| 37 | Jordan Roland #12 | Northeastern | 8.14 | CAA | 33/0/0 (17-16) SG | Sr | 5% |
| 38 | Freddie Gillespie #33 | Baylor | 8.11 | B12 | 30/0/0 (26-4) C | Sr | 5% |
| 39 | Matt Bradley #20 | California | 8.11 | P12 | 30/2/0 (14-18) SF | So | 5% |
| 40 | Mitch Ballock #24 | Creighton | 8.06 | BE | 30/0/1 (24-7) SF | Jr | 5% |
| 41 | Vernon Carey #1 | Duke | 8.06 | ACC | 30/1/0 (25-6) C | Fr | 93% |
| 42 | Jalen Harris #2 | Nevada | 8.05 | MWC | 30/0/1 (19-12) SF | Jr | 5% |
| 43 | Jacob Gilyard #0 | Richmond | 8.02 | A10 | 31/0/0 (24-7) PG | Jr | 5% |
| 44 | Oscar Tshiebwe #34 | West Virginia | 8.01 | B12 | 31/0/0 (21-10) PF | Fr | 32% |
| 45 | Trey Landers #3 | Dayton | 7.96 | A10 | 30/1/0 (29-2) SF | Sr | 5% |
| 46 | Justinian Jessup #3 | Boise St. | 7.95 | MWC | 31/0/1 (20-12) SF | Sr | 5% |
| 47 | Jordan Nwora #33 | Louisville | 7.94 | ACC | 30/1/0 (24-7) PF | Jr | 78% |
| 48 | Cassius Winston #5 | Michigan St. | 7.93 | B10 | 30/0/1 (22-9) PG | Sr | 38% |
| 49 | Keyontae Johnson #11 | Florida | 7.85 | SEC | 31/0/0 (19-12) PF | So | 37% |
| 50 | Tyler Bey #1 | Colorado | 7.78 | P12 | 30/1/1 (21-11) PF | Jr | 58% |
| 51 | Paul Atkinson #20 | Yale | 7.72 | Ivy | 27/1/2 (23-7) C | Jr | 5% |
| 52 | Marcus Garrett #0 | Kansas | 7.66 | B12 | 30/0/1 (28-3) SG | Jr | 30% |
| 53 | Myles Powell #13 | Seton Hall | 7.65 | BE | 28/0/2 (21-9) SG | Sr | 33% |
| 54 | Tyrell Terry #3 | Stanford | 7.65 | P12 | 31/0/1 (20-12) SG | Fr | 48% |
| 55 | Justin Bean #34 | Utah St. | 7.63 | MWC | 32/0/2 (26-8) PF | So | 5% |
| 56 | Saddiq Bey #41 | Villanova | 7.62 | BE | 31/0/0 (24-7) PF | So | 40% |
| 57 | Carlik Jones #1 | Radford | 7.55 | BSth | 29/1/2 (21-11) PG | Jr | 4% |
| 58 | Paul Reed #4 | DePaul | 7.53 | BE | 28/0/4 (16-16) C | Jr | 66% |
| 59 | Marcus Carr #5 | Minnesota | 7.48 | B10 | 31/0/0 (15-16) PG | So | 4% |
| 60 | Tyrece Radford #23 | Virginia Tech | 7.45 | ACC | 29/3/0 (16-16) SF | Fr | 4% |
| 61 | Terry Taylor #21 | Austin Peay | 7.34 | OVC | 31/0/2 (21-12) PF | Jr | 4% |
| 62 | Zeke Nnaji #22 | Arizona | 7.32 | P12 | 32/0/0 (21-11) C | Fr | 86% |
| 63 | Tre Jones #3 | Duke | 7.31 | ACC | 29/0/2 (25-6) PG | So | 42% |
| 64 | John Fulkerson #10 | Tennessee | 7.29 | SEC | 31/0/0 (17-14) C | Jr | 4% |
| 65 | Jay Huff #30 | Virginia | 7.28 | ACC | 18/12/0 (23-7) C | Jr | 4% |
| 66 | Nick Richards #4 | Kentucky | 7.27 | SEC | 30/1/0 (25-6) C | Jr | 38% |
| 67 | Marcus Zegarowski #11 | Creighton | 7.27 | BE | 29/1/1 (24-7) PG | So | 4% |
| 68 | Xavier Sneed #20 | Kansas St. | 7.27 | B12 | 32/0/0 (11-21) SF | Sr | 35% |
| 69 | Brady Manek #35 | Oklahoma | 7.23 | B12 | 31/0/0 (19-12) C | Jr | 4% |
| 70 | Jahlil Tripp #0 | Pacific | 7.18 | WCC | 31/0/2 (23-10) PF | Sr | 4% |
| 71 | Naji Marshall #13 | Xavier | 7.18 | BE | 31/0/1 (19-13) SF | Jr | 36% |
| 72 | Javion Hamlet #3 | North Texas | 7.18 | CUSA | 29/0/2 (20-11) PG | Jr | 4% |
| 73 | Quincy McKnight #0 | Seton Hall | 7.16 | BE | 30/0/0 (21-9) PG | Sr | 4% |
| 74 | Kaleb Wesson #34 | Ohio St. | 7.14 | B10 | 31/0/0 (21-10) C | Jr | 35% |
| 75 | Tres Tinkle #3 | Oregon St. | 7.14 | P12 | 31/0/0 (18-13) PF | Sr | 34% |
| 76 | Dru Smith #12 | Missouri | 7.11 | SEC | 31/0/0 (15-16) SG | Jr | 4% |
| 77 | Mamadi Diakite #25 | Virginia | 7.06 | ACC | 30/0/0 (23-7) PF | Sr | 39% |
| 78 | Joel Ayayi #11 | Gonzaga | 7.06 | WCC | 23/10/0 (31-2) SF | So | 34% |
| 79 | Grayson Murphy #2 | Belmont | 7.04 | OVC | 32/0/1 (26-7) PG | So | 4% |
| 80 | Kristian Doolittle #21 | Oklahoma | 6.98 | B12 | 29/0/2 (19-12) PF | Sr | 29% |
| 81 | Samir Doughty #10 | Auburn | 6.93 | SEC | 31/0/0 (25-6) SG | Sr | 34% |
| 82 | Oscar da Silva #13 | Stanford | 6.92 | P12 | 31/0/1 (20-12) C | Jr | 24% |
| 83 | Tavin Lovan #3 | UAB | 6.92 | CUSA | 30/0/2 (19-13) SF | So | 4% |
| 84 | Kira Lewis #2 | Alabama | 6.91 | SEC | 31/0/0 (16-15) PG | So | 38% |
| 85 | Collin Gillespie #2 | Villanova | 6.90 | BE | 31/0/0 (24-7) PG | Jr | 4% |
| 86 | CJ Elleby #2 | Washington St. | 6.88 | P12 | 32/0/0 (16-16) PF | So | 68% |
| 87 | Kamar Baldwin #3 | Butler | 6.80 | BE | 30/1/0 (22-9) PG | Sr | 34% |
| 88 | Remy Martin #1 | Arizona St. | 6.79 | P12 | 31/0/0 (20-11) PG | Jr | 31% |
| 89 | Cameron Krutwig #25 | Loyola Chicago | 6.75 | MVC | 31/0/1 (21-11) C | Jr | 4% |
| 90 | Tyrese Haliburton #22 | Iowa St. | 6.74 | B12 | 22/0/10 (12-20) PG | So | 89% |
| 91 | Jhivvan Jackson #2 | UTSA | 6.72 | CUSA | 28/1/3 (13-19) SG | Jr | 4% |
| 92 | Michael Devoe #0 | Georgia Tech | 6.67 | ACC | 28/0/3 (17-14) SG | So | 35% |
| 93 | David Duke #3 | Providence | 6.67 | BE | 31/0/0 (19-12) SG | So | 38% |
| 94 | John Mooney #33 | Notre Dame | 6.66 | ACC | 31/0/1 (20-12) C | Sr | 4% |
| 95 | Corey Kispert #24 | Gonzaga | 6.65 | WCC | 33/0/0 (31-2) SF | Jr | 38% |
| 96 | Jermaine Samuels #23 | Villanova | 6.63 | BE | 30/0/1 (24-7) SF | Jr | 4% |
| 97 | McKinley Wright #25 | Colorado | 6.60 | P12 | 32/0/0 (21-11) PG | Jr | 31% |
| 98 | Ron Harper #24 | Rutgers | 6.59 | B10 | 30/0/1 (20-11) PF | So | 4% |
| 99 | Olivier Sarr #30 | Wake Forest | 6.59 | ACC | 15/15/1 (13-18) C | Jr | 4% |
| 100 | Garrison Brooks #15 | North Carolina | 6.59 | ACC | 31/1/1 (14-19) PF | Jr | 35% |
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