For Immediate Release
John Pudner, 404.606.3163, johnp@takebackaction.org
Sun Belt Conference Top 15 Men’s Basketball Players To Date
“Value Add Basketball is happy to provide the early list of the conferences top 15 men’s basketball players based on proven analytics used by NBA teams for draft prep,as well as writers at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Fox Sports,” said John Pudner, the inventor of the system.”
“Georgia State seems poised to spend a 6th straight year at or near the top of the Sun Belt, with two of the top five players so far this season in Nelson Phillips and Kane Williams. However, so far two seniors from other teams have a bit of a lead for Player of the Year consideration. Coastal Carolina’s Rudi Williams is by far the top player in the league and in the top 2% of all players in the nation, while his closest competition is South Alabama’s Javon Franklin.”
“Franklin had double-doubles against both Wichita State (18, 12) and in the near upset at Alabama (11, 11), and the Auburn transfer is listed in the top 1% in field goal shooting (67% of all field goals made). He is also in the national leaders in blocked shots, steals, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds, and in combo with LSU transfer Charles Manning (23 points in near upset of Alabama), this USA team will not be scared to go up against big teams.”
In addition the to top 15 players, we list five other outstanding defenders in the conference.
You can click on this google doc with information on all 4,000+ players prior to it being posted on www.valueaddbasketball.com. You can also click here for the top 100 players in the country.
Information includes each player’s chance of making the NBA, his Value Add Rating for how many points he impacts a typical game (roughly 10 points is All-American level). The key to the table is: Rank = the player's conference ranking, Value Add = how many points he improves his team over a replacement player, Class = if he is in his 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th and final year of eligibility, Ht = his height, AdjD = how many points he takes away from opponents, and NBA = his percent chance of making the NBA.
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| Rank | SB | Team | Value Add | Class | Ht | AdjD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudi Williams | Coastal Carolina | 6.71 | Sr | 6'2" | -0.15 |
| 2 | Javon Franklin | South Alabama | 5.59 | Sr | 6'7" | -1.81 |
| 3 | Nelson Phillips | Georgia St. | 4.94 | Jr | 6'4" | -1.25 |
| 4 | Adrian Delph | Appalachian St. | 4.87 | Sr | 6'3" | -1.03 |
| 5 | Kane Williams | Georgia St. | 4.76 | Sr | 6'4" | -1.8 |
| 6 | Norchad Omier | Arkansas St. | 4.24 | Fr | 6'7" | -3.28 |
| 7 | Kamari Brown | Georgia Southern | 4.21 | Sr | 6'3" | -1.12 |
| 8 | Kentrell Garnett | Louisiana | 4.18 | Fr | 6'1" | 0.37 |
| 9 | Donovan Gregory | Appalachian St. | 3.93 | Jr | 6'5" | -1.35 |
| 10 | Essam Mostafa | Coastal Carolina | 3.87 | So | 6'9" | -1.54 |
| 11 | Charles Manning | South Alabama | 3.55 | Sr | 6'4" | -0.64 |
| 12 | Caleb Asberry | Texas St. | 3.48 | Sr | 6'3" | -1.13 |
| 13 | Thomas Howell | Louisiana Monroe | 3.33 | Fr | 6'8" | 0.07 |
| 14 | Marko Lukic | Little Rock | 3.3 | Jr | 6'7" | 0.1 |
| 15 | Jordan Brown | Louisiana | 3.09 | So | 6'11" | -2.31 |
| Def | Jalen Thomas | Georgia St. | 1.4 | Jr | 6'10" | -2.28 |
| Def | Isiah Small | Texas St. | 2.47 | Sr | 6'8" | -1.93 |
| Def | Theo Akwuba | Louisiana | 2.15 | Jr | 6'11" | -1.9 |
| Def | Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu | UT Arlington | 2.86 | So | 6'9" | -1.83 |
| Def | Garrick Green | Coastal Carolina | 1.49 | Sr | 6'6" | -1.71 |
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