Top 2% of College Basketball Players This Season

The following are the best of the best college basketball players this year - those who rank in the top 2% of all players in the updated www.valueaddbasketball.com rankings. Please check on this CBS/247 Sports site for a story on the top trio and top duo in these rankings both making the NCAA Final 4. Player ratings are final, except we will update stats for these 14 games. 

Date	Games to be added to Value Add ratings	Tournament
26-Mar	Villanova 50, Houston 44	NCAA
26-Mar	Duke 78, Arkansas 69	NCAA
26-Mar	Southern Utah 77, Portland 66	Basketball Classic
27-Mar	Miami FL vs. Kansas	NCAA
27-Mar	Saint Peter's vs. North Carolina	NCAA
28-Mar	Coastal Carolina at South Alabama	Basketball Classic
28-Mar	Southern Utah at Fresno St.	Basketball Classic
29-Mar	Washington St. vs. Texas A&M	NIT
29-Mar	St. Bonaventure vs. Xavier	NIT
31-Mar	Washington St. or Tex A&M vs. Xavier or St. Bonaventure	NIT
31-Mar	Coastal Car. or S. Alabama vs. Southern Utah or Fresno St.	Basketball Classic
2-Apr	Duke vs. UNC or Saint Peter's	NCAA
2-Apr	Villanova vs. Kansas or Miami	NCAA
4-Apr	Duke, UNC or Saint Peter's vs. Villanova, Kansas or Miami	NCAA

The 17 players bolded below are in the top 2% and can still move up or down based on the results of the games above. The breakdown by conference of these elite players in the top 2% are:

12 - Big Ten and SEC

9 - ACC

7 - Big East

6 - Mountain West, Pac-12, West Coast Conference

5 - Big 12 and American

4 - Missouri Valley

3 - A10

2 - CUSA, Ohio Valley, Sun Belt

1 - AE, SC, Summit, WAC

 

Rnk	Player	Team	Value	Conf	Ht	NBA%
1	Keegan Murray #15	Iowa	12.31	B10	6'8"	90
2	Oscar Tshiebwe #34	Kentucky	12.13	SEC	6'9"	80
3	Collin Gillespie #2	Villanova	10.35	BE	6'3"	31
4	Terrell Brown #23	Washington	10.29	P12	6'3"
5	Malachi Smith #13	Chattanooga	9.93	SC	6'4"
6	EJ Liddell #32	Ohio St.	9.77	B10	6'7"	77
7	Tari Eason #13	LSU	9.52	SEC	6'8"	79
8	Armando Bacot #5	North Carolina	9.48	ACC	6'10"	59
9	Santiago Vescovi #25	Tennessee	9.36	SEC	6'3"
10	Nijel Pack #24	Kansas St.	9.31	B12	6'0
11	Matt Bradley #3	San Diego St.	9.25	MWC	6'4"	28
12	Trayce Jackson-Davis #23	Indiana	9.23	B10	6'9"	78
13	Jamaree Bouyea #1	San Francisco	9.21	WCC	6'2"	80
14	Kendric Davis #3	SMU	9.20	Amer	6'0	27
15	Chet Holmgren #34	Gonzaga	9.06	WCC	7'0	97
16	David Roddy #21	Colorado St.	8.98	MWC	6'6"
17	Hunter Dickinson #1	Michigan	8.88	B10	7'1"	36
18	Justin Bean #34	Utah St.	8.87	MWC	6'7"	28
19	Ochai Agbaji #30	Kansas	8.82	B12	6'5"	90
20	Wendell Moore #0	Duke	8.76	ACC	6'5"	86
21	Hunter Maldonado #24	Wyoming	8.62	MWC	6'7"
22	Baylor Scheierman #3	South Dakota St.	8.59	Sum	6'6"
23	Walker Kessler #13	Auburn	8.53	SEC	7'1"	87
24	Izaiah Brockington #1	Iowa St.	8.44	B12	6'4"	75
26	Scotty Pippen #2	Vanderbilt	8.42	SEC	6'3"	41
25	Tylor Perry #5	North Texas	8.42	CUSA	5'11"
27	Keon Ellis #14	Alabama	8.39	SEC	6'6"	73
28	Bennedict Mathurin #0	Arizona	8.37	P12	6'6"	94
29	Alex Barcello #13	BYU	8.33	WCC	6'2"	49
30	Jabari Smith #10	Auburn	8.32	SEC	6'10"	99
31	Posh Alexander #0	St. John's	8.31	BE	6'0	37
32	Johnny Davis #1	Wisconsin	8.24	B10	6'5"	93
33	Ryan Kalkbrenner #11	Creighton	8.19	BE	7'1"
34	Garrett Sturtz #3	Drake	8.18	MVC	6'3"
35	Payton Willis #0	Minnesota	8.14	B10	6'4"
36	Vince Williams #10	VCU	8.12	A10	6'6"
37	Jacob Gilyard #0	Richmond	8.00	A10	5'9"	25
38	Iverson Molinar #1	Mississippi St.	7.98	SEC	6'3"	79
39	Tevin Brown #10	Murray St.	7.93	OVC	6'5"
40	Kennedy Chandler #1	Tennessee	7.92	SEC	6'0	82
41	Kameron McGusty #23	Miami FL	7.92	ACC	6'5"	43
43	Mark Williams #15	Duke	7.85	ACC	7'0	82
42	Norchad Omier #15	Arkansas St.	7.85	SB	6'7"
44	Kyler Edwards #11	Houston	7.81	Amer	6'4"	26
45	Jalen Williams #24	Santa Clara	7.80	WCC	6'6"	63
46	Justin Moore #5	Villanova	7.79	BE	6'4"	63
47	RJ Cole #2	Connecticut	7.78	BE	6'1"
49	Jaden Ivey #23	Purdue	7.67	B10	6'4"	98
48	Lucas Williamson #1	Loyola Chicago	7.67	MVC	6'4"
50	Teddy Allen #0	New Mexico St.	7.63	WAC	6'6"
51	Isiaih Mosley #1	Missouri St.	7.62	MVC	6'5"
52	Andrew Nembhard #3	Gonzaga	7.62	WCC	6'5"	45
53	Christian Braun #2	Kansas	7.60	B12	6'6"	65
54	Alondes Williams #31	Wake Forest	7.59	ACC	6'5"	72
55	Michael Flowers #12	Washington St.	7.58	P12	6'1"
56	Kofi Cockburn #21	Illinois	7.55	B10	7'0	60
57	KJ Williams #0	Murray St.	7.54	OVC	6'10"
58	Keve Aluma #22	Virginia Tech	7.52	ACC	6'9"	55
59	Brad Davison #34	Wisconsin	7.50	B10	6'4"
60	Orlando Robinson #10	Fresno St.	7.48	MWC	7'0	86
61	Souley Boum #0	UTEP	7.36	CUSA	6'3"
62	Paolo Banchero #5	Duke	7.34	ACC	6'10"	95
63	Jamal Shead #1	Houston	7.33	Amer	6'1"
64	Jaime Jaquez #24	UCLA	7.27	P12	6'7"	62
65	Abu Kigab #24	Boise St.	7.26	MWC	6'7"
66	Fabian White #35	Houston	7.25	Amer	6'8"
67	Zach Edey #15	Purdue	7.21	B10	7'4"	45
68	Drew Timme #2	Gonzaga	7.19	WCC	6'10"	60
69	Christian Koloko #35	Arizona	7.18	P12	7'1"	63
70	Jack Nunge #24	Xavier	7.16	BE	7'0
71	JD Notae #1	Arkansas	7.15	SEC	6'2"	77
73	Jules Bernard #1	UCLA	7.14	P12	6'7"	33
72	Trent Frazier #1	Illinois	7.14	B10	6'2"
74	Foster Loyer #0	Davidson	7.14	A10	6'0
75	Ben Shungu #24	Vermont	7.13	AE	6'2"
76	Reece Beekman #2	Virginia	7.12	ACC	6'3"
77	Javon Franklin #13	South Alabama	7.12	SB	6'7"
78	Javon Freeman-Liberty #4	DePaul	7.11	BE	6'4"
79	Tristen Newton #2	East Carolina	7.10	Amer	6'5"
80	Mark Smith #13	Kansas St.	7.06	B12	6'4"
82	Jake LaRavia #0	Wake Forest	7.04	ACC	6'8"
81	Tyrece Radford #23	Texas A&M	7.04	SEC	6'2"
83	Marcus Domask #1	Southern Illinois	7.03	MVC	6'6"
84	Darius Days #4	LSU	7.01	SEC	6'7"	49
85	Eli Brooks #55	Michigan	6.97	B10	6'1"

Is My School in March Madness? Alphabetical Answer

It was great to see Shaka Smart at the helm of Marquette in the Big East Tournament, but as my CBS 247 story notes, the end result was Marquette's Madison Square Garden "House of Horrors" Extends to 4th Year.

However, for casual fans who might ask, "Is my school in the tournament?" the following provides a cheat sheet. For example, if you go to Marquette below in the alphabetical list you will see the following:

8.1

Marquette

Big East

37

19-11

Lock

The first number (8.1) indicates the average seed Marquette should receive is an 8-seed in the tournament, based on more than 100 experts' brackets selections. If your team averages a 10 or better they are pretty sure to make the tournament. Since I have Auburn fans who read this blog, the 1.3 means most have Auburn as a 1-seed, but some do have them as a 2-seed. The worst number is a 21.0 since we give a 21-seed for anyone who leaves the team off their bracket, so a 21.0 means none of the experts believe they will make the tournament (typically a weaker team whose tournament is still going on so mathematically they could win their tournament to automatically get a bid.

The number after the team (37) is the official NCAA Basketball Net rating. In general, the 1 to 47 net ratings would go to the tournament with the 48 and worse teams eliminated by automatic qualifiers who have worse net rankings but won their conference tournament.

After the team's record, I categorize the team as one of the following:

Champ - means they already won their conference tournament so are in the NCAA tournament.

Lock - means the team is definitely in the tournament whether or not they win their conference tournament.

Probably - means they should be picked for the tournament, and it would be a surprise if not.

Uphill - means the could be picked, but probably note.

Must Win - is teams that are only on the list because they are still alive in their tournament, and we list the day and time of their conferences championship game.

 

Ave. Seed	Team	Conference	Net	Record	Status
21.0	Abilene Christian	WAC	129	17-9	must win 10 p.m. March 12
21.0	Akron	MAC	146	19-9	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
5.9	Alabama	SEC	27	19-12	Lock
21.0	Alabama A&M	SWAC	320	11 & 17	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
18.0	Alcorn St.	SWAC	336	10 & 22	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
1.0	Arizona	Pacific-12	2	28-3	Lock
4.2	Arkansas	SEC	20	24-7	Lock
1.3	Auburn	SEC	10	27-4	Lock
1.0	Baylor	Big 12	3	26-5	Lock
7.9	Boise St.	Mountain West	148	13-19	Probably
15.9	Bryant	Northeast	202	21-9	CHAMP
20.0	BYU	West Coast	54	20-10	Lock
20.8	Cal St. Fullerton	Big West	169	16-10	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
12.9	Chattanooga	Southern	63	25-7	CHAMP
14.6	Colgate	Patriot	127	22-11	CHAMP
21.0	Colorado	Pacific-12	74	20-10	must win 9 p.m. March 12 on FOX
6.7	Colorado St.	Mountain West	28	23-4	Lock
5.0	Connecticut	Big East	18	22-8	Lock
21.0	Coppin St.	Mid-Eastern	303	8 & 22	must win 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	Cornell	Ivy	199	13 & 10	must win 4 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
10.5	Creighton	Big East	66	20-10	Probably
10.7	Davidson	Atlantic 10	45	24-5	Uphill, unless win 1 p.m. March 13
20.2	Dayton	Atlantic 10	52	22-9	Lock
14.8	Delaware	Colonial	136	21-12	CHAMP
2.3	Duke	ACC	9	26-5	Lock
21.0	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	280	6 & 24	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	221	16-14	must win March 12 on ESPNU
20.5	Florida	SEC	55	19-12	Uphill
21.0	Florida A&M	SWAC	310	11 & 16	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
21.0	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	123	16 & 13	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
21.0	Fordham	Atlantic 10	180	15-15	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	George Mason	Atlantic 10	110	14-15	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	George Washington	Atlantic 10	223	12 & 17	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
15.3	Georgia St.	Sun Belt	158	15-10	CHAMP
1.0	Gonzaga	West Coast	1	26-3	CHAMP
21.0	Grambling St.	SWAC	311	9 & 19	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
20.9	Grand Canyon	WAC	88	20-7	must win 10 p.m. March 12
21.0	Hawaii	Big West	164	14-10	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
5.0	Houston	American	5	26-5	Lock
3.9	Illinois	Big Ten	14	22-8	Lock
19.0	Indiana	Big Ten	43	18-12	Uphill
6.2	Iowa	Big Ten	15	22-9	Lock
8.2	Iowa St.	Big 12	39	20-11	Lock
15.2	Jacksonville St.	Atlantic Sun	140	19-10	CHAMP
1.7	Kansas	Big 12	7	25-6	Lock
21.0	Kansas St.	Big 12	77	14-17	must win 6 p.m. March 12
21.0	Kent St.	MAC	130	19-11	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
1.9	Kentucky	SEC	4	25-6	Lock
21.0	La Salle	Atlantic 10	222	11 & 18	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
16.2	Long Beach St.	Big West	154	16-11	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
14.5	Longwood	Big South	125	22-6	CHAMP
21.0	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	103	19-9	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
10.4	Loyola-Chicago	Missouri Valley	24	24-7	CHAMP
5.9	LSU	SEC	17	21-10	Lock
8.1	Marquette	Big East	37	19-11	Lock
21.0	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	185	14-16	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	McNeese St.	Southland	313	7 & 13	must win 9:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	MD Eastern Shore	Mid-Eastern	300	8 & 14	must win 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
10.1	Memphis	American	35	19-9	Probably
10.8	Miami (FLA.)	ACC	61	22-9	Probably
10.3	Michigan	Big Ten	31	17-13	Probably
8.0	Michigan St.	Big Ten	38	20-11	Lock
21.0	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	104	20-9	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
21.0	Mississippi St.	SEC	55	19-12	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on ESPN
20.8	Monmouth	Metro Atlantic	142	19-12	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
14.5	Montana St.	Big Sky	132	22-7	must win March 12 on ESPNU
21.0	Morgan St.	Mid-Eastern	301	8 & 13	must win 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
7.5	Murray St.	Ohio Valley	23	27-2	CHAMP
14.1	New Mexico St.	WAC	87	21-6	must win 10 p.m. March 12
20.6	New Orleans	Southland	254	14-12	must win 9:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	Niagra	Metro Atlantic	201	13-15	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
16.3	Nicholls St.	Southland	188	17-10	must win 9:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
15.9	Norfolk St.	Mid-Eastern	162	19-6	must win 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
8.7	North Carolina	ACC	32	23-8	Lock
21.0	North Carolina Central	Mid-Eastern	290	11-14	must win 1 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
12.5	North Texas	CUSA	41	21-5	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
21.0	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	198	16-13	must win March 12 on ESPNU
11.2	Notre Dame	ACC	50	21-9	Probably
20.9	Ohio	MAC	111	22-8	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
6.4	Ohio St.	Big Ten	22	19-10	Lock
20.3	Oklahoma	Big 12	42	17-14	Probably
21.0	Penn	Ivy	208	12- 15	must win 4 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
21.0	Penn St.	Big Ten	93	13-16	must win 3:30 p.m. March 13 on CBS
21.0	Portland St.	Big Sky	276	11-16	must win March 12 on ESPNU
13.9	Princeton	Ivy	101	20-5	must win 4 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
4.0	Providence	Big East	26	24-4	Lock
2.8	Purdue	Big Ten	13	25-6	Lock
21.0	Quinnipiac	Metro Atlantic	239	12-16	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	138	14-15	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	Richmond	Atlantic 10	92	19-12	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	Rider	Metro Atlantic	242	13-18	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
13.6	Rutgers	Big Ten	78	18-12	Uphill
21.0	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	181	11-19	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	62	20-10	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
21.0	Sam Houston	WAC	149	16-13	must win 10 p.m. March 12
8.6	San Diego St.	Mountain West	29	21-7	Lock
9.6	San Francisco	West Coast	25	23-9	Probably
20.4	Seattle	WAC	124	21-8	must win 10 p.m. March 12
7.4	Seton Hall	Big East	34	20-9	Lock
13.8	SMU	American	49	22-7	Uphill
12.1	South Dakota St.	Summit	64	28-4	CHAMP
21.0	South Florida	American	244	8-22	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
21.0	Southeastern LA	Southland	262	14-13	must win 9:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	Southern Utah	Big Sky	166	18-10	must win March 12 on ESPNU
20.9	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	85	20-8	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on CBS Sports
5.4	St. Mary's (CA)	West Coast	19	24-7	Lock
17.2	St. Peter's	Metro Atlantic	131	16-11	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
20.9	Stephen F. Austin	WAC	109	18-8	must win 10 p.m. March 12
8.9	TCU	Big 12	46	19-11	Probably
21.0	Temple	American	107	17-11	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
2.8	Tennessee	SEC	8	23-7	Lock
5.1	Texas	Big 12	16	21-10	Lock
21.0	Texas A&M	SEC	55	19-12	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on ESPN
21.0	Texas A&M CC	Southland	252	16-11	must win 9:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
19.5	Texas Southern	SWAC	212	16-12	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU
3.0	Texas Tech	Big 12	12	23-8	must win 6 p.m. March 12
13.1	Toledo	MAC	65	24-6	must win 7:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	Tulane	American	97	13-14	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
21.0	Tulsa	American	182	10 & 19	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
20.4	UAB	CUSA	53	22-7	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
21.0	UC Davis	Big West	210	12 & 9	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	UC Riverside	Big West	156	14-11	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	141	14-10	must win 11:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN2
21.0	UCF	American	95	17-11	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
3.9	UCLA	Pacific-12	11	23-6	Lock
6.8	USC	Pacific-12	33	25-6	Lock
20.9	Utah St.	Mountain West	60	17-14	must win 6 p.m. March 12 on CBS
21.0	Utah Valley	WAC	116	18-12	must win 10 p.m. March 12
21.0	UTEP	CUSA	161	17-12	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on CBSSN
21.0	Vanderbilt	SEC	55	19-12	must win 1 p.m. March 13 on ESPN
17.1	VCU	Atlantic 10	51	21-8	Uphill, unless win 1 p.m. March 13
13.0	Vermont	America East	56	26-5	Uphill, unless win 11 am March 12
2.4	Villanova	Big East	6	23-7	Lock
20.9	Virginia	ACC	79	19-12	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN
20.4	Virginia Tech	ACC	36	20-12	must win 8:30 p.m. March 12 on ESPN
14.2	Wake Forest	ACC	44	23-9	Uphill
21.0	Washington	Pacific-12	114	17-14	must win 9 p.m. March 12 on FOX
20.8	Washington St.	Pacific-12	59	19-13	must win 9 p.m. March 12 on FOX
20.8	Weber St.	Big Sky	175	18-11	must win March 12 on ESPNU
21.0	West Virginia	Big 12	76	16-16	must win 6 p.m. March 12
21.0	Wichita St.	American	81	15-12	must win 3:15 p.m. ET March 13 on ESPN
3.0	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21	24-6	Lock
15.9	Wright St.	Horizon	192	20-13	CHAMP
11.6	Wyoming	Mountain West	47	23-7	Probably
13.1	Xavier	Big East	40	18-13	Uphill
21.0	Yale	Ivy	152	16-11	must win 4 p.m. March 12 on ESPNU