Andy Katz put together a list of who he thinks are the top 20 ballers in the B1G in 2021.
Here's the list:
1. Kofi Cockburn ILL
2. Trayce Jackson Davis IND
3. EJ Liddell OSU
4. Hunter Dickinson MICH
5. Jaden Ivey PUR
6. Trevion Williams PUR
7. Ron Harper Jr. RUT
8. Andre Curbelo ILL
9. Geo Baker RUT
10. Zach Edey PUR
11. Brad Davidson WISC
12. Eric Ayala MARY
13. Trey McGowens NEB
14. Eli Brooks MICH
15. Qudus Wahab MARY
16. Jordan Bohannon IOWA
17. Trent Frazier ILL
18. Chase Audige NU
19. Fatts Russell MARY
20. Gabe Brown MSU
Seems to be primarily based on stat production - how many mpg, ppg, RPG, APG, eFG%, 3PT%, etc. Hard to argue, but the list seems to be leaving out a few big names, and I think it's because they haven't had the primary scoring options. There are other reason's too, but I thought I'd post this to get a good discussion going and it'd be fun with Bball tipping off officially tomorrow!
*Also I do think it's important I state this is simply a list put together by an analyst that his opinions hold no real bearing on who the top players in the B1G are... but it's fun to use it to discuss!
I'll start off with some things I feel are worth noting or discussing:
- Top 4 players are all bigs - we are definitely lacking in that department.
- Ron Harper was pretty poor for 75% of the season. had a few games later on he did pretty well, but started off extremely hot then dropped off big. his 3pt % was down and the rest of his stats were almost identical to the year before while averaging about 10mpg more. he could be poised for a big year - but thought #7 was high IMO.
- I'd argue Keegan deserves a spot (just as much as Jbo) his stats weren't glamorous enough to include him IMO. He's a potential first-round draft pick next year and just turned 21. he's not peaked yet. He does it all and is the only guy I can remember in the last decade with a first-round draft associated with his name (Wiesy and Garza never surpassed 2nd round potential as great as they are).
- Fatts Russell, Qudus Wahab both were productive in the Atlantic 10 and Big East, I'm curious about how they will translate to the big ten in new systems.
- There's a ton of names that you could argue to add onto this list, but I'm really curious who you guys think should be on who was left out of this list, and who doesn't deserve to be on this list?
- Who do you think is the most under-the-radar player in the B1G this year?
Here's the list:
1. Kofi Cockburn ILL
2. Trayce Jackson Davis IND
3. EJ Liddell OSU
4. Hunter Dickinson MICH
5. Jaden Ivey PUR
6. Trevion Williams PUR
7. Ron Harper Jr. RUT
8. Andre Curbelo ILL
9. Geo Baker RUT
10. Zach Edey PUR
11. Brad Davidson WISC
12. Eric Ayala MARY
13. Trey McGowens NEB
14. Eli Brooks MICH
15. Qudus Wahab MARY
16. Jordan Bohannon IOWA
17. Trent Frazier ILL
18. Chase Audige NU
19. Fatts Russell MARY
20. Gabe Brown MSU
Seems to be primarily based on stat production - how many mpg, ppg, RPG, APG, eFG%, 3PT%, etc. Hard to argue, but the list seems to be leaving out a few big names, and I think it's because they haven't had the primary scoring options. There are other reason's too, but I thought I'd post this to get a good discussion going and it'd be fun with Bball tipping off officially tomorrow!
*Also I do think it's important I state this is simply a list put together by an analyst that his opinions hold no real bearing on who the top players in the B1G are... but it's fun to use it to discuss!
I'll start off with some things I feel are worth noting or discussing:
- Top 4 players are all bigs - we are definitely lacking in that department.
- Ron Harper was pretty poor for 75% of the season. had a few games later on he did pretty well, but started off extremely hot then dropped off big. his 3pt % was down and the rest of his stats were almost identical to the year before while averaging about 10mpg more. he could be poised for a big year - but thought #7 was high IMO.
- I'd argue Keegan deserves a spot (just as much as Jbo) his stats weren't glamorous enough to include him IMO. He's a potential first-round draft pick next year and just turned 21. he's not peaked yet. He does it all and is the only guy I can remember in the last decade with a first-round draft associated with his name (Wiesy and Garza never surpassed 2nd round potential as great as they are).
- Fatts Russell, Qudus Wahab both were productive in the Atlantic 10 and Big East, I'm curious about how they will translate to the big ten in new systems.
- There's a ton of names that you could argue to add onto this list, but I'm really curious who you guys think should be on who was left out of this list, and who doesn't deserve to be on this list?
- Who do you think is the most under-the-radar player in the B1G this year?
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