Louisville’s Terry Rozier, Eastern Kentucky’s Corey Walden, and three Kentucky Wildcats give the Commonwealth of Kentucky the majority of the top nine players in the country in the new ratings released by www.valueaddbasketball.com.
The one surprise will be the drop of Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, considered by many a strong candidate for Player of the Year. He has slipped a couple of points due to 19 turnovers in a five-game stretch and then only playing 28 minutes and not grabbing any defensive rebounds in a poor defensive performance against a weak Florida State team (73-70 win for Duke).
The hottest player in the country is Northern Iowa’s Seth Tuttle, who has risen from 183rd to 17th over the course of several weeks, and would actually rank as a Breitbart Sports 1st Team All-American as the top small forward in the country.
The following are the Top 50 players, which will factor into a composite ranking of human and computer ratings in a separate post.
| Rnk | Player | Team | Off | Def | Pos | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wright, Delon 55 | Utah | 6.94 | -3.93 | PG+0.93 | 11.80 |
| 2 | Cauley-Stein, Willie 15 | Kentucky | 4.08 | -7.16 | C-0.30 | 10.94 |
| 3 | Towns, Karl-Anthony 12 | Kentucky | 4.36 | -5.42 | PF-0.07 | 9.71 |
| 4 | Payton, Gary 1 | Oregon St. | 2.40 | -6.84 | SG+.47 | 9.71 |
| 5 | Kaminsky, Frank 44 | Wisconsin | 7.40 | -2.61 | C-0.30 | 9.71 |
| 6 | Russell, D’Angelo 0 | Ohio St. | 6.42 | -2.68 | SG+.47 | 9.57 |
| 7 | Harrison, Aaron 2 | Kentucky | 4.50 | -4.30 | SG+.47 | 9.27 |
| 8 | Walden, Corey 2 | Eastern Kentucky | 5.74 | -2.60 | PG+0.93 | 9.27 |
| 9 | Rozier, Terry 0 | Louisville | 4.53 | -3.66 | SG+.47 | 8.66 |
| 10 | Pangos, Kevin 4 | Gonzaga | 6.55 | -1.13 | PG+0.93 | 8.61 |
| 11 | Grant, Jerian 22 | Notre Dame | 6.87 | -0.81 | PG+0.93 | 8.61 |
| 12 | Caffey, Michael 5 | Long Beach St. | 4.64 | -2.79 | PG+0.93 | 8.36 |
| 13 | VanVleet, Fred 23 | Wichita St. | 5.12 | -2.23 | PG+0.93 | 8.28 |
| 14 | White, Aaron 30 | Iowa | 5.78 | -2.56 | PF-0.07 | 8.27 |
| 15 | Hewitt, Jelani 5 | Georgia Southern | 3.99 | -3.28 | PG+0.93 | 8.20 |
| 16 | Forte, Phil 13 | Oklahoma St. | 5.43 | -2.25 | SG+.47 | 8.15 |
| 17 | Tuttle, Seth 10 | Northern Iowa | 5.20 | -2.75 | SF+0.17 | 8.12 |
| 18 | Hield, Buddy 24 | Oklahoma | 4.43 | -3.17 | SG+.47 | 8.08 |
| 19 | Pointer, Sir’Dominic 15 | St. John’s | 3.42 | -4.72 | PF-0.07 | 8.07 |
| 20 | Lee, Damion 14 | Drexel | 6.03 | -1.83 | SF+0.17 | 8.03 |
| 21 | Tarpey, Terry 25 | William & Mary | 3.94 | -3.14 | PG+0.93 | 8.01 |
| 22 | Anderson, Justin 1 | Virginia | 5.82 | -1.94 | SF+0.17 | 7.94 |
| 23 | Smith-Rivera, D’Vauntes 4 | Georgetown | 5.15 | -1.85 | PG+0.93 | 7.93 |
| 24 | Hawkins, Corey 3 | UC Davis | 5.94 | -1.46 | SG+.47 | 7.86 |
| 25 | Randolph, Levi 20 | Alabama | 5.38 | -2.31 | SF+0.17 | 7.86 |
| 26 | Okafor, Jahlil 15 | Duke | 5.78 | -2.13 | PF-0.07 | 7.84 |
| 27 | Booker, Devin 1 | Kentucky | 5.70 | -1.65 | SG+.47 | 7.82 |
| 28 | Christmas, Rakeem 25 | Syracuse | 4.76 | -3.06 | PF-0.07 | 7.75 |
| 29 | Wiltjer, Kyle 33 | Gonzaga | 6.31 | -1.41 | PF-0.07 | 7.65 |
| 30 | Jones, Tyus 5 | Duke | 5.69 | -1.03 | PG+0.93 | 7.65 |
| 31 | Boatright, Ryan 11 | Connecticut | 4.72 | -1.98 | PG+0.93 | 7.63 |
| 32 | Marks, Derrick 2 | Boise St. | 5.15 | -1.53 | PG+0.93 | 7.61 |
| 33 | Baker, Ron 31 | Wichita St. | 5.44 | -1.68 | SG+.47 | 7.59 |
| 34 | Spangler, Ryan 0 | Oklahoma | 4.33 | -3.53 | C-0.30 | 7.56 |
| 35 | Frazier, J.J. 30 | Georgia | 4.94 | -1.57 | PG+0.93 | 7.44 |
| 36 | Dee, Johnny 1 | San Diego | 5.08 | -1.89 | SG+.47 | 7.43 |
| 37 | Portis, Bobby 10 | Arkansas | 5.24 | -2.48 | C-0.30 | 7.41 |
| 38 | Payne, Cameron 1 | Murray St. | 5.19 | -1.29 | PG+0.93 | 7.41 |
| 39 | Gathers, Rico 2 | Baylor | 3.93 | -3.76 | C-0.30 | 7.39 |
| 40 | Taylor, Brandon 11 | Utah | 4.93 | -1.93 | SG+.47 | 7.33 |
| 41 | Gibbs, Sterling 4 | Seton Hall | 6.02 | -0.79 | SG+.47 | 7.28 |
| 42 | McKinney, Mikh 10 | Sacramento St. | 4.96 | -1.32 | PG+0.93 | 7.21 |
| 43 | Dunn, Kris 3 | Providence | 2.72 | -3.55 | PG+0.93 | 7.21 |
| 44 | Mason, Frank 0 | Kansas | 4.43 | -1.81 | PG+0.93 | 7.18 |
| 45 | Weber, Briante 2 | VCU | 1.56 | -4.67 | PG+0.93 | 7.16 |
| 46 | Brogdon, Malcolm 15 | Virginia | 4.93 | -1.30 | PG+0.93 | 7.16 |
| 47 | Ulis, Tyler 3 | Kentucky | 3.77 | -2.46 | PG+0.93 | 7.16 |
| 48 | Gill, Anthony 13 | Virginia | 5.04 | -2.18 | PF-0.07 | 7.15 |
| 49 | Harrell, Montrezl 24 | Louisville | 4.18 | -3.00 | PF-0.07 | 7.12 |
| 50 | McConnell, T.J. 4 | Arizona | 3.42 | -2.77 | PG+0.93 | 7.12 |
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