6’11” Australian Passes Oklahoma Star for Player of the Year
Time for me to eat crow for saying the Player of the Year race was over and not seeing a 6-foot-11 Australian sneaking into taking the title.
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West Coast: After Footballl, BYU Will Challenge Basketball-only St. Mary’s & Gonzaga
Brigham Young withstood bids from power conferences to maintain an independent football program. Value Add projects the BYU basketball team to be better than their football squad this season. TJ Haws (worth 6.00 extra points per game) gives the team a chance in West Coast play to catch national runner-up Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s and National Player of the Year candidate Jock Landale (worth 10.38 extra points per game).
Breitbart Sports 1st to Announce All-American Team for 4th Straight Season
The Breitbart Sports All-American 2013, 2014 and 2015 teams proved prophetic in March Madness brackets, and the 2016 edition announced below starts with the heated debate over whether Buddy Hield or Denzel Valentine rates as the National Player of the Year.
The College Basketball Establishment Fights Back: Three Stars Ruining Year of Parity
College basketball mirrored the presidential campaign most of this season, with established big money programs being shocked repeatedly in a year of parity.
Freshman = Terrible; See the Proof
Freshman are terrible basketball players. They commit stupid turnovers, take dumb shots, and fail to rotate on defense.
USC’s Jordan McLaughlin Tops 1st Value Add Rankings
The top-ranked Value Add player in the country signed with USC six months after USA Today splashed a picture of USC Song Girls welcoming coach Andy Enfield as their new head basketball coach accompanied by these words: “Andy Enfield’s model wife, Amanda Marcum was there. As were the USC Song Girls. If ever there was a single image that could help USC recruit star high school basketball players, this is it.”
Sweet 16 Preview: Cat’s 1st Game Since ‘What the F— Is Wrong with Barack Obama?’
In his first game since yelling, “What the F… is wrong with Barack Obama?” NC State’s Anthony “Cat” Barber will go up against one of only two teams that feature two Breitbart Sports All-Americans.
College Basketball’s Top 100 Players
Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State) of the Missouri Valley moved into the top 10 at www.valueaddbasketball.com, while D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown) moved within 0.01 of giving the tough Big East a top-10 player.
Best Offensive Player Edges Best Defensive Player in Rankings
The best offensive player on the best offensive team (Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin) scored 23 points against Indiana Tuesday (9-12 from floor, 5-7 from line, 3 assists) to pass the best defensive player on the best defensive team (Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky) as the top center in basketball.
