8th Annual College Basketball Draft

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2,4,6 and 10. I guess I should have drafted Curtis Jones instead of Keshon Gilbert.

 

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Men’s college basketball All-America team: Cooper Flagg, Johni Broome, Kam Jones top midseason list

A Purdue guard filling huge shoes and a star transfer for Memphis are also among those honored on our midseason team.

www.nytimes.com

 

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I love Donovan Dent. I was hoping to draft him in Round 5. Fun player to watch, but unfortunately, you often need to have a combination of really good stats and a really good team if you're not in a P5 conference (I don't agree with that, but that's fairly typical). PJ Haggerty and Ryan Nembhard were the only non-P5 players to make the midseason watch list.

 

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I'll try and get stats posted in 2 weeks. And then You all can have another 2 weeks to deliberate on your final 9 players.

Feel pretty strongly that this will be the 1st Team All-American team:
Braden Smith, Purdue
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Kam Jones, Marquette
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Johni Broome, Auburn

 

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The USBWA released the midseason Oscar Robertson top 50 list.

USBWA unveils 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List

www.sportswriters.net

Below is who has the most players picked:

Boilerzz	6​
@lurkeraspect84	5​
@WeAreDePaul	4​
@FaithPlusOne	4​
@Necessary Roughness	4​
@JimboBBN	3​
@WojoRising	2​
@IUfanBorden	2​
@dukedevilz	2​
@ThePhog08	2​

I think we have a good idea who is not finishing high this year (sorry @WojoRising).




There were 16 players not drafted on the list, including a couple of guys that will end up being All-Americans:

Jaden Akins, Michigan State

Nate Bittle, Oregon

Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland

Ian Jackson, North Carolina

Curtis Jones, Iowa State

RJ Luis, St. John's

Nick Martinelli, Northwestern

Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple

Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona

Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State

Asa Newell, Georgia

Otega Oweh, Kentucky

Zhuric Phelps, Texas A&M

Javon Small, West Virginia

John Tonje, Wisconsin

Danny Wolf, Michigan

 

[dukedevilz]

I know Zeigler was drafted because I was trying to draft him... maybe in round 5.

 

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I know Zeigler was drafted because I was trying to draft him... maybe in round 5.

Corrected. I thought so too. I must've misspelled his name.

 

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Another year where we all failed to pick a guy that has a great shot at 1st team AA.

John Tonje College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

John Tonje - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

 

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I'm sure DukeDevilz probably has the full history but here are the top individual scorers the last 4 years:

1) @GE Nole 2024 - 97.7
2) @dukedevilz 2022 - 91.3
3) @IUfanBorden 2024 - 89.6
4) @dukedevilz 2023 - 84.9
5) @dukedevilz 2024 - 85.5

DD with 3 of the top 5 scores in the last 4 years. Impressive!

 

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I'm sure DukeDevilz probably has the full history but here are the top individual scorers the last 4 years:

1) @GE Nole 2024 - 97.7
2) @dukedevilz 2022 - 91.3
3) @IUfanBorden 2024 - 89.6
4) @dukedevilz 2023 - 84.9
5) @dukedevilz 2024 - 85.5

DD with 3 of the top 5 scores in the last 4 years. Impressive!

Thanks! I've had some solid teams in recent memory. I feel like I've had decent forecasts on most of my selected players. This year, however, I'll probably be middle of the pack. No All-Americans, and I might even struggle to get an HM All-American. That's the beauty of the contest, though. It'd be boring if it were super predictable and formulaic.