Ellenson Breaks Into Top 100 After All 2015-16 Rosters Updated

We had hundreds of updates come in for the Value Add database. Henry Ellenson's projection now makes him the projected 94th best player in the country, and if you want to look at 351 projected 2015-16 rosters you can click on the public google docs here and even put edits in column F. The updated Big East projection is:

Big East Value Add
13, Villanova, 41.61
32, Georgetown, 34.63
42, Xavier, 32.62
51, Seton Hall, 30.38
56, Creighton, 28.36
62, Marquette, 27.28 
81, Butler, 24.94
83, Providence, 24.37
96, St. John's, 22.34
123, DePaul, 17.90

Duane Wilson is now at 189th (top 5% of all players) and if Andrew Rowsey did not have to red shirt he would project as Marquette's third best player. His total does not count toward Marquette's 62nd best rating.  I actually cropped a shot of St. John's roster in the database just because it has been the hardest to keep up with as Chris Mullin is replenishing the roster, so feel free to correct personnel on that or any other roster.

Checking in on the offseason

It's been a while since we podded so we come back to check in on the off season. First we talk about the new commit of 2015 (that we knew of at the time, more on that later), Andrew Rowsey. Next we discuss the status of the Bucks stadium deal, which has a significant impact on Marquette in future seasons. We then transition to some rule discussion, I know, hot stuff. We then talk Marquette and the NBA to close out the pod. I told you the off season. Editors note: This pod was recorded 2 hours before Sam Hauser committed to Marquette. All jokes and references to Marquette getting a commit within 24 hours of the podcast being posted were recorded prior to his commitment.....just thought you should know what geniuses you are dealing with. Download this episode (right click and save)

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Big 12 (Ranked 1)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

The Big 12 was the best conference top to bottom last year due to having no weak teams. With Buddy Hield waiting another year for the NBA, Iowa State continuing to load up on JUCO stars, Shaka Smart in Texas and Kansas and Baylor looking elite - well you get it. Even TCU and Texas Tech are pulling in great talent, leaving K-State in danger of falling to last. Right now eight of 10 teams project to easily make the tournament.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
1	Big 12	B12			31.44
3		Oklahoma	24--11	48.26	38.81
4		Kansas	27--9	47.68	38.50
8		West Virginia	25--10	43.65	35.48
12		Baylor	24--10	38.04	33.50
18		Texas	20--14	37.36	32.54
20		Iowa St.	25--9	35.91	32.41
25		Oklahoma St.	18--14	35.34	30.48
36		Texas Christian	18--15	32.61	28.37
64		Texas Tech	13--19	31.08	23.43
93		Kansas St.	15--17	20.23	20.88
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
2	Morris, Monte 11	Iowa St.	6'2	3 Jr	10.58
9	Mason, Frank 0	Kansas	5'11	3 Jr	9.16
18	Hield, Buddy 24	Oklahoma	6'4	4 Sr	8.52
22	Gathers, Rico 2	Baylor	6'8	4 Sr	8.33
50	Spangler, Ryan 0	Oklahoma	6'8	4 Sr	7.34
53	Prince, Taurean 21	Baylor	6'7	4 Sr	7.25
63	Forte, Phil 13	Oklahoma St.	5'11	4 Sr	6.84
73	Ellis, Perry 34	Kansas	6'8	4 Sr	6.64
79	Hield, Buddy 24	Oklahoma	6'4	4 Sr	6.53
81	Williams, Kenrich 34	Texas Christian	6'7	3 Jr	6.51
95	Carter, Jevon 2	West Virginia	6'2	2 So	6.29
97	Taylor, Isaiah 1	Texas	6'1	3 Jr	6.26
112	Washburn, Chris 33	Texas Christian	6'8	3 Jr	6
133	Woodard, Jordan 10	Oklahoma	6'0	3 Jr	5.79
149	Manyang, Akolda	Oklahoma	7'0	3 Jr	5.7
151	Ridley, Cameron 55	Texas	6'9	4 Sr	5.65
161	Myers, Teyvon	West Virginia	6'2	3 Jr	5.5
174	Bragg, Carlton	Kansas	6'9	1 Fr	5.35
176	Ibaka, Igor	Oklahoma St.	6'9	3 Jr	5.3
179	McKay, Jameel 1	Iowa St.	6'9	4 Sr	5.29
184	Graham, Devonte' 4	Kansas	6'2	2 So	5.24
201	Cousins, Isaiah 11	Oklahoma	6'4	4 Sr	5.11
211	Miles, Daxter 4	West Virginia	6'3	2 So	5.04
223	Lammert, Connor 21	Texas	6'9	4 Sr	5
233	Niang, Georges 31	Iowa St.	6'8	4 Sr	4.92
252	Acuil, Joseph	Baylor	7'0	3 Jr	4.8
279	White, Andrew	Kansas	6'6	3 Jr	4.64
282	Nash, Le'Bryan 2	Oklahoma St.	6'7	4 Sr	4.61
284	Williams, Devin 5	West Virginia	6'9	3 Jr	4.61
294	Long, Naz 15	Iowa St.	6'4	4 Sr	4.51
301	Iwundu, Wesley 25	Kansas St.	6'7	3 Jr	4.48
326	Holton, Jonathan 1	West Virginia	6'7	4 Sr	4.33
358	Boucher, Chris	Texas Tech/maybe	6'10	3 Jr	4.16
364	Medford, Lester 11	Baylor	5'10	4 Sr	4.12
368	Trent, Malique	Texas Christian	6'2	3 Jr	4.1
373	Smith, Zach 11	Texas Tech	6'8	2 So	4.08
452	Evans, Jawun	Oklahoma St.	6'0	1 Fr	3.79
463	Greene, Brannen 14	Kansas	6'7	3 Jr	3.71
466	Burton, Deonte 30	Iowa St.	6'4	3 Jr	3.7
501	Edwards, Justin 14	Kansas St.	6'4	4 Sr	3.54

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Southeastern (Ranked 2)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

I am sure ACC fans will scoff at the SEC edging them out for second, but this conference is unbelievably loaded. Kentucky's rating assumes they get Thon Maker and Jamal Murray, worth 12.42, because if not they drop to fourth in the conference.
LSU has the top recruit in the country, Ben Howland of UCLA Final Four fame is quickly turning around Mississippi State, and if Bruce Pearl land Tyler Harris on a visit this weekend he could already have Auburn in the tournament.

Ironically the season after the SEC finally slipped out of the top football spot, they could be making a run at being the best basketball conference.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
2	Southeastern	SEC			27.60
1		Kentucky	38--1	47.43	39.68
7		Louisiana St.	22--11	47.71	36.75
10		Texas A&M	21--12	43.40	33.89
13		Vanderbilt	21--14	39.90	33.15
34		Florida	16--17	31.95	28.86
38		South Carolina	17--16	32.50	28.13
39		Mississippi	21--13	30.51	27.98
47		Georgia	21--12	26.46	26.36
58		Arkansas	27--9	22.96	24.98
68		Mississippi St.	13--19	31.01	22.97
78		Auburn	15--20	27.03	22.17
87		Tennessee	16--16	21.73	21.56
88		Alabama	19--15	18.23	21.52
112		Missouri	9--23	24.00	18.40
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
8	Ulis, Tyler 3	Kentucky	5'9	2 So	9.17
12	Baldwin, Wade 4	Vanderbilt	6'3	2 So	8.92
19	Simmons, Ben	Louisiana St.	6'9	1 Fr	8.5
26	Newman, Malik	Mississippi St.	6'3	1 Fr	8.1
34	Labissiere, Skal	Kentucky	6'11	1 Fr	7.78
40	LaChance, Riley 13	Vanderbilt	6'2	2 So	7.6
43	Maker, Thon	Kentucky/maybe	7'0	1 Fr	7.52
56	Moody, Stefan 42	Mississippi	5'10	4 Sr	7.22
60	Frazier, J.J. 30	Georgia	5'10	3 Jr	7.01
87	Briscoe, Isaiah	Kentucky	6'3	1 Fr	6.42
98	Taylor, Brandon 11	Texas A&M	5'10	4 Sr	6.256
111	Quarterman, Tim 55	Louisiana St.	6'6	3 Jr	6.01
119	Jones, Damian 30	Vanderbilt	6'10	3 Jr	5.92
121	Dunans, T.J.	Auburn	6'6	3 Jr	5.9
129	Hornsby, Keith 4	Louisiana St.	6'4	4 Sr	5.83
130	Patterson, Jalyn 15	Louisiana St.	6'0	2 So	5.82
131	Artis, Dominic	Texas A&M/maybe	1-Jun	3 Jr	5.8
137	Finney-Smith, Dorian 10	Florida	6'8	4 Sr	5.76
170	Blakeney, Antonio	Louisiana St.	6'3	1 Fr	5.37
219	Mulder, Mychal	Kentucky	6'4	3 Jr	5
220	Brooks, Rasheed	Mississippi	6'6	3 Jr	5
236	Murray, Jamal	Kentucky/maybe	6'3"	1 Fr	4.9
247	Moore, Armani 4	Tennessee	6'5	4 Sr	4.83
248	Beard, Anton 31	Arkansas	6'0	2 So	4.81
257	Gaines, Kenny 12	Georgia	6'3	4 Sr	4.78
263	Chiozza, Chris 11	Florida	6'0	2 So	4.75
264	Caruso, Alex 21	Texas A&M	6'5	4 Sr	4.7345
313	Saiz, Sebastian 11	Mississippi	6'9	3 Jr	4.43
356	Jones, Jalen 12	Texas A&M	6'7	4 Sr	4.165
377	Punter, Kevin 0	Tennessee	6'4	4 Sr	4.06
378	Robinson, Devin 3	Florida	6'8	2 So	4.05
398	Payne, Martavian	Missouri	6' 2"	3 Jr	4
415	Fisher-Davis, Matthew 5	Vanderbilt	6'5	2 So	3.94
420	Kingsley, Moses 33	Arkansas	6'10	2 So	3.91
441	Notice, Duane 10	South Carolina	6'2	3 Jr	3.816
471	Kornet, Luke 3	Vanderbilt	7'0	3 Jr	3.67
475	Thomas, Elijah	Texas A&M	6'9	1 Fr	3.6465
480	Stroman, Marcus 1	South Carolina	6'2	2 So	3.618
484	Woods, Russell	Missouri	6'8	3 Jr	3.6
488	Newby, Martavious 1	Mississippi	6'3	4 Sr	3.58

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Atlantic Coast (Ranked 3)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

The ACC has taken over the old Big East argument - clearly the best conference through the top 10 teams so how much do you penalize them for having a few bad teams at the bottom? The bottom four teams should improve over their 11 to 13 wins each last year, but still pull the overall ranking below the balanced Big 12 and the much improved SEC. Look for another year of ACC teams flooding the Top 25 rankings throughout the year.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
3	Atlantic Coast	ACC			27.53
4		Duke	35--4	45.62	38.50
7		North Carolina	26--12	44.46	37.00
15		Virginia	30--4	35.59	33.38
20		Louisville	27--9	36.22	32.64
26		Notre Dame	32--6	33.62	31.91
41		Miami FL	25--13	31.47	28.56
49		Pittsburgh	19--15	32.07	27.22
50		North Carolina St.	22--14	27.52	27.18
58		Syracuse	18--13	27.05	25.89
61		Florida St.	17--16	30.41	25.59
66		Clemson	16--15	28.36	25.22
87		Georgia Tech	12--19	22.84	22.30
99		Wake Forest	13--19	23.94	21.44
114		Virginia Tech	11--22	23.31	18.98
129		Boston College	13--19	14.10	17.19
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
14	Paige, Marcus 5	North Carolina	6'1	4 Sr	8.81
20	Gill, Anthony 13	Virginia	6'8	4 Sr	8.46
24	Lee, Damion 14	Louisville	6'6	4 Sr	8.13
39	Allen, Grayson 3	Duke	6'4	2 So	7.63
54	Johnson, Brice 11	North Carolina	6'9	4 Sr	7.25
55	Blossomgame, Jaron 5	Clemson	6'7	3 Jr	7.24
57	Brogdon, Malcolm 15	Virginia	6'5	4 Sr	7.21
59	McClellan, Sheldon 10	Miami FL	6'5	4 Sr	7.09
69	Artis, Jamel 1	Pittsburgh	6'7	3 Jr	6.69
72	Jeter, Chase	Duke	6'10	1 Fr	6.67
74	Jefferson, Amile 21	Duke	6'9	4 Sr	6.61
76	Young, Michael 2	Pittsburgh	6'9	3 Jr	6.58
77	Meeks, Kennedy 3	North Carolina	6'9	3 Jr	6.55
80	Jackson, Justin 44	North Carolina	6'8	2 So	6.52
108	Jackson, Demetrius 11	Notre Dame	6'1	3 Jr	6.07
109	Thornton, Derryck	Duke	6'1"	1 Fr	6.03
113	Auguste, Zach 30	Notre Dame	6'10	4 Sr	5.96
114	Georges-Hunt, Marcus 3	Georgia Tech	6'5	4 Sr	5.95
132	Jekiri, Tonye 23	Miami FL	7'0	4 Sr	5.79
144	Gbinije, Michael 0	Syracuse	6'7	4 Sr	5.72
146	Vasturia, Steve 32	Notre Dame	6'5	3 Jr	5.71
158	Colson, Bonzie 35	Notre Dame	6'5	2 So	5.54
169	Barber, Anthony 12	North Carolina St.	6'2	3 Jr	5.38
180	Lewis, Trey 3	Louisville	6'2	4 Sr	5.27
189	Plumlee, Marshall 40	Duke	7'0	4 Sr	5.17
246	Reed, Davon 5	Miami FL	6'6	3 Jr	4.83
253	Brandon, Montay 32	Florida St.	6'8	4 Sr	4.8
254	Grantham, Donte 15	Clemson	6'8	2 So	4.79
261	Anderson, Ryan	Boston College	6'9	4 Sr	4.76
291	Lewis, Tyler	North Carolina St.	5'11	3 Jr	4.54
293	Smith, Sterling 24	Pittsburgh	6'4	4 Sr	4.53
297	Smith, Adam 3	Georgia Tech	6'1	4 Sr	4.5
302	Moto, Arnaud	Wake Forest	6'6	3 Jr	4.48
304	Ingram, Brandon	Duke/maybe	6'8	1 Fr	4.47
309	Shayok, Marial 4	Virginia	6'5	2 So	4.46
336	Robinson, James 0	Pittsburgh	6'3	4 Sr	4.26
343	Onuaku, Chinanu 32	Louisville	6'10	2 So	4.22
346	Perrantes, London 32	Virginia	6'2	3 Jr	4.22
352	Bacon, Dwayne	Florida St.	6'6	1 Fr	4.19
355	Cooney, Trevor 10	Syracuse	6'4	4 Sr	4.17

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Big Ten (Ranked 4)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

It is tough to pick a winner with 10 teams in top 40, but with Diamond Stone teaming up with Melo Trimble in Maryland they have as good a chance as anyone a year after upsetting Wisconsin. Yogi Ferrell staying gives Indiana a chance to go deep a year after a very disappointing first round loss from a team with a lot of talent.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
4	Big Ten	B10			27.08
5		Maryland	28--7	49.65	38.16
9		Indiana	20--14	44.02	34.67
17		Michigan St.	27--12	36.11	32.61
22		Ohio St.	24--11	34.83	31.55
23		Wisconsin	36--4	29.84	30.67
30		Illinois	19--14	35.79	29.69
31		Iowa	22--12	29.85	29.07
32		Purdue	21--13	32.40	28.95
37		Michigan	16--16	33.29	28.14
71		Minnesota	18--15	20.98	22.87
80		Northwestern	15--17	24.91	22.12
86		Penn St.	18--16	21.31	21.67
173		Rutgers	10--22	17.03	14.88
183		Nebraska	13--18	9.79	14.05
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
4	Trimble, Melo 2	Maryland	6'3	2 So	10.02
11	Hayes, Nigel 10	Wisconsin	6'8	3 Jr	8.93
29	Uthoff, Jarrod 20	Iowa	6'9	4 Sr	7.93
37	Ferrell, Yogi 11	Indiana	6'0	4 Sr	7.65
41	Tate, Jae'Sean 1	Ohio St.	6'4	2 So	7.56
46	Valentine, Denzel 45	Michigan St.	6'5	4 Sr	7.47
58	Stone, Diamond	Maryland	6'10	1 Fr	7.18
65	Bates-Diop, Keita 33	Ohio St.	6'7	2 So	6.73
78	Mason, Nate 2	Minnesota	6'1	2 So	6.53
84	Koenig, Bronson 24	Wisconsin	6'4	3 Jr	6.49
105	Williams, Troy 5	Indiana	6'7	3 Jr	6.137
118	Layman, Jake 10	Maryland	6'9	4 Sr	5.92
142	Hill, Malcolm 21	Illinois	6'6	3 Jr	5.72
147	Edwards, Vince 12	Purdue	6'7	2 So	5.71
153	LeVert, Caris 23	Michigan	6'7	4 Sr	5.6
167	Thorne, Mike 12	Illinois	6'11	4 Sr	5.4
173	Loving, Marc 2	Ohio St.	6'7	3 Jr	5.36
175	Garner, Shep 33	Penn St.	6'1	2 So	5.35
190	Williams, Kam 15	Ohio St.	6'2	2 So	5.17
203	Swanigan, Caleb	Michigan St.	6'8	1 Fr	5.1
226	Hammons, A.J. 20	Purdue	7'0	4 Sr	4.99
249	Blackmon, James 1	Indiana	6'4	2 So	4.81
258	Olah, Alex 22	Northwestern	7'0	4 Sr	4.78
268	Cleare, Shaquille	Maryland	6'9	3 Jr	4.71
280	Showalter, Zak 3	Wisconsin	6'2	3 Jr	4.62
286	Brantley, Jaylen	Maryland	5'11	1 Fr	4.6
288	Nunn, Kendrick 25	Illinois	6'3	3 Jr	4.59
289	Hollowell, Jeremy	Indiana	6'8	3 Jr	4.541
316	Freeman, Deshawn	Rutgers	6'7	3 Jr	4.4
318	Costello, Matt 10	Michigan St.	6'9	4 Sr	4.38
328	Albrecht, Spike 2	Michigan	5'11	4 Sr	4.32
329	Davis, Rapheal 35	Purdue	6'5	4 Sr	4.31
331	Dawkins, Aubrey 24	Michigan	6'6	2 So	4.3
335	Shields, Shavon 31	Nebraska	6'7	4 Sr	4.26
340	Doyle, Ricky 32	Michigan	6'9	2 So	4.24
349	Irvin, Zak 21	Michigan	6'6	3 Jr	4.21
382	Davis, Deyonta	Michigan St.	6'9	1 Fr	4.03
492	Law, Vic 4	Northwestern	6'7	2 So	3.56
508	Morris, Carlos 11	Minnesota	6'5	4 Sr	3.52
533	Mathias, Dakota 31	Purdue	6'4	2 So	3.43
537	Forbes, Bryn 5	Michigan St.	6'3	4 Sr	3.41

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Big East (Ranked 5)

Edit Note: I was asked why the ratings in these 32 conference wrap-ups are not the same as in my Breitbart Sports piece on Derrick Gordon and the other top level players available, and the Marquette Hoops story on Marquette moving up to 5th in raw Value Add after Seton Hall lost Sterling Gibbs. In those two stories I used the raw total of the projected Value Add of all returning players. However, in these 32 conference reviews I balanced that with last year's ranking since obviously teams like Wisconsin and Kentucky have players ready to step into roles each year who did not get the minutes to build up Value Add playing behind All-Americans. Also, Chris Mullin's addition of Durand Johnson (2.4 projected Value Add) will push St. John's past Butler and into a projected NCAA bid.

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players.  

Kris Dunn and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera staying gives the conference two potential All-Americans. Sterling Gibbs departure derails a potential big year for Seton Hall, but the rest of the conference is very strong and can go toe-to-toe with the football Power Conferences.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
5	Big East	BE			26.45
2		Villanova	33--3	46.75	38.92
28		Xavier	23--14	32.20	30.14
29		Georgetown	22--11	31.59	29.76
33		Providence	22--12	30.87	28.89
45		Butler	23--11	24.94	26.62
52		St. John's	21--12	25.65	25.55
69		Marquette	13--19	25.92	22.92
76		Creighton	14--19	23.45	22.59
92		Seton Hall	16--15	21.68	20.97
115		DePaul	12--20	20.45	18.12
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players (all MU)	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
5	Smith-Rivera, D'Vauntes 4	Georgetown	6'3	4 Sr	9.68
6	Dunn, Kris 3	Providence	6'3	3 Jr	9.6
33	Ochefu, Daniel 23	Villanova	6'11	4 Sr	7.82
35	Hart, Josh 3	Villanova	6'5	3 Jr	7.78
38	Dunham, Kellen 24	Butler	6'6	4 Sr	7.64
62	Diallo, Cheick	St. John's/maybe	6'9	1 Fr	6.93
70	Delgado, Angel 31	Seton Hall	6'9	2 So	6.69
83	Chukwu, Paschal 13	Providence	7'2	2 So	6.5
120	Arcidiacono, Ryan 15	Villanova	6'3	4 Sr	5.91
125	Bluiett, Trevon 5	Xavier	6'6	2 So	5.88
126	Booth, Phil 5	Villanova	6'3	2 So	5.86
128	Reynolds, Jalen 1	Xavier	6'10	3 Jr	5.84
168	Williams, Darien	St. John's	6'8	1 Fr	5.4
177	Zierden, Isaiah 21	Creighton	6'2	3 Jr	5.29
181	Wilson, Duane 1	Marquette	6'2	2 So	5.27
187	Brunson, Jalen	Villanova	6'1	1 Fr	5.22
196	Ennis, Dylan 31	Villanova	6'2	4 Sr	5.14
197	Davis, Myles 15	Xavier	6'2	3 Jr	5.14
209	Ellenson, Henry	Marquette	6'10	1 Fr	5.04
231	Jones, Roosevelt 21	Butler	6'4	4 Sr	4.97
256	Rodriguez, Desi 20	Seton Hall	6'6	2 So	4.79
259	Obekpa, Chris 12	St. John's	6'10	4 Sr	4.78
276	Lindsey, Jalen 21	Providence	6'7	2 So	4.67
300	Garrett, Billy 5	DePaul	6'6	3 Jr	4.48
305	Jenkins, Kris 2	Villanova	6'6	3 Jr	4.47
351	Whitehead, Isaiah 15	Seton Hall	6'4	2 So	4.2
357	Copeland, Isaac 11	Georgetown	6'9	2 So	4.16
384	Campbell, Tre 1	Georgetown	6'2	2 So	4.02
401	White, Paul 13	Georgetown	6'8	2 So	3.98
410	Savage, Kethan 11	Butler 2017	6'3	4 Sr	3.95
412	Hegner, Toby 32	Creighton	6'10	2 So	3.94
418	Carrington, Khadeen 0	Seton Hall	6'3	2 So	3.92
479	Chrabascz, Andrew 45	Butler	6'7	3 Jr	3.63
491	Fischer, Luke 40	Marquette	6'11	3 Jr	3.56
549	Wideman, Tyler 4	Butler	6'8	2 So	3.37
572	Abell, Remy 10	Xavier	6'4	4 Sr	3.29
628	Hanson, Zach 40	Creighton	6'9	3 Jr	3.1
642	Macura, J.P. 55	Xavier	6'5	2 So	3.05
654	Peak, L.J. 0	Georgetown	6'5	2 So	3.01
713	Henry, Myke 4	DePaul	6'6	4 Sr	2.9
723	Johnson, JaJuan 23	Marquette	6'5	3 Jr	2.87
869	Cohen, Sandy 5	Marquette	6'6	2 So	2.53
956	Cheatham, Haanif	Marquette	6'5	1 Fr	2.35
1103	Carter, Traci	Marquette	6'0	1 Fr	2.10
1786	Anim, Sacar	Marquette	6'4	1 Fr	1.20
2156	Heldt, Matt	Marquette	6'10	1 Fr	1.00
4000	Ellenson, Wally	Marquette	6'4"	3 Jr	0.00

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Pac 12 (Ranked 6)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

The Pac-12 will have at least four very good teams - though I admit I am surprised Arizona projected at 6th despite all the talent they lost. The big question is whether Gary Payton lives up to our All-American projections to copy Utah's Delon Wright in lifting a non-Top 100 Pac-12 team all the way to the tournament in two years. 

The other question is whether Andy Enfield can repeat his magic from Florida Gulf Coast to lead a huge jump by USC. Hey, the guy made millions and married a Maxim Supermodel, and now he seems to have enough talent together to improve. 

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
6	Pac 12	P12			26.18
6		Arizona	34--4	42.43	37.00
14		Oregon	26--10	39.82	33.07
16		Utah	26--9	35.06	32.74
26		UCLA	22--14	34.29	30.38
46		Oregon St.	17--14	33.38	26.48
60		Southern California	12--20	32.87	24.89
61		Washington	16--15	29.90	24.60
63		Stanford	24--13	21.55	23.84
84		California	18--15	23.91	21.85
96		Arizona St.	18--16	16.85	20.60
102		Colorado	16--18	18.37	19.45
104		Washington St.	13--18	24.30	19.20
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
1	Payton, Gary 1	Oregon St.	6'3	4 Sr	11.68
23	Brown, Jaylen	UCLA/maybe	6'7	1 Fr	8.3
28	Poeltl, Jakob 42	Utah	7'0	2 So	7.97
52	Hawkinson, Josh 24	Washington St.	6'10	3 Jr	7.26
66	Rabb, Ivan	California	6'9	1 Fr	6.71
85	Scott, Josh 40	Colorado	6'10	4 Sr	6.47
90	Bell, Jordan 1	Oregon	6'7	2 So	6.41
91	Chapman, Brekkott 0	Utah	6'8	2 So	6.4
92	Alford, Bryce 20	UCLA	6'3	3 Jr	6.37
107	Smith, Ray	Arizona	6'7	1 Fr	6.09
115	Trier, Allonzo	Arizona	6'3	1 Fr	5.93
140	Andrews, Andrew 12	Washington	6'2	4 Sr	5.73
186	Brooks, Dillon 24	Oregon	6'5	2 So	5.23
204	Dime, Malik	Washington	6'9	3 Jr	5.1
238	Aaron, Shaqquan 21	Washington/maybe	6'7	2 So	4.9
243	Dotson, Damyean	Oregon	6'5	3 Jr	4.85
274	Wallace, Tyrone 3	California	6'5	4 Sr	4.68
303	York, Gabe 1	Arizona	6'3	4 Sr	4.47
315	Dorsey, Tyler	Oregon	6'4	1 Fr	4.4
317	Stewart, Elijah 30	Southern California	6'5	2 So	4.4
327	Gordon, Wesley 1	Colorado	6'9	3 Jr	4.32
337	McLaughlin, Jordan 11	Southern California	6'1	2 So	4.26
347	Simon, Justin	Arizona	6'5	1 Fr	4.21
374	Tucker, Dakarai 14	Utah	6'5	4 Sr	4.08
387	Jackson-Cartwright, Parker 0	Arizona	5'8	2 So	4
396	Guzonjic, Kenan	Colorado	6'8	3 Jr	4
399	Mathews, Jordan 24	California	6'3	3 Jr	3.98
403	Cook, Elgin 23	Oregon	6'6	4 Sr	3.98
404	Jacobs, Julian 12	Southern California	6'4	3 Jr	3.97
435	Goodman, Savon 11	Arizona St.	6'6	3 Jr	3.84
447	Benjamin, Dwayne 0	Oregon	6'7	4 Sr	3.8
455	Benson, Casey 2	Oregon	6'3	2 So	3.78
459	Loveridge, Jordan 21	Utah	6'6	4 Sr	3.74
481	Tarczewski, Kaleb 35	Arizona	7'0	4 Sr	3.61
495	Ali, Prince	UCLA	6'4	1 Fr	3.56
550	Parker, Tony 23	UCLA	6'9	4 Sr	3.37
551	Comanche, Chance	Arizona	6'10	1 Fr	3.36
554	Allen, Marcus 15	Stanford	6'3	3 Jr	3.34
584	Ristic, Dusan 14	Arizona	7'0	2 So	3.24
606	Welsh, Thomas 40	UCLA	7'0	2 So	3.19

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: American Athletic (Ranked 7)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players.

To some degree, the Big East competition as the football teams that left. While three teams still look very bad, South Florida has one of the top JUCOs and we have Houston slated to make one of the biggest jumps in the country. The American Athletic fell way behind the Big East in the second year after the split, but they look to have 6-8 strong teams depending on how those two go.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
7	American Athletic	Amer			21.98
19		Cincinnati	23--11	38.66	32.54
27		Southern Methodist	27--7	32.58	30.29
43		Memphis	18--14	32.35	26.80
53		Houston	13--19	38.39	25.39
57		Connecticut	20--15	26.67	25.04
62		Temple	26--11	24.15	24.57
70		Tulsa	23--11	24.05	22.90
121		South Florida	9--23	26.91	17.25
186		Central Florida	12--18	19.80	13.95
194		East Carolina	14--19	14.83	13.25
249		Tulane	15--16	8.61	9.83
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
36	Clark, Gary 11	Cincinnati	6'7	2 So	7.731
71	Thomas, TaShawn	Houston	6'8	4 Sr	6.68
99	Caupain, Troy 10	Cincinnati	6'3	3 Jr	6.228
110	Moore, Nic 11	Southern Methodist	5'9	4 Sr	6.03
136	Hamilton, Daniel 5	Connecticut	6'7	2 So	5.76
139	Harrison, Shaquille 3	Tulsa	6'4	4 Sr	5.73
152	Miller, Shonn	Connecticut	6'7	3 Jr	5.6
154	Montero, Luis	South Florida	6'7	3 Jr	5.6
163	Ellis, Octavius 2	Cincinnati	6'10	4 Sr	5.463
182	Brown, Sterling 3	Southern Methodist	6'6	3 Jr	5.27
183	Brimah, Amida 35	Connecticut	7'0	3 Jr	5.25
185	Woodard, James 10	Tulsa	6'3	4 Sr	5.24
193	House, Danuel	Houston	6'7	3 Jr	5.15
241	Kennedy, Markus 5	Southern Methodist	6'9	4 Sr	4.89
255	Tyson, B.J. 21	East Carolina	6'3	2 So	4.79
272	Egbunu, John	South Florida	6'10	2 So	4.7
310	Wilson, Damien	Memphis	6'6	3 Jr	4.45
333	Outlaw, Tyrone	South Florida/Maybe	6'6	3 Jr	4.3
359	Cobb, Farad 22	Cincinnati	6'0	4 Sr	4.149
370	Bond, Jaylen 15	Temple	6'8	4 Sr	4.09
372	Enechionyia, Obi 0	Temple	6'8	2 So	4.08
376	Burrell, Trahson 0	Memphis	6'6	4 Sr	4.07
395	Efianayi, Tanksley	Central Florida	6'6	3 Jr	4
421	Lawson, Dedric	Memphis	6'8	1 Fr	3.91
422	Gray, Rob	Houston	6'2	3 Jr	3.9
424	Crawford, Markel 1	Memphis	6'4	2 So	3.9
428	Ray, Rashad 5	Tulsa	5'10	4 Sr	3.89
457	Brown, Josh 1	Temple	6'3	3 Jr	3.76
462	Taylor, B.J. 1	Central Florida	6'2	2 So	3.72
469	Goodwin, Shaq 2	Memphis	6'9	4 Sr	3.68
548	Moore, Ben 0	Southern Methodist	6'8	3 Jr	3.38
558	Woodson, Avery 20	Memphis	6'2	3 Jr	3.33
600	Dupree, Xavier	Houston	6'9	3 Jr	3.2
640	Henriquez, Adonys 10	Central Florida	6'6	2 So	3.05
651	Barnes, LeRon 4	Houston	6'6	4 Sr	3.02
689	Whisnant, Terry 0	East Carolina	6'3	4 Sr	2.95
719	Lawrence, Jermaine	Cincinnati	6'9	2 So	2.889
721	Woodson, Dominic	Memphis	6'10	2 So	2.88
754	DeCosey, Quenton 25	Temple	6'5	4 Sr	2.8
856	Lawson, Keelon	Memphis	6'6	1 Fr	2.56

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Atlantic 10 (Ranked 8)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

Despite Shaka Smart finally being lured out of VCU to take over at Texas, the top half of the A-10 looks ready to battle with the American Athletic and Big East. Davidson had no problem moving up and the top six teams project as NCAA teams, including a Rhode Island team led by Hassan Martin who we believe is ready for a breakout national season.

Natl Rnk	Player	Team	Ht	Yr	Total Value
Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
8	Atlantic 10	A10			21.54
21		Virginia Commonwealth	26--10	37.02	32.02
35		Davidson	24--8	31.77	28.85
40		Dayton	27--9	29.39	27.87
41		Rhode Island	23--10	30.44	27.63
42		Richmond	21--14	29.99	27.42
51		George Washington	22--13	28.35	25.74
65		La Salle	17--16	26.09	23.27
109		St. Joseph's	13--18	21.08	18.52
114		St. Bonaventure	18--13	16.14	18.13
133		Massachusetts	17--15	14.87	16.42
150		Duquesne	12--19	18.32	15.74
152		Fordham	10--21	18.56	15.70
191		George Mason	9--22	14.33	13.36
234		St. Louis	11--21	14.43	10.92
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
16	Martin, Hassan 12	Rhode Island	6'7	3 Jr	8.65
44	Bembry, DeAndre 43	St. Joseph's	6'6	3 Jr	7.52
47	Gibbs, Jack 12	Davidson	5'11	3 Jr	7.41
68	Garino, Patricio 13	George Washington	6'6	3 Jr	6.69
86	Allen, Terry 15	Richmond	6'8	4 Sr	6.43
101	Jones, ShawnDre' 3	Richmond	5'10	2 So	6.19
141	Barham, Jordan 5	Davidson	6'4	4 Sr	5.72
150	Aldridge, Peyton 23	Davidson	6'7	2 So	5.65
157	Alie-Cox, Mo 12	Virginia Commonwealth	6'6	3 Jr	5.55
172	Pierre, Dyshawn 21	Dayton	6'6	4 Sr	5.36
178	McDonald, Joe 22	George Washington	6'1	4 Sr	5.29
191	Cline, T.J. 10	Richmond	6'8	3 Jr	5.16
200	Mason, Micah 22	Duquesne	6'2	4 Sr	5.11
222	Wright, Dion 21	St. Bonaventure	6'7	4 Sr	5
229	Davis, Kyle 3	Dayton	6'0	3 Jr	4.98
240	Terrell, Jared 32	Rhode Island	6'3	2 So	4.89
250	Adams, Jaylen 10	St. Bonaventure	5'11	2 So	4.81
266	Thomas, Mandell 1	Fordham	6'2	4 Sr	4.73
273	Smith, Scoochie 11	Dayton	6'2	3 Jr	4.69
295	Zack, Steve 0	La Salle	6'11	4 Sr	4.51
311	Johnson, Melvin 32	Virginia Commonwealth	6'3	4 Sr	4.45
334	Watanabe, Yuta 12	George Washington	6'8	2 So	4.26
342	Sullivan, Brian 3	Davidson	5'11	4 Sr	4.22
371	Clark, Donte 0	Massachusetts	6'4	2 So	4.08
426	Larsen, Kevin 21	George Washington	6'10	4 Sr	3.89
427	Wright, Jerrell 25	La Salle	6'8	4 Sr	3.89
430	Matthews, E.C. 0	Rhode Island	6'5	3 Jr	3.87
436	Thompson, Shevon 14	George Mason	6'11	4 Sr	3.84
437	Garrett, Jarvis 1	Rhode Island	6'0	2 So	3.84
456	Sengfelder, Christian 43	Fordham	6'7	2 So	3.76
506	Price, Jordan 21	La Salle	6'5	3 Jr	3.52
517	Davis, Trey 5	Richmond	6'5	4 Sr	3.5
577	Brooks, Doug 5	Virginia Commonwealth	6'3	3 Jr	3.26
591	Nelson-Ododa, Alonzo 33	Richmond	6'9	4 Sr	3.22
596	Pollard, Kendall 25	Dayton	6'6	3 Jr	3.21
637	Roby, Davell 5	St. Louis	6'4	2 So	3.07
655	Stukes, Amar 2	La Salle	6'2	2 So	3.01
665	Colter, Derrick 1	Duquesne	5'11	4 Sr	3
691	Roberts, Cleon 3	La Salle	6'5	3 Jr	2.95
692	Davis, Trey 12	Massachusetts	6'0	4 Sr	2.95

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Missouri Valley (Ranked 9)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

Wichita State is loaded again, and should be in good shape to win the conference with Seth Tuttle gone from Northern Iowa. The duo of Fred Van Vleet and Ron Baker could well be the top duo in the country and have plenty of confidence after beating Kansas in the tournament.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
9	Missouri Valley	MVC			18.14
11		Wichita St.	30--5	37.87	33.78
49		Illinois St.	22--13	26.41	25.90
54		Northern Iowa	31--4	21.20	25.36
99		Loyola Chicago	24--13	21.23	19.92
101		Evansville	24--12	18.81	19.66
148		Missouri St.	11--20	22.02	15.81
151		Indiana St.	15--16	15.83	15.71
274		Southern Illinois	12--21	5.50	8.65
278		Bradley	9--24	7.90	8.51
284		Drake	9--22	6.40	8.10
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
3	Van Vleet, Fred 23	Wichita St.	6'0	4 Sr	10.36
13	Baker, Ron 31	Wichita St.	6'4	4 Sr	8.85
49	Mockevicius, Egidijus 55	Evansville	6'10	4 Sr	7.34
165	Lee, Paris 1	Illinois St.	5'11	3 Jr	5.44
171	Morgan, Jeremy 20	Northern Iowa	6'5	3 Jr	5.37
230	Lynch, Reggie 22	Illinois St.	6'10	3 Jr	4.98
298	Scott, Brenton 4	Indiana St.	6'1	2 So	4.5
344	Washpun, Wes 11	Northern Iowa	6'1	4 Sr	4.22
353	Turk, Devon 4	Loyola Chicago	6'4	4 Sr	4.19
434	Akoon-Purcell, DeVaughn 44	Illinois St.	6'5	4 Sr	3.85
443	Marshall, Marcus 11	Missouri St.	6'3	3 Jr	3.81
485	Lohaus, Wyatt 33	Northern Iowa	6'2	2 So	3.6
490	Hawkins, Deontae 23	Illinois St.	6'8	2 So	3.56
532	Richardson, Ben 14	Loyola Chicago	6'3	2 So	3.43
580	Kendrix, Chris 33	Missouri St.	6'5	2 So	3.25
617	Balentine, D.J. 31	Evansville	6'2	4 Sr	3.14
649	Timmer, Reed 12	Drake	6'1	2 So	3.03
656	Jesperson, Paul 4	Northern Iowa	6'6	4 Sr	3.01
701	Bohannon, Matt 5	Northern Iowa	6'4	4 Sr	2.93
705	Doyle, Milton 35	Loyola Chicago	6'4	3 Jr	2.92
758	Morris, Shaquille 24	Wichita St.	6'7	2 So	2.79
785	Peterson, Earl 2	Loyola Chicago	6'3	4 Sr	2.7
802	Smith, Khristian 1	Indiana St.	6'6	4 Sr	2.66
855	Bennett, Charles 15	Indiana St.	5'10	4 Sr	2.56
901	Williams, Dorrian 23	Missouri St.	6'3	4 Sr	2.45
957	Miller, Dequon	Missouri St.	5'10	3 Jr	2.35
975	Wessel, Evan 3	Wichita St.	6'4	4 Sr	2.32
1032	Kirby, Maurice	Loyola Chicago	6'9	3 Jr	2.2
1046	Boone, Camyn 30	Missouri St.	6'6	4 Sr	2.19
1066	Jones, Warren 2	Bradley	6'3	4 Sr	2.15
1099	Shamet, Landry	Wichita St.	6'4	1 Fr	2.11
1112	Brown, Jaylon 3	Evansville	6'0	3 Jr	2.08
1119	Brown, Zach 1	Wichita St.	6'6	2 So	2.08
1135	Zeisloft, Nick	Illinois St.	6'4	2 So	2.04
1177	Martin, Jordan	Missouri St.	5' 11"	3 Jr	2
1178	Leon, Justin	Missouri St./maybe	6'8	3 Jr	2
1206	Brown, Devonte 11	Indiana St.	6'2	4 Sr	1.96
1245	Wills, Tony 12	Illinois St.	6'3	3 Jr	1.89
1292	Gibson, Duane 4	Evansville	6'3	3 Jr	1.83
1330	Beane, Anthony 25	Southern Illinois	6'2	4 Sr	1.78

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value A

dd was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Mountain West (Ranked 10)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

San Diego State is still the favorite, but look for the legendary Stew Morrill to make Utah State one of the big surprises of 2016 with a dominant inside do of David Collette and Jalen Moore. The conference will have five very strong teams to be one of the best 10 conferences in the country.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
10	Mountain West	MWC			17.90
24		San Diego St.	27--9	33.77	30.51
48		Utah St.	18--13	32.92	25.99
67		Nevada Las Vegas	18--15	25.72	23.14
74		Boise St.	25--9	19.37	22.74
77		Colorado St.	27--7	21.75	22.27
136		Fresno St.	15--17	19.01	16.19
162		New Mexico	15--16	13.26	15.30
168		Wyoming	25--10	10.49	15.15
209		Air Force	14--17	10.96	11.97
247		Nevada	9--22	11.16	9.88
338		San Jose St.	2--28	5.77	3.74
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
27	Webb, James 23	Boise St.	6'9	3 Jr	8.06
42	Collette, David 13	Utah St.	6'8	2 So	7.54
61	Moore, Jalen 14	Utah St.	6'8	3 Jr	6.94
93	Kell, Trey 12	San Diego St.	6'4	2 So	6.36
102	Zimmerman, Stephen	Nevada Las Vegas/maybe	7'0	1 Fr	6.16
123	Harris, Marvelle 23	Fresno St.	6'4	4 Sr	5.9
188	McCaw, Patrick 2	Nevada Las Vegas	6'6	2 So	5.19
217	Jackson, Kimani	Colorado St.	6'8	3 Jr	5
227	Pope, Malik 21	San Diego St.	6'10	2 So	4.99
242	Smith, Chris 34	Utah St.	6'4	4 Sr	4.86
299	Lyons, Trevor 20	Air Force	6'3	2 So	4.48
323	Shepard, Winston 13	San Diego St.	6'8	4 Sr	4.34
362	Spencer, Skylar 0	San Diego St.	6'10	4 Sr	4.14
397	Omogbo, Emmanuel	Colorado St.	6'8	3 Jr	4
451	West, AJ 3	Nevada	6'9	4 Sr	3.79
464	Adams, Josh 14	Wyoming	6'2	4 Sr	3.71
487	Edo, Karachi 4	Fresno St.	6'6	3 Jr	3.58
518	Chol, Angelo 3	San Diego St.	6'9	4 Sr	3.5
586	Shrigley, Matt 40	San Diego St.	6'6	3 Jr	3.24
595	Gillon, John 4	Colorado St.	6'0	3 Jr	3.21
636	Okonoboh, Goodluck 11	Nevada Las Vegas	6'10	2 So	3.07
639	Duncan, Nick 13	Boise St.	6'8	3 Jr	3.05
647	Kocur, Zach 5	Air Force	6'3	3 Jr	3.03
679	Morgan, Dwayne 15	Nevada Las Vegas	6'8	2 So	2.97
696	Jones, Derrick	Nevada Las Vegas	6'6	1 Fr	2.94
767	Cornish, Jordan 3	Nevada Las Vegas	6'6	2 So	2.75
783	Guerrero, Cezar 3	Fresno St.	6'1	4 Sr	2.7
803	Huff, Cole	Nevada	6'8	3 Jr	2.66
825	Clavell, Gian 3	Colorado St.	6'4	4 Sr	2.62
982	Hemsley, Jeremy	San Diego St.	6'3	1 Fr	2.3
986	Aget, Obij 11	New Mexico	7'1	3 Jr	2.28
1007	Pearre, Julion 5	Utah St.	6'3	2 So	2.24
1043	Marshall, Morris	Wyoming	6'2	3 Jr	2.2
1061	Poyser, Jalen	Nevada Las Vegas	6'3	1 Fr	2.16
1077	Lewis, Julien 14	Fresno St.	6'4	4 Sr	2.14
1189	Jones, Brodricks	San Diego St.	6'9	1 Fr	1.99
1215	Mitchell, Brandon 4	San Jose St.	6'6	3 Jr	1.95
1244	Grimes, Nate	Fresno St.	6'8	1 Fr	1.89
1269	Adams, Xavier 21	New Mexico	6'4	2 So	1.86
1288	Orchard, Sam 3	Utah St.	6'1	2 So	1.84

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: West Coast (Ranked 11)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

Gonzaga seemed to finally have a national contender for the senior season of one of the greatest Value Add players ever in Kevin Pangos, but they ran into Duke. However, with All-American Kyle Wiltjer skipping the NBA draft and still having two of the best big men in the country they have a chance again. Their problem is they will have one of the best front lines in basketball, but virtually every minute played at both guards position was by seniors who have left. If the Zags can get the ball up the court, they can win.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
11	West Coast	WCC			17.13
15		Gonzaga	35--3	35.40	32.94
66		Pepperdine	18--14	28.45	23.18
79		Brigham Young	25--10	17.83	22.13
146		Portland	17--16	14.64	15.88
157		San Diego	15--16	11.35	15.54
167		St. Mary's	21--10	7.76	15.17
188		Santa Clara	14--18	14.55	13.80
195		San Francisco	14--18	9.92	13.11
220		Pacific	12--19	12.64	11.24
281		Loyola Marymount	8--23	8.86	8.31
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
10	Wiltjer, Kyle 33	Gonzaga	6'10	4 Sr	9.02
31	Collinsworth, Kyle 5	Brigham Young	6'6	4 Sr	7.85
48	Brownridge, Jared 23	Santa Clara	6'2	3 Jr	7.36
64	Sabonis, Domantas 11	Gonzaga	6'10	2 So	6.79
103	Davis, Stacy 5	Pepperdine	6'6	4 Sr	6.16
156	Wintering, Alec 2	Portland	5'11	3 Jr	5.57
292	Derksen, Tim 32	San Francisco	6'3	4 Sr	4.54
339	Karnowski, Przemek 24	Gonzaga	7'1	4 Sr	4.25
345	Major, Jeremy 3	Pepperdine	5'10	3 Jr	4.22
414	Olden, Shawn 21	Pepperdine	6'3	2 So	3.94
446	Brodziansky, Vladimir	Gonzaga/maybe	6'10	3 Jr	3.8
473	Pugh, Jarvis 4	Santa Clara	6'6	2 So	3.66
504	Raines, Jett 45	Pepperdine	6'7	4 Sr	3.54
574	Dranginis, Kyle 3	Gonzaga	6'5	4 Sr	3.28
749	Fischer, Chase 1	Brigham Young	6'3	4 Sr	2.8
796	Tyson, D'Marques 5	Portland	6'6	2 So	2.67
806	Melson, Silas 0	Gonzaga	6'4	2 So	2.65
808	Pusica, Vasa 13	San Diego	6'5	2 So	2.65
810	Naar, Emmett 41	St. Mary's	6'1	2 So	2.65
950	Bowles, Ray 22	Pacific	6'5	2 So	2.36
961	Mornar, Marin 42	Loyola Marymount	6'9	4 Sr	2.34
970	Perkins, Josh 13	Gonzaga	6'3	2 So	2.32
973	Russell, Atif 11	Pepperdine	6'5	4 Sr	2.32
981	Todd, Jason 10	Portland	6'6	2 So	2.3
1022	Holmes, Avry	San Francisco	6'2	3 Jr	2.21
1037	Hermanson, Calvin 24	St. Mary's	6'6	2 So	2.2
1069	Kok, Jito 33	San Diego	6'9	4 Sr	2.15
1151	Watson, Devin 21	San Francisco	6'1	2 So	2.02
1190	Kratch, Nate 43	Santa Clara	6'6	3 Jr	1.99
1197	Udenyi, Amadi 0	Pepperdine	6'0	3 Jr	1.98
1222	Pressley, Bryce 1	Portland	6'4	4 Sr	1.94
1248	Pineau, Dane 11	St. Mary's	6'9	3 Jr	1.89
1337	Bartley, Frank 24	Brigham Young	6'3	3 Jr	1.77
1402	Thompson, Eric 12	Pacific	6'8	4 Sr	1.69
1412	Brooks, Malcolm	Pepperdine	6'4	4 Sr	1.68
1413	Harris, Marcus 11	San Diego	6'0	2 So	1.68
1435	Wallace, T.J. 2	Pacific	6'3	3 Jr	1.64
1528	Murray, Lamond 30	Pepperdine	6'5	3 Jr	1.53
1597	Lapray, A.J. 20	Pepperdine	6'5	2 So	1.45
1605	Kobre, Alec 3	Pacific	6'2	4 Sr	1.44

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.

Top 2016 Teams/Players: Mid American (Ranked 12)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

Bobby Hurley loaded Buffalo for this season, almost upsetting West Virginia a year ahead of time. With Hurley heading to Arizona State, the question is if all that talent can hold off very good teams from Central Michigan and Akron and upset somebody in the NCAA.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
12	Mid American	MAC			16.06
50		Buffalo	23--10	26.92	25.77
73		Central Michigan	23--9	24.43	22.83
95		Akron	21--14	20.85	20.83
135		Eastern Michigan	21--14	15.00	16.22
149		Kent St.	23--12	11.08	15.76
153		Western Michigan	20--14	15.72	15.67
172		Toledo	20--13	8.86	15.02
174		Northern Illinois	14--16	14.59	14.73
177		Bowling Green	21--12	10.40	14.46
230		Miami OH	13--19	8.81	10.98
231		Ball St.	7--23	13.14	10.97
259		Ohio	10--20	7.77	9.53
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
32	Simons, John 34	Central Michigan	6'8	4 Sr	7.84
104	Evans, Shannon 11	Buffalo	6'1	3 Jr	6.14
106	Moss, Justin 23	Buffalo	6'7	4 Sr	6.11
234	Fowler, Chris 15	Central Michigan	6'1	4 Sr	4.91
239	Hall, Jimmy 35	Kent St.	6'7	3 Jr	4.89
265	Denny, Zack 4	Bowling Green	6'2	3 Jr	4.73
296	O'Field, Maurice	Buffalo	6'5	3 Jr	4.5
433	McAdams, Reggie 21	Akron	6'7	4 Sr	3.85
453	Bearden, Lamonte 1	Buffalo	6'3	2 So	3.78
494	Boothe, Nathan 53	Toledo	6'9	4 Sr	3.56
498	Robotham, Noah 14	Akron	6'1	2 So	3.54
500	Skeete, Jarryn 10	Buffalo	6'3	4 Sr	3.54
509	Campbell, Antonio 33	Ohio	6'8	3 Jr	3.52
535	Kretzer, Jake 15	Akron	6'7	4 Sr	3.41
536	Washington, Eric 33	Miami OH	5'10	4 Sr	3.41
573	Lee, Ray 0	Eastern Michigan	6'3	3 Jr	3.28
594	House, Franko 15	Ball St.	6'6	3 Jr	3.21
614	Sellers, Sean 34	Ball St.	6'6	2 So	3.15
624	Lauf, Jordan 25	Toledo	6'5	3 Jr	3.12
638	Tava, Connar 2	Western Michigan	6'6	4 Sr	3.07
695	Haymond, Tucker 1	Western Michigan	6'6	3 Jr	2.95
747	Wilder, Thomas 10	Western Michigan	6'3	2 So	2.81
752	Zelis, Andrew	Northern Illinois	7'0	3 Jr	2.8
777	Calhoun, Bo 12	Ball St.	6'6	4 Sr	2.71
828	Forsythe, Pat 34	Akron	6'11	4 Sr	2.61
841	Meyer, Luke 2	Central Michigan	6'11	2 So	2.59
846	Armstead, Aaric 23	Northern Illinois	6'5	3 Jr	2.58
864	Spicer, Khaliq 21	Kent St.	6'9	4 Sr	2.54
873	Jackson, Antino 55	Akron	5'11	2 So	2.5
886	Simmons, Rayshawn 4	Central Michigan	6'4	4 Sr	2.48
1000	Rayson, Braylon 5	Central Michigan	5'9	3 Jr	2.24
1002	Alvano, Ethan 25	Eastern Michigan	6'1	2 So	2.24
1017	Cheatham, Kwan 2	Akron	6'9	3 Jr	2.21
1027	Andrews, Jamir	Bowling Green	6'3	3 Jr	2.2
1062	Maric, Marin 34	Northern Illinois	6'10	2 So	2.16
1155	Wigginton, Rodell 20	Buffalo	6'5	4 Sr	2.01
1196	Taylor, Ryan 14	Ohio	6'5	2 So	1.98
1219	Kiapway, Francis 0	Ball St.	6'3	2 So	1.94
1226	Kozinski, Josh 12	Central Michigan	6'4	3 Jr	1.93
1391	Bowie, Darrell 10	Northern Illinois	6'7	4 Sr	1.7

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.