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Things change quickly in college basketball.  What was a dirty word in March – NIT – is now a positive.  For teams on the bubble last March, the prospect of playing in the NIT instead of the NCAA tournament was hard to stomach.  However, now that it is November, playing in the NIT – the Dick’s Sporting Good NIT Season Tip-Off – is a welcome experience.

The 2007 CBE Classic will give fans a look at two potential Final Four candidates in UCLA and Michigan State, who enter as the favorites to meet in the tournament championship in Kansas City on Nov. 20. The Bruins, fresh off back-to-back Final Four appearances, welcome in stud freshman Kevin Love to anchor the post, while the Spartans return do-everything point guard Drew Neitzel, the pre-season favorite for Big Ten Player of the Year.

 

Michigan State Spartans

 

Basketball is back.

 

Indiana Hoosiers

 

..continued from Part One: BCS Rookies and Part Two: Mid-Major Rookies

 

Eugene Harvey All Stars (Outstanding Performance on Bad Team)

G Corey Chandler, Rutgers

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Ohio State Buckeyes

 

Following the ACC Top 25 Players earlier in the week, I move to the Midwest to take on the Big Ten. Outside the top handful of players, the talent is not comparable to the other BCS leagues. Still, there's new talent at Purdue, Ohio State, and elsewhere that could push some of these mediocre veterans off the list by season's end.

 

Big Ten Top 25 Players