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Big Ten Basketball: Top 25 Players
November 9th, 2009
by Shawn Siegel
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Kalin Lucas - #1 PG?
Ranking players is more art then science. How do you compare the potential of freshmen with seniors who have already peaked? How much does physical talent come into play versus intangibles and experience? How big a role do numbers play?
In some situations, the bigger challenge is deciding what position to list a player. College basketball is filled with combo guards, wings who can play from the 2 to 4, centers who are really power forwards, and so on.
All of these questions make lists
like this fun and debatable.. if you disagree with CHN's rankings, post what you
think below.
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BIG TEN |
PG
1. Kalin Lucas - Michigan State
2. Talor Battle - Penn State
3. Demetri McCamey - Illinois
4. Lewis Jackson - Purdue
5. Michael Thompson - Northwestern
SG
1. Evan Turner - Ohio State
2. Manny Harris - Michigan
3. Trevon Hughes - Wisconsin
4. E'Twaun Moore - Purdue
5. William Buford - Ohio State
- The SG position is particularly deep in the Big Ten. Iowa's Matt Gatens, MSU's
Chris Allen & Durrell Summers, are also quality players. The Big Ten's crop of
freshmen guards is rather weak this year. Indiana's Maurice Creek might be the
best in the league.
SF
1. Kevin Coble - Northwestern
2. Raymar Morgan - Michigan State
3. David Lighty - Ohio State
4. Jon Leuer - Wisconsin
5. Royce White - Minnesota
PF
1. DeShawn Sims - Michigan
2. Robbie Hummel - Purdue
3. Mike Davis - Illinois
4. Delvon Roe - Michigan State
5. Derek Elston - Indiana
C
1. JaJuan Johnson - Purdue
2. Mike Tisdale - Illinois
3. Andrew Jones - Penn State
4. Ralph Sampson III - Minnesota
5. Tom Pritchard - Indiana
- You don't see too many future NBA stars here, but there's a lot of depth.
Minnesota's White was recently suspended, but I'm leaving him on the list, until
his future is decided. The center position is filled with a lot of workman-like
players, but nothing terribly exciting beyond Johnson and the improving Tisdale.
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Comments
Freshman Guards
Submitted by wideglide (not verified) on Tue, 2009-11-10 17:00.
I don't agree that the Big Ten Freshman guard crop is weak. DJ Richardson, Brandon Paul, and Joeseph Bertrand say hello.
pre-season player selections
Submitted by mitch32 (not verified) on Tue, 2009-11-10 21:20.
Last season Evans of OSU and Lucas turned heads, and got them selected to B10 All Star Status.
This year I believe, having watched pre season only thus far, that Brandon Paul and D J Richardson will become the Spotlight Players in the B10.
Brandon is at this time pushing Legion for starting time, and if he does not start the season as a starter, he will be by B10 season opener.
D J, nothing to add, he is already in Starter Status, and if the big guys on team can come through, the Illini are going to surprise many of those who do the Polls!
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Big Ten Guards
"The Big Ten's crop of freshmen guards is rather weak this year. Indiana's Maurice Creek might be the best in the league."
Are you on dope?