Gonzaga

Georgetown

Gonzaga

Michigan State

Tennessee

Other (Maryland, Oklahoma St, Siena, Wichita St)

 

We’ve covered the preseason All-Americans, Final Four picks and individual team previews. Now it’s time for the fun stuff – the guys who make college basketball so fun to watch. Let the debates begin:

 

 

BREAKOUT PLAYERS

 

Gonzaga Bulldogs

 

 

Ah, the old floor general; the point guard. He is the player responsible for standing at the helm of his team and guiding them as an offensive catalyst, while also serving as the first line of defense on the other end of the floor. Is it any wonder then that seven of the last nine national champions have seen their point guard drafted in June? Probably not.

 

It’s not just the under-the-radar high school prospects that end up playing their college ball at non-BCS schools nowadays.  15 out of Rivals.com’s top 150 prospects for 2008 committed to non-BCS schools.  Add to that the 18 players from the year before and you’ve got a serious influx of talent for the Davids to help fight off the Goliaths.

 

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - If you remember how the top three finished in the West Coast Conference men's basketball regular-season chase a year ago then you won't see anything out of the ordinary to start the 2008-09 campaign.

Gonzaga University edged Saint Mary's College and the University of San Diego in the 2008-09 WCC men's basketball pre-season poll as selected by the league coaches. The announcement was made at the 2008 WCC Basketball Media Day at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, site of the 2009 WCC Basketball Tournament.