www.crackedsidewalks.com/Best/Worst Case For Each Big East Team Based on leaving for NBA, graduate signings
Following up on some good feedback from MUScoop on where teams rank if players turn go NBA, here is the updated best and worst case based on Value Add projections for each team. The database will start to be updated with all 4000 players projections soon and you will be able to click here, but I am working through a programming issue.
Big East Best/Worst Case Nat'l Rank
Villanova 1st at 46.75
Xavier 26th at 32.2
Georgetown 31st (31.59) with Smith-Rivera back, up to 21st (35.49) if add Anthony CollinsSeton Hall 50th at 27.88
Providence 66th (24.87) to NR at 15.27 if Dunn leaves
Marquette 75th (23.62) to 17th with 37.35 if added Damion Lee and Shonn Miller
DePaul 91st (20.45)
Butler just miss top 100 (18.94)
Creighton just miss top 100 (17.09)
St. John's NR at 6.93 or even if 10.83 for adding Anthony Collins
The players referenced below were all among the 20 players who still making final decisions on which school to attend or whether to go NBA. Smith-Rivera selected to stay with Georgetown and now projects as the 5th best player in the country, and Kris Dunn is still deciding if he will leave Providence for the NBA, and if he stays the Big East projects to have two of the top six players in the league.
20 Biggest Decisions (Smith-Rivera already staying)
Rnk Player Team Ht Yr Value Add
5 Smith-Rivera, D'Vauntes 4 Georgetown 6'3 4 Sr 9.686 Dunn, Kris 3 Providence/NBA 6'3 3 Jr 9.6
10 Wiltjer, Kyle 33 Gonzaga/NBA 6'10 4 Sr 9.02
18 Hield, Buddy 24 Oklahoma/NBA 6'4 4 Sr 8.52
23 Johnson, Stanley 5 Arizona/NBA 6'6 2 So 8.43
25 Lee, Damion 14 AZ,Lville,Gonz,Marq,MD 6'6 4 Sr 8.13
36 Yogi Ferrell, Kevin 11 Indiana/NBA 6'0 4 Sr 7.65
59 Poeltl, Jakob 42 Utah/NBA 7'0 2 So 6.97
104 Auguste, Zach 30 Notre Dame/NBA 6'10 4 Sr 5.96
140 Miller, Shonn CT,IL,BC,Mich,Marq,Cal 6'7 3 Jr 5.6
147 Tollefsen, Mark 23 AZ,CA,SDSt.,WA,NV,TN 6'9 4 Sr 5.5
152 Thorne, Mike 12 Pitt,Ill,KS,KY 6'11 4 Sr 5.4
194 Hammons, A.J. 20 Purdue/NBA 7'0 4 Sr 4.99
218 Harris, Tyler 25 Available 6'9 4 Sr 4.8
254 Smith, Sterling 24 WF, Pitt, Rutg, Lville 6'4 4 Sr 4.53
259 Smith, Adam 3 Available 6'1 4 Sr 4.5
328 Gordon, Derrick 2 ORSt.,UtahSt,UNLV 6'3 4 Sr 4.1
367 Collins, Anthony 11 CA,TN,Bay,Gtown,St.Johns,Pur 6'1 4 Sr 3.9
404 LeVert, Caris 23 Michigan/NBA 6'7 4 Sr 3.72
412 Wallace, Tyrone 3 California/NBA 6'5 4 Sr 3.68
I am waiting on adding any JUCOs until Brad Winton finishes his update. I traded emails with him this week, and he is close.