Comments on: 50 Best Players in College Basketball For the 2012-2013 Season

By: YoungmanU2

YoungmanU2 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:19:04 +0000

People consistently over-rate Duke players (as with Austin Rivers at #7 in last year’s list) so it’s good to see no Duke player in the top 40 (and for good reason!). That said, even Mason Plumlee may be overrated at #48. He has no offense unless it is a dunk of a missed shot or great alley-oop. I can’t recall a bigger brick-laying big man as highly ranked as he was coming out since … in a long time. Brian Zoubek, also, ironically from Duke, was just about as bad (though he could actually shoot better than Plumlee; he just had incredibly slow feet). Plumlee can sky out of the gym and has tremendous size/strength; so if he quits thinking he’s the next Kareem and starts playing like a big Dennis Rodman – he could make something of himself and of Duke. Otherwise, they are in trouble. Top 15 at best (I’d put them at 10-15 in the initial rankings. They will win some games and move up b/c of a soft ACC schedule, though).

By: RnR_NCSU

RnR_NCSU — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:53:04 +0000

Gotta love commenting from an iPhone. Nevertheless, the point stands that CJ Leslie is not only way better than where you’ve ranked him, your sole reasoning for moving him down the list is null and void, based on the dramatic improvement he showed last season.

By: RnR_NCSU

RnR_NCSU — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:50:15 +0000

Leslie was 22 last year preseason. Thought he was good; but didn’t improve. with influx of new talent, i dont see him blowing up and getting better. do like Pack this year a lot
I was typing out a long, drawn out missive but just gave up. Instead, I’ll simply say WTF?

By: JesseBishop

JesseBishop — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:33:14 +0000

Pressey is too low, and Dixon not being on the list is absurd. MU will have the best starting back court in the country this year.

By: jpudner

jpudner — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:03:50 +0000

Love the list. I set up the database http://www.valueaddbasketball.com to give the statistical projections of the value of each player, and had Craft as No. 8.

On Leslie, by observation he looked like a Top 20 player down the stretch, but until then his year was really a disappointment. He was only in the top 20% of all players his freshman year, and last year jumped up to the top 8% of all players, when you take the year as a whole. Those cases are always tough – was he finally emerging and hitting his true potential at the end of the year that he will maintain and be a top 20 player this year? Could be, but it’s tough to rank him there based on that small a number of games, so I still believe he has to prove he can maintain the level.

By: GoodBodyShot

GoodBodyShot — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:04:23 +0000

In what world is Rotnei Clarke a better player than CJ Leslie?

I hate NC State and still recognize Leslie is easily a top 20 player in the country.

By: JRD

JRD — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:05:53 +0000

#26 is about right for Trevor Mbakwe for Minnesota. IF – and it’s always a big if after knee surgery, he comes back strong, he could be more of a force in the Big Ten than Zeller. Again it’s an if, but the Gophers could be really good next year. Lot’s of talent on that roster for Tubby.

By: itswoodsy

itswoodsy — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:07:15 +0000

without Sean Kilpatrick on this list its useless, easily at top 25 player in the country

By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence

Jay V Of Considerable Influence — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:15:35 +0000

Look, I realize the subjective nature of these lists…but, seriously, how you could possibly leave Sean Kilpatrick off this list? I’d have him in the top 25, can’t fathom any way he’d be left out of top 50. He runs circles around a number of the guards you have on this list.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:12:26 +0000

IU may have some issues this year trying to mix the old and the young. Those kids didn’t come to sit. The older guys are what made IU play well last year. Who takes shots (other than Zeller) and how much does everyone play? And, will anyone play defense? Because IU was allergic to it last year.

Not worried at all about this.

By: PurdueMatt

PurdueMatt — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:03:33 +0000

Christian Watford is too high. He was 17th in scoring in the Big Ten last year, yet he’s 14th on this list.

By: jthussler

jthussler — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:59:31 +0000

Lots of complaints about all the Arizona talent. Noted!

From whom?

By: PurdueMatt

PurdueMatt — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:57:45 +0000

Cody Zeller is not a forward.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:57:24 +0000

Do agree on the Pack though this year. That conference is theirs for the taking.

Granted it’s NC State, and considering they have a stark lack of criminals and shady signings on this team, I doubt they’ll replicate anything near Valvano’s teams.

By: arkbadger

arkbadger — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:55:19 +0000

should put the Tigers in Final 4 contention.

judging by Mizzou’s track record in the tournament, I am going to have to disagree with this.

By: Wally's World

Wally's World — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:54:10 +0000

Wally – Nate had a very good game against Baylor in the NCAA tourney, i thought. looked like a kid who could play in the B12, B10, etc

He was good in that game against Baylor. He might even be top 50. I think he is a stretch at 20, especially if you compare him to Pressey, Franklin or Triche.

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:52:01 +0000

Dude CJ improved in pretty much every single statistical category last year, don’t get why you’re saying he didn’t get better.

Take it back on the fix. Has taken five minutes to post this.

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:48:36 +0000

Leslie was 22 last year preseason. Thought he was good; but didn’t improve. with influx of new talent, i dont see him blowing up and getting better. do like Pack this year a lot

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:47:25 +0000

Lots of complaints about all the Arizona talent. Noted!

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:46:40 +0000

Wally – Nate had a very good game against Baylor in the NCAA tourney, i thought. looked like a kid who could play in the B12, B10, etc