Top 2016 Teams/Players: Big East (Ranked 5)Edit Note: I was asked why the ratings in these 32 conference wrap-ups are not the same as in my Breitbart Sports piece on Derrick Gordon and the other top level players available, and the Marquette Hoops story on Marquette moving up to 5th in raw Value Add after Seton Hall lost Sterling Gibbs. In those two stories I used the raw total of the projected Value Add of all returning players. However, in these 32 conference reviews I balanced that with last year's ranking since obviously teams like Wisconsin and Kentucky have players ready to step into roles each year who did not get the minutes to build up Value Add playing behind All-Americans. Also, Chris Mullin's addition of Durand Johnson (2.4 projected Value Add) will push St. John's past Butler and into a projected NCAA bid.
We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players.
Kris Dunn and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera staying gives the conference two potential All-Americans. Sterling Gibbs departure derails a potential big year for Seton Hall, but the rest of the conference is very strong and can go toe-to-toe with the football Power Conferences.
| Natl Rnk | Conference | Team | Record | Raw | Value Add |
|---|
| 5 | Big East | BE | | | 26.45 |
| 2 | | Villanova | 33--3 | 46.75 | 38.92 |
| 28 | | Xavier | 23--14 | 32.20 | 30.14 |
| 29 | | Georgetown | 22--11 | 31.59 | 29.76 |
| 33 | | Providence | 22--12 | 30.87 | 28.89 |
| 45 | | Butler | 23--11 | 24.94 | 26.62 |
| 52 | | St. John's | 21--12 | 25.65 | 25.55 |
| 69 | | Marquette | 13--19 | 25.92 | 22.92 |
| 76 | | Creighton | 14--19 | 23.45 | 22.59 |
| 92 | | Seton Hall | 16--15 | 21.68 | 20.97 |
| 115 | | DePaul | 12--20 | 20.45 | 18.12 |
| Natl Rnk | Top 40 Players (all MU) | Team | Ht | Yr | Value Add |
| 5 | Smith-Rivera, D'Vauntes 4 | Georgetown | 6'3 | 4 Sr | 9.68 |
| 6 | Dunn, Kris 3 | Providence | 6'3 | 3 Jr | 9.6 |
| 33 | Ochefu, Daniel 23 | Villanova | 6'11 | 4 Sr | 7.82 |
| 35 | Hart, Josh 3 | Villanova | 6'5 | 3 Jr | 7.78 |
| 38 | Dunham, Kellen 24 | Butler | 6'6 | 4 Sr | 7.64 |
| 62 | Diallo, Cheick | St. John's/maybe | 6'9 | 1 Fr | 6.93 |
| 70 | Delgado, Angel 31 | Seton Hall | 6'9 | 2 So | 6.69 |
| 83 | Chukwu, Paschal 13 | Providence | 7'2 | 2 So | 6.5 |
| 120 | Arcidiacono, Ryan 15 | Villanova | 6'3 | 4 Sr | 5.91 |
| 125 | Bluiett, Trevon 5 | Xavier | 6'6 | 2 So | 5.88 |
| 126 | Booth, Phil 5 | Villanova | 6'3 | 2 So | 5.86 |
| 128 | Reynolds, Jalen 1 | Xavier | 6'10 | 3 Jr | 5.84 |
| 168 | Williams, Darien | St. John's | 6'8 | 1 Fr | 5.4 |
| 177 | Zierden, Isaiah 21 | Creighton | 6'2 | 3 Jr | 5.29 |
| 181 | Wilson, Duane 1 | Marquette | 6'2 | 2 So | 5.27 |
| 187 | Brunson, Jalen | Villanova | 6'1 | 1 Fr | 5.22 |
| 196 | Ennis, Dylan 31 | Villanova | 6'2 | 4 Sr | 5.14 |
| 197 | Davis, Myles 15 | Xavier | 6'2 | 3 Jr | 5.14 |
| 209 | Ellenson, Henry | Marquette | 6'10 | 1 Fr | 5.04 |
| 231 | Jones, Roosevelt 21 | Butler | 6'4 | 4 Sr | 4.97 |
| 256 | Rodriguez, Desi 20 | Seton Hall | 6'6 | 2 So | 4.79 |
| 259 | Obekpa, Chris 12 | St. John's | 6'10 | 4 Sr | 4.78 |
| 276 | Lindsey, Jalen 21 | Providence | 6'7 | 2 So | 4.67 |
| 300 | Garrett, Billy 5 | DePaul | 6'6 | 3 Jr | 4.48 |
| 305 | Jenkins, Kris 2 | Villanova | 6'6 | 3 Jr | 4.47 |
| 351 | Whitehead, Isaiah 15 | Seton Hall | 6'4 | 2 So | 4.2 |
| 357 | Copeland, Isaac 11 | Georgetown | 6'9 | 2 So | 4.16 |
| 384 | Campbell, Tre 1 | Georgetown | 6'2 | 2 So | 4.02 |
| 401 | White, Paul 13 | Georgetown | 6'8 | 2 So | 3.98 |
| 410 | Savage, Kethan 11 | Butler 2017 | 6'3 | 4 Sr | 3.95 |
| 412 | Hegner, Toby 32 | Creighton | 6'10 | 2 So | 3.94 |
| 418 | Carrington, Khadeen 0 | Seton Hall | 6'3 | 2 So | 3.92 |
| 479 | Chrabascz, Andrew 45 | Butler | 6'7 | 3 Jr | 3.63 |
| 491 | Fischer, Luke 40 | Marquette | 6'11 | 3 Jr | 3.56 |
| 549 | Wideman, Tyler 4 | Butler | 6'8 | 2 So | 3.37 |
| 572 | Abell, Remy 10 | Xavier | 6'4 | 4 Sr | 3.29 |
| 628 | Hanson, Zach 40 | Creighton | 6'9 | 3 Jr | 3.1 |
| 642 | Macura, J.P. 55 | Xavier | 6'5 | 2 So | 3.05 |
| 654 | Peak, L.J. 0 | Georgetown | 6'5 | 2 So | 3.01 |
| 713 | Henry, Myke 4 | DePaul | 6'6 | 4 Sr | 2.9 |
| 723 | Johnson, JaJuan 23 | Marquette | 6'5 | 3 Jr | 2.87 |
| 869 | Cohen, Sandy 5 | Marquette | 6'6 | 2 So | 2.53 |
| 956 | Cheatham, Haanif | Marquette | 6'5 | 1 Fr | 2.35 |
| 1103 | Carter, Traci | Marquette | 6'0 | 1 Fr | 2.10 |
| 1786 | Anim, Sacar | Marquette | 6'4 | 1 Fr | 1.20 |
| 2156 | Heldt, Matt | Marquette | 6'10 | 1 Fr | 1.00 |
| 4000 | Ellenson, Wally | Marquette | 6'4" | 3 Jr | 0.00 |
These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at
www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.
Value Add was first introduced on
www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.
Source: Top 2016 Teams/Players: Big East (Ranked 5) (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2015/04/top-2016-teamsplayers-big-east-ranked-5.html)
proof for 'bama that tables work *way* better now
Quote from: rocky_warrior on September 22, 2015, 08:45:39 PM
proof for 'bama that tables work *way* better now
That's awesome Rocky....now I'm gonna have to go really nuts around here ;D
I believe that Paschal Chukwu has moved on from Providence.
"We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here."
????? ?-(
If I read this chart correctly, unless the frosh turn out to be very, very good, MU will not be.
Quote from: tower912 on September 23, 2015, 09:47:02 AM
If I read this chart correctly, unless the frosh turn out to be very, very good, MU will not be.
Keep in mind that both Luke Fischer and Duane Wilson were essentially freshmen from a playing experience standpoint and the jump to sophomores is where players make the most improvement. So I would say for you to be correct, the frosh would have to be just very good...not very very good :)
Apparently, our opinions 'very' just slightly. ;D
Quote from: Crean to Ann Arbor on September 23, 2015, 09:36:09 AM
I believe that Paschal Chukwu has moved on from Providence.
"We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here."
????? ?-(
The article is from April 30th
Quote from: TAMU Eagle on September 23, 2015, 10:34:04 AM
The article is from April 30th
Yup - sorry for the confusion. Just getting the auto-poster to work.