Big East Basketball: Top 25 Players
Luke Harangody - Best in BE?
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 EAST |
PG
1. Scottie Reynolds - Villanova
2. Dominique Jones - South Florida
3. Kemba Walker - UCONN
4. Tory Jackson - Pittsburgh
5. Sharaud Curry - Providence
SG
1. Mike Rosario - Rutgers
2. Jeremy Hazell - Seton Hall
3. Jerome Dyson - UCONN
4. Deonta Vaughn - Cincinnati
5. Corey Stokes - Villanova
- With so many more teams, the Big East is always harder to rank. There is no
one dominant player in this group, but many experienced starters. Nova's Corey
Fisher was the hardest player to leave off. One newcomer to watch is WVU's Casey
Mitchell, a juco shooting guard with high expectations.
SF
1. Devin Ebanks - West Virginia
2. Wesley Johnson - Syracuse
3. Lance Stephenson - Cincinnati
4. Stanley Robinson - UCONN
5. Robert Mitchell - Seton Hall
PF
1. Da'Sean Butler - West Virginia
2. Lazar Hayward - Marquette
3. Anthony Mason Jr - St. John's
4. Herb Pope - Seton Hall
5. Dante Taylor - Pittsburgh
C
1. Luke Harangody - Notre Dame
2. Greg Monroe - Georgetown
3. Samardo Samuels - Louisville
4. Mac Koshwal - DePaul
5. Arinze Onuaku - Syracuse
- Impressive that WVU has the top SF & PF. Herb Pope has surpreme talent, but he
might not even start for a deep SHU team. There are a good amount of newcomers
on the list, including the likes of Johnson, Stephenson, Pope, etc. One other
transfer to watch is Nova's Taylor King, who can light up the score-sheet if
given ample minutes.
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