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40. Justin Patton of Creighton
7-0 230 lb RSFR C

39. Jalen Lindsey of Providence
6-7 220 lb JR SF

38. Khyri Thomas of Creighton
6-3 205 lb SO SG

37. Eric Paschall of Villanova
6-7 250 lb RSSO PF

36. Avery Woodson of Butler
6-2 190 lb RSSR SG

35. Shamorie Ponds of St. John’s
6-1 170 lb FR PG

34. Kyron Cartwright of Providence
5-11 185 lb JR PG

33. Haanif Cheatham of Marquette
6-5 195 lb SO SG

32. Ish Sanogo of Seton Hall
6-8 215 lb JR PF

31. Jalen Brunson of Villanova
6-2 190 lb SO PG

If there are 30 better players than Jalen Brunson in the BE this year I'll eat me shoe. With Arch gone watch him blossom.

Surprised no Georgetown players yet. I would've expected to see whomever is slotted as our PG to have been on the list already from the outside looking in.

List takes a turn for the bizarre. Though the research put into this list is much appreciated

GumbyDamnit! wrote:If there are 30 better players than Jalen Brunson in the BE this year I'll eat me shoe. With Arch gone watch him blossom.

hoyahooligan wrote:Surprised no Georgetown players yet. I would've expected to see whomever is slotted as our PG to have been on the list already from the outside looking in.

Interesting that both of you bring this up. The debate between Jalen Brunson and Jonathan Mulmore was one of the fiercest we had during this process. The reality is that the middle of this list is pretty packed together. Not much difference between 20 and 35. I personally like Brunson a lot and had him higher. Another person in our group insisted that he would struggle without Arci.

hortle wrote:List takes a turn for the bizarre. Though the research put into this list is much appreciated

Thank you, it was a fun and tiring process to throw together. What strikes you as bizzare? Who's too high? Who's too low? Who's missing? The hope with these lists is that they would inspire some debate and conversation going into the season.

TAMU Eagle wrote:

hortle wrote:List takes a turn for the bizarre. Though the research put into this list is much appreciated

Thank you, it was a fun and tiring process to throw together. What strikes you as bizzare? Who's too high? Who's too low? Who's missing? The hope with these lists is that they would inspire some debate and conversation going into the season.

Tremendous amount of effort TAMU Eagle. Thanks for putting the list together. Your rankings and writeups on the Friars players are really accurate and very thorough. With any list there will be some disagreement, but that's part of the fun and makes for good discussions.

wow Marcus Foster not even in Bluejay top 5? I think one can make an argument he could end up being the best player on that team.

GumbyDamnit! wrote:If there are 30 better players than Jalen Brunson in the BE this year I'll eat me shoe. With Arch gone watch him blossom.

I am not sure where Brunson should land but I am excited to watch him this year. The dude is extremelly confident with the ball in his hands and could be a lot of fun running the show.

BEhomer wrote:wow Marcus Foster not even in Bluejay top 5? I think one can make an argument he could end up being the best player on that team.

No. Foster will make this list, as will Watson. It merely means that CU doesn't have more than 3 of the Top 50 players.

Also surprised at the Brunson rating. I figured he'd be in the Top 20 range.