Didn’t know where to put this, so putting it here. For (1) the Top 10 KenPom teams, plus (2) any team with multiple players on the list, with at least one in the top 30, plus (3) UNC (since they didn’t fit the other criteria), here are the players on Vecenie’s most recent top 100 big board:
#1 - Houston - 1 player / #37 (and not even a starter)
#2 - Purdue - 1 player / #35
#3 - UConn - 5 players / #11, 13, 47, 66, 71
#4 - Zona - 2 players / #50, 95
#5 - Marquette - 3 players / #12, 26, 95
#6 - BYU - 0 players
#7 - Baylor - 3 players / #7, 42, 98
#8 - Creighton - 3 players / #17, 54, 56
#9 - Tenn. - 1 player / #16
#10 - Zags - 0 players
#12 - Kansas - 1 player / #27
#15 - UNC - 2 players / #43, 55
#19 - â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– - 3 players / #19, 23, 89
#21 - Kentucky - 7 players / #6, 14, 15, 32, 44, 64, 73
#22 - UVa - 2 players / #10, 78
#30 - Colorado - 2 players / #5, 31
#35 - USC - 2 players / #1, 20 (neither of whom are Bronny)
#42 - UCLA - 3 players / #24, 49, 75
Takeaways:
- Not enough talent to win the natty (probably): Houston, Purdue (
), BYU, Tenn., Zags, Kansas () - Not being given enough credit for ability to make a deep run, but also no guarantee (see Michigan last year) - UCLA, USC, Baylor (maybe Baylor is being given enough credit), Colorado
- Not being given enough credit as the two teams most likely win it all: Kentucky and UConn (in that order)
- This really speaks to the problem with ■■■■■■■■■. Only Flip has lived up to preseason promise so far. Proctor a bit disappointing. Mitchell VERY disappointing. And none of the frosh have popped (Sam V’s rule is to list frosh only if they’d be in his top 50, which means no ■■■■■■■■■frosh is in his top 50)