College Basketball Player Watch

I haven't written in a while, but I am now starting a "College Basketball Player Watch".

This is a ranking of college basketball players by class. At the end of the year I plan on doing a "Top 150 College Basketball Players" ranking as I did at the end of last season.

I will start out by ranking the top twelve players of each class (Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman) in college basketball along with an honorable mention.

The rankings will be based off of performance and production as well as talent. A player must have played in a minimum of eight games to qualify for the rankings.

I welcome any thoughts and comments, so please don't hold back.

Freshmen

1. John Wall—Kentucky
2. Xavier Henry—Kansas
3. Avery Bradley—Texas
4. Derrick Favors—Georgia Tech
5. DeMarcus Cousins—Kentucky
6. Lance Stephenson—Cincinnati
7. Maurice Creek—Indiana
8. Jordan Hamilton—Texas
9. Alex Oriakhi—Connecticut
10. Elias Harris—Gonzaga
11. Eric Bledsoe—Kentucky
12. Derrick Williams—Arizona

Honorable Mention: Kenny Boynton—Florida:

Sophomores

1. Willie Warren—Oklahoma
2. Ed Davis—North Carolina
3. Greg Monroe—Georgetown
4. Al-Farouq Aminu—Wake Forest
5. Klay Thompson—Washington State
6. Luke Babbitt—Nevada
7. Elliot Williams—Memphis
8. Terrico White—Ole Miss
9. Isaiah Thomas—Washington
10. Gordon Hayward—Butler
11. Kemba Walker—Connecticut
12. Sylven Landesberg—Virginia

Honorable Mention: Trey Thompkins—Georgia

Juniors

1. Evan Turner—Ohio State
2. Cole Aldrich—Kansas
3. Manny Harris—Michigan
4. Wesley Johnson—Syracuse
5. Craig Brackins—Iowa State
6. Patrick Patterson—Kentucky
7. Kyle Singler - Duke
8. Gani Lawal—Georgia Tech
9. James Anderson—Oklahoma State
10. Robbie Hummel—Purdue
11. Kalin Lucas—Michigan State
12. Charles Garcia—Seattle

Honorable Mention: Talor Battle—Penn State

Seniors

1. Luke Harangody—Notre Dame
2. Trevor Booker—Clemson
3. Sherron Collins—Kansas
4. Damion James—Texas
5. Artsiom Parakhouski—Radford
6. Aubrey Coleman—Houston
7. Quincy Pondexter—Washington
8. Jon Scheyer—Duke
9. Jarvis Varnado—Mississippi State
10. Stanley Robinson—Connecticut
11. Jerome Randle—California
12. Landry Fields—Stanford

Honorable Mention: Dexter Pittman—Texas

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