With March Madness approaching, college basketball suddenly assumes center stage under the national spotlight for a few weeks.
For most sports, fans watch the regular season before consuming the postseason in even higher numbers.Â
But college basketball has become an unusual outlier, where the public watches NCAA basketball (and bets into March Madness odds) at incredibly high frequencies, despite mostly ignoring the previous four months of regular-season play.
If this sounds like you, don’t worry! I’ve got you covered with some of my favorite players to watch this year.
These are the best players in men’s college basketball this year, and as you can imagine, many of them will be featured for at least a game or two in the NCAA Tournament.Â
Best College Basketball Players This Season
| Player | Team | Key Stats | NCAAT Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Ballard (C) | Wichita State | 75.9 FG% (Leads Div. I) | Out |
| Johni Broome (F) | Auburn | 19p/11r; 50.6 FG% | In |
| Walter Clayton Jr. (G) | Florida | 17p/4a | In |
| Oscar Cluff (C) | South Dakota State | 18p/12r; 63.4 FG% | Out |
| Hunter Dickinson (C) | Kansas | 17p/10r; 53.8 FG% | In |
| Eric Dixon (F) | Villanova | 24ppg (Leads Div. I) | Bubble |
| Cooper Flagg (F) | Duke | 19p/8r/4a | In |
| PJ Haggerty (G) | Memphis | 21p/5.5r/4a | In |
| Kam Jones (G) | Marquette | 19p/6a | In |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner (C) | Creighton | 19p/9r, 66.3 FG% | In |
| Jacksen Moni (F) | North Dakota State | 21p/6r/4a, 50.8 FG% | Out |
| Mark Sears (G) | Alabama | 19p/5a | In |
| Braden Smith (G) | Purdue | 16p/5r/9a | In |
| John Tonje (G) | Wisconsin | 19p/5r | In |
| JT Toppin (F) | Texas Tech | 18p/9r, 55.8 FG% | In |
| Zakai Zeigler (G) | Tennessee | 13p/7.5a | In |
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