LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The 2013-14 college hoops season begins, in earnest, on Friday.
It’ll wrap up – we should hope just as earnestly, thank you very much – with the April 7 NCAA title game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
There’s going to be a lot of games played on and between those dates.
And what follows is a list of the players I’ve projecting to make up the 50 best, across all classes, topped by first- and second-team All-America choices.
There are seven very good – obviously – freshmen on the list, each of which is capable of landing All-America honors come March.
But, as a nod to what they have already accomplished as college players, only college veterans were given consideration for the two preseason All-America teams you’re about to peruse.
Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State is as good a choice as any for the preseason Player of the Year.
Julius Randle of Kentucky is my preseason Top Freshman.
Watch for center Alec Brown of Wisconsin-Green Bay and guard Elfrid Payton of Louisiana-Lafayette to rate as a couple of the “surprise” players this season. That is “surprise” to most everyone who follows college hoops but people like me, who had a chance to watch Brown during the adidas Nations Garden Grove (CA) in early August and Payton during the USA Basketball Under 19 Trials in Colorado Springs in mid-June.
Here we go:
ALL-AMERICAN
FIRST TEAM
PG: Marcus Smart/Oklahoma State So.
SG: Russ Smith/Louisville Sr.
SF: Glenn Robinson III/Michigan So.
POST: Doug McDermott/Creighton Sr.
POST: Cory Jefferson/Baylor Sr.
SECOND TEAM
PG: Jahii Carson/Arizona State So
SG: Gary Harris/Michigan State So.
SF: Joe Harris/Virginia Sr.
POST: Juvonte Reddic/VCU Sr.
POST: Adreian Payne/Michigan State Sr.
Next 40 (newcomers included; alphabetical)
- Jordan Adams/UCLA So.
- Kyle Anderson/UCLA So.
- Ryan Anderson/Boston College Jr.
- Keith Appling/Michigan State Sr.
- Isaiah Austin/Baylor Jr.
- Alec Brown/Wisconsin-Green Bay Sr.
- Semaj Christon/Xavier So.
- Aaron Craft/Ohio State Sr.
- Josh Davis/San Diego State/Sr.
- Sam Dekker/Wisconsin Soph.
- Spencer Dinwiddie/Colorado Jr.
- Cleanthony Early/Wichita State Sr.
- C.J. Fair/Syracuse Sr.
- Yogi Ferrell/Indiana So.
- Aaron Gordon/Arizona Fr.
- Jerian Grant/Notre Dame Sr.
- Luke Hancock/Louisville Sr.
- Montrez Harrell/Louisville So.
- Andrew Harrison/Kentucky Fr.
- Tyler Haws/BYU Jr.
- Andre Hollins/Minnesota Jr.
- Rodney Hood/Duke Soph.
- Kareem Jamar/Montana Sr.
- Alex Kirk/New Mexico Jr.
- James Michael McAdoo/North Carolina Jr.
- Mitch McGary/Michigan So.
- Larry Nance Jr/Wyoming Jr.
- Shabazz Napier/Connecticut Sr.
- Johnny O’Bryant/LSU Jr.
- Jake Odum/Indiana State Sr.
- Kevin Pangos/Gonzaga Jr.
- Jabari Parker/Duke Fr.
- Elfrid Payton/Louisiana-Lafayette Jr.
- Dwight Powell/Stanford Sr.
- Julius Randle/Kentucky Fr.
- Wayne Selden/Kansas Fr.
- Andrew Wiggins/Kansas Fr.
- Kendall Williams/New Mexico Sr.
- James Young/Kentucky Fr.
- Patric Young/Florida Sr.
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