There are a few teams this year who are ranked higher than they have in a while. And for most of them there is a lot of hype around the recruits they brought in. Here is my 5 teams this season
As a freshman, Zion Williamson averaged 22.6 points per game, 8.9 rebounds per game, and 2.1 assists per game; alongside 2.1 steals per game and 1.8 blocks per game for the Duke Blue Devils. He was selected #1 overall in the 2019 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans and took home plenty of hardware from his only collegiate season.
Read moreThe day has come where young athletes will finally make the leap into the NBA. We will see the first steps of Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, and RJ Barrett as they look to take these below par teams to playoff contention. Here is a full first round mock of who each team with a pick should take. 1) New Orleans
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Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
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Cassius Stanley and Cole Anthony are two of the brightest young stars for next season. Anthony is listed as the #2 prospect by ESPN and #4 by 247 Sports, while Cassius Stanley is rated a little bit lower at 29 overall by both sites. The two of them are both announcing their decisions this week, with Cassius going first at
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Matthew Hurt, a 6’8 power forward out of Rochester Minnesota is the 10th ranked player in the class of 2019. He is one of the last top recruits to decide on a school, but will be announcing on Friday, April 19th where he will spend next year. The 4 schools he’s considering are Duke, Kansas, UNC, and Kentucky. Here are
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Zion Williamson (PF Duke) Ja Morant (PG Murray State) RJ Barrett (Duke SF) De’Andre Hunter (SF Virginia) Jarrett Culver (SG Texas Tech) Cameron Reddish (SF Duke) Jaxon Hayes (C Texas) Darius Garland (PG Vanderbilt) Brandon Clarke (PF Gonzaga) Sekou Doumbouya (PF France) Bol Bol (C Oregon) Coby White (PG UNC) Romeo Langford (PG Indiana) Kevin Porter (SG USC) Rui Hachimura
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Ahmed Hill of Virginia Tech missed the game-tying alley-oop to send Duke to the Elite 8 for the second year in a row, winning 75-73. A classic ACC battle, Virginia Tech won the previous meeting without their point guard Justin Robinson, but Duke was without Zion Williamson. This game, Zion Williamson made a difference. Williamson had a game-high 23 points
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Two rounds down, four to go. With the Sweet 16 just about starting, let’s take a look back at the Rounds of 64 and 32 and the biggest storylines of those games. 1) Not the year to be a Cinderella If you picked the chalk for your bracket this year, it’s probably doing very well. 14 of the 16 remaining
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Sixteen teams remain. Eight games to be played to decide who is elite enough to move on to be one step closer to cut down the nets and take a trip to Minneapolis to play for the National Championship. Seven conferences remain and will battle it out in hopes that their teams can keep the momentum going and break into
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