Yep, that could be. But if he does that, he should just name it the Top 20 transfer and returning players in the B1G!
He 100% loves the Notable names that have been around the conference for awhile, and he loves spreading the love out to as many teams as possible.
All good for business. (His Business)
So, you’re saying we won’t have four? From what I can tell there are only 13 left and we’d have to take three of those spots. Hmmm…
No I think we will have 4 unless this list goes off the rails even more than normal. Just commenting on the frame that Katz uses for his rankings
Looking forward to top 10 Geo though.
Who is going to be the 4th Jones or Diabate? I have a hard time seeing Jones above Brooks. Is Diabate a top 10 player in the conference?
Jones. He’s a big time transfer so he gets lots of pub. Pretty much any mainstream ranking will have Jones top 15 in conference
Agree. Dickinson will be toward the top, though I bet he puts Kofi, Williams, and TJD ahead of him. Jones will make the list as a big name transfer.
Jones should be named shortly then. Won’t the top 10 include Dickinson/Williams/Kofi/Ivey/TJD/EJ/Curbelo. Room for 6 more of the total 13. Edey should be there, Pete Nance is better than Audige but 2 NW guys? Walker/Murray/Sueing/Christie/Houstan. Someone is getting snubbed and I think it will look pretty bad. Haven’t included Ayala either. Yep this list is going to be dreadful.
Harper too. And I’m guessing he will put Geo Baker somewhere in there since he loved him last year. So yeah, there will be some huge snubs.
Had him listed as well accidentally deleted him. It would look better if we took off Audige. I may take Bohannon off because I like Murray more. Dante Scott might be top 20 over Fatts.
Yeah Scott absolutely should be in the top 20 too. This list is going to look very bad when we reach the point of seeing who is left off in favor of Audige and Fatts
If I had to start speculating on Andy Katz’s B1G player ranking, which I can’t say is a super exciting prospect to me, I would guess he will certainly have Dickinson, Williams, Kofi, Ivey, TJD, Curbelo, and Liddell top 7. Then Edey and Geo Baker for sure leaves 4 spots. Which I would guess are Harper, Houstan, Murray, and Jones.
I also would bet that DeVante’ is not on this list FWIW.
Also it is hard making lists! Fine line between the perfect list and one that gets people talking. It’s also tricky when you work for the NCAA and want to be inclusive!
There’s a real easy fix that would eliminate all criticism. Instead of calling this a ranking of the Big Ten’s best players, they could just rebrand it as a list of Big Ten Players.
Andy Katz’s list of B1G players who are definitely on a B1G basketball team.
You know those popcorn tins that give you butter, cheddar and caramel popcorn, and you don’t want all three flavors, but you have to buy it like that? Katz is offering us the Big Ten basketball version of that.
Or like a package of Starburst…three you like and then one you don’t like, repeat.
Disappointed that my dreams of Tyson Walker being really bad have fallen apart