College basketball’s opening day is only three days away now. With the season approaching, here is a look at the best mid-major players in college basketball this season.
First Team
Jake Odum, Indiana State (13.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.6 apg)
Corey Hawkins, UC Davis (20.3 ppg, 3.3 apg, 40 3P%)
Tyler Haws, Brigham Young (21.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 38.1 3P%)
Cleanthony Early, Wichita State (13.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg)
Jerrelle Benimon, Towson (17.1 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 1.9 bpg)
Second Team
Jason Brickman, LIU-Brooklyn (9.5 ppg, 8.5 apg, 46.2 3P%)
Travis Bader, Oakland (22.1 ppg, 38.6 3P%)
George Beamon, Manhattan (19.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 42.7 3P%)
Javon McCrea, Buffalo (18.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.6 bpg)
Augustine Rubit, South Alabama (19.4 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 1.2 bpg)
Third Team
Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette (15.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.5 apg, 2.4 spg)
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga (11.9 ppg, 3.3 apg, 41.7 3P%)
Matt Carlino, Brigham Young (11.5 ppg, 4.8 apg)
Sean Armand, Iona (16.6 ppg, 3.0 apg, 40.9 3P%)
John Brown, High Point (16.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg)
Honorable Mention
Kareem Jamar, Montana (14.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 4.0 apg)
Rhamel Brown, Manhattan (11.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.0 bpg)
Wesley Saunders, Harvard (16.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.5 apg)
Billy Baron, Canisius (17.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 5.0 apg)
Siyani Chambers, Harvard (12.4 ppg, 5.7 apg)
R.J. Hunter, Georgia State (17.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg)
Taylor Braun, North Dakota State (15.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 43.5 3P%)
Troy Huff, North Dakota (19.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.4 spg)
Sim Bhullar, New Mexico State (10.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.4 bpg)
Alec Brown, Green Bay (14.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
Patrick Miller, Tennessee State (14.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 5.9 apg)
Adjehi Baru, Charleston (9.8 ppg, 8.3 rpg)
Cole Dickerson, San Francisco (15.2 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 41.0 3P%)
David Laury, Iona (13.1 ppg, 10.3 rpg)
Torrey Craig, USC Upstate (17.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg)
Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette (15.5 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 2.0 bpg)
Preston Medlin, Utah State (16.3 ppg, 3.2 apg, 39.3 3P%)
Alex Francis, Bryant (17.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg)
Allan Chaney, High Point (14.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg)
Brett Comer, Florida Gulf Coast (8.0 ppg, 6.6 apg)
Damion Lee, Drexel (17.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg)
Elijah Pittman, Marshall (16.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Walt Lemon Jr., Bradley (15.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.8 apg)
Gary Bell Jr., Gonzaga (9.0 ppg, 39.2 3P%)
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