The Starting 5

Here are my top 5 players entering the 2024-25 season by position.

POINT GUARDS

1. Mark Sears - Alabama

2. Braden Smith - Purdue

3. Tamin Lipsey - Iowa State

4. Ryan Nembhard - Gonzaga

5. Zakai Zeigler - Tennessee

SHOOTING GUARDS

1. RJ Davis - UNC

2. Tyon Grant Foster - Grand Canyon

3. Caleb Love - Arizona

4. Kadary Richmond - Saint Johns

5. Hunter Sallis - Wake Forest

SMALL FORWARDS

1. Cooper Flagg - Duke

2. Michael Ajayi - Gonzaga

3. Arthur Kaluma - Texas

4. Ace Bailey - Rutgers

5. Chad Baker-Mazara - Auburn

POWER FORWARDS

1. Johni Broome - Auburn

2. Graham Ike - Gonzaga

3. Coleman Hawkins - Kansas State

4. Malik Reneau - Indiana

5. Malik Dia - Ole Miss

CENTERS

1. Hunter Dickinson - Kansas

2. Ryan Kalkbrenner - Creighton

3. Robbie Avila - Saint Louis

4. Oumar Ballo - Indiana

5. Zvonimir Ivisic - Arkansas