Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Player ratings and the All-American team

The Wooden All-America men's team was announced today and the ten members are: Jimmer Fredette, BYU; Ben Hansbrough, Notre Dame; JaJuan Johnson, Purdue; Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State; Marcus Morris, Kansas; Jacob Pullen, Kansas State; Nolan Smith, Duke; Jared Sullinger, Ohio State; Kemba Walker, Connecticut; and Derrick Williams, Arizona.

All of those guys were highly rated recruits coming out of high school, right? Well, many were, but certainly not all.

Of the ten-member team, Fredette and Hansbrough were the two who made the biggest leap from their recruiting rank to All-America honors--both were two-star recruits as ranked by Scout.com. Pullen was a three-star recruit; Johnson, Smith, Leonard, Morris and Williams were four-star rated; and Sullinger and Walker were five-star guys.

Overall, in the NCAA Tournament, the star who has made the biggest leap is Kenneth Faried of Morehead State. Faried was unrated coming out of high school but has shown up on All-America lists and helped his 13th seeded team make it to the second round after upsetting Louisville.

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