The image of the 2021-22 males’s school basketball season is step by step turning into extra clear, at the very least so far as the gamers, groups and rosters are involved. With one other week of the offseason, there was one other flurry of roster selections, together with switch gamers discovering new houses, seniors saying they’ll return to high school or gamers withdrawing from the NBA Draft.
Within the newest March Madness 365 podcast, Andy Katz takes inventory of all of the roster selections made within the final week and evaluates who had the perfect week for the most recent version of #KatzRankz. He ranks the top-10 winners of roster selections made through the second week of the offseason, reflecting selections that have been made official beginning Monday, April 12, by way of Sunday, April 18.
You may take heed to the most recent #MM365 podcast under.
Listed here are the highest 10 winners from roster selections made through the second week of the offseason, in line with Katz.
10. Alabama
Alabama added a pair of gamers to its roster within the final week — Texas Tech’s Nimari Burnett and Furman’s Noah Gurley.
Burnett, a 6-Four guard, averaged 5.Three factors, 1.Eight rebounds and 1.Four steals per sport as a freshman, earlier than departing this system in early January. Gurley, a 6-Eight ahead, performed three seasons at Furman, the place he averaged a career-best 15.Four factors and 5.Eight rebounds per sport as a junior. He shot 57.Eight p.c contained in the arc and he made 34 p.c of his Four.5 Three-point makes an attempt per sport, so he could possibly be a participant who suits in with Alabama’s offense that favors Three-point makes an attempt and photographs on the rim, however few photographs in between.
Gurley and Furman performed Alabama in every of the final two seasons, together with final December, when Gurley scored 15 factors in a loss in Tuscaloosa.
9. Kansas
Kansas added Drake switch Joseph Yesufu to its roster after Yesufu posted the very best shot charge on Drake final season, when the Bulldogs went 26-5. When he was on the ground, he tried 29 p.c of the group’s photographs, whereas nonetheless remaining environment friendly, with 39 p.c Three-point capturing and 83-percent free-throw capturing.
The 6-foot guard averaged 12.Eight factors per sport as a sophomore after averaging Three.Eight factors per sport as a freshman.
Eight. LSU
Xavier Pinson transferred from Missouri however stayed inside the SEC as he’ll play for LSU subsequent season. The 6-2 guard led the Tigers in utilization charge and shot charge final season — roughly 30 p.c in each charges — whereas scoring 13.6 factors per sport, which ranked second on the group. He scored at the very least 20 factors on 5 events, together with 36 factors towards TCU due to eight Three-pointers and eight free throws.
7. Wisconsin
Brad Davison will return to Wisconsin, the place he averaged 10 factors per sport final season because the group’s third-leading scorer, and the Badgers may even add Jahcobi Neath to the roster after Neath spent two seasons at Wake Forest. Neath averaged 5.Three factors per sport as a freshman and three.Eight factors per sport as a sophomore, whereas capturing 34.6 p.c from three in his first two seasons.
6. San Diego State
The Aztecs will add Cal switch Matt Bradley to their roster after Bradley led the Golden Bears in scoring final season at 18.zero factors per sport, whereas additionally averaging Four.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He shot 51 p.c contained in the arc and 36 p.c from behind it. He scored at the very least 20 factors 11 occasions in 22 video games final season, together with 29 factors in a win over Colorado, which was the highest-seeded Pac-12 group within the 2021 NCAA Event.
5. Florida
The Gators could have a new-look roster subsequent season as they added to their roster Penn State’s Myreon Jones (15.Three ppg), Charleston Southern’s Phlandrous Fleming (20.1 ppg), UMKC’s Brandon McKissic (17.2 ppg) and Boston Faculty’s CJ Felder (9.7 ppg).
Four. Tennessee
Tennessee will get one other season from John Fulkerson and the Volunteers will add Auburn switch Justin Powell to their roster. In 10 video games, Powell shot 44 p.c from three and he posted an help charge of 32.2 p.c, which signifies that he assisted on roughly a 3rd of Auburn’s baskets when he was on the ground.
Fulkerson averaged 9.5 factors and 5.5 rebounds per sport for Tennessee final season.
Three. Illinois
Not solely will Trent Frazier (10.2 ppg) return to Illinois however the Illini will add to their roster Florida’s Omar Payne (Three.Eight ppg and three.2 rpg) and Utah’s Alphonso Plummer (13.6 ppg). Illinois misplaced Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn, however the return of Frazier and the additions of Plummer and Payne might assist Illinois proceed the success that resulted in a No. 1 seed within the 2021 NCAA event.
2. Texas
New Texas coach Chris Beard will lead a new-look Longhorns roster, as Kentucky’s Devin Askew, Creighton’s Christian Bishop and Utah’s Timmy Allen will play in Austin subsequent season, as will Texas guard Andrew Jones, who’s returning to high school. Jones led Texas in scoring final season at 14.6 factors per sport, together with Four.5 rebounds and a couple of.Three assists per sport, so he’ll play an integral function in Beard’s first Texas group.
Allen led Utah in scoring and rebounding final season at 17.2 factors and 6.Four rebounds per sport, whereas Bishop was Creighton’s high rebounder (6.Four rebounds per sport) and fourth-leading scorer (11.zero ppg). Askew averaged 6.5 factors, 2.9 assists and a couple of.6 rebounds per sport as a freshman at Kentucky.
1. Villanova
Villanova could possibly be poised to contend for its third nationwide championship in six seasons after the introduced returns of co-Large East Participant of the 12 months Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels. Each gamers shot 37 p.c from three final season and Samuels was essentially the most environment friendly scorer in Large East play final season with an offensive score of 124.9.