We are roughly halfway through conference play in college basketball. End of season conference tournaments and post season play will be here before we know it.
In anticipation of the NCAA Tournament and with some advisement from Charlie Creme’s Bracketology as well as Cerebro Sports statistical analysis for data, we look at what the field could look like if selections were made today. You will see the Top 10 in C-RAM from each conference. (Minimum requirements: 10 games played | 15 minutes averaged)
Furthermore, who is the Player of the Year in each conference? Who is the Freshman of the Year? Who are the halfway point All-Americans? Who are the top freshmen? All defensive team?
Lastly, we offer Elite 8 and Final 4 predictions. Join in .. who are your candidates? ACC Tournament Teams: Duke, Notre Dame, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Louisville, NC State Current Leader: Duke | Notre Dame POY: Olivia Miles | Notre Dame - Soph FOY: Taniya Latson | Florida State
BIG 10 Tournament Teams: Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Purdue | Bubble: Nebraska Current Leader: Indiana (10-1) | Iowa (9-1) POY: Caitlin Clark | Iowa - JR FOY: Yarden Garzon | Indiana
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Taylor Thierry | Ohio State - Soph C-RAM LEADERS:
BIG 12 Tournament Teams: Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa State, West Virginia, Baylor | Bubble: Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech Current Leader: Texas POY: Ashley Joens | Iowa State - SR FOY: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs | Baylor
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Gabby Gregory | Kansas State - SR C-RAM LEADERS: PAC 12 Tournament Teams: Stanford, Utah, Colorado, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, USC | Bubble: Washington State Current Leader: Stanford POY: Alissa Pili | Utah - JR FOY: Grace Van Slooten | Oregon
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Kadi Sissuko | USC - SR C-RAM LEADERS:
SEC Tournament Teams: South Carolina, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas | Bubble: Georgia, Mississippi State Current Leader: South Carolina | LSU POY: Angel Reese | LSU - Soph FOY: Flau’jae Johnson | LSU
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Angel Baker | Ole Miss - SR C-RAM LEADERS:
BIG EAST Tournament Teams: UConn, Villanova, St. John’s, Creighton | Bubble: Marquette Current Leader: UConn POY: Madison Siegrist | Villanova - SR FOY: Kennedy Fauntleroy | Georgetown
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Aubrey Griffin | UConn - JR C-RAM LEADERS:
IVY LEAGUE Tournament Teams: Penn | Bubble: Columbia, Harvard, Princeton Current Leader: Columbia POY: Abbey Hsu | Columbia - JR FOY: Emily Pape | Cornell
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Elena Rodriguez | Harvard - SO C-RAM LEADERS:
AMERICAN Current Leader: South Florida POY: Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu | South Florida - SR FOY: Amiya Joyner | East Carolina C-RAM LEADERS:
ATLANTIC 10 Current Leader: Rhode Island POY: Sam Breen | UMass - SR FOY: Nya Robertson | George Washington C-RAM LEADERS:
ATLANTIC SUN Current Leader: Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb February 16 @ FGCU | March 1 @ Lipscomb POY: Antwainette Walker | Eastern Kentucky - SR FOY: Gracie Merkle | Bellarmine C-RAM LEADERS:
AMERICA EAST Current Leader: Albany POY: Helene Haegerstrand | Albany - SR FOY: Jaycie Christopher | Maine C-RAM LEADERS:
BIG SKY Current Leader: Montana State POY: Kahlaijah Dean | Sacramento State - JR FOY: Sophie Glancy | Northern Arizona C-RAM LEADERS:
BIG SOUTH Current Leader: Gardner Webb POY: Jhessyka Williams | Gardner Webb - SR FOY: Ashlyn Traylor | Radford C-RAM LEADERS:
BIG WEST Current Leader: Cal Irvine POY: Tori Harris | Long Beach State - SR FOY: Jessica Grant | UC Santa Barbara C-RAM LEADERS:
C-USA Current Leader: Middle Tennessee POY: Kseniya Malashka | Middle Tennessee - SR FOY: Sifa Joyeuse | Florida International C-RAM LEADERS:
COLONIAL Current Leader: North Carolina A&T POY: Keishana Washington | Drexel - SR FOY: Grace O’Neill | Drexel C-RAM LEADERS:
HORIZON Current Leader: Cleveland State | Green Bay | Youngstown State
FEB 4: Youngstown State @ Cleveland State FEB 19: Green Bay @ Youngstown State FEB 23: Cleveland State @ Green Bay
POY: Lilly Ritz | Youngstown State - SR FOY: Brooke Daniels | Oakland C-RAM LEADERS:
MAAC Current Leader: Iona POY: Ketsia Athias | Iona - SR FOY: Teresa Seppala | Siena C-RAM LEADERS:
MID-AMERICAN Current Leader: Ball State POY: Ally Becki | Ball State - Soph FOY: Sydney Harris | Central Michigan C-RAM LEADERS:
MEAC Current Leader: Morgan State POY: Charlene Shepherd | Morgan State - SR FOY: Jerni Kiaku | North Carolina Central C-RAM LEADERS:
MISSOURI VALLEY Current Leader: Illinois State POY: Paige Robinson | Illinois State - SR FOY: Jade Masogayo | Missouri State C-RAM LEADERS:
MOUNTAIN WEST Current Leader: UNLV POY: McKenna Hofschild | Colorado State - SR FOY: Malene Pedersen | Wyoming C-RAM LEADERS:
NORTHEAST Current Leader: Sacred Heart POY: NyCeara Pryor | Sacred Heart - FR FOY: Tyra Myers | St. Francis C-RAM LEADERS:
OHIO VALLEY Current Leader: Eastern Illinois POY: Lariah Washington | Eastern Illinois - SR FOY: Sharnecce Currie-Jelks | Tennessee Martin C-RAM LEADERS:
PATRIOT LEAGUE Current Leader: Boston University POY: Frannie Hottinger | Lehigh - SR FOY: Maren Louridas | Navy C-RAM LEADERS:
SOCON Current Leader: Wofford POY: Rachael Rose | Wofford - SR FOY: Raven Thompson | UT-Chattanooga C-RAM LEADERS:
SOUTHLAND Current Leader: Texas A&M Corpus Christi POY: Alecia Westbrook | Texas A&M Corpus Christi - SR FOY: Lexi Alexander | Nichols State C-RAM LEADERS:
SUMMIT LEAGUE Current Leader: South Dakota State POY: Myah Selland | South Dakota State - SR FOY: Elle Evans | North Dakota State C-RAM LEADERS:
SUN BELT Current Leader: Troy POY: Kiki Jefferson | James Madison - SR FOY: Zay Dyer | Georgia State C-RAM LEADERS:
SWAC Current Leader: Jackson State POY: Chanel Wilson | Bethune Cookman - SR FOY: Micah Gray | Texas Southern C-RAM LEADERS:
WAC Current Leader: Southern Utah POY: Starr Jacobs | UT-Arlington - SR FOY: Jordan Harrison | SFA C-RAM LEADERS:
WEST COAST Current Leader: Gonzaga POY: Alex Fowler | Portland - JR FOY: Tess Heal | Santa Clara C-RAM LEADERS:
ELITE 8 PREDICTIONS
South Carolina | UConn | Stanford | Indiana | LSU | Iowa | Ohio State | Utah
Obviously, this all depends on seedings and matchups and location. We leaned on the Bracketology here for projection.
FINAL 4 PREDICTIONS
Shane: South Carolina | UConn | Stanford | Indiana
Jason: South Carolina | UConn | Stanford | Iowa
Biggest question here is the health of UConn. Indiana and Iowa are almost an impossible split. They play a home at home series in February. South Carolina seems a shoe-in. The biggest questions with Stanford is their rotation and consistency of scoring and/or bench production. DON’T SLEEP South Florida, UNLV, Gonzaga, Maryland, Michigan, NC State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY (4+ seeds for now) Tennessee, Iowa State, Texas, Illinois, Florida State, South Dakota State, Villanova PRIME TIME GAMES REMAINING (high seeding and/or tournament ramifications):
FEB 2: Maryland @ Iowa FEB 5: Duke @ Notre Dame FEB 5: South Carolina @ UConn FEB 9: Iowa @ Indiana FEB 12: LSU @ South Carolina FEB 12: Florida State @ Virginia Tech FEB 13: Indiana @ Ohio State FEB 13: Texas @ Iowa State FEB 20: UCLA @ Stanford FEB 21: Iowa @ Maryland FEB 25: Stanford @ Utah FEB 26: Indiana @ Iowa FEB 26: UNC @ Duke
ALL AMERICANS (Balanced Positionally: 2 guards, 2 wing/fwds, 1 big)
1st Team: Angel Reese | LSU - Soph Caitlin Clark | Iowa - JR Aaliyah Boston | South Carolina - SR Mackenzie Holmes | Indiana - SR Olivia Miles | Notre Dame - Soph
2nd Team: Dorka Juhasz | UConn - SR Cameron Brink | Stanford - JR Diamond Miller | Maryland - SR Madison Siegrist | Villanova - SR Lou Lopez-Senechal | UConn - SR
3rd Team: Aaliyah Edwards | UConn - JR Alissa Pili | Utah - JR Ta’Niya Latson | Florida State - FR Ashley Joens | Iowa State - SR Gianna Kneepkens | Utah - Soph
Honorable Mention: Zia Cooke | South Carolina - SR Monica Czinano | Iowa - SR Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech - SR Alyssa Ustby | North Carolina - JR Ashley Joens | Iowa State - SR Charlisse Ledger-Walker | Washington State - JR Emily Ryan | Iowa State - JR Sonia Citron | Notre Dame - Soph Erynn Barnum | Arkansas - SR Emily Kiser | Michigan - SR Taiyana Jackson | Kansas - SR Aneesa Morrow | DePaul - Soph
ALL FRESHMEN
1st Team: Ta’Niya Latson | Florida State Yarden Garzon | Indiana Flau’jae Johnson | LSU Reagan Beers | Oregon State Grace Van Slooten | Oregon
3rd Team: Mara Braun | Minnesota Ruby Whitehorn | Clemson Taina Mair | Boston College Darianna Littlepage-Buggs | Baylor Serah Williams | Wisconsin
ALL DEFENSE
1st Team: Helena Pueyo | Arizona - SR Rayah Marshall | USC - Soph Dyaisha Fair | Syracuse - SR Angel Reese | LSU - Soph Dorka Juhasz | UConn - SR
2nd Team: Aicha Coulibaly | Auburn - JR Makayla Timpson | Florida State - Soph Taiyanna Jackson | Kansas - SR Brea Beal | South Carolina - SR Cameron Brink | Stanford - JR
3rd Team: Madison Greene | Ohio State - JR Aneesah Morrow | DePaul - Soph Celeste Taylor | Duke - SR Leilani Kapinus | Penn State - Soph Aaliyah Boston | South Carolina - SR
FRESHMAN ALL DEFENSE
1st Team: Flau’jae Johnson | LSU Taniya Latson | FSU Debreasha Powell | Miss St Grace Van Slooten | Oregon St Cotie McMahon | Ohio St
2nd Team: Raven Johnson | South Carolina Ruby Whitehorn | Clemson Darianna Littlepage-Buggs | Baylor SaMyah Smith | LSU Raegan Beers | Oregon St