Mid-Season Collegiate Report

HALFWAY POINT BREAK DOWN

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

BREAKOUT PLAYER: Makayla Timpson | Florida State - Soph
 
C-RAM LEADERS:
 

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:


 
 
 
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. 
 
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
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

2nd Team:
Kaylene Smikle | Rutgers
Kiki Rice | UCLA
Debreasha Powe | Mississippi State
Cotie McMahon | Ohio State
Mallory Heyer | Minnesota

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

3rd Team:
Kaylene Smickle | Rutgers
Kiki Rice | UCLA
Mara Braun | Minnesota
Hannah Stines | Washington
Lina Sontag | UCLA

ALL GLUE (connector)

Te-Hina Paopao | Oregon - JR
Allison Weidner | Nebraska - Soph
Emily Kiser | Michigan - SR
Shyanne Sellers | Maryland - Soph
Caitlin Bickle | Baylor - SR
Grace Berger | Indiana - SR
Haley Jones | Stanford - SR
Mikayla Daniels | Arkansas - SR
Ana Llanusa | Oklahoma - SR
Shaylee Gonzales | Texas - SR



COACH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES

Geno Auriemma | UConn

Courtney Banghart | North Carolina

Brenda Frese | Maryland

Shawna Green | Illinois

Niele Ivey | Notre Dame

Bill Fennelly | Iowa State

Kara Lawson | Duke

Kevin McGuff | Ohio State

Teri Moren | Indiana

Kim Mulkey | LSU

Lynne Roberts | Utah

Dawn Staley | South Carolina