The Barack-et on Verge of Elimination
When the brackets were announced Gallup measured a net positive job approval rating for President Obama. Since then, Obama has dropped to a -9% (43% approve, 52% disapprove).
Delon Wright
Best March Madness Predictor? Value Add 14-2
Best Madness Predictor? If you went with the Breitbart Sports published brackets for each region you are a strong 12-4, but if you simply took the team with the best Value Add player in each game you are definitely winning your bracket at 14-2.
Breitbart 1st to Announce College Basketball All-American Team
For the third straight year Breitbart Sports releases the first basketball All-American team.
No East Coast Bias: 10 Reasons Delon Wright MVP over Jahlil Okafor
Here are the ten reasons Delon Wright and not Jahlil Okafor that should be Frank Kaminsky’s main competition for Player of the Year.
College Basketball’s Top 100 Players
Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State) of the Missouri Valley moved into the top 10 at www.valueaddbasketball.com, while D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown) moved within 0.01 of giving the tough Big East a top-10 player.
Bluegrass State Boasts Half of Top 10 College Basketball Players
Louisville’s Terry Rozier, Eastern Kentucky’s Corey Walden, and three Kentucky Wildcats give the Commonwealth of Kentucky the majority of the top nine players in the country in the new ratings released by www.valueaddbasketball.com.
Best Offensive Player Edges Best Defensive Player in Rankings
The best offensive player on the best offensive team (Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin) scored 23 points against Indiana Tuesday (9-12 from floor, 5-7 from line, 3 assists) to pass the best defensive player on the best defensive team (Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky) as the top center in basketball.
Less Than 1 in 1000 Chance at NBA for HS Basketball Players
More than 200,000 boys play high school basketball, with only 5% (just over 4,000) playing D1 in college. Even the best of those 4,000 has just a 63% chance at the NBA.
Delon Wright Making History at Utah
Utah’s Delon Wright is on pace to join Duke’s Sheldon Williams (2005-2006) and Davidson’s Stephen Curry (2008-2009) as only the third player to finish in the Top 5 in two seasons at www.valueaddbasketball.com.
The 100 Best College Hoops Players
The Big 12 and Big East rank as the best top-to-bottom, the Pac-12 has the best player in Delon Wright, and Kentucky has seven of the top 100, but the ACC and Big 10 combine for 24 of the top 100 players.
Kentucky Duo, Son of ‘The Glove’ All-Americans at Break
Defense dominates the All-American team at the break. Kentucky’s duo underneath held UCLA Saturday to 3 of 37 shooting in the first half to rank as the best center and power forward, while the son of Gary “the Glove” Payton of the same name remains the only player in the country among national leaders in seven of eight categories.
