Top 2016 Teams/Players: Metro Atlantic Athletic (Ranked 17)

We hope Marquette can pick up one of the top available players from our rankings here. Tonight we run through the competition - ranking all the conferences competing with the Big East for bids, and ranking both their teams and top 40 players. 

Iona looks primed to be dominant and a threat in March, particularly if Marcus Johnson does come.

Natl Rnk	Conference	Team	Record	Raw	Value Add
17	Metro Atlantic Athletic	MAAC			13.42
56		Iona	26--9	29.77	25.15
129		Manhattan	19--14	16.18	16.63
141		Canisius	18--15	14.92	16.13
156		Rider	21--12	14.23	15.55
170		Monmouth	18--15	15.36	15.11
204		Fairfield	7--24	16.83	12.26
216		St. Peter's	16--18	8.70	11.59
239		Siena	11--20	12.07	10.66
260		Quinnipiac	15--15	3.86	9.49
291		Niagara	8--22	7.12	7.65
295		Marist	7--25	7.90	7.39
Natl Rnk	Top 40 Players	Team	Ht	Yr	Value Add
82	Casimir, Schadrac 4	Iona	5'10	2 So	6.5
88	Robinson, Justin 12	Monmouth	5'8	3 Jr	6.42
143	English, A.J. 5	Iona	6'4	4 Sr	5.72
192	Robertson, Kassius 5	Canisius	6'3	2 So	5.15
218	Johnson, Marcus	Iona/maybe	6' 1"	1 Jr	5
232	Williams, Isaiah 1	Iona	6'7	4 Sr	4.96
244	Nelson, Tyler 3	Fairfield	6'3	2 So	4.83
281	Reynolds, Jamal 23	Canisius	6'5	4 Sr	4.61
290	Richards, Shane 0	Manhattan	6'5	4 Sr	4.54
320	Gilbert, Marcus 14	Fairfield	6'6	4 Sr	4.35
332	Jones, Deon 5	Monmouth	6'6	4 Sr	4.3
379	Okereafor, Teddy 5	Rider	6'4	4 Sr	4.04
431	Pankey, Ashton 1	Manhattan	6'10	4 Sr	3.86
496	Washington, Jordan	Iona/maybe	6'8	3 Jr	3.55
523	Sadler, Zedric 2	Rider	6'3	3 Jr	3.47
545	Wright, Marquis 1	Siena	6'0	3 Jr	3.39
753	Wyche, Trevis 3	St. Peter's	6'1	3 Jr	2.8
780	Tilghman, Austin 23	Monmouth	6'1	2 So	2.71
786	Lawrence, Jermaine 20	Manhattan	6'10	3 Jr	2.7
798	Oliver, Ryan 3	Siena	6'5	4 Sr	2.67
875	Wilson, Tyler 2	Manhattan	6'0	3 Jr	2.5
896	Davis, Karonn 12	Niagara	6'2	2 So	2.46
964	Paige, Jimmy 21	Siena	6'4	2 So	2.34
1005	Taylor, Jimmie 3	Rider	6'3	3 Jr	2.24
1107	Welton, Quadir 35	St. Peter's	6'8	2 So	2.1
1146	Amayo, Kelvin 2	Iona	6'4	3 Jr	2.02
1173	Rose, K.J. 20	Fairfield	6'1	3 Jr	2
1304	Valenti, Phil 22	Canisius	6'7	3 Jr	1.81
1455	Lundy, Xavier 11	Rider	6'7	3 Jr	1.61
1469	Blackman, Emile 2	Niagara	6'4	3 Jr	1.59
1501	Johnson, Coleman 35	Fairfield	6'6	4 Sr	1.56
1526	Truog, Eric 44	Marist	6'10	4 Sr	1.53
1581	Degnan, Kevin 40	Fairfield	6'9	2 So	1.47
1610	Lee, K.J. 11	Marist	6'4	2 So	1.43
1629	Durham, Anthony 12	Rider	6'3	2 So	1.41
1635	Ford, James 30	Quinnipiac	6'4	4 Sr	1.4
1677	Patterson, Chazz 20	St. Peter's	6'3	3 Jr	1.34
1681	Ford Jr, James 30	Quinnipiac	6'4	4 Sr	1.33
1686	Sidibe, Amadou 21	Fairfield	6'8	4 Sr	1.32
1688	Hart, Khallid 5	Marist	6'2	3 Jr	1.32

These are the top 40 players in the conference based on the rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com. The team rankings are 50% based on the sum of each team’s Value Add ratings and 50% based on last year (since better teams typically replenish after losing stars). With over 4000 players projected in the database, we WELCOME all corrections in the comments field.

Value Add was first introduced on www.crackedsidewalks.com, and calculates how many points better each player is worth to his team over how good they would be if he was replaced. The projections measure the standard improvement in a player between his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and the evaluation of incoming freshman and JUCO players.