S. Hauser and Howard 2 of top 4 Big East Players Definitely Staying

After more than 100 updates to www.valueaddbasketball.com and the google sheet, Sam Hauser now projects as the 37th best player in the nation and all four Big East players ahead of him (Khyri Thomas, Omari Spellman, Jessie Govan and Donte DiVincenzo) put their names into the NBA draft. If all four are successful, Hauser would move up to the preseason Big East Player of the Year.

At www.valueaddbasketball.com we do not actually list Govan as potentially leaving, because if a player entered his name without an agent but is not appearing in mock drafts, we assume he will return - so it is likely at least he is back and any of the other three could be as well. However, the other three could all go in the first round which is tough to turn down due to the guaranteed money over three years.

If you take out all Big East players trying to go pro this year, then your leader board becomes; 1) S. Hauser, 2, Justin Simon of St. John's, 3, Eric Paschall of Villanova, and 4, Markus Howard. Here are the top 25 including those who plan to stay and 2020 players.

My gut is that not only is Joseph Chartouny going to excel well beyond his expectations going from perhaps the worst three-point shooting team in the country to perhaps the best - but I believe Howard will shoot up as well playing opposite the best defensive guard in the nation to not get physically worn down on one end to free him up to go score on the other end consistently

Season Rank	Player	Team	Value Add
25	Khyri Thomas #2/could go NBA	Creighton	8.03
29	Omari Spellman #14/could go NBA	Villanova	8.01
33	Jessie Govan #15 (long shot NBA)	Georgetown	7.95
35	Donte DiVincenzo #10/could go NBA	Villanova	7.84
37	Sam Hauser #10	Marquette	7.81
38	Shamorie Ponds #2/could go NBA	St. John's	7.81
67	Omer Yurtseven #14/2020	Georgetown	7.04
97	Justin Simon #5	St. John's	6.62
101	Eric Paschall #4	Villanova	6.59
111	Max Strus #31/ could go nba	DePaul	6.5
113	Markus Howard #0	Marquette	6.5
115	Myles Powell #13	Seton Hall	6.48
134	Kamar Baldwin #3	Butler	6.34
196	Alpha Diallo #11	Providence	5.54
211	Jahvon Quinerly	Villanova	5.4
229	Paul Jorgensen #5	Butler	5.28
246	Martin Krampelj #15	Creighton	5.18
278	Marvin Clark #13	St. John's	4.93
294	Sean McDermott #22	Butler	4.85
305	Phil Booth #5	Villanova	4.74
316	Ryan Welage #32	Xavier	4.66
329	Tyrique Jones #0	Xavier	4.58
363	Mikey Dixon 3	St. John's	4.38
374	Naji Marshall #13	Xavier	4.32
403	Nate Fowler #51	Butler	4.18

I did post the updated team rankings in the previous post, however it did also occur to me that if you click on the team rankings at www.valueaddbasketball.com and then put 2019 in the search field, it takes on the values of the Top 8 players on the team to get a slightly different list.  Marquette comes out the same at 26th - though it shows up at 27th since the top 8 "available" players would add up to the second team. Nevada has so much of their value tied up in players that could go NBA or could transfer that they could stay near the top or could plummet - but if you go with Top 8 right now they are actually ahead of even the big teams.

Rnk	Team	Top 8
1	Nevada	51.02
2	Available	48.92
3	Duke	48.73
4	Kansas	47.46
5	Kentucky	47.21
6	Villanova	44.13
7	North Carolina	41.68
8	Oregon	41.52
9	Auburn	40.84
10	Maryland	40.43
11	Tennessee	40.08
12	Mississippi St.	40.05
13	Syracuse	39.33
14	Gonzaga	38.62
15	Louisiana St.	37.1
16	Virginia	36.2
17	Virginia Tech	34.37
18	Texas	34.28
19	UCLA	34.26
20	Kansas St.	34.16
21	North Carolina St.	34.12
22	St. John's	33.76
23	Michigan St.	33.63
24	Boston College	33.55
25	Miami FL	33.25
26	Montana	33.21
27	Marquette	33.13
28	Florida	32.73
29	Iowa	32.49
30	Arizona St.	32.1