Doyel's rankings: PG | SG | SF | PF | C | Coaches
Here's one problem with ranking players as good as these: Their supporting casts vary from excellent to awful, obscuring just how good some of these guys are -- and possibly, just how good they are not.
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| Wayne Simien will have to carry the load in Kansas this season. (Getty Images) |
As good as they may be -- and are -- Wayne Simien, Hakim Warrick and Craig Smith can't say the same thing. Simien played last season with All-Americans Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison, Warrick played with All-American Carmelo Anthony, and Smith played with Troy Bell, No. 2 all-time in scoring in the Big East.
Hinrich, Collison, Anthony and Bell are gone. Simien, Warrick and Smith are not. So let's see what you got, fellas.
| Rank | Player | School | Class | PPG/RPG | Skinny |
| 1 | Ike Diogu | Arizona State | So. | 19.0/7.8 | NBA-ready right now |
| 2 | Ryan Gomes | Providence | Jr. | 18.4/9.7 | Most underrated player in America |
| 3 | Wayne Simien | Kansas | Jr. | 14.8/8.2 | Could be a 20-and-10 guy |
| 4 | Hakim Warrick | Syracuse | Jr. | 14.8/8.5 | Only a jumper away from stardom |
| 5 | Craig Smith | Boston College | So. | 19.9/7.9 | Great touch for a huge body |
| 6 | Lawrence Roberts | Mississippi State | Jr. | 15.2/10.4 | Baylor refugee is really, really good |
| 7 | Charles Gaines | Southern Miss | Sr. | 15.1/9.6 | Pssst ... pass it on down |
| 8 | Amit Tamir | California | Sr. | 14.9/6.5 | Best shooter on this list |
| 9 | Matt Freije | Vanderbilt | Sr. | 17.9/4.4 | Great player on low-profile team |
| 10 | Andrew Bogut | Utah | Fr. | Australia | Never seen him, but scouts say: Wow |
