FIRST TEAM
C — ZACH EDEY, PURDUE
C — HUNTER DICKINSON, KANSAS
C — RYAN KALKBRENNER, CREIGHTON
F — KYLE FILIPOWSKI, DUKE
G — TYLER KOLEK, MARQUETTE
SECOND TEAM
C — DONOVAN CLINGAN, UCONN
C — ARMANDO BACOT, NORTH CAROLINA
G — TYRESE PROCTOR, DUKE
G — MAX ABMAS, TEXAS
G — WADE TAYLOR IV, TEXAS A&M
THIRD TEAM
C — OUMAR BALLO, ARIZONA
G — TREY ALEXANDER, CREIGHTON
G — JUSTIN MOORE, VILLANOVA
G — TYSON WALKER, MICHIGAN STATE
G — TYLOR PERRY, KANSAS STATE
NATIONAL AWARDS
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ZACH EDEY, C, PURDUE
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RYAN KALKBRENNER, C, CREIGHTON
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: ISAIAH COLLIER, G, USC
HERE ARE THE ALMANAC‘S STAFF PICKS FOR THE FINAL FOUR, INCLUDING OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AND RUNNER-UP FINALISTS. LET’S KICK THINGS OFF WITH OUR STAFF’S CONSENSUS PICKS, FOLLOWED BY OUR INDIVIDUAL SELECTIONS.
STAFF CONSENSUS
- CHAMPION: DUKE (5), KANSAS (4), MICHIGAN STATE (2), PURDUE (1)
- RUNNER-UP: HOUSTON (3), KANSAS (2), DUKE (2), MICHIGAN STATE (2), CREIGHTON (1), MARQUETTE (1), FLORIDA ATLANTIC (1)
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS (5), PURDUE (4), CREIGHTON (3), MARQUETTE (2), DUKE (1), MICHIGAN STATE (1), SAINT MARY’S (1), UCONN (1), HOUSTON (1), FAU (1), TEXAS (1), ARKANSAS (1), ARIZONA (1), TENNESSEE (1)
JEFF GOODMAN, FIELD OF 68
- CHAMPION: KANSAS
- RUNNER-UP: MICHIGAN STATE
- FINAL FOUR: DUKE, SAINT MARY’S
ROB DAUSTER, FIELD OF 68
- CHAMPION: KANSAS
- RUNNER-UP: DUKE
- FINAL FOUR: PURDUE, UCONN
MIKE MILLER, FIELD OF 68
- CHAMPION: KANSAS
- RUNNER-UP: FLORIDA ATLANTIC
- FINAL FOUR: PURDUE, MARQUETTE
KY MCKEON, THREE MAN WEAVE
- CHAMPION: PURDUE
- RUNNER-UP: DUKE
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS, HOUSTON
JIM ROOT, THREE MAN WEAVE
- CHAMPION: DUKE
- RUNNER-UP: HOUSTON
- FINAL FOUR: CREIGHTON, MARQUETTE
MATT COX, THREE MAN WEAVE
- CHAMPION: DUKE
- RUNNER-UP: CREIGHTON
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS, FLORIDA ATLANTIC
RILEY DAVIS, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: MICHIGAN STATE
- RUNNER-UP: HOUSTON
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS, TEXAS
LUKAS HARKINS, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: KANSAS
- RUNNER-UP: MICHIGAN STATE
- FINAL FOUR: CREIGHTON, ARKANSAS
CONNOR HOPE, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: MICHIGAN STATE
- RUNNER-UP: MARQUETTE
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS, PURDUE
BRIAN RAUF, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: DUKE
- RUNNER-UP: KANSAS
- FINAL FOUR: CREIGHTON, ARIZONA
ANDY DIECKHOFF, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: DUKE
- RUNNER-UP: HOUSTON
- FINAL FOUR: KANSAS, PURDUE
ELI BOETTGER, HEAT CHECK CBB
- CHAMPION: DUKE
- RUNNER-UP
RUNNER-UP: KANSAS
- FINAL FOUR: PURDUE, TENNESSEE