Rivals.com’s preseason college basketball magazine, due to hit the newsstands tomorrow, features its preseason All-America basketball teams. Mike Huguenin, who writes for Rivals, says the player not on Rival's list who is most deserving of a spot is Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds.
Says Huguenin, "I would've put Villanova guard Scottie Reynolds on the third team. He's the leading returning scorer on a team that went to the Final Four - and I think a Reynolds-led Wildcats team can make it back to the Final Four this season. Reynolds does a lot of things well for coach Jay Wright. He's a solid ball handler and passer with 3-point range. He's dangerous as a shooter and dangerous when he's driving to the basket. He's excellent from the free-throw line. He's a good defender. He also has leadership qualities. Villanova is going to be good this season and Reynolds is going to play a major role. He'll be the best player on a top-10 team, and those are the kinds of guys who make All-America teams."
So who did make Rivals All-America Teams? Here’s the list, in alphabetical order, with selected stats from the 2008-09 season:
- Cole Aldrich, Kansas, C, PPG: 14.9; RPG 11.1
- Craig Brackins, Iowa State, F, PPG 20.2, RPG 9.5
- Sherron Collins, Kansas, G, PPG 18.9, APG 5.0, SPG 1.1
- Ed Davis, North Carolina, F, PPG 6.7, RPG 6.6, BPG 1.7
- Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, F, PPG 23.3, APG 2.1, RPG 11.8
- Manny Harris, Michigan, G, PPG 16.9, APG 4.4, RPG 6.8, SPG 1.2
- Damion James, Texas, G-F, PPG 15.4, APG 1.3, RPG, 9.2
- Kalin Lucas, Michigan State, G, PPG 14.7, APG 4.6, SPG 1.0
- Greg Monroe, Georgetown, F, PPG 12.7, APG 2.5, RPG 6.5, BPG 1.5
- Patrick Patterson, Kentucky, F, PPG 17.9, APG 1.9, RPG 9.3, BPG 2.1
- Jerome Randle, California, G, PPG 18.3, APG 5.0, RPG 3.0, SPG 0.7
- Evan Turner, Ohio State, G-F, PPG 17.3, APG 4.0, RPG 7.1, SPG 1.8
- Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State, F, PPG 12.9, RPG 8.8, BPG 4.7
- John Wall, Kentucky, G, Freshman
- Willie Warren, Oklahoma, G, PPG 14.6, APG 3.1, RPG 2.2, SPG 1.1