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Both CBS and ESPN are posting their top 100 players.
CBS released theirs all at once. ESPN is doing theirs in groups of 20.

From CBS's list:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24773610/cbssportscoms-top-100-players-in-college-hoops-for-2014-15

53. D'ANGELO HARRISON (ST. JOHN'S)

Maddening at times to watch but undeniably gifted with the basketball. This St. John's senior shooting guard put up 17.5 points a year ago, and he'll need to get his team to the NCAAs to help Steve Lavin's job security, especially when you realize we've got a few Johnnies on our list. -- MN

54. D'VAUNTES SMITH-RIVERA (GEORGETOWN)

Smith-Rivera could take home Big East player of the year this season after averaging 17.6 points per game for the Hoyas in 2013-14. The smooth-shooting combo guard possessed a near-60 percent true-shooting rate to go with his five rebounds per contest. -- SV

57. JAYVAUGHN PINKSTON (VILLANOVA)

The big man entering his final season in Philly will need to pick up some of the slack for a team that will be missing James Bell from last season's 29-win team. Few players are as effective at getting to the line as Pinkston, who drew 6.3 fouls per-40 minutes last year. -- SV

63. ISAIAH WHITEHEAD (SETON HALL)

Seton Hall's incoming freshman will be one of the best true scorers in all of college basketball. He's extremely quick, shoots the ball well from the outside, and can finish from just about any angle when he gets to the rim. -- SV

66. DARRUN HILLIARD (VILLANOVA)

Hilliard showed himself to be a knockdown 3-point shooter last year, making 41 percent of his nearly 170 attempts. If he can replicate that type of percentage again, pairing that with his defensive skill will make him one of the premier wings in the Big East. -- SV

96. CHRIS OBEKPA (ST. JOHN'S)

I'm a big believer in Obekpa, a junior who's averaged 3.6 blocks the past two seasons. He's got a rawness to him still, but based on our selection criteria, if you're telling me you'd take more than 100 other players before choosing him, we can't have lunch together for a while. -- MN

99. RYSHEED JORDAN (ST. JOHN'S)

Jordan struggled through innumerable hardships last season, including the death of a childhood friend and his aunt in a seven month period. Jordan fought through that and quietly averaged 14 points and 3.3 assists per game in St. John's final nine contests of the season. I look for this former five-star recruit to break out in a big way in 2014-15. -- SV

Just for reference: AAC 6: 55 Ryan Boatright, 65 Marcus Kennedy, 80 Shaq Goodwin, 84 Nic Moore, 85 Austin Nichols, 94 Amida Brimah; , A10 2: 35 Treveon Graham, 91 Jordan Siebert

ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11754603/2014-college-basketball-player-rankings-100-81
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11774668/2014-college-basketball-player-rankings-79-60
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11779377/2014-college-basketball-player-rankings-59-40
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11796734/2014-college-basketball-player-rankings-39-20
Just have 100-20 so far:

BE: #99 Isiah Whitehead, #93 Kellen Dunham,#86 Roosevelt Jones, #84 Ryan Arcidiacono, #77 Darrun Hilliard, #49 D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, #39 JayVaughn Pinkston

AAC; 5 so far, A10 3 so far.

*LeDontae Henton glances at list and chuckles

FriarsForever wrote:*LeDontae Henton glances at list and chuckles

Yea that CBS one is awful.Not having Henton or Arcidiacono is bad. Having Whitehead higher than Hilliard, 30+ higher than jordan, 40 + Higher than Arch and Henton? Crazy.

Call me a Homer but Obekpa over Stainbrook? Guy need to check some stats. Huge Henton fan here also.

Amase2 wrote:

FriarsForever wrote:*LeDontae Henton glances at list and chuckles

Yea that CBS one is awful.Not having Henton or Arcidiacono is bad. Having Whitehead higher than Hilliard, 30+ higher than jordan, 40 + Higher than Arch and Henton? Crazy.

I was listening to the CBS Eye on Basketball podcast at the gym this morning and Gary Parrish was giving Matt Norlander crap about the list. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet but even Gary Parrish doesn't think the CBS list is very good based on what I've heard so far.

mpwalsh8 wrote:

Amase2 wrote:

FriarsForever wrote:*LeDontae Henton glances at list and chuckles

Yea that CBS one is awful.Not having Henton or Arcidiacono is bad. Having Whitehead higher than Hilliard, 30+ higher than jordan, 40 + Higher than Arch and Henton? Crazy.

I was listening to the CBS Eye on Basketball podcast at the gym this morning and Gary Parrish was giving Matt Norlander crap about the list. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet but even Gary Parrish doesn't think the CBS list is very good based on what I've heard so far.

because Parrish feels like it should be based on NBA talent and the other guys think it should be about college production.

updated to include 59-40 published by ESPN today.

Updated to include 39-20

NBC Sports has started their 100 player count down: http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/10/college-basketball-talks-top-100-players-nos-100-81-cbttop100/

#89 JayVaughn Pinkston only BE player so far.

2 from AAC so far, 1 A 10

#79 Isaiah Whitehead no other BE, A10, or AAC players in 80-61
http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/11/college-basketball-talks-top-100-players-nos-80-61-cbttop100/