WAC Basketball: Ranking top 10 players for 2019-20 season

2. C Alessandro Lever, Grand Canyon University

Six-foot-ten centers who shoot 35% from downtown are becoming much more commonplace in the NBA, but they are still pretty rare in the college game, and nearly non-existent in the WAC.

That’s what makes Alessandro Lever from GCU so special. The incoming junior put up 12.5 points, 4.3 boards and 1.4 assists in 34 games last year while shooting 35.1% from downtown.

Lever is limited defensively, only averaging 0.1 blocks per game despite his size, and posting a -1.4 defensive box plus/minus.

Still, his offensive tools make him a weapon in the WAC, and another season like last year and he could show up on some postseason award lists.

1. G Milan Acquaah, Cal Baptist

Seeing Cal Baptist make an appearance on this list might be a surprise – if only because people may have forgotten Cal Baptist is a D1 school – but Acquaah was All-WAC and All-Freshman last year and has a very real chance of being Player of the Year in 2019-20.

After transferring from Washington State following an up-and-down freshman season, Acquaah averaged 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game in his first season with the Lancers, while shooting 37.4% from downtown and 85% from the charity stripe.

Acquaah is an oversized (six-foot-three) point guard who can get to the rack and shoot from the outside, with plus instincts on defense.

There’s little reason to believe he won’t put up similar numbers again next season, and he has the potential to win the player of the year as a junior and again as a senior, assuming he sticks around.