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NCAA Basketball: Ranking of top 100 senior players from 2019-20 season

By Tristan Freeman

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 29: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates and Markus Howard #0 of the Marquette Golden Eagles look on in the second half at the Fiserv Forum on February 29, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 29: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates and Markus Howard #0 of the Marquette Golden Eagles look on in the second half at the Fiserv Forum on February 29, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 22: Jazz Johnson #22 of the Nevada Wolf Pack (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 22: Jazz Johnson #22 of the Nevada Wolf Pack (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /

80. Dejan Vasiljevic (Miami)

Career stats: 9.9 ppg 3.1 rpg 0.8 apg

A career defined from the outside, the Australian guard has seen his scoring average go from 6-13.2 ppg this past season. A solid defender who can score at a high clip when needed, Vasiljevic produced well for the Hurricanes all four years.

79. Caleb Homesley (Liberty)

Career stats: 10.8 ppg 4.9 rpg 2.1 apg

Forward Scottie James was getting a lot of press from the Liberty squad that made the NCAA Tournament and beat Virginia Tech a year ago but the 6’6 guard was the all-around engine that made things work for the team. Homesley took over for the Flames this past season, leading the team with 15.3 ppg in route to not only winning Atlantic Sun Player of the Year honors but also the program winning 30 games for the first time ever.

78. Max Heidegger (UC Santa Barbara)

Career stats: 13.9 ppg 2.5 rpg 2.4 apg

A very good scorer for the Gauchos, Heidegger had his best campaign as a sophomore, producing 19.1 ppg on 40% shooting from three-point range. He was an All-Big West performer this past season and part of three straight 20+ win seasons for Santa Barbara.

77. Jimmy Whitt – (Arkansas, SMU and Arkansas)

Career stats: 10.7 ppg 4.6 rpg 2.6 apg

The team listing isn’t a typo, as Whitt initially started out at Arkansas, before leaving for a couple of productive seasons at the Mustangs. He ultimately went back to the Hogs with new coach Eric Musselman, where he averaged a career-high 14.0 ppg and was more of a scorer than a facilitator.

76. Justinian Jessup (Boise State)

Career stats: 12.3 ppg 4.1 rpg 2.0 apg

One of the best pure shooters in all of college basketball, Jessup made a combined 325 career three-pointers. That broke Jimmer Fredette’s mark of 295 for the Mountain West record, while consistently upping his scoring average to 16.0 ppg as a senior. But the consistency and accuracy never took a hit, making 41% of his long balls all four years with the Broncos.

75. Adam Grant (Bryant)

Career stats: 15.3 ppg 3.3 rpg 2.2 apg

The Bryant Bulldogs has been a program struggling to get out of the Northeast basement, winning a total of three games just a couple of years ago. But Grant has done everything in his power to get the team going, scoring at least 13.4 ppg in all four years. One of the best scorers in program history, the 6’1 guard led the team to a very respectable 15-17 overall record this past year.

74. Max Mahoney (Boston University)

Career stats: 13.2 ppg 6.0 rpg 1.6 apg

The leading scorer the past two seasons for the Terriers, Mahoney saved his best work for last. That included a career-high 38 points against Binghamton as a senior, along with producing a double-double in six of his last seven collegiate games. That includes going for 18 points and 10 rebounds to beat Colgate in the Patriot League Tournament finals to get what would’ve been a bid for Boston U to go dancing.

73. Jazz Johnson (Portland and Nevada)

Career stats: 12.3 ppg 1.2 rpg 1.7 apg

One of the incredibly rare cases of someone playing with four different head coaches, Johnson remained a lethal three-point threat throughout his career. Making 256 total shots from deep at a 42% clip, Johnson averaged just under 16 ppg in two out of four years. His career-high came this season against Boise State, scoring 34 points on 8/12 shooting from deep.

72. Christian Keeling (Charleston Southern and UNC)

Career stats: 14.9 ppg 5.5 rpg 1.7 apg

There will be some who think the Tar Heel grad transfer doesn’t even deserve to be on this list after the big struggles he had this past season. But it doesn’t take away from how great he was at Charleston Southern, averaging over 17 ppg in all three seasons. Keeling still had his moments at UNC, scoring a combined 34 points in the team’s back-to-back wins over NC State and Syracuse.

71. Andrew Kostecka (Loyola Maryland)

Career stats: 15.1 ppg 4.1 rpg 2.0 apg

One of the top scorers in the Patriot League in the past couple of seasons, Kostecka averaged 21.3 and 19.9 to lead the Patriot League in scoring. He also was an elite defender, ranking top-10 nationally with 2.7 steals a game and named twice to the conference All-Defensive team as well.

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