NCAA Basketball: Top 10 players to wear jersey No. 3 in 2023-24 season

Honorable Mentions

Judah Mintz (Syracuse)

It’s been two fantastic seasons at Syracuse for Mintz, who arrived in western New York as a 4-star recruit and has lived up to the billing. He took another step forward as a sophomore, putting up 18.8 points, 4.4 assists, and 2.1 steals per game, finishing among the ACC’s very best in all three categories. Syracuse took a step forward, with Mintz leading the Orange to a 5th place finish in the conference with his phenomenal play.

Sean Pedulla (Virginia Tech)

Year three for Pedulla represented another step forward as he developed into one of the best guards in the ACC. Pedulla averaged 16.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.6 assists, helming the Hokies to a 19-win campaign and a middle-of-the-pack finish in league play. He snuck his way onto the All-ACC team and did a lot of little things for a Hokies team that showed good things at times this year.

Caden Pierce (Princeton)

Pierce did great work as a freshman, winning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors and helping the Tigers to the Sweet Sixteen. While Princeton didn’t quite have that kind of postseason, Pierce’s game significantly improved, with him putting up 16.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. As a result, he was named Player of the Year after leading the Tigers to a regular season title in the Ivy League; and all of this as an underclassman.

Brice Williams (Nebraska)

Williams showed his potential at Charlotte in recent years, though this was his first season at Nebraska. The transition clearly wasn’t too much for him as he averaged 13.4 points and 5.5 rebounds, helping the Cornhuskers to their best season in a decade. He had a nice shooting touch from all over the court and scored at least 23 points in Nebraska’s three postseason games, including two wild Big Ten Tournament games and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014.

Chris Youngblood (South Florida)

After impressive work the last three years at Kennesaw State, Youngblood opted to follow his head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim to South Florida. In that first year with the Bulls, Youngblood became a major part of South Florida’s incredible turnaround and first place finish in the AAC. He’d average 15.3 points per game, made nearly 42% of his 3-pointers, and was named Co-Player of the Year in the conference.