TOP PLAYERS

Frank Mason III, Kansas. National player of the year frontrunner still playing like it in March.

Lonzo Ball, UCLA. Can dominate without scoring, hits big shots when his team needs them, too.

Caleb Swanigan, Purdue. Practically carried the Boilermakers past Iowa State and into the Sweet 16 on his broad shoulders.

Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga. The player who makes the Zags go .

Dillon Brooks, Oregon. Clutch, does whatever it takes to win even if he’s not hitting shots.

Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina. SEC coaches voted him the player of the year over those future NBA players at Kentucky. There’s a reason.