10 Best Collegiate Basketball Players

They’re the best of the best, the crème de la crème -- the 10 players that stood out all season and gave fans an extra reason to cheer.

As the college basketball season comes to a close, we recognize those who are clearly a cut above the rest.

These players were integral and played huge parts in their respective teams’ success this year.

Some performed so well that they’ve figuratively dropped their names in the PBA’s lottery bucket in the coming drafts. One is pro-ready while another was so impressive he’s already playing in the PBA and has produced huge double-double games to energize and give his team much needed character and spunk.

Behold, my pick of the 10 best college basketball players in the country for 2012:

9. BASER AMER, San Beda College

STATS: 9.89 PPG, 5.00 RPG, 6.16 APG, 1.00 SPG, FG% 36.4

Baser Amer’s meager point production and awful shooting clip pale in comparison to other dynamic guards in college.

But he was the best player on the best team in the NCAA. He put everything in place for the Red Pride.

For much of Season 88, Amer was like a Swiss Army knife for San Beda. He rebounded caroms when his team needed him to. He played neck-breaking defense when head coach Ronnie Magsanoc asked him to (which was all the time). He drained huge shots from Caidic Country to stop opponents’ rallies or spark his team’s own. He exquisitely played the pick-and-roll with San Beda’s big men and penetrated at will to get his shooters open.

The Davao native and proud Muslim is the only pure point guard on the list -- so begs the question: Is he the best pure point guard in college? I would think so. check the complete list here

source: Robi Raya, Rappler