Who is No. 1? Top college player often not top NBA prospect

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke's Marvin Bagley III, Arizona's Deandre Ayton and Oklahoma's Trae Young are certain high NBA draft picks, one of them could easily be the top overall selection.

Still, that doesn't make any of them the best player in college basketball.

That's a different question.

Villanova's Jalen Brunson is a leading candidate to be anointed the national college player of the year.

While several freshmen will likely hear their names called as one of the top-five draft picks, Brunson has been the man in college. And Brunson has NBA talent at the helm of a team playing in this weekend's Final Four in San Antonio, but recently there seems to be a disconnect between college production and NBA potential.