It’s never too early to talk college basketball. And with the release of the first AP Top 25 poll, I felt it’d be a good time to unveil my early list of All Americans. To make things easy (and to spread my praise around the country), I’ve also included ten players to watch outside of my All American list. And, in case you were wondering, we’re still alive. School has been kicking our ass, but we’re not abandoning Sportable whatsoever. Stick around.

Center: Tyler Hansbrough, UNC. Duh. Psycho T has returned to Chapel Hill for several reasons. One is the fact that he’s probably not a lottery pick, so there’s really no sense in skipping his senior season. But this big ogre wants to cut down the nets in Detroit’s Ford Field. The Tar Heels have a hell of a shot behind Hansbrough, Danny Green and point guard Ty Lawson, who is still one of the most exciting players in the country. This is a no-brainer. Like him or not, slightly overrated or not, Hansbrough will become the first player in the history of college basketball to be a 1st-team All American four years in a row.

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