This college basketball season is unique in the sense that we’re roughly one-third of the way through it and there still isn’t an obvious favorite to win the national title or runaway leader for player of the year. Typically, at this point, those things have emerged. But this season everything can still be reasonably debated. As I mentioned on Sunday’s episode of the CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball Podcast, my vote for player of the year would currently go to Oregon’s Payton Pritchard or Ohio State’s Kaleb Wesson with Duke’s Vernon Carey, Louisville’s Jordan Nwora, Kansas’ Devon Dotson and Dayton’s Obi Toppin representing solid alternative options. And though I recognize a good case can be made for Gonzaga to be No. 1, I actually think Ohio State should sit atop the rankings after Saturday’s victory over Kentucky. Ohio State is now 11-1 with its signature wins over Kentucky, Villanova,…
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