{"id":73554,"date":"2024-10-24T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jaxson-robinson-ranked-as-one-of-college-basketballs-best-players-for-2024-25\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T23:30:00","slug":"jaxson-robinson-ranked-as-one-of-college-basketballs-best-players-for-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jaxson-robinson-ranked-as-one-of-college-basketballs-best-players-for-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaxson Robinson ranked as one of college basketball\u2019s best players for 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaxson Robinson<\/a><\/strong> led Kentucky in scoring during Wednesday night\u2019s dominant 123-52 exhibition win over Kentucky Wesleyan. The fifth-year guard finished with 19 points on 7-12 shooting, including a 5-9 clip from long range in just 22 minutes of run. At least through one easy preseason game, Robinson looked every bit like the guy fans expected when he followed Mark Pope<\/a><\/strong> to Lexington from BYU. <\/p>\n

So it doesn\u2019t come as much of a shock to learn that Robinson is considered one of the country\u2019s best players. On Thursday morning<\/a>, the CBS Sports trio of Kyle Boone, Gary Parrish, and Matt Norlander released their Top 101 players going into the 2024-25 season. Checking in at No. 33 was Jaxson Robinson. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMark Pope brought with him a flamethrower from\u00a0BYU\u00a0to Kentucky in his jump from the Cougars to the \u2018Cats in Robinson, who last season won Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year after shooting 35.4% from 3-point range and averaging 14.2 points,\u201d Boone wrote. \u201cHe steps into a new situation in Lexington where he\u2019ll be called upon as a go-to scoring option in an offensive system that plays to his strengths emphasizing his skills as a shooter and spacer. There will be plenty of co-stars in UK\u2019s system this season given the prioritization of spacing and sharing but he should be the leading candidate to benefit most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boone likely wrote that excerpt prior to Kentucky\u2019s impressive showing \u2014 but he didn\u2019t tell a single lie. Robinson was the Wildcats\u2019 go-to scorer and was allowed ultimate freedom to get his shots up. As the lone guy on the roster with experience playing under Pope, what we saw against Kentucky Wesleyan is exactly what we expect to see all season long. <\/p>\n

Robinson was the only Kentucky player to crack CBS Sports\u2019 list, but he\u2019s not the only familiar face. There are plenty of Top 101 players who either played at UK before or will face the Wildcats at some point this season.<\/p>\n

No. 1 Mark Sears<\/a><\/strong> (Alabama)<\/p>\n

No. 3 Cooper Flagg<\/a><\/strong> (Duke)<\/p>\n

No. 6 Johni Broome<\/a><\/strong> (Auburn)<\/p>\n

No. 11 Wade Taylor IV<\/a><\/strong> (Texas A&M)<\/p>\n

No. 19 Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a><\/strong> (South Carolina)<\/p>\n

No. 21 Walter Clayton Jr.<\/a><\/strong> (Florida)<\/p>\n

No. 23 Bryce Hopkins<\/a><\/strong> (Providence)<\/p>\n

No. 35 Cliff Omuruyi<\/a><\/strong> (Alabama)<\/p>\n

No. 37 Grant Nelson<\/a><\/strong> (Alabama)<\/p>\n

No. 39 Josh Hubbard<\/a><\/strong> (Mississippi State)<\/p>\n

No. 40 Matthew Murrell<\/a><\/strong> (Ole Miss)<\/p>\n

No. 44 Tyrese Proctor<\/a><\/strong> (Duke)<\/p>\n

No. 48 Kon Knueppel<\/a><\/strong> (Duke)<\/p>\n

No. 49 Johnell Davis<\/a><\/strong> (Arkansas)<\/p>\n

No. 51 Zakai Zeigler<\/a><\/strong> (Tennessee)<\/p>\n

No. 52 Graham Ike<\/a><\/strong> (Gonzaga)<\/p>\n

No. 56 Mark Mitchell<\/a><\/strong> (Duke)<\/p>\n

No. 59 Jonas Aidoo<\/a><\/strong> (Arkansas)<\/p>\n

No. 61 Chaz Lanier<\/a><\/strong> (Tennessee)<\/p>\n

No. 69 Chris Youngblood<\/a><\/strong> (Alabama)<\/p>\n

No. 71 Tramon Mark<\/a><\/strong> (Texas)<\/p>\n

No. 83 Caleb Foster<\/a><\/strong> (Duke)<\/p>\n

No. 97 Sean Pedulla<\/a><\/strong> (Ole Miss)<\/p>\n

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