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Bilas and ******* chime in on who they feel is ranked too high:
Overvalued
Bilas: While I really like Ron Baker of Wichita State and believe he is a top-50 player, I do not have him rated as a top-10 player, nor would I place Juwan Staten of West Virginia or Ryan Boatright quite that high.
*******: I'm going with a trio of point guards who are a tad high for my liking.
I am a huge Fred VanVleet fan, but I'm just not sold that he's first-team All-American material -- which is essentially where we have him at No. 5 overall. VanVleet is so poised, takes care of the ball, and is a tremendous leader. However, I just don't know if he would be quite as productive if he played in a high-level league and against high-level athletes consistently. I'm all for VanVleet as a top-25 guy, but I'm not ready to buy that he's in the elite class and one of the top two guards in the entire country.
I'm also not buying Ryan Boatright at No. 10. He's talented and he really came around the second half of last season, but he's too erratic and inconsistent. With Shabazz Napier gone, Boatright will have the ball in his hands the majority of the time, and I'm just not sold that he can be The Guy on a top-10 or top-20 team.
Another point guard who's a tad high in my estimation, at least based on his play last season, is Kentucky sophomore Andrew Harrison (No. 18). I'm still not sold that he'll have the ball in his hands at the end of this season with the game on the line. Freshman Tyler Ulis is a superior point guard in my opinion but Harrison has a year under his belt and did play better down the
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