In this week's edition of #Top10Thursday, we'll take a look at 10 players you're not talking about ... yet. These performers will continue to rise this season.
As the projected No. 1 pick in next summer's NBA draft and only the fourth freshman to secure Associated Press preseason All-American first-team honors, Ben Simmons casts a shadow over every player, program and storyline. So it's easy to see how a McDonald's All-American like Blakeney (18.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, 44 percent from the 3-point line), a freshman who leads LSU in scoring through two games and shared SEC freshman of the week honors with Kentucky's Skal Labissiere, can get lost on the national radar.