Top 10 Players in the 2026 College Basketball Crown Tournament

An eight-team field. Loaded with talent. Half-a-million in NIL money on the line.

The College Basketball Crown returns to Las Vegas this week with some must-see stars and matchups.

Several all-conference performances will take the court in the single-elimination tournament, which tips off with first-round games scheduled for April 1-2, followed by the semifinals on April 4 and the championship game on April 5. The tournament will be played at MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena with a $500,000 NIL prize pool.

The complete bracket features Oklahoma, Colorado, Baylor, Minnesota, Stanford, West Virginia, Rutgers and Creighton.

Who are the top names in this year's College Basketball Crown, and what should fans expect to see this weekend in the desert?

Here is a breakdown of the top-10 players to watch in this year's event.

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This 6-foot-2, 182-pound guard from New Hampshire is an elite-level scorer with the potential to be the star of this tournament. He averaged 22.8 points per game, which ranked eighth among Division I players, joining BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr. and Duke’s Cameron Boozer as the only first-year players to average more than 22 points per contest this season. Okorie scored at least 30 points on seven occasions this season, including a memorable 40-point outing in Stanford’s 95-72 win over ACC foe Georgia Tech back on Feb. 7. He is the best pure scorer in the field and has the ability to lead the Cardinal on a run to the College Basketball Crown title.

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After spending the past two seasons at Tennessee, Carr transferred to Baylor and made an immediate impact in Waco. The