Which it is why it is imperative to get a good one early in any draft or league format. Compounding the issue is determining position eligibility. It can be very tricky as the lines between forward and center have become increasingly blurred. There are very few legit, back-to-the-basket pure seven footers in college hoops. Which is why here at Athlon, the fantasy editors erred on the side of caution and tried to squeeze as many big men as possible into the 'Center' category. The Craig Brackins and Mike Holmes are not centers on the next level but play the five for their squads.

The beauty of U-Sports college hoop leagues lies within this eligibility discussion. League commissioners have complete freedom to control all players at every position. In theory, if a less-than-worthy commish decided that Oregon's Tujuan Porter should be center eligible, he or she has that ability.  

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Note: Only players from the power conferences were ranked.

• 2009
  AST
  REB
  PTS

  Top 30 Centers (* - transfer)

• 1
  
  31.0

  1.3

  9.5

  20.2

  Craig Brackins - Iowa St

  Junior 6-10/230

• 2
  
  27.0

  1.0

  11.1

  14.9

  Cole Aldrich - Kansas

  Junior 6-11/245

• 3
  
  26.2

  0.9

  9.8

  15.5

  Michael Washington - Arkansas

  Senior 6-9/240

• 4
  
  26.7

  1.7

  9.7

  15.3

  Trevor Booker - Clemson

  Senior 6-7/240

• 5
  
  22.5

  0.8

  8.8

  12.9

  Jarvis Varnado - Mississippi St

  Senior 6-9/210

• 6
  
  23.8

  1.3

  7.1

  15.4

  A.J. Ogilvy - Vanderbilt

  Junior 6-11/250

• 7
  
  21.7

  2.5

  6.5

  12.7

  Greg Monroe - Georgetown

  Sophomore 6-11/250

• 8
  
  19.7

  0.7

  5.6

  13.4

  JaJuan Johnson - Purdue

  Junior 6-10/215

• 9
  
  18.2

  0.6

  7.3

  10.3

  Arinze Onuaku - Syracuse

  Senior 6-9/275

• 10
  
  23.6

  1.8

  9.6

  12.2

  Mac Koshwal - DePaul

  Junior 6-10/255

• 11
  
  18.9

  0.4

  7.7

  10.8

  Mike Holmes - South Carolina

  Junior 6-7/220

• 12
  
  -

  -

  -

  -

  Derrick Favors - Georgia Tech

  Freshman 6-9/220

• 13
  
  17.8

  3.3

  4.0

  10.5

  Roeland Schaftenaar - Oregon St

  Senior 6-11/240

• 14
  
  15.1

  0.5

  4.4

  10.2

  Augustus Gilchrist - South Florida

  Sophomore 6-10/235

• 15
  
  13.5

  0.5

  4.6

  8.4

  Michael Dunigan - Oregon

  Sophomore 6-10/255

• 16
  
  5.3

  0.2

  2.0

  3.1

  Tyler Zeller - North Carolina

  Sophomore 7-1/220

• 17
  
  14.3

  0.3

  5.6

  8.4

  Solomon Alabi - Florida St

  Sophomore 7-1/240

• 18
  
  -

  -

  -

  -

  Keith Gallon - Oklahoma

  Freshman 6-8/290

• 19
  
  16.0

  1.0

  7.0

  8.0

  John Garcia - Seton Hall

  Senior 6-9/265

• 20
  
  14.8

  0.6

  4.0

  10.2

  Mike Tisdale - Illinois

  Junior 7-1/235

• 21
  
  11.3

  0.8

  4.2

  6.3

  Ralph Sampson III - Minnesota

  Sophomore 6-11/220

• 22
  
  16.0

  0.4

  5.5

  10.1

  Dexter Pittman - Texas

  Senior 6-10/300

• 23
  
  15.0

  0.5

  5.8

  8.7

  Chas McFarland - Wake Forest

  Senior 7-0/235

• 24
  
  -

  -

  -

  -

  Vernon Macklin* - Florida

  Junior 6-10/245

• 25
  
  -

  -

  -

  -

  Alex Oriakhi - Connecticut

  Freshman 6-9/245

• 26
  
  3.5

  0.2

  1.0

  2.3

  J'Mison Morgan - UCLA

  Sophomore 6-10/250

• 27
  
  11.8

  0.4

  5.8

  5.6

  Hamady N'Diaye - Rutgers

  Senior 6-11/235

• 28
  
  11.9

  0.8

  5.1

  6.0

  Josh Southern - Boston College

  Junior 6-10/240

• 29
  
  11.3

  0.7

  5.6

  5.0

  Brian Williams - Tennessee

  Junior 6-10/270

• 30
  
  9.7

  0.6

  4.7

  4.4

  Luis Colon - Kansas St

  Senior 6-10/265