Updated Big 12 only numbers. IMHO rough ranking order.
Foster - Still scoring at a very high rate, but needs to avoid foul trouble. We need him on the floor 70% of the time minimum. A drop in shooting to 38% from 3, but he's proven to be a >40% shooter, so that will even out over the Big 12 season. I also like that he's getting to the FT line more, TOs are down, decent assist rate, and he's dboarding. I'm not concerned with oboarding because I don't think he's asked to oboard and probably mostly is a defensive transition guy.
Nino - Solid scoring, boarding, and on steals. Right now he's our 2nd best player by a slight margin over Gip IMHO. If he maintains this pace he could be on all league lists at the end of the season.
Gip - We need his scoring rate to be above 25 per and he's got to improve on the boards. Also, TOs at 4.7 per is too high. Either Gip or Nino must play consistent enough along with Marcus to be all league players if this team is to recover from December and make the tournament.
Edwards - Edwards keeps getting closer to the player I expected him to be; explosive, good on the boards, solid assists, low TOs, and a decent scorer. Plus our current leader in blocks.
Westicles - 2nd in assist rate, decent TO rate and steals. I think he does a lot of good, but I would like to see his boarding and scoring rates improve. Part of the lower rates is the fact that Westicles has played more minutes in Big 12 play than anyone else on the team. Very solid player, but not the rates that all league caliber players have.
Hurt - He needs to be better on defense, but he's been effective in the limited minutes he's played in both in scoring and on the boards.
Jevon - He gets plenty of well deserved criticism and his turnover rate is abysmal. Plus he needs to be a better scorer to help balance the offense. However, he's got a solid assist rate and he's shown he can make plays, but he makes terrible decisions far too often. If he can ever figure out the TO issues and be a bit more proactive as a scorer then IMO he can be a decent player. Perhaps his size just limits his abilities at this level.
Nigel - Yes, I still put Jevon above him slightly. I think we have a back up QB effect going on here. Yes, Nigel is a slightly better scorer, but he doesn't have the potential to create like Jevon IMO (see assist rate) and nearly as bad at TOs. Nigel is better at forcing steals, but I'm not sure he's a much better defender either besides that stat. Both are short and longer guards find it far too easy to shoot over them.
Malek - I really like his potential and he's been solid on the boards and doesn't turn it over. However, he's backing up Nino and Nino plays a lot and plays well, so his impact on this team is a bit less. At only 25% minutes its hard to rate him higher, but I like his future at K-State.