MSN-Best Freshman Seasons Ever

[jedwar]

3 Cats on the list.....I was surprised at one of them.


Sorry about the link. Posted now.
This post was edited on 3/12 9:50 AM by Jerry.Edwards

Linkage

 

[philstat]

Thanks for the link.

 

[WildMoon]

link por favor!

 

[throatpoker]

Originally posted by Philstat:
Thanks for the link.

ditto, interesting read

 

[jedwar]

Link posted. Repeat, link is now posted.

 

[dopy03]

If Davis was not number 1 I was going to be upset. He arguably had the best season of any college player ever. And to top it off he won a gold medal in the Olympics. Imagine him as a senior this year. 4 straight national championships.

 

[dmaso44]

Originally posted by MdWIldcat55:
Interesting. All Julius Randle did was lead Kentucky to the final game of the NCAA tournament on a team starting FIVE freshmen and he didn't make the list. I guess overall impact wasn't the decisive factor.

I guess 24 double doubles were no biggie also.

 

[Random UK Fan]

Jerry,

Which one surprised you?

 

[jedwar]

Originally posted by KYtotheCore:
Jerry,

Which one surprised you?

when I saw Brandon Knight. I wasn't expecting him. Not that I thought he wasn't worthy, I just wasn't quite equating him to some others I was expecting to see.

 

[Random UK Fan]

Originally posted by Jerry.Edwards:

Originally posted by KYtotheCore:
Jerry,

Which one surprised you?

when I saw Brandon Knight. I wasn't expecting him. Not that I thought he wasn't worthy, I just wasn't quite equating him to some others I was expecting to see.

Yeah, I was too a little bit. He helped end our drought of FF's, but one of the greatest ever? I'd still accept the honor.

 

[WildMoon]

John Wall is too lowwwwwwwwwwww

 

[YouKay]

Originally posted by KYtotheCore:
Jerry,

Which one surprised you?

Probably Brandon Knight.

Very interesting list. Hard to argue with any of them except Jabari Parker. Shouldn't Michael Jordan be on that list instead? All he did was hit the national championship game-winning shot as a freshman....

 

[Aike]

John Wall behind Jabari Parker is wrong, and Jahlil Okafor is wayyyy too high. I also wouldn't have Knight on the list ahead of Cousins and Randle.

 

[bluinbville]

Originally posted by YouKay:

Originally posted by KYtotheCore:
Jerry,

Which one surprised you?

Probably Brandon Knight.

Very interesting list. Hard to argue with any of them except Jabari Parker. Shouldn't Michael Jordan be on that list instead? All he did was hit the national championship game-winning shot as a freshman....

Brandon did hit two game winning shots in the tourney, burnt WVA to the ground and played well against UNC*** in the E8. The triple handoff he ran with Jorts against UNC*** was a thing of pure beauty. He led us over the 5,1,2 to break the F4 drought.

 

[Rhavic]

I think that Julius Randle broke records in his freshman season. Pretty sure Randle broke the NCAA rebounding record at 417 for the season. He averaged a double double in his freshman year, and led the team to a title game. How is he not on the list?

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Jahlil Okafor is the best college post player in years.

What? Since DeMarcus Cousins?

 

[Jazzycat]

Brandon Knight was as poised on the court as any freshman point guard that I have seen. He shot the ball extremely well in the NCAA and did not turn the ball over. He had an amazing on the court awareness that I have not seen until Tyler Ulis hit the court this year. BK took a much less talented team and shorter bench to the Final Four, Loved that young man's game. He was a complete player offensively.

 

[larry the cable guy]

Originally posted by wildcat1973:
Jahlil Okafor is the best college post player in years.

What? Since DeMarcus Cousins?

You serious Clark?

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

That's what it said in the article. Their memories are short...see Cousins, DeMarcus.

 

[larry the cable guy]

My bad...I thought you were saying that.

 

[KA4Prez_rivals78700]

Not surprised by Knight. Great player, underrated in-terms of greatness for UK, compared to Wall.

With that said, Patrick Patterson, Terrence Jones and Julius Randle all had very good Freshman seasons.