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Message: [QUOTE="caw, post: 5344553, member: 563"] There have been 8 freshmen the last two years. If you are going to eliminate the 2 OADs, I will eliminate the three projects Ross/Singare/Abraham. That leaves Ball, Stewart and Nowell. They are probably closer to where Toure lands, though maybe closer to Ball than Stewart. Ball and Stewart were really just behind better players, with a starting five that was the best in the country (maybe the best in the country in the past 10+ years) when healthy and one of the best sixth men in the country to boot in Diarra, not to mention Samson. Those seven ate up almost all the PT that year. Even then, Ball got a ton of PT early in the year, when Castle was out especially. He was over 25 per game for the first 14 games, IIRC. Stewart I think you could argue had a tighter leash but he was also had quite a few games over 10 MPG throughout the year. Nowell, I still have not gotten any clear answer on him. I know it was reported he was injured but even in games he played he had a tight leash at a position UConn needed help at. I'd say Nowell is the only one who really had a super tight leash amongst the three freshmen you might expect to get PT who weren't top ten in their class but he was also the one with the clearest lane to PT, so take what you will from that. [/QUOTE]