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If winning a National Championship is the only way to make the list than yeah, AK is in a rare class of freshmen.

Alex Karaban is GREAT, but he played the third most minutes (behind Hawkins and Andre) and was at the end of the day the 4th or 5th option on a team compared to a guy like Jeremy Lamb being the 2nd option.

We’ve had other guys who’s had remarkable freshman years too without the championship. I don’t want to discount how great they were because they didn’t win it all. Kemba put on a show in that elite 8 his freshman year which may have been one of our best freshmen performances in the tourney ever. (Not old enough to remember the 90s, but more than happy to relive them if there’s others!)

Boatright was amazing his freshman year averaging 30 minutes a game even though the team didn’t win much. I just want to respect those guys when we talk about freshman who were composed and stepped up in big moments just like Alex. Because we’ve had a lot of them. And it’s great to see Alex follow along in that line while also winning the NC.
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