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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2980663, member: 1414"]
I don't know what team you guys watched for the last 30 years, but I recall only a few true impact freshmen.  KEA and Rudy stand out, probably Caron too.  I'm not saying several others didn't play important roles, but that was usually due to lack of experienced depth in front of them.

Calhoun never, ever recruited anything like Calipari and Coach K do now, rolling out whole teams of 5 stars top 15 guys and hitting refresh the next year.  What he did was find guys who were better than their ranking and who fit what he wanted to do.  That is exactly the model Hurley is following. It's also what Mark Few and most coaches with consistent success do. Hell, even Self brings in 3 star kids at KU.  Lagerald Vick was a 3 star and so was Frank Mason.

Brendan Adams will be a hell of a basketball player by Junior year.  You can count on it.  The new guys coming in are all quality players, with both guards being better than their rankings suggest, and Akok being a borderline 5 star (as is Kofi if we get him).  The future looks bright.
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