How about over achievers? Or is that too Pollyannaish? :)

[Hoopcrazee]

No doubt Nadav!

 

[BGesus4]

Has to be the Wrench. A lot of the other guys it was pretty evident when they got to campus that they were just ranked wrong. Deep into Whaley’s career it wasn’t clear if he’d be capable of having a major impact and then seemingly willed himself into being a huge piece of the resurrection of the program.

 

[Khal Drogo]

Niels Giffey guarded 1-5, shot 54% from the field and 48% from three his senior year.

Has 2 rings too. Not bad for an unranked guy from Germany.

Griffey, John Gwynn and Lyman Depriest

 

[gtcam]

Christian Vital, Giffs and Jeff Adrien

 

[RichZ]

Freeman was teammate of Tim Thomas at Patterson Catholic. True story.

You beat me to it. But somebody had to say it.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Freeman was teammate of Tim Thomas at Patterson Catholic. True story.

I played against Kevin in a summer league game at Conn College and thought I broke his leg when I fell on him going for a rebound (he went over my back, no call!). Fear washed over me for about 30 seconds but we both got up unscathed. That was the summer before the 1999 championship season…