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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4873490, member: 10"] [I]UConn freshman Stephon Castle appears to be hitting his stride at the right time. The 6-foot-6 guard missed some time earlier this season for the reigning national champions because of a knee injury and is playing the best basketball of his career as of late. Castle scored a career-high 21 points in a win over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/STJOHN/st-johns-red-storm/']St. John's[/URL] just days after dropping 20 points in a win over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/PROV/providence-friars/']Providence[/URL]. Castle came into the season with legit [URL='https://cbssports.com/nba/draft/']NBA Draft[/URL] lottery buzz and his stock is rising. UConn lost multiple key players from its championship roster last season but reloaded with Castle, a former five-star recruit and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/RUT/rutgers-scarlet-knights/']Rutgers[/URL] transfer [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3142526/cam-spencer/']Cam Spencer[/URL]. Heading into the final month of the regular season, UConn looks like the team to beat. The Huskies have arguably the highest floor of any team in the country right now and if Castle continues to improve, their ceiling will grow. Let's jump into our rankings and get to our CBS Sports/USBWA Freshman of the Week for the the 2023-24 college basketball season[/I] [HEADING=1][I]Freshman of the Week: Stephon Castle, UConn[/I][/HEADING] [I]The former No. 9 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting class by 247Sports has been massive for coach Dan Hurley in the last few games. Castle showed flashes of his five-star billing during the first two games of the season before suffering a knee injury that required a minor procedure. While his minutes and production have fluctuated since his Dec. 5 return against [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UNC/north-carolina-tar-heels/']North Carolina[/URL], his high-level play could be the difference in UConn's quest to repeat as champions. Castle is in good standing as far as the NBA Draft goes. Castle should be a projected lottery pick and could jump even higher if he continues to play at this level. The 2024 NBA Draft is expected to be unpredictable at the top, which opens the door for players like Castle to soar up draft boards.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ranking-college-basketballs-best-freshmen-uconns-stephon-castle-earns-freshman-of-the-week-honors/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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