It happens. Look at Kentucky last year in basketball. They had two lottery picks in Wall and Cousins. 3 additional first rounders in Bledsoe, Patterson and Orton and they couldn't win a championship.
tm3308
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That Kentucky team was built around those 4 freshmen though. And teams with that kind of makeup typically don't win it all, simply due to the inexperience on that stage.
MultipleDundieAwardWinner
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best players play for the best schools and get drafted first
if ohio sta were in the sec they would wind up being vandy
if ohio sta were in the sec they would wind up being vandy
I'm not sure the sample size is large enough to say that it is typical or not. That team and the fab five are really the only two teams I can remember that had that dominant of freshman talent in one class.
5 of the first 6 last year for the B12.
I think what Kaldenberg is trying to point out is the negative recruiting tactics schools from the B12 and SEC will use against the B10 when it comes to the draft over the last couple of years. If you look at the top 10 picks in the last two drafts it breaks down as:
SEC - 8
B12 - 8
Pac 10 - 3
ACC - 1
Big East - 0
B10 - 0
For the regular fan, doesn't mean a whole lot, for a coach trying any possible way to convince a kid to come to their program, completely different story.
tm3308
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That's true, you don't have many teams that had that level of talent, even as freshmen. There have been other teams that were led by freshmen (UNC this year), but the teams weren't as talented as that Kentucky team or the Fab Five.
