The Best Freshman Class Ever?

p>By no means is Michael Beasley playing in anonymity.  His Kansas State Wildcats have been featured on national television several times and most avid sports fans know his name by this point.  With that being said, he is still not getting the credit that his numbers deserve, and neither is the rest of this crop of unbelievable freshman. 

First of all, take a look at Beasley’s stats so far this season:

 
By my recollection, there was another young gentlemen last season who was putting up similar numbers…what was his name again…oh that’s right, Kevin Durant.  Let’s take a look at his numbers from last year:

Beasley’s number compare very favorably to the reigning Naismith award winner.  I was surprised to see that his three point percentage was actually better than Durant’s.

Beasley leads the nation in rebounding by almost a full board and he is fifth in the country in scoring. He has also led this team to an 8-2 conference record which puts them only a half game out of first place in the Big 12.  Kansas State will have a chance to grab a share of that lead when the take on Nebraska this evening.
Beasley is one of several freshman lottery picks waiting to happen. According to NBADraft.net (fantastic website) , six of the first seven picks in the 2008 NBA Draft will be from the freshman class of 2007-2008.  They also prognosticate that 11 of the first 21 picks will be freshman. Let’s take a look at some of the big names:

Derrick Rose – PG – Memphis – Projected #2 Pick

Eric Gordon – SG – Indiana – Projected #4 Pick

OJ Mayo – SG – USC – Projected  #12 Pick

Kevin Love – PF – UCLA – Projected #17 Pick

Bill is on board with this guy:

Here are a few other freshman that you may or may not have heard of that are making a splash this year in college basketball.

Jerryd Bayless – PG/SG – Arizona – Projected #5 Pick

DeAndre Jordan – C – Texas A &M – Projected #6 Pick

Donte Green – SF – Syracuse – Projected #7 Pick

Patrick Patterson – PF – Kentucky – Projected #19 Pick

Andrew Ogilvy – C – Vanderbilt – Projected #21 Pick

Remember Chris Anstey?

This may be the greatest freshman class in the history of college basketball.  Imagine if each of these players go goes pro, and like NBA Draft says, gets drafted in the first round.  11 Freshman drafted in the first round would be a record (rivaled only by the 2004 class), although going strictly by that logic to determine the best class ever can get tricky, because of the NBA’s rule that players must be one year removed from high school before they can enter the draft. Invariably, without that rule in place, some players would have decided to go college, rather than declare for the draft, so the 11 first rounders could have been broken up.  Also, several of these freshman may choose to come back to school for their sophomore seasons and not to declare for the 2008 Draft. In any event, very few classes in history have had 11 NBA ready freshman.
Whether  7, 9 or 11 players from the class of 2007 ends up declaring for the draft, there is no doubt that this group of young athletes is right up there with the best of the best classes from years’ past.

The Angry T

If I were going to streak, this is how I would do it. It takes a visionary, nay, a hero, to streak a horse race. It looks like he finishes sixth, but I give him a gold medal for effort, simply because he was running against animals with twice as many legs as he has. Oh, and yes, he is very naked

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