The final Frosh Watch rankings of the 2023-24 college basketball season are here. With Selection Sunday less than five days away, most players on this list will play a critical role in deciding their respective teams’ postseason fates. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard wasn’t even included in the first edition of these rankings back in November. As…
South Carolina has been one of the best stories in college basketball this season, and freshman Collin Murray-Boyles is one of the reasons why. The Gamecocks are tied atop the SEC standings with Alabama. Remember: this is a team that was tabbed to finish last in the SEC preseason poll. Earlier this week, South Carolina…
Baylor coach Scott Drew has the luxury of having not one, but two elite first-year players on his roster. Ja’Kobe Walter has been one of the focal points of this entire class. Walter has been ranked near the top of Frosh Watch since its inception at the start of the season. Walter’s teammate, Yves Missi,…
This first weekend of conference play in 2024 is in the books. There were winners, losers, standout performances and upsets — the whole nine yards. Despite this freshman class being unpredictable at times, there has been a level of consistency near the top. USC star guard Isaiah Collier has been under a microscope this season…
No. 6 Kentucky rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit on the road to beat Florida 87-85 Saturday in the SEC opener for both teams behind clutch contributions from a group of freshmen playing in their first hostile environment of the season. Freshman center Aaron Bradshaw hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with…
Duke needed a big win in the worst way last week when they faced previous No. 10 Baylor at Madison Square Garden. The Blue Devils were in danger of potentially dropping their fourth game before the turn of the calendar year and simultaneously likely dropping out of both Top 25 polls with a loss. Enter…
Living up to the hype as a touted recruit isn’t easy. Each season, players ranked near the top of said recruiting rankings struggle to find a rhythm at the college level and either spend multiple years in school and/or never make it to the NBA. The stress can be ten fold when your dad is…
ATLANTA — With a three-point lead and just 11.9 seconds remaining, John Calipari gathered his players near Kentucky’s bench and asked how they’d like to handle things once North Carolina inbounded the ball. “I got in the huddle and I just said, ‘There’s 11 seconds to go. Do you wanna foul when they get to…
The first month of the 2023-24 college basketball season has come and gone. Conference play for some leagues has already started and the top first-year players in the sport are separating themselves from the rest. USC star guard Isaiah Collier debuted at No. 1 in our weekly Frosh Watch rankings and has maintained that top…
Once upon a time, D.J. Wagner was ranked as the No. 1 overall player in the 2023 recruiting cycle by 247Sports. The Kentucky star freshman dropped five spots in the final class rankings, but his commitment to the program solidified the Wildcats No. 1 overall recruiting class and gave the program some serious buzz heading…
