2007 Freshmen Class Looking Great

Posted by
Phil Partington
Nov 27, 2007

I apologize for the spacing of my articles of late. It's been a busy, exciting time for me. Aside from the typical rigors of my daily grind, I recently had the opportunity to meet my birth mother and her family for the first time. I was adopted at birth and never knew anything about my blood relatives, so when hired a private investigator and found her, it was pretty hectic and exciting. I even have two half-siblings I didn't know about.

Anyway, I haven't lost track of what's going on in the world of basketball, and as excited as I am that the NBA season is underway again, I'm just as excited about college men's basketball.

I believe the freshman class this year is even better than last year's class that featured Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. Here's a look at what some of the young phenoms are doing with their respective teams:

Kevin Love, UCLA, 19.3 ppg, 10.5 rbpg on the No. 2 Bruins.
Derrick Rose, Memphis, 16.6 ppg, 5.6 apg for the No. 3 Tigers.
Kyle Singler, Duke, 14.3 ppg, 6.3 rbpg for the No. 7 Blue Devils.
DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M, 10.3 ppg, 8.3 rbpg for the No. 9 Aggies
Eric Gordon, Indiana, 27 ppg, 56% FG, 55% from trey in five games. Hoosiers are ranked 15th overall.
Austin Daye, Gonzaga, 13.8 ppg, 5.0 rbpg for the No. 19 Bulldogs.
OJ Mayo, USC, 21.8 ppg, 3.3 apg, 4.7 topg in six games for the No. 22 Trojans.
Michael Beasley, Kansas State, 27.2 ppg, 15.5 rbpg in six games.
Bill Walker, Kansas State, 12.5 ppg, 6.5 rbpg in four games.