Freshman Haze: Future is Bright for Vanderbilt

We have games! The college basketball season has started and we've shoved off into the ocean of action. There tend to be a lot November cupcakes (along with the turkey and cranberry sauce), but the Champions Classic showed us that college hoops could be for real in the early season. We had Duke beating Kentucky after Michigan State outlasting Kansas. This week, the early season tournaments will wind down, yielding even more tasty treats.

Now that we have some stats to look at, the Haze will feature seven freshmen who have opened well. We'll spin through Tier 1 and 2, and leave the lower tiers for future weeks. As with many things, we'll tip off in Ames, Iowa.

Georges Niang, forward, Iowa State Cyclones

For the past few seasons ...

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