Freshman Haze: Riding the Waves in Malibu

I have news from the Freshman Haze headquarters (which consists of me). This will be the last regular edition of the Haze in which I profile seven new freshmen. I am running out of new players to profile (though there are many, many first-year players who will not grace this space). Next week, I will begin the countdown of the 21 best freshmen in the country, starting with 15 through 21. I'll take a statistical snapshot after next weekend and put all of the stats into a spreadsheet and rank the players. I've done it before and the results are always interesting. Let's tlook at the last seven players to make the pool.

Phil Forte, guard, Oklahoma State Cowboys

The 5-foot-11 Forte is in Marcus Smart's shadow, both literally and figuratively. Smart gets more ...

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