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Although the college basketball season is only a couple of months old, the start of the new year is a great time to reflect on which stars shined the brightest in 2007. Many of the names below are familiar to even a casual fan, while a few of the names are only known to the sport's most passionate followers. There may not be an Oden or Durant among the group, but there could be a couple of lottery picks in the years ahead, and several who will make an NBA roster. I present to you the best of 2007 (by position):

HIGH-MAJOR

Michigan State at Indiana (Feb 16th)

North Carolina at Duke (Mar 8th)

Kansas at Texas (Feb 11th)

Tennessee at Memphis (Feb 23rd)

Other (UCLA/WSU, Pitt/Gtown)

Roy Hibbert (Georgetown)

Chris Lofton (Tennessee)

Drew Neitzel (Michigan State)

Sean Singletary (Virginia)

DJ White (Indiana)

Other (Shan Foster, Aleks Maric, Kyle Weaver, etc, discuss below)

 

Like the case across most of the BCS conferences, a freshman is leading the way in the Big 10.  The old dogs are doing ok also, as two seniors make this early season list.

 

There isn’t a lot to talk about this time around. Well, at least if you’re amongst the vast majority that has rightfully conceded this season to the freshmen. We’ve started to see some guys come back to Earth and display the expected inconsistencies that will crop up for most freshmen, but the youngsters are still taking over games with regularity and it seems to be a different one every night. Beasley and Gordon have been trading spots atop the nation’s scoring list and, as Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline wrote awhile ago,

Um, yeah, this isn’t going to be easy.

 

Butler

Indiana

Notre Dame

Purdue

Other

Basketball is back.

 

Indiana Hoosiers

 

Indiana

Michigan State

Ohio State

Wisconsin

Other (Illinois, Penn State, Purdue, etc)