Mid-Season All-Freshman Team

Monroe's hoops IQ has been the most impressive, when to pass, when to cut to the rack, when not to foul. I wish he'd be more selfish with the rock time to time though.
Landesburg is the most exciting frosh Ive seen all year from an offensive standpoint anyway. Ive seen one good game from DeRozan too who I think will come on later in the year.
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The Butler ugroup is not pleased. Be prepared for Hinkle's army to flood this article with complaints. Just kidding. But seriously, Hayward may not receive the hype or put up the scoring numbers as the ten guys on this list, but his immediate impact on a ranked team cannot be denied. Even better, he'll stick around for more than season or two. The same can't be said for the majority of these guys.

Hypothetical question: If Seth Curry wasn't Stephen's brother, does he make it on the list? I get he's putting up big-time numbers, but I just don't see a freshmen on a slightly-above mediocre Liberty team making it without the name recognition. Just a thought.

Not sure if you posted before or after I updated/re-edited the article this afternoon, but Hayward was 13th in voting for whatever it's worth. Honestly, all the top 12-3 guys are quite close to each other. ie, if we had done the voting after arkansas beat texas/ou that stretch, fortson might very well have been 1st team, but now samuels had some solid games in big louisville wins, so he got more love. gordon did get a couple first team votes too.

In terms of Curry, its a valid point, and its hard to speculate either way. But honestly, I think he would make it because freshman scoring 20 ppg is very rare.. in fact, the last non-bcs guy to do it was.. stephen, and then bo mccalebb in 04 was the last guy before that.

No love for Washington's Isaiah Thomas? He's averaging 16 ppg, 3 apg, 3 rpg and 1 spg. While I don't think he's a 1st or maybe not 2nd team guy, I'm not sure he shouldn't be at least mentioned somewhere in the next 5...

I think Fortson at Arkansas is flat out good. He makes Arkansas' engine run.

Dude does everything and probably has the biggest impact on a game of any Freshman listed.

I have to emphasize what Shawn said. In a voting structure like this one, there are going to be a lot of close calls, and a vote for someone or taken away from someone could and would completely change the listing. A couple of guys on the Second team, mainly Fortson and Holiday in my mind, could have easily made the first team, but like Shawn said Fortson missed by a vote, which means at that point it's just a toss-up as to what team they end up on.

Guess you guysoverlooked the 5-1 washington huskies isiah thomas. With their only loss to CAL in triple OT, your going to have to give them credit if they beat UCLA on saturday. Isiah Thomas is a big part of the huskies resurgence in the pac ten and is only going to get better as the season goes on. His numbers alone put him solidly in second team. No mention here? Bogus reporting.

I think the entire nation is missing Paul George from Fresno State. You guys didn't even mention him and his overall stats for the year are better than any freshmen in the Division 1. If St. Bonaventure, Butler, and Liberty players make your list clearly Fresno State deserves to as well. I know you guys know who he is, now look at his stats!!!

Why isnt Isaiah Thomas for the Washington Huskies getting any love. He is the leading scorer on his team as a freshmen at 16 points per game. The Huskies at the moment are 14-4 and 5-1 in the conference. He can shoot the 3 and at 5 ft 8 can take it to the rim and score with contact. He definetely deserves second team over Jrue Holiday and Courtney fortson who dont get me wrong are great players.

Sylven Landesburg is the best freshmen in the nation! hands down!.......there is no reason why he isnt a first teamer

Not having isiah thomas on your list just about ruins all the journalistic integrity you guys have in my eyes. I can understand joe schmoes not knowing who this kid is being the fact that were a west coast team and our games dont get over till midnight on the east coast. But for a webpage who is dedicated to college basketball to not look at teams coast to coast is unnaceptable, you have jrue holiday on your second team obviously because of his accolades in high school, you obviously didnt see the uw ucla game where thomas ran all over holiday scoring 28 points 4 assists 3 steals(two of them on holiday) where the tandom of venoy overton and thomas held holiday to 8 points and was pretty much taken out of the game and had no real impact on anything. If you watch any uw hoops games this year a blind man can see that thomas is the catalyst to this team and the difference between a team that doesnt even get into the nit tournament to the team that is about to win the pac 10 outright. He will be pac 10 freshman of the year and should be on your radar for national freshman of the year yet alone 1st or second team. Please for all the people who rely on your site for there elevator bullshit conversation knowledge please look all over the country theres more states on the west coast then california you know