Big East Freshman of the Year candidates (link)

The Marquette Basketball Blog has a detailed post on their candidates for Freshman of the Year in the Big East.

I agree with their assessment: The battle is for the #2 spot, as the #1 is spot is signed, sealed and delivered. Who is it? You have to read the story :-)

As it is evident, playing time is as big of a factor as talent, as some highly touted recruits have not been able to post big numbers because they are on deep teams where PT is at a premium. But regardless, there are some surprises!

One suprise: Given how deep and talented UConn is, Jeff Adrien is probably a mild surprise as he is competing for PT against some very talented but also some very experienced players. If he played for another team, he could have easily been a national freshman of the year candidate.