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          Starting strong: The 10 best freshmen in college basketball

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          • Jordan Schultz, ESPNDec 10, 2018, 04:00 PM
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            • ESPN insider/analyst and correspondent for the "The Board Room"
            • Co-host of the new hoops podcast, "Pull Up," with CJ McCollum
            • Former college 2-guard
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          The 2018-19 crop of freshmen is the most enticing, high-profile group to enter the college basketball landscape in quite some time. A "unicorn-rich" bundle, as one agent recently told ESPN. Duke has folk hero Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish -- we all know that -- but there is plenty of marquee talent to go around outside of Durham.