Editor's note: The 2016-17 college basketball season will be the Year of the Freshmen, featuring what could be the best class we've ever seen. Over the next two weeks, we will get familiar with the best of the best, examining who they are and where each of the top 10 prospects in the 2016 ESPN 100 came from.
Read more: No. 10 Duke's Frank Jackson
| No. 9 Kentucky's Malik Monk
No. 8 Michigan State's Miles Bridges | No. 7 Washington's Markelle Fultz
No. 6 Kentucky's De'Aaron Fox | No. 5 Kentucky's Bam Adebayo
No. 4 UCLA's Lonzo Ball | No. 3 Duke's Jayson Tatum
No. 2 Kansas' Josh Jackson | No. 1 Duke's Harry Giles
Harry Giles was going to be one of the biggest stories of the college basketball season regardless of his injury status. He is the No. 1 freshman entering the sport and has been considered one of the best players in the country since the moment anyone watched him play high school basketball. But multiple injuries and surgeries over the past few years have raised plenty of questions about Giles, both for this year and moving forward.