Ohio State vs. Kentucky.
#1 seed vs. #4 seed.
Smart point guard vs. smart point guard.
Brandon Knight and Aaron Craft have a lot of similarities on and off the floor.
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[COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Knight attended an elite Florida high school, graduated with a 4.3 GPA and is sophomore in academic standing because of Advanced Placement courses. Craft was high school valedictorian and National Honor Society president.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black]If you think those smarts translate into on-court success, you’d be right.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black]“All the players I’ve coached, and I had guys that would live in the practice facility, literally, I’ve never seen a guy with this kid’s work ethic,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “His focus is on ‘where are my weak areas?’ And he goes after them.”[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black]“The thing I love about Aaron is he’s as hard on himself as any kid I ever coached,” Matta told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. “I’ve got great trust in him in knowing those are the type of things that drive him nuts.”[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black]Knight puts up more impressive stats (points, rebounds and minutes), but Craft’s been killing it lately. Since Feb. 20, his assist-to-turnover ratio is 4.8. Maybe that’s why Craft usually gets the “heady” point guard label, while Knight’s seen as a surefire NBA guard. [/COLOR]
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[URL=”http://beyondthearc.nbcsports.com/2011/03/23/like-smart-point-guards-kentucky-ohio-st-s-your-game/”]Source[/URL]
I have compared each freshman in the chart below.
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