Any follower of college basketball is familiar with Dick Vitale (love him or hate him) and his pick of the top freshman that he dubs Diaper Dandies. This year, DickieV releases his Dazzling Dozen Diaper Dandies who can flat out play. Kentucky is the only team with 2 players on his list and a third player cited. Let’s take a look at the list and see who we got:
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1. Harrison Barnes, SF, North Carolina
2. Jared Sullinger, PF, Ohio State
3. Brandon Knight , PG, Kentucky
4. Kyrie Irving, PG, Duke
5. Perry Jones , PF, Baylor
6. Will Barton, SG, Memphis
7. Fab Melo, C, Syracuse
8. Terrence Jones , SF, Kentucky
9. Tobias Harris , PF, Tennessee
10. C.J. Leslie , PF, NC State
11. Cory Joseph , PG, Texas
12. Patric Young , PF, Florida*
[I]*I left off Josh Selby of Kansas because of injury and question of eligibility. I also left off Enes Kanter of Kentucky until his eligibility is settled.[/I]
Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones make the grade at the 3 and 8 spot. Vitale also notes that Kanter was left off this list pending his eligibility ruling. He doesn’t mention where Kanter would rank on that list if he was included but I would venture a guess that Knight would slip a spot as Kanter would be top 3.
