Top 25 And 1: Arkansas’ star freshman Darius Acuff Jr. is carrying Razorbacks
As a statistical monster for the nation’s top-ranked group, duke star Cameron Boozer is most likely going to be everyone’s nationwide participant of the 12 months, and deservedly so. He’s been unimaginable for an unimaginable group.
He’d get my vote this morning.
But if the query is about which participant is finest outfitted to place a group on his shoulders and take it someplace within the NCAA Tournament bracket that exceeds his group’s season and seed, that doubt is Darius Acuff Jr.. The freshman at Arkansas went massive once more Friday. He took 21 photographs, made 11 of them and completed with 37 factors, 5 assists and 5 rebounds in an 82-79 win over Oklahoma that seemingly popped the Sooners’ bubble whereas advancing the Razorbacks to Saturday’s semifinals of the SEC Tournament.
“I do know he is been in comparison with quite a lot of NBA guys, as he ought to,” Oklahoma coach Porter Moser stated heading into his quarterfinal matchup with Acuff and Arkansas. “He just has like that Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson speed — with power. And he makes the right pass. For a young guy, he doesn’t get sped-up too much. He can score at all three levels. He can get to the rim at ease. He can hit you and get some separation on a pull-up. And he’s got deep range. “He’s phenomenal.”
How many SEC coaches do we have to hear say one thing like this about Acuff earlier than all of us correctly recognize what we’re watching? (Here’s what Texas coach Sean Miller stated about Acuff final week.) The projected top-10 decide within the 2026 NBA Draft is now averaging 22.7 points and 6.4 assists for an Arkansas team that’s 15th in Saturday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where Duke remains No. 1 for the 21st consecutive day following Friday’s win over Clemson.
Duke will now meet Virginia within the championship sport of the ACC Tournament in considered one of three power-conference title video games scheduled for Saturday. The others are Arizona-Houston within the Big 12 Tournament and St. John’s-UConn within the Big East Tournament.
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