Youth Movement: Banchero/Holmgren/Smith Fall Just Short of Fab Frosh List

Paolo Banchero (Duke), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga) and Jabari Smith Jr. (Auburn) were outstanding as freshmen in becoming NCAA consensus second-team All-Americans and the first three selections in the 2022 NBA draft. But the terrific trio fell short of first-team acclaim. Last year, Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham achieved a distinction luminaries Mark Aguirre, Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry, Patrick Ewing, Phil Ford, Tyler Hansbrough, James Harden, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bernard King, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O'Neal, Derrick Rose, Ralph Sampson and Russell Westbrook failed to do. Cunningham became an NCAA consensus first-team All-American as a freshman. He was the 25th yearling on the following chronological list in this rare-air category named first-team A-A: