re: Tide Hoops | 31-6 (16-2)

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Seven freshmen who can outperform their rankings

Each year a new crop of freshmen roll into college basketball and each year a handful of freshmen outperform their ranking and establish themselves as college basketball stars for the years ahead while others hear their names called by Adam Silver after heading off early to the NBA Draft.

This 2022 class in particular was deep and possesses a handful of players that fit the bill.

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NOAH CLOWNEY | PF/C | ALABAMA

247Sports Ranking: No. 96 Overall

Noah Clowney is a 6-foot-9 big man that has long been one of the more intriguing prospects in the 2022 class before entering college.

His size, length, athleticism and flashes of skill have always teased the imagination of what he can become on the court but his lack of consistency and production at the high school level raised caution.

However, there is no denying the talent and abilities of Clowney and there have been positive rumblings out of Tuscaloosa regarding the four-star freshman.

It won't all come together overnight but in time, Clowney can prove to be one that we look back on and ask how we missed.

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