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Hyped freshmen, new rules mark most exciting season in years

College hoops has been an uneven game since then. Coaches at elite schools have tried to balance having the best freshmen talent with having an experienced,
Michael Rosenberg|
Hyped freshmen, new rules mark most exciting season in years
Hyped freshmen, new rules mark most exciting season in years

College hoops has been an uneven game since then. Coaches at elite schools have tried to balance having the best freshmen talent with having an experienced, deep team. This is the year when the mix should work at some marquee programs. It should be the most exciting college basketball season in many years.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and feature stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest.” Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year’s best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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