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The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to overturn an arbitrators decision suspending him for the 2014 season and post-season.Weve been down this road before. After all, college basketball, in the one-and-done era, is all about its freshmen. But this season -- this season is different. Just listen to the gushing:The Bilastrator has been at this for quite some time, and this is the single best crop of freshmen his dreamy eyes have ever seen. This is the deepest, most talented class in recent college basketball history. -- Jay Bilas, The College Basketball OpusOn Sept. 27, the first day of official practice, we gave the 2013-14 season an unofficial title: The Year of the Freshmen. Fair warning: Here we go again. -- Eamonn Brennan, Welcome to the Year of the FreshmenBut who are these guys, these one-and-dones in a once-in-a-generation class? Over two weeks, we chronicled them, the top 10 freshmen in the land based on our ESPN 100 rankings. In case you missed it, its time to catch up, to familiarize yourself with a group that will dominate this college basketball season and then be gone.?Consider this your complete Freshmen Orientation.Duke freshman Frank Jackson had his mind made up. He was going on a Mormon mission. Instead, he finds himself serving a different version of a mission in Durham, North Carolina.We dont have multiple wives, Jackson said. We dont all have 20 kids. Were not a cult. Were Christians. Were normal. We believe in being good people.Im in the spotlight. Everyone is watching us. I can use that as a chance to be a light in the world, in a sense, to show people how I live and what I believe.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNThe Razorbacks wanted Malik Monk to stay in Arkansas, and it turned ugly when he committed to Kentucky. But the mild-mannered, high-scoring Monk hasnt looked back.He had always heard boos from opposing crowds as a standout at Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Arkansas. But the tone grew dark after his commitment to the Wildcats.We kept him secluded, his mother, Jackie Monk, said. I was afraid of him being out.It was hurtful because they didnt know him as a kid. I shook my head, of course. I wanted to explode as a parent. Every time he caught the ball when he ran up the court, theyd yell Marcus Monk! Marcus Monk! to taunt him. They booed.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNMiles Bridges knows his surroundings and the expectations that come with being from Flint and going to Michigan State.?I think Miles Bridges is the next Flintstone, coach Tom Izzo said. Hes a blue-collar superstar.?And he almost left.Everybody, literally everybody, from Flint goes to Michigan State, Bridges said. I wanted to switch it up at first. I wanted to be different.In just the past year, a federal public health state of emergency was declared when lead poisoning -- from a contaminated local water supply -- was discovered among thousands of residents.Or, as Bridges put it: Everybody knows its tough out there.He stayed.I just felt it, Bridges said. I felt like I belonged there.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNMarkelle Fultz has a Michael Jordan story. Like MJ, Fultz didnt make his varsity team as a high school sophomore. But Fultz doesnt want to follow Jordans footsteps. He wants to be better.?My mindset is different from a lot of people, Fultz said. You ask people their goal, and theyll say to make it to the NBA. My goal isnt just to make it there, its to be the best that ever played.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNKentucky freshman DeAaron Foxs blinding speed brings former Wildcat John Wall to mind. Fox welcomes the pressure that comes with the comparison, but how similar are they?I mean, being compared to someone like him, its a huge honor, Fox said. I see similarities, but I still feel like we play differently. With speed and athleticism, I think were reallly similar.dddddddddddd ... I feel like he handles the ball better, and I feel like I shoot the ball better.What say you, John Calipari?Everyone says hes as fast as John Wall, Calipari said before pausing. Stop. See, John Wall used his speed as a weapon. And it was his No. 1 weapon. Wasnt just a weapon, it was the weapon that he used to beat you. DeAaron doesnt see himself that way, and Im trying to get him to just fly, man. Go at people, try to get to that rim and then, if its not there, lets play.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNKentucky freshman Edrice Bam Adebayo brings a physical presence to the paint that the Wildcats lacked last season. He also brings a love for Katy Perrys music and plenty of jokes.One crushing handshake from Adebayo proves his nickname fits. His mother, Marilyn Blount, called him Bam after a 1-year-old Adebayo flipped a coffee table while watching The Flintstones.Kentucky lacked that big-bodied athlete last season. Calipari had Karl-Anthony Towns in 2015 and Julius Randle in 2014. Last season, the Wildcats didnt have a mobile, physical center to stop Indianas Thomas Bryant, who scored 19 points (6-for-6 inside the arc) during the Hoosiers second-round victory over Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament.That shouldnt be a problem this season with Adebayo on the roster.Bam is a beast, Calipari said.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNLonzo Ball is now charged with redeeming the West Coasts most accomplished program after a 15-17 campaign -- just the fourth losing season in the post-John Wooden era -- prompted angry fans to fly banners over the UCLA campus demanding fourth-year coach Steve Alfords dismissal.He understands the task at hand.Weve got UCLA across our chest, Ball said. Were playing for more than ourselves. Weve gotta bring that history back.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNDuke freshman Jayson Tatum was glued to his mothers hip as she worked her way from a gift wrapper to a law degree. He wouldnt be a projected NBA lottery pick without her.Shes my best friend, Tatum said. Im the biggest mamas boy ever, and Im proud to say it.Brandy Coles take on how she gets along with her son?We have a unique relationship. Theres no B.S. Cole said.READ MORE | BREAKDOWNKansas Josh Jackson knew he would be challenged. Someone was going to find out if he was soft. I knew it was coming, Jackson said. Immediately. How did it go? I think I passed.He proved, quickly, he doesnt like to lose. In anything.Chess gets heated. Checkers gets heated. Connect Four -- Connect Four! -- gets heated. Video games arent merely a relaxing diversion; theyre another avenue in which to compete. (His top choice is Mortal Kombat XL. His main character? Raiden. I dont think anyone can beat me, he said.)READ MORE | BREAKDOWNDukes Harry Giles is the nations top freshman. When will he play? Right now, no one knows because of three knee surgeries in three years. But everyone has thoughts. Even Greg Oden, who has one thing to say: Be careful and be patient.I know people are doubting me, Giles said. People would say, Youre good. Youre good. Dont worry. But I want to prove the doubters wrong. I thrive on stuff like that.What does Oden think?So many people wanted me to play. I wanted to play, but I was so out of whack, Oden said. I should have listened to what everybody said and sat my butt down. Instead, I kept trying to do extra stuff, to push myself to be ready faster. I was worried about being able to show people what I could do instead of worrying about getting better all the way. I will always regret that.READ MORE | BREAKDOWN[url=http://www.a faster. I was worried about being] ' ' '