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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1826010, member: 1969"] I think it's a fair question if you ask who was the better college basketball player. I would give the nod to Durant in the regular season, but Melo progressed as the season went along and given that he had a chance to shine and thrive in the pressure situations you can't say Durant was the better player. But who had more success -- clearly Melo since he won the title. What is amusing about Melo's frosh year, is in 2003 (before the tourney) analysts were still of the old view that Freshman could not be the best players in CBB. Carmelo Anthony received less All America votes then freaking Hollis ???? (forgot his last name) from Oklahoma. After Melo, the narrative switched fairly quickly that freshman could dominate in the new era, and they were fairly appreciated in national rankings (if not over appreciated) [/QUOTE]