Momentum matters in college basketball, and few players in the country are building it faster than Arkansas point guard Darius Acuff. Following a stretch of elite play that has fueled a four-game Razorbacks win streak, Acuff is now receiving national recognition, climbing ESPN’s updated rankings of the top 10 men’s basketball Freshman of the Year contenders.
ESPN analysts Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf recently described the current freshman class as the best in recent memory, citing elite headliners such as BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Duke’s Cameron Boozer, and North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson. Those three remain unchanged at the top of the rankings.