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2018-19 Player Preview: Corey Kispert was born to be a Zag

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Teams that win national championships have a guy like Corey Kispert on their roster, and everything about his basketball character screams ZAG.

Despite being a true freshman last season, Kispert won the starting spot at the small forward position following training camp, and literally made a splash when he scored the first points of the season.

The first points of the @ZagMBB season comes from freshman Corey Kispert on the putback SLAM! Worth another look. pic.twitter.com/hMm91ZmDdz

— SWXRightNow (@SWXRightNow) November 11, 2017

Kispert proved he deserved the job too, with mature all-around performances before going down with an ankle injury in the seventh game of the season.