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Chart: Fabulous freshmen in the Final Four

By Chip Scoggins

April 8, 2015 at 5:33AM
Louisville's star freshman Pervis Ellison is shown during a practice session at Reunion Arena in Dallas Friday, March 28, 1986. (AP Photo/David Breslauer) ORG XMIT: APHS109726
Ellison (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Duke's Tyus Jones became just the fourth true freshman to be named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

YearPlayerChampionship game

1986Pervis Ellison, Louisville25 pts., 11 rebs. vs. Duke

2003Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse20 pts., 10 rebs. vs. Kansas

2012Anthony Davis, Kentucky16 rebs., 6 blks. vs. Kansas

2015Jones23 pts., 5 rebs. vs. Wisconsin


Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony holds the national championship trophy after the Orangemen beat Kansas 81-78 at the Final Four on Monday, April 7, 2003, in New Orleans. Anthony was named most valuable player of the game. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) ORG XMIT: NUA155
Anthony (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Kentucky's Anthony Davis (23) and Kansas' Jeff Withey battle for rebound position in the NCAA Tournament finals at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Monday, April 2, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kentucky won, 67-59, for its first NCAA championship shince 1998. (Rich Sugg/Kansas City Star/MCT) ORG XMIT: MIN2015040720594879
Davis (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Duke's Tyus Jones cuts down the net after his team's 68-63 victory over Wisconsin in the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament championship game Monday, April 6, 2015, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Jones (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Chip Scoggins

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Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune. He has worked at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2000 and previously covered the Vikings, Gophers football, Wild, Wolves and high school sports.

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