What I'd Love To See This Year

[Phantom Warrior]

I'd love to see all five freshmen on the floor at the same time: Carter at point, Cheathum and Anim on the wings, Ellenson at the 4, and Heldt at the 5.

I don't think that has ever happened before at MU. Freshmen started playing again in '72-'73, and I am pretty certain we never had five frosh on the floor together since then. The only five-person freshmen class I recall is the Class of '05, but Mortenson red-shirted. The Class of '09 also had five frosh, but Roseboro left before fall classes started. We might have had four frosh on the floor at the same time in '05-'06 (The Amigos and Burke), but if so, it didn't happen often.

That being said, I am also pretty certain that in the '60-'61 season we probably had five sophomores in their first year of eligibility on the floor together since that class included six players who received a great deal of playing time in Dick Nixon (point), Ron Glaser (2 guard), Bob Hornak (small forward), Dave Erickson (power forward), Len Jefferson (center), and Lee Borowski (forward). In fact, that team may have started five sophomores. That group grew together (though Jefferson left school after his junior year) and became one of my favorite MU teams of all time.

Back to this year's incoming frosh. I think we may actually see that all-freshmen line up, especially in some of the buy games. I get excited just thinking about it.

(I hope the pre-season public scrimmages have the frosh versus the vets.)