Over the past three seasons, John Calipari has coached Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans and John Wall during their freshman seasons. Rose and Evans went on to win the Rookie of the Year award and Wall is considered the prohibitive favorite in 10-11.

Calipari's new elite freshman is Brandon Knight, who has embraced comparisons to those players.

?I've been getting (the comparisons) already, and I kind of embrace them,? Knight said. ?Being compared to them, to me, is a positive. Those are guys who are doing great things at the next level right now.?