On the flip side of the coin was Harper’s co-star Ace Bailey, who saw another down shooting performance despite the overtime win. Across 36 minutes, Bailey scored 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting, cashing in on his only triple but missing a variety of contested mid-range jumpers.

Rutgers freshman stars Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey combined to score 59 points in Wednesday's loss to Alabama, a performance that had Tide coach Nate Oats calling them "two of the most talented players,

They dug deep, though, and capitalized on the Owls' free throw shooting struggles (15-of-24) and turnover problems (22) to storm back late. Highly-touted freshman Ace Bailey made a couple of key buckets during the surge,

One argument against it is the fact that no team has made the Final Four with two freshmen as its leading scorers since Kentucky in 2014. (Shouts to Julius Randle and James Young!) Obviously, Duke is trying to snap that trend this season with a team led by five-star freshmen Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel.