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No longer as soft as sophomores

By Ed Graney
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, December 26, 2002

You hear the same two words over and over, a reiteration of what happens to many college basketball players between their freshmen and sophomore seasons. Strength and intelligence. The good ones gain a lot of both. It is no different in the Pac-10, which has its share of sophomores making an impact this season. Take, for instance, Josh Childress. The Stanford wing inherited a much larger role when Casey Jacobsen and Curtis Borchardt bolted early for the NBA. It was during the latter part ...

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