Why Houston’s Jarace Walker could be March Madness’ breakout star
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Why Houston’s Jarace Walker could be March Madness’ breakout star

New York Times  

HOUSTON – On the first Friday afternoon of March, Jarace Walker sets his phone on the table, smiles and extends a hand. “He’s the most talented player to have played here since Olajuwon,” Houston assistant coach Kellen Sampson says. “He’s not.” It is not uncommon – maybe even more common than not – for a Houston film session to be interrupted by Walker raising his hand like an elementary school student. “I’ve never, in 34 years as head coach, had a freshman that asked pertinent, meaningful, purposeful questions like Jarace does,” Kelvin Sampson says. Walker is not Houston’s alpha – “If you ask him to be that,” Kelvin Sampson says, “you’re missing who he is” – but he is the delta.

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