Originally Published: June 29, 2007

Indiana has a gem in Eric Gordon

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Fraschilla By Fran Fraschilla
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Although there are varying opinions on what the one-and-done rule will do for the college game and the NBA, it's been a roaring success so far. Not only did Greg Oden and Kevin Durant headline an electric NBA draft, considered one of the deepest in recent years, but six other freshmen were taken in the first round. Clearly, a season of college basketball branded them as household names and turned them into can't-miss NBA prospects.

What better examples of the success of this than Durant's sweep of the national Player of the Year awards and the NCAA Tournament performances of Oden and Mike Conley Jr. en route to the title game.

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