No. 11 Maryland men’s basketball center Derik Queen is having perhaps the team’s best debut season since it joined the Big Ten in 2014, yet he may not win the conference’s freshman of the year award — or even finish top-three in voting.
While Queen committed to his hometown Terps, two top-five-ranked players in the 2024 recruiting class chose a Big Ten program too.
Rutgers’ Dylan Harper may be the favorite to take home the award, as he leads all Big Ten freshmen with 19.2 points per game on a rather efficient 48.7% shooting from the field and 34.