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Pair of highly-touted freshmen still finding their way

So in a Radisson hotel room in Kalamazoo, Mich., last weekend, roommates Mike Davis and Jereme Richmond shared a heart-to-heart.

"I talked to him the other day, we were roommates on the Western Michigan trip," Davis said Monday. "He was saying how he came in and thought it was going to be easy."

But it's rarely easy for freshmen, whether you're a McDonald's All-American (like Richmond) or fourth-team All-Podunk (like most of us). And just about every rookie - you're excused Kyrie Irving and Jared Sullinger - must endure those struggles.

Klee

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