Incoming UA freshmen DeAndre Ayton, Emmanuel Akot physically ready to roll

I got my first in-person look at 7-foot Arizona freshman basketball player DeAndre Ayton last week as he walked through a corridor of McKale Center with fellow freshman Emmanuel Akot. How times have changed. Both Ayton and Akot appear much older than their listed ages of 18. They could pass for 25, and it’s not like they are skinny, going-to-get-pushed-around freshmen. This isn’t 1990 any more. The physical development of top college basketball prospects has changed dramatically. 

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