March Madness Legends Comps for 2024 Men's College Basketball Stars | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Robert Spencer
Published Mar 23, 2026
2013-14 Aaron Harrison: 13.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.1 SPG, 35.6% 3PT
2023-24 Rob Dillingham: 14.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.1 SPG, 43.4% 3PT
2023-24 Reed Sheppard: 12.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 4.3 APG, 2.6 SPG, 51.7% 3PT
Here we find the second of what will be three cases where we don't even need to look at a different school to find a darn near perfect comp.
One decade ago, Aaron Harrison became maybe the greatest late-game shot artist in basketball history not named Robert "Big Shot Bob" Horry. He hit the go-ahead-for-good triple late in the Sweet 16 upset of arch-rival Louisville, the game-winning three in the Elite Eight upset of Michigan and the game-winning three in the Final Four upset of Wisconsin.
It was a run like no other where this freshman guard delivered for Kentucky in the most clutch way game after game.
But would you be surprised in even the slightest if Rob Dillingham or Reed Sheppard followed in those footsteps?
Dillingham almost single-handedly willed the 'Cats to a come-from-behind victory over LSU two weeks ago, scoring 21 of the team's final 25 points, including the cold-blooded go-ahead jumper with less than 10 seconds remaining.
One week later, it was Sheppard delivering the late heroics, scoring 23 of Kentucky's final 46 points in a successful comeback from an 11-point deficit at Mississippi State.
And unlike Harrison ending that 2013-14 regular season as a 30.6 percent three-point shooter, we know damn well that this year's freshman guards can stroke it at a high level, and that they won't be afraid of the moment.
The way this team defends (or, rather, doesn't defend) on a regular basis, it feels like they are destined to have several high-scoring, dramatic-finish, instant classics if they do make any sort of prolonged run in the dance. They've already had 10 games this season decided by six points or fewer (or in overtime), and in eight of those 10 contests, the victor's score was at least 87 points.
