Overview
- At the Madison Square Garden awards event, James said he will be back next season and wants to finish his career at Marquette.
- Big East coaches selected him as Freshman of the Year under rules that bar voting for their own players, making him Marquette’s third winner after Dominic James (2006) and Henry Ellenson (2016).
- He also captured the Associated Press Freshman of the Year on March 10, completing a sweep of the league’s media and coaches honors.
- The Big East cited 19.3 points per game in league play, while local reporting listed 16.4 points and 4.8 assists for the regular season, reflecting different stat contexts.
- His debut season included three 30-point conference games and a season-high 38-point outing in January, with Marquette set to face Xavier in the Big East tournament opener.