Fresh to Baylor, Jeremy Sochan and Kendall Brown big for defending champs

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Kendall Brown was a five-star recruit whose dad is a former Harlem Globetrotters player. Jeremy Sochan was born in Oklahoma, grew up in England and has played basketball in Poland and Germany.

The true freshmen are now roommates at Baylor and have played significant roles in the defending national champion Bears being a No. 1 seed again and winning another Big 12 title, even with only one returning starter.

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"They want to win and they’re high-level athletes, and high-level people as well," said second-team All-Big 12 guard Adam Flagler, who is a starter this season after coming off the bench in 28 games last season. "We kind of expected that over time they would get to this point, and they have so much more to show."

Brown and Sochan will be on the biggest stage, the NCAA Tournament, with the fourth-ranked Bears trying to become the first team to win back-to-back national championships since Florida in 2006 and 2007.

"Just getting here with all the new guys, a lot of great pieces and starting off really hot, and we just kept going, and now our expectations are set for a back-to-back," said Brown, whose dad, Courtney "The Iceman" Brown, was a member of the Globetrotters from 1990-94.

The Bears (26-6) have to travel fewer than 100 miles for their first-round NCAA East Region game Thursday against Norfolk State in Fort Worth, Texas.

Baylor guard Kendall Brown (2) shoots against Iowa State forward Robert Jones (12) as Baylor's Flo Thamba (0) looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Waco, Texas (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Sochan watched the end of Baylor's national