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Jeff Goodman, ESPN Insider 10y

Top 25 high-impact newcomers

Kentucky has a brand-new group of freshmen, Duke has the No. 1 recruiting class in the land coming in and North Carolina also brings in a trio of talented newcomers. Louisville, Kansas, Arizona and Ohio State have also reloaded on the recruiting trail.

But newcomers also include transfers -- and as we know, the transfer wire is at an all-time high these days. Guys like DeAndre Kane, Rodney Hood, Juwan Staten, Xavier Thames and Jordan Clarkson were all transfers and made a major impact.

So I wanted to take a look at both groups when considering impact. Here are our top 25 impact newcomers for the 2014-15 college hoops campaign, with six of our top 15 coming off the transfer wire. Important: These rankings are based not necessarily on talent alone, but also on the impact that the players will have

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