five-star
Example Sentences
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In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.
From Los Angeles Times
The five-star freshman had committed to USC with every intention of bolting for the NBA after one season, only for the setbacks of the past year to put his likely lottery status in doubt.
From Los Angeles Times
But there was little he or USC’s five-star freshman could do in the final minutes as Northwestern fended off every push from the desperate Trojans, thanks largely to the efforts of senior forward Nick Martinelli, who torched USC for 22 points.
From Los Angeles Times
Not only did Cignetti win a title with a team lacking any five-star recruits, he also appears to have done it on the cheap.
The Hoosiers were proud that no one on their roster was a prized five-star recruit—“misfits,” Mendoza called his teammates, which is maybe a stretch, but OK.
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