Agreed. I don’t think you need a beast at C to win it all, but its certainly nice to have just because most teams don’t have one.
OTOH you’re not likely going far w/o a quality PG. And another couple guards who can handle and shoot at a high level.
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Agreed. I don’t think you need a beast at C to win it all, but its certainly nice to have just because most teams don’t have one.
OTOH you’re not likely going far w/o a quality PG. And another couple guards who can handle and shoot at a high level.
They played 2 guys at Center each about 20 mpg. Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua was a dominant defender and strong rebounder. Mark Vital was a bull that was difficult to handle. If you combine those 2 guys they got 12 ppg and 12 rbg while player very strong defense.
Of course we know they were led by strong bodied guards and a lot of them. They didn't need a big man to be a dominant force. They were just lucky enough to have 2 guys that brought different things which combined, equaled a pretty dominant big man.
I don't think you need a dominant big man to win. That said, if you do have one, it makes it much easier. That's why they are in such high demand.
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Last sentence is key. Every team UofI plays this year is going to gameplan around Kofi. We have already seen it a lot this year. Most teams will do anything they can to limit him and make the other 4 prove they can beat them.
Moneyball approach. The production counts no matter how you get it.
Yes....But I'm talking Dennis Pace....mid 1960's
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Pace was a lefty if I remember right..................
Your right...left.....saw him play a couple times his senior year.....he was good
pruman91
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I think I saw him on WSIL-TV Harrisburg , Il channel 3 station when they broadcast the full 8 team state tourney back then ...........must see tv
Perhaps dominant is too strong of a word, but you definitely need a big man with the ability to control the paint defensively, and provide offensive production from the post when the shots aren’t falling.
Baylor’s team could certainly muck up the paint, but they had so many great shooters, they rarely had to rely on their bigs for offense. My posit is more of a generality, than a natural law. There are occasional exceptions, but I would argue that Baylor could score from the post via Mark Vital, at a pretty good clip. He might not have been a traditional dominant big, but he created a lot of mismatches.
WISL is always must see TV!
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
That Pryor dude is only good enough to go to Cleveland state?
A bit off topic, but Anyone else note what garbage the 247 roster link is for position. In the Info it says we have 9 pf, first 3 are Black, Finke, & Georgi... and keeps going downhill from there
Name of Sincere's children's book. "Harris Wants a Bucket."
You bet....we were just close enough to Harrisburg to get reception....not great but watchable most of the time....great memories of me, my dad and grandpa sipping on a coke and eating popcorn watching the state tourney
Check out the guards. Is Jalen Coleman Lands there?
Unfortunately no, but apparently we have zero SGs on our current roster.
And check out our SFs!
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Clearly nobody at 247 has updated their roster info in like 5 years.
Obviously, the extra Covid-19 years.
Giorgi has negotiated with NCAA to come back as an assistant coach/walk-on. He's just there for the energy and dancing partner with Curbelo before and after games, pretty much
Dennis Pace. you must be a member of AARP, like me.
I’m all for it.
Although meaningless…I’d be happy to sign a petition.Have been for several years..lol
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