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however they look at it, you need 5-6 bigger guys on the roster. in two seasons we'll be down to PF and whoever we get in the next 2 classes. so that's 2 this year and at least 2 next.
fan2011, I doubt we've EVER had only two 6'8" guys on the roster. at minimum you have to have 3 guys that can play the middle. 2 that actually do and a reserve for injury, fouls, whatever like 97 said. so that's 3 bigs. and you need guys with size to play the 4. minimum 2 guys that can bang with other teams big 4s.
height aside, we have 6 guys coming in this year and next with the bulkiest being 185 lbs. all the weight work in the world isn't going to make any of these guys a post defender.
and beyond the need for size, having 9 guys 6'4" and under just causes an impossible situation for playing time. you're setting yourself up unnecessarily for a wave of transfers. doesn't make sense to set up a roster this way. and again, like 97 said ... big guys usually take a little longer to be ready to play. why would we force ourselves to find a big that has to play a ton on day one?
Big Luke was returning off of redshirt and expected to play. and Derrick was the exception. yes, a post can be under 6'8" ... if he's 270. we don't have anyone like that now.In 2013 the only players we had who were 6'8+ were two freshmen, TA and ANO. Our tallest returning players were 6'6 DWill, 6'5 Greg Robbins and 6'3 Darien Brothers.
For the past 4 years we have only had at most 4 available players who were 6'6 or taller. We haven't had more than 5 players who were 6'7 or taller in the last decade, maybe ever. We really don't need as many big guys as some of you think, we have never had that many.
We really only need ~2 players in the 6'8+ range and ~2 guys in the 6'5-6'7 range.