04-25-2018, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TA111
Frankly, I don’t get all the angst over the so-called “big-man” issue. The game has changed, mainly because of the 3point line. Villanova just won the Championship and they didn’t have a prototypical big. Spellman was a 4 and could really stroke it. If the kids learn to play team D, ie, help and recover, then they will be fine. If you watched Loyola play, they often had a team of no one over 6’6” on the floor. They played exceptional team D and it was hard to penetrate the lane.
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While I agree that I don't think it is a necessity to have a true post offensive player, I disagree about your Villanova example. Although their bigs play small offensively they could both guard big defensively. I've said it before that a big that plays small offensively but like a big defensively is the most coveted player in college basketball.
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