Originally Posted by jack72
I am not totally disagreeing with your theory about the big guys not being dominant, but the really good teams have balance. You mischaracterize UNC as small guard oriented last year. Most of their best players: Hicks, Pinson, Meeks, Maye and Jackson were over 6"6", with the two good six footers, Britt and Berry, alternating at point. UNC was a huge team that rebounded extremely well.
Your top ten teams each year have good guards and good bigs. North Carolina State had a great point guard last year, and OSU two years ago. How did that work out? About as well as Purdue with great bigs and no guards.
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We will always take the best players we can get. But I wouldn't be a height-bigot.
The game used to be dominated by height, but with the finishing ability of so many guards today you have to keep in mind the goal: put the biscuit in the basket, and stop the other guy from doing the same. If you have a great guard he'll score on anyone and the 3 point line is disproportionately dangerous. If you also have great defensive guards who keep the other team's guards contained, then you can plan around the other team's bigs by forcing them into less comfortable positions and using technique to minimize the damage.
Speed and the 3 point line = it's a guard's game. Speed kills. Whatever you can get from a 7 footer is gravy.