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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3598432, member: 289"] Etan was the best shot blocker because he could do it with either hand. Rosey Bouie was the most athletic and covered the most territory. AO learned over the course of his career to move his feet to keep his big body in the way of anyone trying to drive to the basket and it was fun to see drives go there to die. Fab 2.0 was a very good shot blocker and position defender and great at drawing charges, although having your center draw charges always made me nervous because if he doesn't get the call, it leaves the basket wide open, (and it would have taken a linebacker to actually knock Fab down). But Fab always seemed to get the call. Rakeem and Baye absolutely shut down the middle in that 2013 NCAA run. If we could pick a tandem, that would be it. I think Bourama will have a fine senior year but it remains to be seen if he can join this group. I will go to my grave believing that the 2010 team wins it all with Etan. he wasn't a great player but a key piece of the puzzle on that team. it gave us two inside scorers and he played a great two man game with Rick Jackson. Against Butler we had only Jackson and had 8 turnovers trying to get the ball to that one target and still almost won the game. Butler went on to come within a rimmed-out half court shot of beating Duke for the title, (the worst of Coach K's 5 titles). The 2012 team's problem was Kentucky and Anthony Davis. We spent the year trading the #1 spot with them and actually were #1 more weeks than they were but do think they were a little better. It would have been fun seeing Davis try to score against Fab but I think and his teammates would have found a way in the end. And the strange officiating we encountered in the Elite 8 might have been a problem with those charges, too. The greater dream is imagining what our team would have been like with Davis, with whom we were supposedly in the lead until Calipari showed up. That would have been the first 40-0 national championship team ever. :rolleyes::confused: [/QUOTE]

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