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Message: [QUOTE="orangejunkie, post: 4638738, member: 1018"] There are just so many stud 6'10" to 7' centers in any given freshman recruiting class and they are typically 5* recruits that are long shot recruits. The alternative that SU has gone to is recruit young developmental bigs that they can develop. I see Patterson in that category. He will be really good but I'm guessing that the staff doesn't see him as a guy that can play significant minutes next year. That leaves Hima but realistically he is a back up that is very foul prone and provides limited offense. Hence, the staff is going out and getting a player that can give us starter minutes and be an upgrade over what we have now. Makes a lot of sense. I am OK with the kid from West Texas and would love a couple of the more recent 4 to 5* type centers who come from power 5 teams that we've reached out to. [/QUOTE]