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[QUOTE="jordoo, post: 43760, member: 569"]
AO was light years ahead of Ricky as a post player IMO. Sure both had limited range but other than against Thabeet AO was money and he set up the offense for our whole team that season. Guess what happened when we tried to set up our offense off of Ricky after AO went down? We got beat by a team that dared Ricky to make them pay and smothered our perimeter players. Sure they got away with more grabbing clutching and hip pushing than Pitt but they knew to key on Wes and Andy. Kris was also very bad as that 3rd perimeter option which didn't help. Then that team went on to face Duke in the final and Zubak hurt them inside. Imagine what a healthy AO does to Zubak, let alone Futler? I believe that with AO we win that torney just like I believed we were the best team in the country (when healthy) before AO went down.
I wouldn't argue that Rick may have been a better all around player than AO but better offensively not really close IMO. The game is still about putting the ball in the bucket, always has been and always will be. Sure you have to defend and rebound but that's all meaningless if you can't get it in the hoop.
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