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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1903265, member: 39"]
All of these pundits get enamored with high school talent and recruiting classes. But in reality, they see we lose 3 starters including two NBA draft picks and think we lose a ton. Which we did, but we have more than enough coming back and have added a ton.

Look at our front line. We have a senior power forward who has played in 82 games and started 54, is a tremendous offensive rebounder when engaged, who was a force against Duke on the road last year in a win. We have a redshirt senior center who has played in 71 games, started 66 and appears to finally be healthy. You have a sophomore forward who played starters minutes last year and is arguably our best player and a potential lottery pick, and then you have a 7-2 redshirt sophomore who could be a game changer defensively. Not to mention a 6-8 freshman who is a Top 100 recruit and oh yeah, a small forward who averaged 16 ppg in the Big Ten. That might be the best front court in the country.

I don't care if you have David Patrick and Louie McCroskey in the backcourt, those players in the front court are going to win games.

But oh by the way, we have a pretty good backcourt, too. Howard, Gillon and Battle (also a potential 1st round pick eventually) are more than capable. And if Howard & Battle can make enough shots to make defenses play them honestly, we are in for an exciting year.
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