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[QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 4646849, member: 210"]
Not to get pedantic… actually who am I kidding I love to get pedantic, after all what else is there to do on a message board ?

Your OP stated that you need a double digit scorer/7rb a game guy to get to 25+ wins, you said nothing about the talent. While I don’t disagree about the talent differential, I still do disagree you need a double figure scoring center. I’ll give you a more recent example… Baylor had 4 forwards on their title winning team (no one listed as a center on the roster and they had NINE guards ) and not one of them averaged even 7 ppg or 7rbs per game - [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/baylor/men/2021.html']2020-21 Baylor Bears Men 's Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL]

From everything thing I’ve read here about Autry we will look more like Baylor/Nova than traditional offense with a strong big man. I stand by my statement that if our guards are physical enough to get some boards and Benny can tap into his athleticism to grab more boards we should be fine with Hima/Brown.

FWIW I do hope and think we get a physical forward who can board but we can certainly contend with Hima as starter if the other guys commit to rebounding and Autry can get these guys to be more physical.

One last point to add… if we are not able to compete with the big boys from an NIL perspective we will HAVE to become more Baylor like…. There are a ton more 6-7 and under guys who can play than there are 6-10 and up guys who can play these days. Law of supply and demand says that if you have a small budget you will be priced out of the big dudes who can plan.
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