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[QUOTE="JOC44, post: 895820, member: 613"]
I don't think all the minutes Rak played yesterday are a sign that he is going to become our primary center over Keita, nor did I think the opposite when Keita played 27 minutes against BC or 26 minutes against Virginia Tech.  He centers' minutes will vary depending on who is playing well, but even more on what we are  trying to take away on defense.

Against Pitt, we had pretty clearly decided to give them the foul line jumper because of our concerns with their interior passing.  Zanna flashed there several times, but no one came out in him because we didn't want to give up the interior pass. Most of the time he didn't shoot even though we were conceding the shot. Same thing when Robinson penetrated to the foul line. When we play defense like that, Christmas is the more effective defender because he is a better rebounder and better at challenging shots underneath.  When we want a more mobile center to get out on the foul line player, Keita is going to get the minutes because he is more mobile and recognizes the situation faster and better.

Given our rebounding woes last night, Coleman actually might have been a good fit if he was fully healthy. Coleman's issue is he is a fouling machine because he is slow to rotate, but we weren't really asking our centers to rotate much last night.
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