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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2554745, member: 40"]
I think where I disagree with your assertion most is basing this on just comparing stats.  Would you rather have two bigs scoring around 10ppg or just the one, especially if the one happens to be having an off night?  Going from having two guys that you could plug and play to 1 was a huge impact, and it went beyond the stats. Maybe we wear them down by having both AO and Rick that game, instead of just the one ineffectual player.  Maybe their bigs get into foul trouble, and the game plays out differently.

Also, AO's condition was certainly not poor his senior year -- I think you are misremembering that substantially.  He was in absolute peak shape that season, less so in previous seasons.

I think where the AO copout you refer to gets most applied is the suggestion that we would have absolutely won the NC.  But getting by Butler?  Absolutely, I believe we win that game with AO.  From there, who knows?  But that Duke team that won it all was far from elite -- we would have had a pretty darn good shot.
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