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[QUOTE="BurgundyOUT, post: 3776851, member: 8058"]
Actually, Leon Rice recruited as much length and athleticism as he could because every team in the MWC was built to beat us. We are the most successful program in the conference by an estate country mile (I know... something something tallest midget). The recipe for our sustained success has been long, rangy athletes without fixed positions, and this has bled through the conference recruiting philosophy to some degree.

With regards to Boise, they extend on the permitter and are able to contest shots and marginalize our permitter shooting to some degree. And idk if I would call their defense soft - it ranks 63rd in KenPom (you guys rank 89th).

As to my comment, when I look to see how your PT is distributed, the majority of minutes are going to guys that are - in order of PT - 6'6, 6'10, 6'7, 6'5, 6'1, and 6'5. No one else is logging 20+ mpg, and the next player off th bench is only logging 10.

Compare that with Boise's players logging 20+ mpg: 6'9, 6'7, 6'2, 6'2, 6'5, 6'8, 6'10. Of those, you have three guards running 6'7, 6'8, and 6'9. Similarly, the Aggies players logging 20+ mpg run 7'0, 6'7, 6'5, 6'3, and 6'5.

I don't see any noticeable height advantage based on the numbers, and would argue the average size we face in those two teams is equal if not taller than your own.
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