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Message: [QUOTE="Waltdods, post: 2623719, member: 2932"] As I mentioned last time you made this comparison, I think it's an interesting one and the stats are more similar than I would have guessed. But I think you're overstating things here. Obviously, GMac had more talent around him his first three seasons than Battle had this past year (I mean, Anthony in '03 and Warrick in '05 are probably two of the ten greatest individual seasons in program history). GMac's senior year is pretty close to Battle's soph year, though (1) GMac was a senior and (2) Nichols and Devendorf were both significantly better shooters than anyone on last year's team. Neither guy had much around him. But I do think it's not unreasonable that people were disappointed in (pre-BE) GMac that year, given his experience, and that the same people might be impressed by what sophomore Battle did on an immensely flawed team, and optimistic about what he might do in a better situation this coming year. [/QUOTE]