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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5459996, member: 4819"] I think Kittelberger comes in as the number one SSDM recruit in the country. It's a really difficult position to step into on the college level, but he seems to have all the tools you look for. Size, speed, and he comes from a prep powerhouse, so you know he'll be prepared. I think the big question is if he can step in to the Rice role as the number one guy. That's a big expectation for a freshman obviously, but Rice himself hit the ground running as a freshman, so it's not unheard of. I don't know much about Bowen to be honest as I didn't watch a lot of OSU games and SSDM play is the hardest position to gauge from stats alone. I'm still not clear if he was a starter last year or how much he played for them. A good depth piece at the very least. Big question is if he starts alongside Kittelberger or if he runs with the second group. Totally agree about LeVine, that would be a big boost. I do worry about the knee injury. That's not something you just bounce back from, and the timing of it all probably couldn't have been worse as it was late in the year. He wasn't the fastest guy beforehand so I'm not sure if its a good or bad thing. Still, having him back is better than not having him back. Fingers crossed. It sounds strange but I worry the coaches aren't going to show any imagination, and they will continue with Spallina and Ochoa as rotation players. Spallina I just don't think has the physical tools to be a standout SSDM. Ochoa just makes silly mistakes and I don't think is fast enough even though he has good size. Felt like they were picked on over and over again at the end of the season. Bologinio didn't impress me much, but he was a freshman playing out of position. Perhaps these three make big strides in the offseason. We were all pretty hard on Levine his first few years but turned into a really good player. But yeah, it's imperative that more than one player from this group or RS freshmen emerge. [/QUOTE]

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