William Kyle appears to be on the shorter side
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I can guarantee you the same people will still be like so I was looking at the Lunardi bracketology and looks like we'll run into Florida in the Semi's of the tourney. See I told you we didn't have an answer for their 7'10 kid!
If this team is playing like the teams of Louie @ Bouie, and the Sherm, DC teams a 7'10 center isn't going to be on the floor very much. Because he would be behind the play too much.
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We will ALL be happy to return to the tourney
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Kyle’s height is not going to be an issue for him. His elite athleticism and a high motor will make him a fan favorite. He’s also an amazing guy.
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By block% William Kyle is every bit the shotblocker Jeremy McNeil was.
Kyle was at 9.0% on the season last year, and was 10.2 in Big Ten conference play.
McNeil's best season (they started tracking block% our championship year), he was 9.5%
Two things to consider: Block% measures the percentage of the time you block an opponent's shot while you are on the floor. But it only counts 2pt field goal attempts. The percentage of shots from 2pt relative to 3pt shots has gone down dramatically since 2002-2003. McNeil had many more chances per game to block shots.
Secondly, every one of us remembers McNeil tremendously, heroically, spectacularly saving our championship run by blocking 72 shots in a row during our epic comeback against Oklahoma State. This makes him the standard for all future shotblockers. Not statistically, but in our hearts and minds.
I appreciate the #’s and we’re on the same page. However I really don’t care about metrics for the 5’s this year. I want our 2 centers knocking people on their asses when they get in the lane and at the rim. Fighting for rebounds every shot. 8-10 fouls a game, whatever, who cares.
It’s a lost art that left this program somewhere along the way. Put a nasty foul on the other team and make them earn it at the line.
Kenpom and all these metrics gurus may not pick it up in their “efficiencies” but it absolutely can stall out the other teams offense if done correctly.
Maybe I’m just old school but it’s a toughness mentality as well. You may get 2 points at the FT line but you ain’t getting an easy lineup.
