In fairness, average height looks better on a team without guards
I think Hurley has even said this but ideally you don't play "small ball" 4 out if your four are actually "small". You don't want to run that system with Bazz/Boat sized guards. Our recruiting of late has reflected this. The demand for guys 6'5"-6'8" that can dribble, shoot and defend has never been higher.
Yes. See Maryland/Nova. Creighton last year had Zegarowski at 6'2" but rest of team was 6'5-6'7 range.
Kansas too. PG was shorter, but Braun, Agbaji and Wilson were not small. Bulk matters too, a Martin type (Agbaji built similar) can hold more ground vs taller forwards on switches. It's part of the reason why the Floyd transfer surprised me. He's a prototype big guard/wing with bulk to guard bigger guys. I'm worried about how skinny our guys are now.
As a whole or at guard? AJ is not skinny, Hawkins actually has muscular legs, he just needs to fill out more up top. Samson obviously needs to bulk up a lot, Sanogo is a tree. Clingan and Karaban look to be pretty mature already physically. We also just lost Polley and Akok, two very skinny guys.
Sure, and we had teams that played 3 guys who were 6'10" or taller. Charlie V was a small forward. Those mid 2000s UConn teams were often massively long. You can absolutely hide small guards in that system, because you leave your 5 and a help shot blocker in the paint and funnel people to them. It's a variation on the Celtics dynasty "hey Bill" defense, which of course would be what Calhoun would know and love (also with Bird, McHale Parrish, another huge lineup). It's how we lead the country in shot blocking year after year.
Hawkins is listed at 175. He was getting knocked off the ball regularly. He needs to get to like 205. That's a lot of muscle to add.
Lmao half of our scholarship players are Centers at this time. Roster currently looks more like Georgetown than Kansas.
I disagree. He can be very effective at 190 or so.
Did you get this from DH's board in hscoffice?
How did that work out? Oh yeah... torched by Bazz and Boat.
... in the NCAA Championship game.
So we may be long, but we lack girth?
So we lose Akok and have to make up for it somehow?
