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Message: [QUOTE="Hester42, post: 4845711, member: 13037"] I'm skeptical on Kent and Velez, I think Rosario has upside and brings great size that can alter a lot shots on the defensive end, I don't think all these top programs recruited her if she wasn't talented or she wouldn't have made Team USA if these coaches didn't see anything. Everyone who followed Rosario out of HS knew she was pretty raw and it was going to be a bit of a process wherever she decided to go to school. Never was she going to be a major impact year one. She a true 6'6 big, extremely extremely raw but physically has all the tools for a great imposing center. She put herself in a position to have success in the future getting in way better shape than when I saw her in all those All Star games last year. Its going to be a tough year for her year one, I think you see her take a legit step year two though. She has shown flashes but she really needs a full offseason of individual development and reps. I believe this past summer she went to LSU and got surgery done on her ankle and skipped playing with team USA and didn't start really practicing until later fall. I'd say its a big win for Rosario physically to be where she is at right now. The confidence, learning to play with the physicality of a 6'6 player is going to take a bit of time for her tho. No question MK is LSU's most gifted true freshmen since Fowles. She has work to do defensively but offensively she can simply just explode and takeover a game whenever she wants. [/QUOTE]

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