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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3296244, member: 2117"] Bingo. I'm not sure why some UCONN fans are so concerned about height this year. ONO is 6-4 and Walker is 6-1 and a good rebounder. For the last three years, the tallest post UCONN has started was 6-1 Collier, and two of those years UCONN nearly went undefeated. UCONN has the size to compete with pretty much anyone, as long as ONO doesn't get into foul trouble. Even then they should be able to compete against top teams. There isn't a player like EDD/Meesseeman in college basketball who is 6-4/6-5 and and score at will against a smaller defender on an isolation play. Looking at other top teams and you have: Oregon-they have 6-4/6-4 Baylor-6-4/6-3 Stanford-6-3/6-3 Mississippi State-likely 6-5/6-1 South Carolina-6-3/6-2 Maryland-6-5/6-2 Oregon State-they're tall, but not a good rebounding team. Best rebounder will likely be their 5-10 guard. In regards to needing height to win a title? Sure, it helps, but look at some of the champions from the past 20ish years who lacked prominent size upfront: 2002 UCONN-started three 6-2 forwards 2003 UCONN-started 6-3 Moore and 6-0 Turner 2004 UCONN-started 6-3 Moore and 6-0 Turner 2005 Baylor-started 6-1 Young and 6-2 Blackmon 2009 UCONN-started 6-3 Charles and 6-0 Moore 2010 UCONN-started 6-3 Charles and 6-0 Moore 2011 Texas A&M-started 6-1 Danielle Adams 2018 Notre Dame-started 6-3/6-1 In that same time frame, the only teams who've won titles with a double big lineup are: 2006 Maryland-Harper/Langhorne were both in the 6-3/6-4 range 2007 Tennessee-Parker and Anosike were both 6-4 2008 Tennessee-Parker and Anosike were both 6-4 2013 UCONN-Dolson/Stewart 2014 UCONN-Dolson/Stewart 2019 Baylor-Cox/Brown [/QUOTE]

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