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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4779411, member: 44"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2023/11/04/sports/five-bold-predictions-for-2023-24-college-basketball-season/[/URL] [HEADING=1]Clingan stands tallest[/HEADING] [I]It feels like the year of the big man, an elite group of centers led by the reigning National Player of the Year, Zach Edey of Purdue. It also includes North Carolina’s Bacot; Kansas big man Hunter Dickinson, previously of Michigan; Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner; new Gonzaga center Graham Ike; and Kentucky blue-chip freshman Aaron Bradshaw. Connecticut’s Donovan Clingan will be the most impactful of them all. The 7-foot-2 Clingan spent his freshman year serving as Adama Sanogo’s caddy, putting up impressive numbers — 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 13.1 minutes — in limited action. This year, he gets unleashed. Clingan is a monster around the basket — a dunking, shot-blocking force — and he will be given the opportunity to show his entire repertoire, which includes shooting 3-pointers. Somehow, he wasn’t picked by Big East coaches to the league’s preseason first team. NBA teams won’t make the same mistake in June when he’s a top-10 pick.[/I] [/QUOTE]