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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 5330351, member: 1245"] I think Singare was as playable a center as Samson Johnson was early on. Singare had a way to be effective as a lob threat, rebounder, and shot blocker, but just didn't have the girth and strength often needed. When we recruited him the talk was he was a 7 footer but I think 6'10 was more like it. When I watched him before he came to UConn, Singare was in the midst of shooting 0 for 13 from the free throw line which always worried me. He seemed effective in his limited minutes but I always wondered if he was still awful at the line and whether that contributed to not seeing the court. I would have been happy if Singare stayed and comfortable with him getting some court time when Reed and Reibe were in foul trouble. I can understand he wanted to play more and wish him well. Singare will be on TV the first day of the season on espn I believe. At least Elezay seems to be a true 7 footer. One writeup I saw from international writers thought that he was good enough to compete with Reibe. I have no opinion but even if he has actual talent, he must have a longggg way to go to learn the system, adapt to America, adapt to school, etc. For these reasons, hard to envision any possible role in his first semester, then hard to really break into a role in the second semester after the team has settled into a rotation. [/QUOTE]