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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4438057, member: 5787"] I [URL='https://stretchingthefloor.blogspot.com/2022/07/quinnipiac-2022-2023-season-preview.html']previewed Quinnipiac on my blog over the summer[/URL] and lauded their returning guards and wings, but had questions about their forwards/bigs with Kevin Marfo graduating and Brendan McGuire transferring to Sacred Heart. I thought Notre Dame transfer Elijah Taylor was going to be an impact player, but after an ACL tear before the season, my guess was Quinnipiac was going to go small, but man, was I wrong. Not only did Quinnipiac not go small...they went big, starting 6'7 245 Columbia grad transfer Ike Nweke and 6'8 225 Kilgore College JC transfer Paul Otieno in every game this season. Nweke continued his double-double numbers he sustained at Columbia (10.8p, 7.0r) while Otieno has been a been a monster on the offensive glass (92nd best offensive rebounding rate) and a defensive disruptor (71th best block rate, 325th best steal rate while playing within his abilities on offense (7.4p, 70 fg%, 88th lowest TO rate). Yes, their OOC is weak (335th in the nation), but winning is winning. I'll catch them live later this year when they visit Iona and Fairfield. [/QUOTE]