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Message: [QUOTE="huskymagic, post: 2087598"] Just to remind everyone that we won the title in 2014 with Amida, Phil, Olander, and DeAndre(stretch 4) as our big men. This year's big men crew is better than 2014 when we actually won the NCAA title. Our big men crew is not great no one would say otherwise, but it is our perimeter crew that is the big problem. Jalen is not a good defender and frequently plays carelessly like he is playing summer pickup games. Vance is completely unathletic and can't stay in front of his man. Terry when he played wasn;t a great defender. Alterique has the potential to be Boatrightesque, but wasn't great in his first 2 games and is injury prone. We need an athletic wing who is a lock-down defender to take out the opposing team's best player like Roscoe, like Giffey, like Boat and Bazz senior year. Our defense and discipline is a bigger problem than our offense. Great defense produces easy scoring opportunities that any team needs and takes pressure off the offense in half-court situations. PS: We need a freak athletic wing like Sid Wilson or a Zhaire Smith type and a Cole Swider/AJ Reeves type who can shoot with confidence. This is why wasting scholarships at this point is not a good idea. When your foundations are not solid you cant afford a charity item. [/QUOTE]