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[QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3313869, member: 37"]
You take Richie any day with that last scholarship even if you knew he was only a partial qualifier.

I'm not confident Richie sits one and plays four.  More likely he sits one, plays three and moves on.  Even if he sits one and plays four he loses whatever development he could have gained playing alongside players returning next season with in game scenarios.  And ditto for those other players.

We are thin literally and figuratively in the front court.  Richie's absence significantly impacts the options available to Hurley.  This development will make it difficult to put Carleton and Whaley on the court at the same time.  If Carlton gets double teamed Whaley is currently the only player who is strong enough to make other teams pay for that choice.  And although I agree with the assessment that Richie needs time to condition his body, his height advantage over Whaley, his already developed passing ability, and his innate reflex development for rebounding is a serious loss imo for this season.
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