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Message: [QUOTE="UConnStats, post: 3459985, member: 5842"] Makes you think of how good we could be next year with a stretch 4 that can defend size well enough and rebound. If Polley wasn't such a negative on the defensive glass, I think that would come been a bit more obvious last year too. The offense has looked so much better when we go small. We're 71st in offensive efficiency now, which I would have thought was a pipe dream just a month ago. Even more impressive is that the huge progression in offensive efficiency has come with Adams at the 4, despite him having just a 92.2 ORtg in conference. The mere fact that teams have to guard him when he spots up on the perimeter has opened up the offense in comparison to a 2 big set with Carlton's (or even Akok's) similarly bad ORtg clogging up the lane for Vital and Bouknight, whose efficiencies have both skyrocketed since the switch. We saw something similar to this last with with Jalen Adams having his best year with Polley at the 4. [/QUOTE]