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Message: [QUOTE="kcc1442, post: 3148619, member: 2577"] Fully aware that Dan Hurley knows the inside scoop and is going to recruit to the team's needs. I didn't make an opinion on who should be recruited over who necessarily. I just made a point that the OP's statement is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if Langford is a better rebounder he is not boxing out a 6'10 guy. But despite that I think we should probably take Langford he is top level D1 talent. We aren't going to win big next year anyways. Might as well set ourselves up for 2020. Don't hold your breath on Diarra or Whaley btw. Whaley is a mid to lower MAAC level bench player right now. He'd need to make astonishingly unprecedented gains to be worthy enough to compete for time on a winning AAC team. We used him out of dire necessity the last two years not because we wanted to. He has zero offense and is scrawny as can possibly be for a D1 player and he doesn't even have the body type to add bulk. He isn't even a great rebounder he just jumps high and gets some boards (mainly in blowouts against 2nd teamers or off of his own blocks) because of those hops. He does have good to above average instincts on defense but that's about it. And I don't even know how to comment on Diarra. I couldn't even tell you what he is at his best because he might as well have three redshirts on right now, so if you or Hurley are banking on that then it's going to be a long year. Rim protector/Big Rebounder is a must if we want to compete next year. I think Carlton can be a force on the D boards but he is not a jumper, can't protect the rim, and plays to many minutes to really but going after oboards all game with his size and conditioning, let alone foul proneness. [/QUOTE]

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