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Message: [QUOTE="ColchVEGAS, post: 4486097, member: 8908"] I do not think anybody has said Karaban is the best stretch 4 in the country, unless I missed it. As a freshman he is better than average in just about every basketball category, the highest being his IQ which is tough to teach. The question I have is, if you are so down on Karaban who do you play in his spot that makes the team better than utilizing Karaban at the rate he has been used? Since you are pointing to the Xavier game, know Xavier is an old experienced team, Karaban is a freshman and I would wager he has learned a little about defensive and rebounding positioning over the first 3 BE games now that you are in a fight every night out. When Johnson is fully healthy I think Karaban should see a little more rest, but Johnson does not (from what I have seen), offer the same impact that Karaban does. Since the coaching staff had Johnson slated to start I guess we can presume he brings more to the team than Karaban, but we also know Hurley has a leash on the majority of the freshman that come in. Who is to say with a healthy Johnson all season Karaban would not have overtaken him by this point anyway. I want Johnson back as another athletic big who appears to have decent touch, but I have not seen enough of his live game action to determine he should get the bulk of the minutes at the 4. [/QUOTE]