This year & more so next year - UNLESS WE BRING IN & USE MORE BIG MEN - LU will be a donut (a team with no center) with a lack of beef - with Uguak, Knight, and Hall gone, LU will only have seldom used center Jacob Hutson & seldom used forward Tom Welch left with some beef & possibly seldom used at LU or Indiana 6'7" 225 lb. Demezi Anderson if he is healthy.
The Ramblers are down to one center (6"10", 240 lb Jacob Hutson).
He played as a backup center only 110 minutes as a freshman (3.5 minutes average for LU’s 31 games) but practiced against 6'9" 255 lb Cam Krutwig, one of best NCAA centers.
This year he had no center to practice against. He again played as a backup center 382 minutes as a sophomore (11.6 minutes per LU’s 33 games) behind 3 alternating power fowards: Knight (6'7" 225 lb.) 582 minutes (17.6 mpg), Welch (6'8" 220 lb.) 257 minutes (7.8 mp33games), and when they didn’t play, Uguak would slide over from power forward for 119 minutes (3.6 mp33games).
LU is loaded with returning & incoming guards & small forwards, but only 1 backup center & possibly 2 power forwards who have not been past starters.
IT IS TIME SO SIGN SOME MORE BIG MEN. IF WE ARE TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER TEAMS WHO USE BIG MEN.
The coach did well with the players he had this year but he needs to beef up for the Atlantic 10 & work on developing Jacob Hutson.
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