I think Kingston has already added 15 pounds since the end of his HS season. Looks like he got a jumpstart on the process in the spring.
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Sakho is a specimen!
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1 more cut to go
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Assuming that Tugler and Cenac start, who would be the first Big Man off the bench?
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I think it’ll probably be McFarland, assuming he’s physically ready. McCarty will be right there, as well.
I still don’t really think of Ramon as a “big”, but he would be in that mix, too.
Sahko and Lath would fill in behind those guys.
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Cenac must be doing something to make it to the final cut…
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I don’t think Izzo lets that happen…
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Well, I’d settle for 2 out of 3 of his predictions
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Just give me the first one - don’t care about the rest.
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I think he meant one cut down from 15 to 12.
I think Sakho definitely plays because of his ability to be physical and defend. I am not sure we have another guy like him.
McFarland is a complete unknown for me. Just no idea what to expect until I see him.
I am hoping the predictions on McCarty are true and he can be a great asset on defense and hitting threes.
I can see some early season competition for minutes with Sako, Lath, McFarland, McCarty, Walker and even Cenac while settles into the season.
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If he can get the defensive rotation down. Play to the level of physicality we demand. I think he has more potential than some think. There are guys in the NBA making a lot of money just being big, playing defense and rebounding. Sakho is also from France. I heard he hasn’t played basketball that long. The SHSU podcast guy liked him a lot. Said he was the best player on the floor at times. Just has mental lapses. I think our coaches can clear some of that and he might be something extremely valuable. Has a lot of work to do on his FTs. But I think he will play that Francis role just fine
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This is a huge question mark for me. I think he CAN, but Francis was so good at staying in the right defensive position and boxing out. This new dude is going to have to prove he can do both of those, because that’s going to be a huge step up for him. I think people tend to underrate Francis a little bit.
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it would take a shocker of a season for them to miss after 2024 but then again its called hot takes for a reason lol
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Rooting for Cenac to make the squad but also looking forward to him coming back for summer workouts Monday and using the experience to make him better.
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Mikel Brown Jr - Louisville
AJ Dybantsa - BYU
Daniel Jacobsen - Purdue
Jasper Johnson- Kentucky
Morez Johnson Jr - Michigan
Nik Khamenia- Duke
JJ Mandaquit- Washington
Koa Peat- Arizona
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