(02-02-2025, 12:33 AM)old spanish trail Wrote:(02-01-2025, 05:51 PM)FarmTeam Wrote: Blakes is a big loss but a good reminder of our lack of talent and depth. Raynaud, Blakes, Sellers then a big drop-off. Agarwal is ok but limited. Gealer isn't an "ACC player" imo (I said the same last year). He's an "8 mpg off the bench because we have no one else"-type guy. Okpara most definitely isn't -- just realized he's back next year, ugh. Cammann is ok in limited minutes.
Kyle has already achieved more with this team than I hoped, so not complaining as much as acknowledging where we are.
I hope Okpara stays. I'd guess in the Ivy he could power his way past a number of bigs. In the ACC , he can't. I would tell him to facilitate only, no shooting for 10 minutes at a time in practice. He's strong, plays hard, is pretty quick for a big guy, and can actually shoot.
I remember watching his Harvard highlight tape and this is spot-on. He made his cheddar bullying his way into the paint for layups/foul calls against weak competition, and can't do that anymore against quality teams. IIRC he has been able to do that with some success against weaker teams on our schedule, so it seems like he just hasn't "broken the habit." But he also shot 34% from 3 last year and is shooting 38%(!!!) this year.