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Originally Posted by adubroff
I think it's hard for a Collison to develop leadership when there's a bunch of those sort of guys in the locker room. For three years he's the #4 banana, now they want him to be #1 on and off the court.
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To be fair, they took guys #6 (Collins) and #8 (Aldrich) on KU from last year and told them to be #1 and #2 this year with a pile of freshmen. It's mostly worked but obviously, they aren't nearly as good a team as last year as they lost parts 1-5 and 7 to the NBA and/or graduation. But they're going to be one heck of a team next year, provided everyone stays as that pile of freshmen become sophomores.
Didn't UCLA (and Memphis, for that matter) have a similar problem where they lost a lot of guys last year and you just aren't going to rebuild on the fly no matter how many times someone says "they don't rebuild, they reload"- you just can't replace experience. Then again, I think all of last year's Final Four teams could beat any team from this season...
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