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(07-05-2018 01:48 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Brandan's issues were his lack of an offensive game (primarily putback/layups). His strength was rebounding and defense....scoring just wasn't something he was great at. Most of the opposing teams bigs guarded Porter though.

I understand that. But let's not lose sight of the fact that up until last year, Branden had sole inside responsibility because Coach wouldn't play them together. And ODU's upside was reliant on a 6'7" defensive specialist beside him from Canada. The kid was a great player but having 2 6'7" guys on your front line was not going to cut it at this level, positionless basketball or not.

Branden had a few games last year that he just couldn't have manufactured before Porter was in there beside him. And that's the phenomena that I'm really excited about going forward. Bigs are still critical for ODU's success.