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(09-10-2020 08:30 AM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote:  

(09-10-2020 08:22 AM)coachpipe Wrote:  

(09-09-2020 10:39 AM)Lush Wrote:  i say lahkin plays to get game experience heading into a thin frontcourt next year

Maybe but i am still thinking he redshirts. Vogt played 28.5 minutes a game last year. leaving only 11.5 for someone else. Have to imagine that will go to a combination of Dou and Rap if they need to move him off the 4 for whatever reason during ingame substitutions.

Vogt had never been a starter or played that many minutes, so i would believe his conditioning will be a little better this year having been through that last year.

If Lakhin got here yesterday hes already late to the program as everyone else has been here since July. Id imagine Lakhin will have to self quarantine for 14 days so he really wont be with the team for another two weeks. Thats a lot of missed conditioning and strength training(which by the looks of him, he needs)

So it will almost be October before he really gets to do anything. Games start in November right?

1000% with you on this sentiment. Between the five bigs, Vogt, Dou, Rap, and Eason seem to be the most ready to play at this level (three of them having actual experience at this level).

That leaves Lakhin as the odd man out and, given everything you mentioned, he seems like an absolutely perfect fit to redshirt, acclimate to a new country/school/system/level of play, and be ready to split time at Center with Dou in 2021.

This would be ideal. Unfortunately, NCAA basketball's redshirt rule was not updated like football was. A redshirt cannot play a single minute of competition his redshirt year. I wish he could get in early or late like in football.