Bruising centers remain a key to college basketball success — just ask San Diego State's Brian Dutcher, a big proponent of bigs
Here’s how the first national semifinal started Saturday afternoon at the Final Four at State Farm Arena outside Phoenix: The 7-foot-4 guy won the opening tip for Purdue. The Boilermakers worked the ball inside to the 7-4 guy, who kicked it back out. The Boilermakers worked it back inside to the 7-4 guy. On their second possession, they worked it inside to the 7-4 guy for a left-handed jump hook.
The ones they want are more versatile and can shoot 3s. But you can look at the body of work these guys have done and know why their teams are here.” So the big man is back in college basketball? “The big man never left,” Dutcher said. It’s the great allure of the college game: It’s not the NBA. There are 362 Division I programs, not 30 pro teams with a salary cap that induces homogeneity.
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