re: Interesting question from Rabalais: After 2006 Final Four, what happened?

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After losing the best player on the team you saw a 6 game improvement coming?

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Yes. I did. For you to act like it's impossible is idiotic. We weren't as bad as you make us out to be last year. I honestly believe going smaller would have helped this team. We were over-matched this year versus teams who had a hybrid power forward defensively.

Losing Hamilton hurts, but the day is dead for teams not named UK, UCLA, Duke, etc. for having two quality big men. Having a hybrid 3 is the way college basketball is moving. Coleman fits that bill perfectly.

Missouri this year is a perfect example of not having to have two true big-men to have success. They won 30 games.

Like I said, neither you nor I know whether or not we would have improved next year. We may have flopped. I don't know, but it's possible we would have been much improved next year.