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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-09-2014, 03:10 PM:

This year the boards will be ours with the size and athleticism. It's going to be a very special year.

Add the Wildcats to the short list of teams who lost their top rebounder from last season, yet should be better at rebounding. Julius Randle's 10.4 rebounds per game accounted for a quarter of their average per-game total. Now that Randle is rebounding for Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, freshmen forward Trey Lyles and center Karl Towns Jr. should more than account for his absence. Lyles and Towns were both ranked in the top 10 by RecruitingNation.

Coach John Calipari will again have a frontcourt imposing in both its size and depth. UK won’t lose much going from starter to reserve with 7-foot center Willie Cauley-Stein (the leading rebounder returning at 6.1 boards last season), 6-foot-10 Dakari Johnson, 6-foot-9 Marcus Lee and 6-foot-8 Alex Poythress.

Throw in their oversized backcourt in 6-foot-6 guards in Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison, and it’s hard to imagine UK not getting every meaningful rebound.

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