Educated height

At our level (sorry, no 5-stars), we are not going to get any big men that do not need some work. Lower levels of basketball are guard heavy because six-footers are common and seven-footers are not, and any big men who can play are snatched up by the money conference teams. Most lower level coaches just are reluctant to invest the time and attention that it takes (2-3 years) developing a big man on the hope that he will stay and the program will get a pay-back. They had just rather play small-ball with dime-a-dozen perimeter players; they are much easier to find and man of them come ready to play. In those rare occasions where a decent big man is developed, the team can become a real force for a season or two; but it does not happen every day.