Decent big men are the rarest commodity in basketball, I think it would be safe to say. Let's eliminate from this discussion all those one-and-done types who are using college only as a brief stepping stone to the NBA. They go to Kentucky so they can get started early on the hype and get maximum exposure from the Sleezipari media mill.
But what about the normal big men - those who might possibly end up in the NBA, or who will never go there but who will be good college players. They want to improve, either to help their chances at a pro career or just because of the old-fashioned reason of wanting to enjoy playing ball and maybe win a few games along the way. If they have a choice, they may want to go to a school that gives them the best chance of improving their games. So what are those schools? Oklahoma State was a major big man school back in the days of Eddie Sutton. Where are those schools now?
I would put Georgetown high on the list. Good big men seem to want to go there, and the Thompsons have had a long history of making good use of their post players. Jamie Dixon did a good job in that regard while he was at Pitt; maybe that will also be true at TCU. Gonzaga seems to crank out impressive big guys who get better as they go. Those are just a few.
Wouldn't it be nice to get some day to the point where we were recognized as a mid-level Big Man University? That definitely would enhance our chance of getting better-quality post players.
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