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“Big guys take time.” Samuel, Alok improving, but Frog centers still need seasoning

Size matters. And there’s no where that’s more true than on the basketball court. Jamie Dixon knows that well, as he replaced the 6’8” Kenrich Williams and the 6’10” Vladimir Brodziansky with a quartet of tall centers - Kevin Samuel and Yuat Alok (6’11” each) and Angus McWilliam and Russell Barlow, who each stand 6’10”.

And while the size and ability of these new players is exciting and intriguing, there is experience, or lack-of, is troubling to Jamie Dixon. “I look down at our big men at practice and in our weekly breakdowns, and we have four guys who haven’t played college basketball.