He weighs 170 lbs soaking wet and is 6’8. He would’ve been eaten alive Tuesday night. Can we stop with this talk that freshmen Papa Kante is the only thing us back from a tourney appearance? It’s an embarrassing narrative at this point and you guys are going to be very disappointed when he definitely doesn’t start next year too
What I do know, as I posted earlier this year, both Florida Gulf Coast and Canisius
came into the Pete and had older, physical inside players who "manhandled" us
inside. I even used the term "manhandled" after those games. It's no surprise that
what we saw against Clemson occured the other night. Both Hall and Scheifflin
abused Fede and Graham. Hell, their 6'8"forward Clark, by himself, matched
Graham's and Fede's combined rebound total of 9.
So, would Kante have been the answer inside this year?
I have no idea if he would have made a difference as I've never
seen him play, nor have I ever seen his physicality. If he's another skinny,
stick figure as you say, then I have my doubts as to his potential impact this year.