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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Releford played quite a few minutes at the 4 in his sophomore year IIRC. At that point he had played hardly any minutes at all and I thought Self had flown the KuKus nest. But I was surprised. Releford played really solid defense down low. The problem is that if we run Releford at 4 we trade Releford perimeter defense for Tharpe perimeter defense which isn't beneficial. But a guy like Kelley would be a good option of Young can't get it done.
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IIRC, Releford was an undersized 4 when he came to KU. That’s one of the biggest reasons he didn’t play and red-shirted – Self wanted to transform him into a 3.
That’s why I think he is the key to playing against a guy like Kelly – while at a height disadvantage, he can still bang down low, and will shut them down when they try to go outside.