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Scott Rich

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Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

We want to see whether the opposition can match up with Cam Boozer and Pat Gong.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

But Lee Dort is the one guy who you might recognize from watching Cal last year.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's their one returner who played minutes for them last year.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He was more of a bench, you know, backup big.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

Now he's their primary center this year.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's 6'10", 235.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's playing 60% of their minutes, so he's getting good run.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

And he's one of the best rebounders in the country by all the advanced metrics.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's especially on the defensive end.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He is going to gobble up those defensive rebounds.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

It is going to be very difficult for Cam Boozer to get those give-me-that-ball, nice, easy put-back type of points that we've grown to see from him.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's also a solid rim protector.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He's the type of guy who's going to get a few blocks over the course of a game.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

But he's a very, very low-usage offensive player.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

He does not shoot threes, and by does not shoot threes, I mean he has never attempted a three in his college career, not even a Marshall Plumlee three as of yet.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

So this is a guy who is going to take the easy buckets if they come by him.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

Otherwise, he's going to sit there and get rebounds and fulfill that job as a traditional big.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

Another name that I should have mentioned.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

Is he related?

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #133 - California, Here We Come!

Yeah, he is.