we are getting killed on the boards every night. even ASU who is severely undersized out rebounded us by a good margin.
Collette Total reb % – 11.8
Rawson TRB% – 11.7
Jayce TRB% – 19.6
for reference, Deandre Ayton TRB% is 21.6. the difference between jayce and DC/TR on the boards is borderline elite and bottom of the barrel
another and equally as important weakness with our starting bugs is there is absolutely zero rim protection. jayce isn’t elite here but certainly can provide a big step up from dc/tr.
I actually think jayce has a very high cieling defensively. for example, tonight there was a play where he bumped down on the roll man, made the massive 15 foot recovery to his man on the 3 point line and defended the 3 perfectly while not overpersuing and having the feet to not get blown by (this is really hard to do as a guard, let alone a 7 footer). it’s weird, jayce seems so lumbering and has about a 3 inch vertical, but I think he has good-great foot speed and lateral quickness.
I think this team could have a formidable defense anchored with tillman guarding threat no. 1 on the outside and jayce protecting the paint. we have serious offensive limitations and the best version of this team will always involve us reaching our cieling defensively. imo
I know it’s tricky because he can’t play wirh DC, but Larry has to find a way to get as much as possible out of what jayce can give us
Mississippi Valley State @ 
Utah .
