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Utah Jazz Select Ace Bailey, Pick 5

Would like to take a moment and discuss the elephant in the room. This is a question for you college ball fans. Why couldn’t the star power of Ace and Harper carry Rutgers to the ncaa tournament?

I can take a crack at this. Rutgers team was horrifically constructed. You don't need to look any deeper than Ace being the best big they had on their roster. If that sounded weird, yes, he was their best big when he is 1000% a wing guy. Ace had the highest rebounds per game at 7.2 and the highest blocks per game at 1.3 per game. Often times, Ace would be the tallest guy on the court. This resulted in Rutgers getting completely outrebounded. The team also shot terribly from the 3 outside of Harper and Bailey. This team was leagues worse than even teams like Texas or Oklahoma or South Carolina. There was a game that Ace scored 39 on 21 shots and his team still lost by 10. Even Cooper Flagg wouldn't have been able to do anything with that team.
 
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