I’ll be surprised if Powers plays less than 10 minutes, after he showed a lot of promise as a freshman, stayed loyal, and came back.
I also don’t think we need Buchanan to play the 5-spot at all.
I agree completely with your second paragraph. No need to throw him under the bus, as performance-wise he would be fine as a backup center for another high major program if he is deemed eligible.
Our size and talent didn’t match up, but Ogbole at 6’10 was not the reason, with 8 points on 4-5 FG, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in that game.
As a backup he would not be any more “window dressing” than UCLA’s backup center, 6’11 Booker.
Booker averaged 7.3 points in 20 minutes vs Ogbole’s 4.8...
Your argument is flawed for a number of reasons.
1) Ogbole would only need to be a backup for one P4 team — he doesn’t have to have better stats than the other 5 B1G starters you mentioned just to be considered a decent backup center for a P4 team.
2) You left out the field goal percentages...