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Can Xavier go small?

Basketball is trending towards smaller, faster lineups. Between the Steph Curry craze in the NBA and the continued, often frustrating emphasis on freedom of movement at the NCAA level, the game is being pushed out of the slower pace it had settled into. There's still a place for traditional post men, but the days of having a monster in the middle chewing space and cut and dictating the game are dwindling.

Enter - or re-enter - Kaiser Gates. Xavier's sophomore forward has the height of a four and the skills of a three. What if Xavier played him at the five?