This offseason, Washington lost its best player, Jon Brockman, to the NBA. Brockman also happened to be a formidable post presence, scoring in the lane, averaging a double-double and anchoring the Huskies' successful 26-9 season. He was good. And now he is gone. So turns time's merciless wheel. We all wish we were back on campus, don't we?

But Brockman's departure raises new and interesting questions for the Huskies. Will they have the talent in the post to make up for Brockman? Or will they go in a different, guard-heavy, dare-I-say-position-agnostic direction? If Lorenzo Romar's preseason musings quotes are any indication, they just might:

"Well, we're quick. We're very quick. We got a lot of quickness and our guys get along really well. I think we got pretty good chemistry." [...] "Again, perimeter. We don't have a 3 or 2 or a 1. We have perimeter guys. So if we go smaller, we have four perimeter guys."

That's via Beyond the Arc's Mike Miller, who writes in response:

I have visions of the Huskies whipping the ball around the court, shooting 3s, driving the lane and running around taller, slower teams. At least, that’s what I’m hoping to see. Not enough teams put on that kind of show.

I wholeheartedly agree. With the exception of Missouri, Memphis, Villanova, and I guess maybe North Carolina, if you want to call what they did a perimeter-heavy fast-break style, too few high-profile teams really go for broke offensively. The college game is at its best when it's both tightly wound and free-flowing, when guards dominate the ball and when those guards have other guards to play off, when the game plays outside-in and not inside-out. It helps if you're willing to press for 40 minutes, but I'm not picky.

This is nothing against post players. God forbid I besmirch the good name of Blake Griffin (miss you, Blake) or even Greg Monroe. But if Lorenzo Romar's adaptation to the loss of his best post player is to throw up his hands, say "screw it," and play four guards at a time, well, he won't hear any complaint from me.Sounds like fun, huh?

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