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COLEMAN PICKS ORANGE

Rob Harrington
robharrington@prepstars.com
October 25, 2011

Syracuse landed yet another elite big man. The Orange, enjoying rampant frontcourt recruiting success the past few years, won out over Kentucky and many others for homegrown center Dajuan Coleman. A massive insider who ranks as one of the best rebounders in the Class of 2012, Coleman will give Syracuse a franchise center as the club makes its transition from the Big East to the ACC.

Though not a great offensive player and inconsistent at times during the spring and summer, Coleman boasts tremendous potential and certainly has the hand/eye coordination to accompany his sheer size that should enable him to become an effective scorer as he progresses. The key for him will be to shape his body to elite college standards and to play hard all the time, which of course relates closely to his conditioning.