I'll Ignore the BMOC Pun

It's good to see Sean May get a bit of media spotlight after the win against Maryland. It had seemed the double-double streak (6 games and counting) was being overlooked with all the other goings-on with the team at the moment. It's also worth noting that May has more blocks and is on pace to have more rebounds in ACC play than Antawn Jamison did in 1998.

May brings me to another point that's been in the back of mind, lately. There's been a dearth of true centers in the league in recent years -- everyone's moved to a faster, smaller type of offense, and the days of the three seven-footer 1993 championship seem almost like a pre-shot clock era now. In fact, I can only think of four true centers getting significant playing time this year: Sheldon Williams, Sean May, Eric Williams, and Luke Schenscher, the latter of whose playing as dropped off a bit this year.

For those of you not keeping up, at the top of the conference standings we find Carolina, Duke, Wake, and Georgia Tech, the latter of whose playing as dropped off a bit this year.

Now obviously, the big man isn't the sole determination of a team's fate. May's improvement has largely come from being able to run with the new offense, and Tech's woes stem more from Elder being more key to the team's fortunes than many of us had thought than Schenscher's play. But it's an interesting correlation, and a big part of the games between the big three have hinged around which of Williams, Williams & May have controlled the other on the defensive end. So maybe small and agile isn't the all important key to the championship people make it out to be.

And yes, Williams, Williams & May sounds like an excellent personal injury law firm.