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Defense And Rebounding Are Keys To A Bigger Role For Jason Jitoboh

If there is a player that would love more than anything to reverse his luck this season, it’s Jason Jitoboh.

Starting in high school at Hamilton Heights in Tennessee injuries have plagued the big man resulting in three years at Florida where he has never quite been able to get into a rhythm of a regular shift and weeks in a row with a predictable spot in the rotation.

It’s not just the injuries themselves that have held Jitoboh out of games. A gigantic frame with a propensity to put on weight, even minor injuries that kept him off the court meant him getting heavier, decreasing his ability to move defensively and limiting the energy he had to play more than a few minutes at a time.