(SYR)
Louisville -- Anas Mahmoud is 7-feet tall.
He is not the only Louisville man of stature. The Cardinals also count 6-foot-10 Ray Spalding and 6-foot-10 Mangok Mathiang as options in the middle of their various defenses.
Those impossibly long, nimbly athletic Louisville big men illustrate the importance of capable shot blockers.
"They have to be one of the longest, if not the longest teams with a lot of shot-blockers down there," SU point guard John Gillon said. "Three shot-blockers in the game at all times."
"They just keep throwing bodies at you and they're all big and athletic and strong," SU's Tyler Lydon said.