didn't george mason go to the final 4 last year and their center was 6'8... and look at how small Can't's elite eight team was.. if you are on the small side you need great guard play, a deep team, and athletic bigs. akron has all three and should win 25-28 games with the schedule they have. also akron's rpi will be good as (posted in other thread) road wins boost a teams rpi.