Half the teams in the B1G had centers that were similar in height to Agee. I wonder about his 5 RPG but have no idea if he was having to defend away from the basket a lot in the Mountain West.
But he's more mobile and can score on something more than an alley-oop or dunk so there's trade-offs. If Cliff learns to stay out of foul trouble then Agee can be used a little more at the 4 spot. But B1G refs are notorious for predetermining which bigs get to stay on the floor as we saw the last few years with Myles and all the ticky tack nonsense fouls called while others could rip and arm off with no calls.
There are a few full games available on YouTube, and I've watched bits of them (not a ton, but enough to get a feel for what SJSU was trying to do, I think).
Offensively they had him ad the top of the arc functioning almost like a point-center at points, and as a screener for guards at others. He spent most of his time above the foul-line-extended, but did drop down at times to get passes in the post. When he got entry passes, they were usually 10+ feet from the basket. Their offense really didn't call for him to get the ball on the blocks. Sort of like how Clemson used Simms.
Defensively they seemed to play a lot of zone, and Agee found himself defending players on the arc quite a bit. There was some defense on back-to-the-basket bigs here and there, but not nearly what we see in the B1G with bigs demanding the ball and going to work, forcing the defense to double.
Their scheme both offensively and defensively didn't really have him establishing position down load to pull down boards. Jury's out how he'll do in that area in our program.
He definitely seems more comfortable moving with the ball away from the basket than any big on our roster the last few years, and will put up shots outside of 5 feet from the rim - which we haven't really seen much of from centers recently. Granted, it was against much worse defensive teams than he'll see here - but it's something in his toolkit.
