The 6-foot-10, 185-pound sharpshooter hit at a 53 percent clip from the field and drilled nearly one-third of his 3-point attempts last season. But Mark Dolezaj is versatile, finishing within the top 20 in the ACC last season in total rebounds (14th with 206), assists (19th with 87), and blocks (17th with 27).
In New York last February, despite Syracuse’s 97-88 loss, Dolezaj torched the Duke basketball team for 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting. He also grabbed six rebounds, including three on the offensive glass. The lengthy, agile senior forward will be a frontcourt mismatch for most squads as he is as comfortable taking smaller defenders to the rim as he is drawing bigger bodies out to the perimeter.
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