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 Matt Pollard with his Houston Celtics AAU team

Jim Hicks is Mr. Houston basketball and runs the RCS Sports site. So naturally he is a go-to guy for finding out about prospects in H-Town, including recent San Jose State University signee 6-foot-11 Matt Pollard.

Hicks is a straight talker, offering what he has witnessed rather than sugar-coating any description.

Asked about Pollard and SJSU, Hicks said, "it's a win-win as long as expectations don't exceed reality. Pollard is long and has a good body but a lot of developing to do."

To the issue of redshirting versus playing right away, he offered, "a redshirt season would be helpful but he might be able to pull a six and an eight [points and rebounds a game]."

Per Hicks, Oklahoma and Old Miss flirted with Pollard but ultimately didn't step up.