The Republican fleshes out some details about Life

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According to Ford, Life can catch and shoot, but is also a strong ball-handler who can create his own shot. He can play shooting guard or small forward, which are virtually interchangeable positions in Ford's three-guard offense.

"He's an underrated defender, too," Ford said. "He's long, and he's very tough."

Life, 21, joins incoming freshman Chris Lowe on the 2005-06 Minutemen. Artie Bowers and Maurice Maxwell return as perimeter players, but the additions of Lowe and Life figure to create fierce competition for playing time.

Two thoughts:

1. His ballhandling skills will come in handy as he will play the role of secondary ballhandler (or even point forward) when we push the ball.

2. I think the article oversells the competition for minutes. There will be many substitutions in this type of offense, everyone's minutes will look shorter as they are subbed in and out, but everyone will get as many or even more chances to put the peach in the basket. This is not your daddy's UMASS team.