If You Like ‘Moneyball,’ You’ll Love This College Basketball Team

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger likes to wind down at the end of a long day with … more college basketball. His wife, a former coach and WNBA player, has no problem with hoops before bed. So one night last December, the Otzelbergers tuned in to watch Seattle play Washington, where Otzelberger was an assistant for two seasons.

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Seattle forward Brandton Chatfield looked like he belonged banging with Washington’s interior players. The way Chatfield went after rebounds, the way he screened — it was exactly what Otzelberger loves seeing from a big man.

On April 2, when Chatfield’s name showed up in the transfer portal, Otzelberger recognized

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