Unfortunately, Hayes being undersized
In UF's last game UAL started bigs
Hall who played 28 minutes and is list at 6'9" 232 lbs
Giddens who played 7 minutes and is list at 6'11" 247 lbs
and brought of the bench
Smith who played 6 minutes and is listed at 6'9" 235 lbs
Key who played 34 minutes and is listed at 6'8 225 lbs
UF on the other hand started
Stone who played 30 minutes and is listed at 6'8" 245 lbs
UF brought off the bench:
Hayes who played 17 minutes and is listed at 6'9" 225 lbs
Gak who played 4 minutes and is listed at 6'11" 245 lbs
Bassett who played 5 minutes and is listed at 6'9" 240 lbs
So UF's bigs that played averaged 6'9.25" and 238.75 lbs
while UAL's bigs that played averaged 6'9.25" and 234.75 lbs
So while Hayes is a bit skinny, he is hardly undersized nor are UF's bigs in general undersized. The big difference was that UAL's bigs were in the game 75 minutes or almost enough for two complete positions while UF's were in the game 56 minutes or less than 1.5 complete position. Put another way UF was playing Koulechov on a big at least nine minutes.
Much to my surprise, while UAL's bigs scored .36 points per minute played and UF only scored .21 points per minute played, UF's bigs grabbed .25 rebounds per minute scored while UAL's bigs only scored .21 rebounds per minutes scored. Or put another way UF's bigs despite playing 19 minutes less than UAL's only grabbed two less rebounds. So that huge rebounding margin was at the guards.
Really the UAL game was lost at the guard positions. Somehow UF let Avery Johnson Jr score 10 points and play turnover free in 21 minutes. Some how while two usually reliable UF rebounders Koulechov and Chiozza each grabbed 2 for a total of 4, Sexton and Ingram grabbed 15 which was 50% above their average which to my thinking is pretty good for a couple of guards and should have been in the scouting report. And of course UF let UAL force the ball out of Chiozza's hand in the second half with predictable offensive (in both meanings) results.
The bottom line with the bigs is:
1. UF has bigs that are plenty big enough for college.
2. UF's bigs have some skills.
3. UF's bigs in my view do not get enough minutes.
4. UF's bigs appear to be under coach to me.