He is 100% trolling.You can make the case that the center position is still important without discounting the importance of the other 4 positions. UConn arguably had the second best center in the country and had a big advantage over Purdue at 3 of the other 4 positions (with point guard being relatively even). They were one of the best college teams that I have seen since the beginning of the one and done era and there is no shame in coming up one game short of the championship against a historically good team.
Not only that, but Purdue made it to the championship game in large part because of Edey’s greatness and UConn shut down a terrific Illinois offense, for example, in large part because their center dominated the lane. Purdue and UConn both demonstrated the value of having a great center in their respective tournament runs.