Any coach would change their gameplan for a 6-foot-10 center.
Olympus head coach Matt Barnes has always preached the outside game and being a good 3-point-shooting team.
    But with the continued emergence of his senior skyscraper center Elliot Bullock, the Titans will be spending more time in the paint this upcoming season.
    "In the past years we have been one of the smaller teams," Barnes said. "So having a kid of Elliot's size will be fun to play with."
Elliot Bullock            
(Danny Chan La/The Salt Lake Tribune )                                                           (Danny Chan La/The Salt Lake Tribune )     

     Bullock transferred into the school midway through his sophomore year and was a strong contributor to last year's team, averaging eight points per game, six rebounds. He also shot 50 percent from the field.
    His numbers should only improve this season after he added 2 inches and 30 pounds since last season.
    "[The weight gain] has helped in actually being able to hold position and move people instead of being the one that was getting moved," Bullock said. "It has helped to block a lot more shots just in developing the timing and having a lot more muscle and strength to do it."
    Even with his size, the post player fits into the Titans' run-and-gun scheme, as last year he shot 43 percent from 3-point range.
    Barnes said he is also a good passer, with 30 assists last season. His ability to pass the ball allows the team to have a strong inside-outside game.
    At least for this season, Bullock's ability is changing the traditional Olympus style of basketball.
    "[Shooting 3-pointers] is the one thing I have done over the years, and that is not going to change this year," Barnes said. "But with Elliot we will put a little more emphasis on going inside."
    The big man in the middle does have a clear goal for this season and it has nothing to do with statistics. He is looking for a ring.
    "I would like our team to win a championship. We haven't won one, and I think it would be really nice to win one," Bullock said. "It is going to take a great team effort to do that."
    A stellar student, Bullock is currently on the radar of Ivy League schools such as Brown University and has caught the attention of the Stanford staff as well.
    "It is all through the team," Bullock said. "If we win, the recognition will come to the individual players."
    And while this team did lose six seniors to graduation, Barnes, in his 11th year as Olympus' coach, said this year's installment reminds a lot of the teams he had in his middle years. The coach still feels like the team, though not overly veteran, has great chemistry and camaraderie and will be counting on the early-season schedule to help the cohesive but inexperienced team.
    "Preseason and practice time is crucial to the player's development," Barnes said. "It is a big jump up to the varsity level."
    Bullock is the only returning starter off an Olympus team that finished 16-6 and tied for the Region 6 championship last year with Cottonwood. But Spencer Hille, Preston Fairbourn and Corbin Green (younger brother of the University of Utah's Shawn Green) are all young players that will put in major minutes for the team this season.
    The team is looking to repeat as Region 6 champions.
    "I take a lot of pride in winning the region," Barnes said. "It dictates what you did the whole season, while state tournaments are somewhat luck."
   
   Bullock file
    * Olympus senior Elliot Bullock is a 6-foot-10 center and can play well both in the paint and from 3-point range.
    * Bullock bulked up in the offseason, gaining 30 pounds even after he grew another 2 inches.