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[seansherm]

Regarding Fall…. Yes he played limited games and minutes last year. The 3 guys in front of him were high level bigs. In the minutes he did play, he was an athletic rim protector on defense. He got blocks, changed shots and got multiple goaltending calls. He was way more active than I expected him to be. If he was on Rutgers last year, there is no doubt in my mind he would have taken every one of EO’s minutes and then some. On offense he moved really well. K State had him constantly setting high ball screens and rolling hard to the basket. I really think he breaks out with Pike because he will be the rim protector they didn’t have last year. I could see him averaging 6-7 points, 6-7 rebounds and 1-2 blocks. Granted, that is a positive spin but I think he gets 15-20 mins per game.

Interesting, as 6 and 6 is what I've said i hope to see from EO this year. If they can both give that in their approx 20 min per it would be decent production.

 

[lion1983]

Interesting, as 6 and 6 is what I've said i hope to see from EO this year. If they can both give that in their approx 20 min per it would be decent production.

I had hoped that Ogbole would have produced 15 mpg, 5-6 ppg, 5 rpg. Instead, he played under 12 mpg, and was basically 3 and 3. He could not play good enough defense to stay on the court, unfortunately.

His per 40 minute stats were 10 ppg and 11 rpg, plus just 1.5 blocks/g (disappointing).

IF ... if ... he can improve enough to deserve 20 mpg, then I think 6 and 6 with 1 block/g might be a reasonable expectation. If ... not a given.

And Fall, who is much more fluid on the court in limited video clips (seemingly a more "natural" ball player), has not proven he can play even 15 mpg at the P4 level ... but one can hope, eh?

RU will NEED 35 mpg at center, or more, from those 2 players. And that 35 mpg then assumes Ware and Dortch get spot minutes at center - Ware being as ready as Woolfolk was a a freshman, Dortch long and athletic but not a center.

 

[seansherm]

I had hoped that Ogbole would have produced 15 mpg, 5-6 ppg, 5 rpg. Instead, he played under 12 mpg, and was basically 3 and 3. He could not play good enough defense to stay on the court, unfortunately.

His per 40 minute stats were 10 ppg and 11 rpg, plus just 1.5 blocks/g (disappointing).

IF ... if ... he can improve enough to deserve 20 mpg, then I think 6 and 6 with 1 block/g might be a reasonable expectation. If ... not a given.

And Fall, who is much more fluid on the court in limited video clips (seemingly a more "natural" ball player), has not proven he can play even 15 mpg at the P4 level ... but one can hope, eh?

RU will NEED 35 mpg at center, or more, from those 2 players. And that 35 mpg then assumes Ware and Dortch get spot minutes at center - Ware being as ready as Woolfolk was a a freshman, Dortch long and athletic but not a center.

I'm don't completely buy into EO's minutes being limited due to his defense, as those minutes were going to Lathan who didn't rebound or defend as well. We forced minutes upon Lathan. Also, EO per game numbers get hurt by him returning unhealthy down stretch but making appearances. Look at his 13 games before getting hurt, averaged 5 boards a game in his limited minutes. I think 6 and 6 was little high for expectations last year, think I was between 4 and 4 or 5 and 5, but should be in line for this year.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I'm don't completely buy into EO's minutes being limited due to his defense, as those minutes were going to Lathan who didn't rebound or defend as well. We forced minutes upon Lathan. Also, EO per game numbers get hurt by him returning unhealthy down stretch but making appearances. Look at his 13 games before getting hurt, averaged 5 boards a game in his limited minutes. I think 6 and 6 was little high for expectations last year, think I was between 4 and 4 or 5 and 5, but should be in line for this year.

This. Two games (including the USC game where he first came back from injury) he played 2 minutes. He played 8 and 10 in the other 2 games so below his season average in all of them. There’s nothing to take away from him performance in those 4 games other than give the kid character credit for trying to come back to help the team fresh off a meniscus injury.

Also - there were early season blow outs where EO didn’t play much but certainly we would’ve been fine if he had (probably looking for Lathan to get time to adjust to the speed of the game) - games like Wagner.

 

[lion1983]

This. Two games (including the USC game where he first came back from injury) he played 2 minutes. He played 8 and 10 in the other 2 games so below his season average in all of them. There’s nothing to take away from him performance in those 4 games other than give the kid character credit for trying to come back to help the team fresh off a meniscus injury.

Also - there were early season blow outs where EO didn’t play much but certainly we would’ve been fine if he had (probably looking for Lathan to get time to adjust to the speed of the game) - games like Wagner.

Fair enough ... I had not looked all that closely.

Doing the deeper dive, in just the last 13 games he played before he was injured (9 Big 10 games, Alabama, Texas A&M, Princeton and Columbia), he averaged 16.5 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg (including 1.7 off reb/g), on 60.7% FG and 12-18 FT (an non-embarrassing 66.7%) ... but still a too low 0.6 blocks/g, a too high 0.6 turnovers/g and 0.4 ass/g and 0.5 stls/g.

Under those circumstances, 20 mpg, 5 ppg, 6 rpg, 1 block/g, 55%+ FG and 60%+ FT might not be unreasonable to hope for.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I had hoped that Ogbole would have produced 15 mpg, 5-6 ppg, 5 rpg. Instead, he played under 12 mpg, and was basically 3 and 3. He could not play good enough defense to stay on the court, unfortunately.

His per 40 minute stats were 10 ppg and 11 rpg, plus just 1.5 blocks/g (disappointing).

IF ... if ... he can improve enough to deserve 20 mpg, then I think 6 and 6 with 1 block/g might be a reasonable expectation. If ... not a given.

And Fall, who is much more fluid on the court in limited video clips (seemingly a more "natural" ball player), has not proven he can play even 15 mpg at the P4 level ... but one can hope, eh?

RU will NEED 35 mpg at center, or more, from those 2 players. And that 35 mpg then assumes Ware and Dortch get spot minutes at center - Ware being as ready as Woolfolk was a a freshman, Dortch long and athletic but not a center.

That’s not true. His defense was world’s better than Lathan’s. Actually it’s technically his offense that gets him in trouble most when he isn’t strong with the ball following a rebound. Needs to work on that.

 

[Skull83]

Fair enough ... I had not looked all that closely.

Doing the deeper dive, in just the last 13 games he played before he was injured (9 Big 10 games, Alabama, Texas A&M, Princeton and Columbia), he averaged 16.5 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg (including 1.7 off reb/g), on 60.7% FG and 12-18 FT (an non-embarrassing 66.7%) ... but still a too low 0.6 blocks/g, a too high 0.6 turnovers/g and 0.4 ass/g and 0.5 stls/g.

Under those circumstances, 20 mpg, 5 ppg, 6 rpg, 1 block/g, 55%+ FG and 60%+ FT might not be unreasonable to hope for.

In Emmanuel's last 4 games before he got hurt, all against B1G competition, he averaged 7 boards in a little less than 19 minutes a game.