Top 20 Bigs in CBB - The Athletic. Big Cliff is #11

[SoCal_Knight]

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11. Cliff Omoruyi | 6-11 center | senior | Rutgers

Omoruyi has been one of the best true bigs in the country over the last two years, consistently dominating the glass and the interior on defense…

 

[RU82]

I guess the author isn’t aware who last seasons big ten defensive player of the year was.

 

[rutgers1998]

Too low should be top 5

 

[SoCal_Knight]

I would probably place Big Cliff between 6 and 10 because 1-5 is a very impressive list. #1 Edey, #2 Filipkowski, #3 Kalkbrenner, #4 Dickinson and #5 Clingan.

 

[RutgersChow]

College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a star-studded group

College basketball is stuffed full of standout centers. Here are the best of the bigs.

theathletic.com

11. Cliff Omoruyi | 6-11 center | senior | Rutgers

Omoruyi has been one of the best true bigs in the country over the last two years, consistently dominating the glass and the interior on defense…

I believe Rivals had him ranked eighth out of high school.

 

[FinalFourOrBust]

Would probably rank him a little bit higher but still a solid ranking

 

[jordkap]

Cliff is in my opinion the second best center in the conference. However, he has made Edey look like a little boy a few times.

 

[rucoe89]

College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a star-studded group

College basketball is stuffed full of standout centers. Here are the best of the bigs.

theathletic.com

11. Cliff Omoruyi | 6-11 center | senior | Rutgers

Omoruyi has been one of the best true bigs in the country over the last two years, consistently dominating the glass and the interior on defense…

I think ranking is in about the right range. Clearly elite (top 3) from defensive side, but on offensive side has shown clear limitations. Balance is probably around 10 ish ranking.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Cliff is in my opinion the second best center in the conference. However, he has made Edey look like a little boy a few times.

 

[SoCal_Knight]

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Watching Big Cliff posterize Edey never gets old. Love part in clip with RHJr praying for Edey....lol

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Watching Big Cliff posterize Edey never gets old. Love part in clip with RHJr praying for Edey....lol

Big Cliff had another dunk on Edey in the same game.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

You can see the other dunk Cliff had on Edey.

 

[BillyC80]

So #11 is ranked #11. Probably could be a little higher, but still pretty amazing with something like 360 D1 teams out there.

 

[billgumpper]

College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a star-studded group

College basketball is stuffed full of standout centers. Here are the best of the bigs.

theathletic.com

11. Cliff Omoruyi | 6-11 center | senior | Rutgers

Omoruyi has been one of the best true bigs in the country over the last two years, consistently dominating the glass and the interior on defense…

I guess they didn’t see that he was measured at 6’9 at the NBA camp

 

[billgumpper]

College basketball’s top 20 bigs for 2023-24: Zach Edey leads a star-studded group

College basketball is stuffed full of standout centers. Here are the best of the bigs.

theathletic.com

11. Cliff Omoruyi | 6-11 center | senior | Rutgers

Omoruyi has been one of the best true bigs in the country over the last two years, consistently dominating the glass and the interior on defense…

I can also tell by the write up that they don’t watch the games

 

[cubuffsdoug]

I guess they didn’t see that he was measured at 6’9 at the NBA camp

The NBA just started measuring players without their shoes. Older players in the NBA were measured in their shoes. That explains why some guys appear taller than current guys coming into the NBA. With shoes, Cliff is likely 6'11. Without shoes, Cliff is 6'9 3/4.