(2015) SF Ogugua Anunoby to IU

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

OG will do just fine if Shake stays home.

[mdn82 25,510]

I know every recruit sounds great on the surface but man we are in severe need of bigs. Would love to have a 4 year caliber player with top 100 skill to complement and grow with Morgan.


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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

I know every recruit sounds great on the surface but man we are in severe need of bigs. Would love to have a 4 year caliber player with top 100 skill to complement and grow with Morgan.


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Obviously I only have the word of others to go off of, but it sounds like we may have found that in Holt. I'm very optimistic in his potential over four years of development.


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[mdn82 25,510]

At 6'7" I doubt he could hang on the blocks for a whole game. We would give up a few inches every night.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

At 6'7" I doubt he could hang on the blocks for a whole game. We would give up a few inches every night.

Yup, totally fair concern. I'm just trying to appreciate what we have. Recruiting bigs is such a disappointing topic currently.


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[mdn82 25,510]

Yup, totally fair concern. I'm just trying to appreciate what we have. Recruiting bigs is such a disappointing topic currently.


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Absolutely. Appreciative of what we have. I think Holt by all accounts will be a very solid addition. If we could add 6'10" with impact skills we would be damn scary.


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[Hutch89 2,939]

FWIW,  Juwan Morgan is following OG on twitter. 

maybe they knew each other from living near one another in MO, or maybe an IU connection?

[MemphisHoosier 2,134]

I know there are mixed opinions on 247's Crystal Ball, but Jerry Meyer just tagged IU for OG.  Of the voters on 247, he is the one that I believe holds the most water.  Shaping up to be a very interesting visit...

 

http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Ogugua-Anunoby-at-Jefferson-City-56746/CurrentExpertPredictions

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Absolutely. Appreciative of what we have. I think Holt by all accounts will be a very solid addition. If we could add 6'10" with impact skills we would be damn scary.


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my hope is that relief comes in 2016 with De'Ron Davis


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[Stuhoo 80,402]

I know there are mixed opinions on 247's Crystal Ball, but Jerry Meyer just tagged IU for OG.  Of the voters on 247, he is the one that I believe holds the most water.  Shaping up to be a very interesting visit...

 

http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Ogugua-Anunoby-at-Jefferson-City-56746/CurrentExpertPredictions

 

I put the odds of a verbal this weekend at 50/50, minimum.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

All valid concerns----the few sources I still have near the program say IU thinks Holt still has a couple of inches to grow----it would help if he gets up to 6'9"!

 

Then we could list him at 6'11"  with the IU height bounce!  :lol:

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

I've always been an OG fan-----love the Vic potential---but even I admit I would prioritize him after Bryant and Shake.  I just suspect the staff knows something on Shake by now.  Hope it's something good!

[Hutch89 2,939]

If we had Shake in 2015 and Thon the next year, we would have a MASSIVE line-up come 2016. 

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

And just like that, Drew Messmer has predicted IU for OG. The guy is literally Jerry Meyer's shadow. Zero credibility as far as I'm concerned. He's a scavenger on the CB.

[Kepner 1,261]

At 6'7" I doubt he could hang on the blocks for a whole game. We would give up a few inches every night.

Hanner is slated to be our starter at the 5 and he is only 6' 8"

[mdn82 25,510]

Hanner is slated to be our starter at the 5 and he is only 6' 8"

I don't think Hanner is a 5. Beyond that I doubt Holt has ups anywhere close to Perea.


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[Kepner 1,261]

I don't think Hanner is a 5. Beyond that I doubt Holt has ups anywhere close to Perea.


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I don't think he is a traditional 5. But then again I think the modern game has evolved passed the 1 through 5 position game. Plus not too many teams field a traditional lineup or a traditional big man anymore. 

[8bucks 6,428]

Remember Matt Nover? He was 6'8" and played center for IU. He even had to guard Shaquille in the tourney (we won). Nover was not a prototypical center and was not really much better than Hanner except he could stay away from fouls.

It helped that he had Henderson at PF but as a center Nover helped get us to a FF.

We can be good without a stud Center if our shooters and scorers can score.



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[mdn82 25,510]

Remember Matt Nover? He was 6'8" and played center for IU. He even had to guard Shaquille in the tourney (we won). Nover was not a prototypical center and was not really much better than Hanner except he could stay away from fouls.

It helped that he had Henderson at PF but as a center Nover helped get us to a FF.

We can be good without a stud Center if our shooters and scorers can score.



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Dude Shaq went for 36 and 12 in that game. We had a team. They had Shaq. Not sure that's the game I would cite to prove a point where an undersized center could help us win. If Shaq had a team half as good as we had that season we may lose. Plus the games are called way different now vs then. They don't allow you to body up very much and you can't grab at all. That is why someone as athletically gifted as Hanner gets into foul trouble regularly.


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[CottageGrove 563]

Someone help me out with OG. He's got some high major interest, and I see a lot of people talking pretty glowingly about him. I don't know anything about the kid, other than that he's an unranked 3-star. Has he not been seen by scouts? Didn't play AAU? Or is there some other reason he he's been under the radar with Rivals, Scout, 247, etc?

 

I don't mean to question the kid or our recruitment of him. I just honestly don't know why he's ranked where he is (or isn't) given what else I've read about him, which is admittedly not much.