Massive, 6'10", 7'6" wingspan, and decent footwork around the basket. Surprised only us and SHU have offered, or at least according to Rivals.
Ogbole To Rutgers
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The podcast delved into a bit of the factors behind that.
He will be a nice addition and solidify the 5 for next season as the 3rd big who won't be counted on but can take a year to develop
lotta size in the post. 3 years of eligibility, Would love a mag type who can hit a three and/or a shooting guard to round out this roster
Full video of Ogbole's second highest scoring game of the season vs Hagerstown if anyone is interested... Sorry if this was posted somewhere else... He's #21, dark uniform... 21 pts and 12 rebounds in 19 minutes of playing time.. (but 1-6 FT... He shot 48-97 from the foul line for the season, 49.5%)... His highest scoring game (25pts) was also against Hagerstown.
Not sure if the podcast mentioned this, but I noticed that in Monroe College's last game of the JUCO East District Championship, Ogbole played 14 minutes and scored 3 points. Then after that, in Monroe's 2 JUCO Championship Tournament games to end the season, he didn't appear in the box score... And he only played in 24 of Monroe's 34 games. I don't know if that was due to injury or something else.
Not sure if the podcast mentioned this, but I noticed that in Monroe College's last game of the JUCO East District Championship, Ogbole played 14 minutes and scored 3 points. Then after that, in Monroe's 2 JUCO Championship Tournament games to end the season, he didn't appear in the box score... And he only played in 24 of Monroe's 34 games. I don't know if that was due to injury or something else.
Big, strong, and decent touch around the rim. Otherwise a project and probably a career backup IMO.
How does the scouting report compare to the Shaqs? I’d take either of them in a second.
Love this get!! Makes me feel better about the center spot.
Fills a need for sure. Now on to the real need where a project won’t suffice…a quality guard.
I think this is what they call LENGTH... 
Time to change the thread title to committed and signed!!
Every team has a minimum of 3 post players. Competition !! Best 2 get the minutes.
huge for depth. He's still learning but huge upside, doesn't even need to score this year. Just play D and rebound.
Woolfolk will play some 4 according to Twitter. With Mag recovering we can't rely on Hyatt to play all 40 minutes there.
I think this is what they call LENGTH...
I don’t follow this as closely as some so I didn’t know about his late start to the game…
“New Rutgers center Emmanuel Ogbole started playing basketball in his home country of Nigeria at the age of 18!”
He played some 4 late last year, alongside Cliff.
That late season rebound and full court dribble for the layup shows he is mobile enough to do it IMO. My guess is he is using this summer to work on his shooting. He already has nice form.
1 need down, 1 need to go
His growth will accelerate quick battling Cliff and Woolf all summer and fall.
His growth will accelerate quick battling Cliff and Woolf all summer and fall.
The staff has its gameplan in mind for the next 2 years and it's all coming together.
We need guard play, maybe a junior eligible, can't go into the season with Noah, Derek and JMike as our only guards, even walkon Logan Stephens left. We can't have Aiden Terry as the 4th guard option.
Rutgers announced that quickly yet still hasn't said our incoming freshman guard is signed. Yes, I'm aware Steve has mentioned him by name Richie said he's signed. But it's still very odd as the weeks pass.
I think in this case, the recruit beat everyone to it via Twitter so they put something out there.
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Where did you say me say it wasn't a good pick up? I commented on another player.
As I mentioned in another thread I posted, and got shot down ....
Davis is already on campus or is coming next week.. He is signed already
because bigs get into foul trouble quicker than anyone else, the third guy gets a fair amount of playing time