By the title of this thread, I thought you were going to mention Kyryl Natyazhko (had to look that up) that went to play for the Arizona Wildcats. 

Actually I think we found OUr Big Manz tonight....Keely with a double double.

He's had all sorts of injury problems this year.  

I think getting Keely more touches will help just like it did for Ivo. Without Freeman I think we go inside more next year. Keely needs confidence.  He gives bulk inside.  Need to get him to play bigger minutes.  

The Big Manz is traditional Ohio ball. Gary Trent,  Brandon Hunter,  and Leon Williams.  Keely is the guy that fits that description. Guys will big shoulders and can push people around get the ball and finish and get the and one.. Now its time for Keely to show us he is the next Big Manz.   

To be honest I bet we run more and play a faster transition game more next year

Sorry about that ....seems that Oubjc sees a different game than is out there.


Tommy is leaving a similarly equipped 3 ball shooter in his wake. Bubba and he spent a lot of time together and his has spent the same time with Nick, TJ and Ric to have confidence and get their shots up so the system continues to work There is only an occassional possession where the bigs are not touching the ball in any possession we have whether it is off the ball reversal, high screen, pass to the block or pass the to elbow,. The Bigs have not been lacking for touches and pushing the post anymore would upset the effectiveness of the perimeter. The game is played from the inside out and there has to be a balance for TEAMs to win.

Here's another really good Big Manz that got away...6'10" 260 lb. Denzel Bowles.  If people aren't sure who he is or don't remember, he was a high school teammate of Devaughn.  We recruited both of them, but Denzel ended up going to Texas A&M.  He decided to transfer a couple games into his sophomore year.  Word is that Ohio was at or near the top of his list, but we didn't have a scholarship available at the time.  He ended up going to James Madison and averaged 21 pts, 9 reb, and 1.4 blk in '09 and 17.6 pts, 8.8 reb, and 1.6 blk in '10 while shooting over 58% from the field both seasons.

Can't imagine what our frontline would have looked like with Bowles the last two years.  I also can't imagine what a nightmare it would have been for opposing high school teams having to match up with Devaughn and Denzel.