You can also never have enough point guards that can get the big men the ball (proven in O'Shea's tenure here), or 2's and 3's that can shoot the three.  Has nothing to do with NDour, but it is true.  I'm excited that JC has gotten such a highly sought after JUCO kid that has all the appearances of an excellent player and student.

Okay, this guy must be a man among boys in his league right now.  On Saturday, here's his stat line: 17 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists...a triple-double...in 27 minutes!  The night before (not game before, night before), he went 9-9 from the field, getting 19 pts and9 Rebs in only24 minutes.

for the year, he's averaging 16.6 pts, 8.8 rebounds, and is shooting over 84% from the line.

Sure see him pushing for pt next year.

In has last game he managed to put up 20 pts in the first half, grab 9 boards and dish 9 dimes. As of right now Ndour is clearly the gem of the class.

Are you making that judgment because he will only be here two years as opposed to four or because you worry he is a JUCO?  The first part I could go along with.

But keep in mind he is only at JUCO because he played high school hoops in Japan and is not from the US.  He wasn't exactly on the radar of D1 colleges because of that.  From what I remember he speaks several languages fluently so is probbaly a highly intelligent kid and not the non-qualifier type that went the JUCO route to just get their grades up. 

From what I'm reading/seeing he likely starts from day one and is a major impact player.  With what we have graduating I could see him possibly being our best player the next two years.

Gotta love the numbers.  I can't speak to the level of competition.  But Mo is making a mark.  Dynamic.

I like this!

youtu.be/rjVk6_Xa77s

Looking through his season stats, a game with 19pts 19 boards (?!)  and several more similar game stat lines stood out to me. The change in the level of competition he'll experience going from JUCO to playing with the Cats is going to be huge, I got my money on him adjusting exceptionally well and becoming an impressive ball player for our beloved Bobcats. I am very excited to see this kid in the convo. Obviously the offense he plays within at Monroe isn't as structured as it will be for him with the Cats, but from the videos I've seen of him he seems to be an intelligent player and I think he will fit in well within our offense. Sadly it is disillusioned to believe he will be putting up these kind of numbers in the MAC but he looks to be about as athletic as any 6' 9'' player in the MAC today, hope to see some good numbers from him early in his first year after he's become accustomed to the DI level of play. Looks like he can get up too, hope to see some heavy throwdonws.  It will be interesting to see his success in DI ball. I'm very excited about Ndour coming to Athens, not only as a ball player but as a student athlete.  Dig the hair too  

Best part of that video is that it's from December 2010.    By the time he hits the court for us he will have had 3 years to get even better.  I don't have any doubt he is an impact player from day 1. 

Optimist - Thanks for the heads up and link.

I watched most of the second half. Firstly, some pretty bad basketball - not much better, maybe even not so, than top level H.S. ball.

Monroe won 68-59. Ndour pretty much the star of the game. Played all 40 minutes. 20 PTS (7/14 2FG, 2/2 3Pt), 12 RB (2 O), 7 AST, 2 ST, 1 BS, only 1 TO, and only 1 PF in 40 minutes.

His outside shot looked pretty good - and he is not afraid to shoot. He moves to get in position and his shot looks pretty quick and smooth. No fade-aways. He likes to, and is a good passer - quick hands, good hands.

Not a physical beast i.e. Treadwell, frame actually looks more like Green. Very active, you don't see him standing around a lot. Can post up and go hoop or dish, and just as comfortable out on top in the rotation of the motion offense, w/the ball and passing or setting the screens.

His biggest challenges at the next level will be bigs with strength, and just greater speed of the game. 

 

Thank you for the breakdown.
 

I would imagine he plays PF next to Jon Smith at center next year.  That'll be a very bouncy lineup

Would we have the only starting line up in America where the PF was taller than the Center?