Brown
James
Hadaway
Sheldon

I thought I read where this was a top 50 class? Not sure if anyone can find legit rankings. But all of these guys have the look of home run recruits. This staff is putting in serious work and none of us should be surprised.

Great find and this list doesn't mention Elmore James. I bet it's higher than #49 when it's all said and done.

And if DW3 can give us anything February/March time......dare to dream.

And blowing away the rest of the MAC on that ranking analysis.....

That's a great find. Thanks!

Great class, I think Elmore James will have a great career here. I know the Brush point guard’s father and he he said Elmore is a a hard worker and he is very coachable.

I guess it depends on what your version of skinny is, but I've seen AJ Clayton, and I don't view him as "skinny" right now. Give him a year of the offseason program and I think he'll be even less "skinny".

Speaking only for myself, I don't care how big our "bigs" are as long as they can play. I know it's on a different talent level, but in case anyone forgot, Villanova won the National Championship twice playing primarily three guards, and two 3's or a stretch 4. They had only one guy that really played a lot that was taller than 6-7. Point is, the obsession about needing really big guys seems strange to me, when there are several guys 6'7" to 6'8" that can play on this roster, and when Ohio has half a dozen guards/wings that either are, or look to be, very talented.

With DW3 in the post and JP on point it seemed like we ran a screen/roll on nearly every possession. This year it’s all about “paint touches” then dish or finish at the rim. I love how he uses Sears “water bug style” to drive the offense. Very different approach from last year. But it’s only been 3 games. This team might give Boals options we haven’t even seen, yet. This is going to be fun to watch. The guys are playing so well together.

I'm intrigued by the different philosophies when it comes to valuing height in basketball, even at the highest level of the NBA. For example, the Cavs have been starting a frontline of 6-10 (Jarrett Allen), 6-11 (Lauri Markkanen) and 6-11 (Evan Mobley, frontrunner for ROY). The Bulls, on the other hand, have been starting 4 guards in the 6-5 to 6-6 range - DeRozan, Ball, Caruso and LaVine - alongside a 6-11 center.

The Cavs and Bulls, starting 2 different extreme lineups, have been perhaps the most improved teams so far this year.

Do you guys really think AJ is a “Big”? He’s more of a skilled forward who will primarily play facing the basket, but will be able to defend inside and out.

Baby steps my friend....baby steps...ha.

Hey OU Country, Mr. Bigs here. As you know, I've been beating the "height and length" drum for more decades than I can even remember. But you brought up an interesting point in shining the light on Villanova, which gives me an opportunity to future clarify my obsession with bigs. Nova is never particular tall. But they're athletic, and here's the key--they have one or two front-courters who play above the rim. Remember our games against Nova and Creighton? I do believe we got hurt by both teams due to that factor, an above-the-rim playing forward, their point guards notwithstanding.

I'm clamoring for a rim-protecting big because our forwards don't play above the rim. That's no slight on them; that's just who they are. The last one we had who had a huge impact that way, who had that type of explosion and was an all-MAC player, probably was Gary Trent, right? Maybe Brandon Hunter? Jon Smith?

I just think it's nearly impossible to get to the Big Dance's Final 8 without a frontcourt baller like that. Because the teams we face as we go deeper into that journey are gonna have at least one uber-athletic above-the-rim playing forward or a post player with length who demands a double-team. Or worse yet, both!!!

the fact we have,nt got a rim enforcer big really killed us at kentucky and we,ll have the same problem at lSU.
dwight wilson whenhealthy is a player like that. too bad we didn,t have him at kentucky. if we did i doubt we get beat on the glass as abd as we did