At least their starting center is in the country :D
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Whatever happens, I think CGM will have our team ready to play, and is relating to the team that it will be a test for them. I would think the coaching staff is already reviewing game tapes from last year on Baylor and developing a game plan to put into action.
If anything, it will 'toughen' the team up for the rest of the season.
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I found a link. Chronic stress fracture.
The future's so bright - I gotta wear shades.
We like to cut down nets and get sized for championship rings.
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Diene, a junior from Yeumbeul, Senegal, has started all 43 games in his two-season career with the Bears. He averaged 4.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots last season."Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability."
-John Wooden
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Originally posted by wsu789They have a sophomore 7-0 who played in all their games and started several. His numbers were similar to the guy who went down, so I wouldn't expect much drop off."Cotton scared me - I left him alone." - B4MSU (Bear Nation poster) in reference to heckling players
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Originally posted by wu_shizzleDiene, a junior from Yeumbeul, Senegal, has started all 43 games in his two-season career with the Bears. He averaged 4.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots last season.
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From Big XII review today on CBS spotsline on Baylor.....
The bad: Though the backcourt is strong and experienced, it was also sloppy with the ball last season. The Bears averaged 14.5 turnovers per game, which ranked 162nd in the nation. So that must improve for them to improve.
P.J & Matt, are you ready?
;-)
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Originally posted by BostonWuOriginally posted by wu_shizzleDiene, a junior from Yeumbeul, Senegal, has started all 43 games in his two-season career with the Bears. He averaged 4.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots last season.
But you're right, there may be a few who are expecting EO to be more of a savior than a prophet.
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5 pts. 5 boards 1.6 blocks. That's what Baylor's 7' center got last year.
I'd be happy with those stats for Orukpe this year.The future's so bright - I gotta wear shades.
We like to cut down nets and get sized for championship rings.
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Originally posted by KC ShoxOriginally posted by Awesome Sauce MaloneKC will do it too !!!
At this time there are to many "unknowns" to make a accurate prediction.
So I say - We can win this one and we can lose this one.
Although they lost to Texas 3 times last year, those losses were by a combined 11 points. The only key player they lost was a guy who averaged 6 PPG.
I believe their is enough information out there to make an accurate prediction. They are in far better shape than we are.The fact that man is master of his actions is due to his being able to deliberate about them.-- Thomas Aquinas
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Nigerian centers
By the way, the greatest of all Nigerian centers, Hakeem Olajuwon, redshirted his first year at Houston and averaged 8.3 pts, 6.2 rebs, and 2.5 blocks his second. Of course, the Dream had never played basketball before (hence the redshirt year), but it's still an indication that talent plus practice and coaching can take a player from relatively insignificant statistical contributions to greatness.
On a more plausible level of comparison, Patrick O'Bryant, who came to Bradley as a promising unknown because of the relatively modest level of competition he had faced in high school, averaged 10 pts, 7.4 rebs, and 2.8 blocks his first year.
Not that I'm expecting Orupke to be Son of Dream -- but assuming the level of play he's experienced in Nigeria is somewhat comparable to what O'Bryant faced in suburban Minneapolis, it isn't unreasonable to hope he can be a very worthwhile addition early on, and to have a bright collegiate future even if he does start slowly. That certainly seems to be what Marshall is hoping.
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