Esahia Nyiwe 6'10 F/C 2020 JUCO to Texas Tech

[Shockm]

This guy looks good but he’s not 8’6”. You can’t coach that.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

This guy looks good but he’s not 8’6”. You can’t coach that.

What does this even mean?

[Shock Top]

What does this even mean?

You must not have heard about the giant WSU offered in the 2022 class yet..

[WstateU]

You must not have heard about the giant WSU offered in the 2022 class yet..

Tall, but he’s no Robert Wadlow.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/robert-wadlow-tallest-man-ever/

[Wuzee]

Let’s do it. Rim protector, rebounder, wheels. We don’t need points next year, we need a role player with upside and fouls to give.

[Dan]

Sold

[AZ Shocker]

Coronavirus be damned... maybe the end is near! Gregg Marshall going after quick above the rim athletes????? Holy cow look at that! I guess the AAC has said hello the last couple years and Coach wants to reciprocate and say...Well HELLO!!!!!!!!

[Blackmag]

That would be the icing on the cake, super quick for a big. Makes Mitguard look like he’s stuck in cement. No disrespect to Mitguard...

[1972Shocker]

Esahia Nyiwe a 6'10 forward/center from Omaha, Nebraska. Was a sophomore at Clarendon College in Texas. His offers so far this spring have been Texas Tech and WSU. Will have two years to play D1.

Stats: https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/20...sahianyiweo6bx
VC: http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/esahia-nyiwe

After closer examination I think these highlights are from E's freshman year at Iowa Western College as best I can tell.

Here is how Texas Tech sees him: https://wreckemred.com/2020/04/04/te...0-transfers/2/

[Aargh]

Not seeing many suburban H-O-R-S-E players in the current recruits. Seeing some guys who can stretch defenses. Whether they can be made to be an upper-level AAC team remains to be seen, but the pieces seem to be there.

I don't drink the Kool-Aid, but I think a starting rotation of

Gilbert
Etienne
Dennis
Ward
Bilau

That lineup has a higher ceiling than last year's team had. The backups are unknown quantities. Bilau is also an unknown quantity, but he seems to be the best unknown quantity since Baker. The backup PG had 6.5 assists in JuCo last year. That's not playing JuCo ball the way SHJ was accused of playing JuCo ball.

With the lack of quality grad trfr big men, saving a schollie come4s into play.

[1972Shocker]

Not seeing many suburban H-O-R-S-E players in the current recruits. Seeing some guys who can stretch defenses. Whether they can be made to be an upper-level AAC team remains to be seen, but the pieces seem to be there.

I don't drink the Kool-Aid, but I think a starting rotation of

Gilbert
Etienne
Dennis
Ward
Bilau

That lineup has a higher ceiling than last year's team had. The backups are unknown quantities. Bilau is also an unknown quantity, but he seems to be the best unknown quantity since Baker. The backup PG had 6.5 assists in JuCo last year. That's not playing JuCo ball the way SHJ was accused of playing JuCo ball.

With the lack of quality grad trfr big men, saving a schollie come4s into play.

Ward? I assume you meant Wade?

We will still be a relatively young team again next year in terms of D-1 experience. I figure the guys we have at this point have a about 9 years of cumulative D-1 experience depending on how you count Gilbert (I assigned him 2 years of experience). That is the same as last year's roster although I guess that should really be measured in minutes played and not seasons played but I didn't want to put that much work into this post. I would take a 23-8 year again in a heartbeat sans all the drama although not necessarily predicting or expecting that. If this group can hang together and learn how to play as a team they could be pretty tough by the end of next year and beyond.

But it will be interesting to see how 3G tries to utilize the athleticism at his disposal.

[im4wsu]

Tyson Etienne			763
Dexter Dennis			1629
Trey Wade			732
Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler			209
Alterique Gilbert			1804
Total			5137

[1972Shocker]

Tyson Etienne			763
Dexter Dennis			1629
Trey Wade			732
Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler			209
Alterique Gilbert			1804
Total			5137

I think you missed the 444 minutes that Trey Wade played at Texas-El Paso as a freshman. That would put this years team (as of now) at 5,581.

Coming into last season I calculate the minute of experience at:

Dexter Dennis - 909
Jamarius Burton - 891
Trey Wade - 444
Erik Stevenson - 812
Jaime Echineque - 664
Morris Udeze - 294
Asbjorn Midtgaard -431
Isaiah PB-C - 209

Total = 4,654

So this years team has a bit more experience based on actual D-1 playing time. The difference of 927 points is about 4.6 games worth of team playing time based on 200 mpg.

27.9 games of team playing time for the current roster vs 23.3 games of team playing time for last year's roster coming into the season.

Just about all of those additional minutes are, perhaps importantly, at the point guard position. 1,804 for Alterique Gilbert vs 891 for Jamarius Burton (not all of whose minutes were at the point).

So we will me more experienced at the point guard position, A little more experienced on the wings. A lot less experience in the front court.

I do think we will be more athletic pretty much across the board.

Of course, this could still change depending on what happens with the last 2 scholarships and what happens with Dexter.

[Bluzrover]

Pairing this kid up with Bilau, assuming Bilau truly has those long range chops we saw from his video, would definitely stretch some defenses. That’s probably not a normal lineup but even with these two relieving one another for a couple of years would be spectacular!

[shocks02]

Some highlights from last season at Clarendon.