2016 Guard TJ Gibbs visiting

usedtobe1 said:
Hopefully both. If Buddy returns, we will have 4 seniors (Buddy, Cousins, Spangler, and Walker) plus Booker's spot to replace. Also, I don't know when CJ Cole graduates and goes to medical school….. on a fast track to graduate.

That's a lot of shoes to fill so it's important to bring in some players who can handle early playing time (e.g. Pritchard). I also hope we have a banner class because it seems like we're getting better kids every year now that Kruger and staff have settled in.

With that many open scholarships, it might be a good year to add a transfer or juco player so that we don't have half the team to replace in the same year.
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Great points. Hopefully the staff is really selling that so we can get some impact guys. And, makes it really important that James, Odomes, et al get great experience next year because of the roster turnover. So speaking of that, what is the thought on Doolittle? Is he a first year contributor or a project type?
 
AdaSooner said:
Great analogy! IMO, Mookie and Ricky still rank as one of the best guard duos in OU history.
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6'1" senior PG Ricky Grace
6'0" junior guard Mookie Blalock
6'5" senior SF Dave Sieger
6'8" senior forward Harvey Grant
6'10" junior center Stacey King

What a starting five! Three seniors and two Juniors. Four pros (Rickey Grace was a long-time all-star player in the Australia National Basketball League).

27 years ago. Makes me feel old.
 
Sounds like he's really visualized himself at OU, which tells me we have a real shot at him
 
This would be amazing! If he pulled this early, along with Payton we are that much more intriguing to a guy like Brunk, Bolden, etc
 
Would be huge to get the core of the 2016 class locked up with Pritchard, Gibbs, and Doolittle ... and then we can go all in after the best available post player.
 
CoachTalk said:
http://oklahoma.scout.com/story/1537721-four-star-guard-tj-gibbs-to-visit-ou?s=146
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Another nice article by OUScout's Justin Hite!

I like the fact that Pritchard is also coming in this weekend. Payton is becoming one of our best recruiters. I said sometime ago that high-profile bigs and wings will want to play with a point guard like him, and this is a prime example of what I was talking about.

Gibbs and Pritchard already know each other from having played together in an All-Star game. The weekend visit will give them the opportunity to get better acquainted, and hopefully convince T. J. to join Payton at OU for the next four years starting in 20116.
 
I don't know about any bigs for the future. If they are smart they will come here because LK will get them shots.
 
These are the kind of guards I like. OU has had a LOT of success over the years with guys like this and Pritchard. Give me a pretty good athlete that is a ball player with skills over the better athlete that is raw any day of the week. I like guys that know how to score the ball, and can do so with skill other than simply out-sizing their opponent.
 
"experts" online seem to think he wont be committing this weekend. Several think he could blow up to a top 15 player.
 
Yikes... better hope he and Payton really gel and we grab him before the big dogs get involved.
 
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