2022 commit Luke Northweather

[TINY]

Missouri has a ton of basketball talent, including lots of tall guys. Top 5 guys in the class of 2022 are all 6’7” or taller, mostly 4 and 5 star guys.

Luke’s team lost in district to the eventual state runner up by 3 points. That team has two 6’9” guys, 3 star Jevon Porter, brother of Michae Porter Jr, and 2023 Evens Appolon, who is at least a 3 star.

Thanks for the context, pnkranger. Missouri has a decent population so being the state player of the year there carries a lot of weight.

 

[StoopsBros]

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NORMAN – Oklahoma men's basketball head coach Porter Moser announced the signing of incoming freshman Luke Northweather Monday.

"Luke is a modern-day five that fits our system perfectly," said Moser. "He can shoot with range, pass on the permitter, has great IQ and is extremely skilled."

Northweather, a 6-10 forward from Blair Oaks High School in Jefferson City, Mo., is Oklahoma's fourth addition to the 2022 signing class, joining Milos Uzan, Otega Oweh and Benny Schröder. He is a three-star prospect by 247Sports and is the No. 6 rated player in Missouri.

Northweather was named the 2021-22 Gatorade Missouri Boys Basketball Player of the Year and averaged 29.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.4 blocks and 2.0 steals per contest. He led the Falcons to a 26-2 record last season and to the Missouri Class 4, District 9 Championship game.

The senior forward shot 71.6 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from deep. He concluded his high school career with a school record 2,018 points and was a two-time Tri-Country Conference Player of the Year. Northweather scored 51 points in a game last season for Blair Oaks and set the program's single-game point record.

"He had a dominating senior year and gives us tremendous size," said Moser. "Luke is all about winning and is a sponge when it comes to learning. I see him having rapid growth as a player when he gets to Norman and am excited to add him to the team."

The four incoming freshmen are joined by returners Bijan Cortes, C.J. Noland, Tanner Groves and Jacob Groves. The Sooners announced the signing of transfer Joe Bamisilie May 9.

 

[WichitaSooner]

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NORMAN – Oklahoma men's basketball head coach Porter Moser announced the signing of incoming freshman Luke Northweather Monday.

"Luke is a modern-day five that fits our system perfectly," said Moser. "He can shoot with range, pass on the permitter, has great IQ and is extremely skilled."

Northweather, a 6-10 forward from Blair Oaks High School in Jefferson City, Mo., is Oklahoma's fourth addition to the 2022 signing class, joining Milos Uzan, Otega Oweh and Benny Schröder. He is a three-star prospect by 247Sports and is the No. 6 rated player in Missouri.

Northweather was named the 2021-22 Gatorade Missouri Boys Basketball Player of the Year and averaged 29.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.4 blocks and 2.0 steals per contest. He led the Falcons to a 26-2 record last season and to the Missouri Class 4, District 9 Championship game.

The senior forward shot 71.6 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from deep. He concluded his high school career with a school record 2,018 points and was a two-time Tri-Country Conference Player of the Year. Northweather scored 51 points in a game last season for Blair Oaks and set the program's single-game point record.

"He had a dominating senior year and gives us tremendous size," said Moser. "Luke is all about winning and is a sponge when it comes to learning. I see him having rapid growth as a player when he gets to Norman and am excited to add him to the team."

The four incoming freshmen are joined by returners Bijan Cortes, C.J. Noland, Tanner Groves and Jacob Groves. The Sooners announced the signing of transfer Joe Bamisilie May 9.

Uh, let's hope it's just a very careless oversight that they forgot to mention Jalen Hill as a returning player.

 

[StoopsBros]

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[pnkranger]

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Things I saw in that video:

Deep 3 point range
Ability to put the ball on the floor and get to the rim
Good court vision
Willingness to dunk in traffic
Low post footwork

What I didn't see
Defense
Rebounding

Those are going to be the deciding factors on whether Luke plays a lot or not much.

 

[StoopsBros]

Uh, let's hope it's just a very careless oversight that they forgot to mention Jalen Hill as a returning player.

By the way, thanks for pointing this out.

Moved it up the chain so to speak...Hill is now in the article.

 

[WichitaSooner]

By the way, thanks for pointing this out.

Moved it up the chain so to speak...Hill is now in the article.

Thanks, I'm glad they fixed this. Oversights can happen, but I imagine Hill wouldn't have felt great if he read the original article!