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OU Signees to Compete in Dunk, 3-Point Contests

NORMAN, Okla. -- University of Oklahoma men's basketball signees Jelon Hornbeak and Buddy Hield will participate in this weekend's American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships in New Orleans, La.

Hornbeak, who attends Grace Preparatory Academy in Arlington, Texas, will compete in the eight-person slam dunk portion of the event, while Hield, from Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan., will face seven others in the 3-point contest. The second annual event will be held at the Alario Center on Friday at 7 p.m. CT. It will air on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. CT on CBS with Tim Brando, Bill Raftery and Lewis Johnson announcing. Numerous encore presentations will appear on CBS College Sports.

Hornbeak averaged 12.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a senior this past season, according to Grace Prep head coach Ray Forsett. The 6-4 guard helped the Lions to a 27-4 record and a second straight Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 4A state title.

Hield, also 6-4, averaged 22.7 points on .491 shooting, to go along with 4.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.3 steals per game for head coach Kyle Lindsted's 23-4 Sunrise Christian squad. Originally from the Bahamas, Hield averaged 2.9 3-point makes per contest and shot .348 from behind the arc. Over the season's final five games, he was 22-for-46 (.478) from long distance and averaged 29.8 points.

Hornbeak and Hield will be freshmen for OU during the 2012-13 school year.
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Thanks for the heads up! Just set the DVR to record the event so I can play it back later.

I'm excited about both of these kids. I'll be very surprised if they don't contribute to the team in a meaningful way this fall.
 
I love Kruger's recruiting- long athletes. I can't wait to watch this team next year!
 
I would prefer OU to recruit good ahtletes over long athletes. I am fine with Stevie Clark and really hope he becomes a Sooner. He will score a lot of points in college. Keiton Page proved that you don't have to be 6'3" tall to play sg in college basketball. Perhaps at the NBA level you have to be taller because there are enough guys that are that tall to keep the smaller players from having a positive impact but that simply isn't the case in college basketball.

I don't mean this negatively towards any of the players coming to OU or currently on the roster. I just don't think we need to worry about a player's height all that much. William Davis, Byron Houston and many other undersized guys have been extremely effective post players in the Big XII/Big 8.
 
DenverSooner said:
I would prefer OU to recruit good ahtletes over long athletes. I am fine with Stevie Clark and really hope he becomes a Sooner. He will score a lot of points in college. Keiton Page proved that you don't have to be 6'3" tall to play sg in college basketball. Perhaps at the NBA level you have to be taller because there are enough guys that are that tall to keep the smaller players from having a positive impact but that simply isn't the case in college basketball.

I don't mean this negatively towards any of the players coming to OU or currently on the roster. I just don't think we need to worry about a player's height all that much. William Davis, Byron Houston and many other undersized guys have been extremely effective post players in the Big XII/Big 8.
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If you are saying you'd rather have good athletes with good basketball skills, than great athletes (long) with average basketball skills, I agree with you.
 
Sometimes you need long athletes to be able put smaller guys out there without match-up problems.
 
DenverSooner said:
I would prefer OU to recruit good ahtletes over long athletes. I am fine with Stevie Clark and really hope he becomes a Sooner. He will score a lot of points in college. Keiton Page proved that you don't have to be 6'3" tall to play sg in college basketball. Perhaps at the NBA level you have to be taller because there are enough guys that are that tall to keep the smaller players from having a positive impact but that simply isn't the case in college basketball.

I don't mean this negatively towards any of the players coming to OU or currently on the roster. I just don't think we need to worry about a player's height all that much. William Davis, Byron Houston and many other undersized guys have been extremely effective post players in the Big XII/Big 8.
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I think you reading to much into his comment. You can't teach height or wingspan.
 
I think that Forte kid that's going to OSU is also in the 3-point contest.
 
WTSooner said:
If you are saying you'd rather have good athletes with good basketball skills, than great athletes (long) with average basketball skills, I agree with you.
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I would rather have good players than good athletes. I don't care if a guy is long, I want a guy that can play basketball at a Big XII level. Ray Willis was long and he never did anything. Tony Neysmith was long and he never did anything. I just want guys that can help the team win. If all other things are equal a 6'6" backcourt player is an advantage over a 5'10" player but if the 5'10" player shoots and plays like Hollis Price, I want the shorter guy over some guy that is really athletic and might develop great basketball skills.
 
DenverSooner said:
I would rather have good players than good athletes. I don't care if a guy is long, I want a guy that can play basketball at a Big XII level. Ray Willis was long and he never did anything. Tony Neysmith was long and he never did anything. I just want guys that can help the team win. If all other things are equal a 6'6" backcourt player is an advantage over a 5'10" player but if the 5'10" player shoots and plays like Hollis Price, I want the shorter guy over some guy that is really athletic and might develop great basketball skills.
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I completely agree.
 
DenverSooner said:
I would rather have good players than good athletes. I don't care if a guy is long, I want a guy that can play basketball at a Big XII level. Ray Willis was long and he never did anything. Tony Neysmith was long and he never did anything. I just want guys that can help the team win. If all other things are equal a 6'6" backcourt player is an advantage over a 5'10" player but if the 5'10" player shoots and plays like Hollis Price, I want the shorter guy over some guy that is really athletic and might develop great basketball skills.
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Wouldn't everybody? But if you had to choose between the two and you had both type of players and both just as good then give me the long athletic ones. I think that is all he was saying.
 
My point is long is currently the trendy word and to me it is just stupid. The correct term is tall, not long. Furthermore, being tall or long really doesn't have that much to do with playing basketball. Ball handling, shooting, rebounding, footwork, speed, quickness and many other things are as important if not more important than being long. We don't need to chance our vocabulary to identify a good basketball player.
 
DenverSooner said:
My point is long is currently the trendy word and to me it is just stupid. The correct term is tall, not long. Furthermore, being tall or long really doesn't have that much to do with playing basketball. Ball handling, shooting, rebounding, footwork, speed, quickness and many other things are as important if not more important than being long. We don't need to chance our vocabulary to identify a good basketball player.
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I totally agree with everything you said, except that the terms long and tall are synonymous. That doesn't hold true in basketball.

When a player is said to be "long," it typically means he has unusually long arms. There are numerous examples of players who play much bigger than their listed height, because they are blessed with unusual wingspans. Kentucky's Anthony Davis, for example, is not just a good basketball player, he's also a 6' 10" freak in that he has a 7' 4" wingspan. That gives him a HUGE advantage over other 6' 10" players with say a 6' 8" to 6' 10" wingspans; an advantage of 8 and 6 inches respectively to be exact.

A 6' 7" guy with a 7' 2" wingspan simply plays taller than his listed height. His wingspan gives him an advantage in rebounding and in blocking shots. It also helps him to get his shot off against taller players.

So, assuming all things are equal when it comes to skills, vertial, footspeed, etc., being "long" does indeed make a difference.
 
AdaSooner said:
I totally agree with everything you said, except that the terms long and tall are synonymous. That doesn't hold true in basketball.

When a player is said to be "long," it typically means he has unusually long arms. There are numerous examples of players who play much bigger than their listed height, because they are blessed with unusual wingspans. Kentucky's Anthony Davis, for example, is not just a good basketball player, he's also a 6' 10" freak in that he has a 7' 4" wingspan. That gives him a HUGE advantage over other 6' 10" players with say a 6' 8" to 6' 10" wingspans; an advantage of 8 and 6 inches respectively to be exact.

A 6' 7" guy with a 7' 2" wingspan simply plays taller than his listed height. His wingspan gives him an advantage in rebounding and in blocking shots. It also helps him to get his shot off against taller players.

So, assuming all things are equal when it comes to skills, vertial, footspeed, etc., being "long" does indeed make a difference.
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Spot on......:clap:clap:clap
 
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