Jones

[TINY]

The kid at OUI is back and mentioned he wouldn’t be surprised if Jones and Nwankwo both medical RS this year. I would probably do the same if I was them because it gives you another year of NIL haha.

 

[Boom Soon]

The kid at OUI is back and mentioned he wouldn’t be surprised if Jones and Nwankwo both medical RS this year. I would probably do the same if I was them because it gives you another year of NIL haha.

Dang, Jones must have did a number on his back.

 

[TINY]

Dang, Jones must have did a number on his back.

what I think may happen is Jones comes back and plays the maximum amount of games he can and then gets a medical redshirt, also. I forget what the % games played is though. 30%?

I think nwankwo sits out whole year.

 

[WichitaSooner]

what I think may happen is Jones comes back and plays the maximum amount of games he can and then gets a medical redshirt, also. I forget what the % games played is though. 30%?

I think nwankwo sits out whole year.

I’ve not heard anything about that rule actually being implemented so I assume it isn’t in place this year.

 

[hoopsaustin]

The kid at OUI is back and mentioned he wouldn’t be surprised if Jones and Nwankwo both medical RS this year. I would probably do the same if I was them because it gives you another year of NIL haha.

No! We need to push all of the chips in THIS YEAR

 

[Stikboy]

I think in basketball it's still play one second and it's a year. So, Jake Moser and Lovelace's redshirts gone unfortunately, too.

 

[colston15]

If we got both back this season, we could have a special team. Would be a shame to waste that if they’re healthy.

Obviously, if they can’t get healthy, it is what it is.

 

[NickZepp]

 

[CoachTalk]

Wild that nwankwo is this close.

 

[Boom Soon]

Wild that nwankwo is this close.

I would have never thought OU could get him back before Jones.

 

[hoopsaustin]

I would have never thought OU could get him back before Jones.

That's freakin nuts and seems backward. Id rather have it backward too IMO. Use jones save nwanko

 

[NickZepp]

If Nwankwo is full contact in 10 days he probably should be playing by start of conference play right? Interesting time to try to figure out a role.

 

[WichitaSooner]

If Nwankwo is full contact in 10 days he probably should be playing by start of conference play right? Interesting time to try to figure out a role.

Our first conference game is in 18 days. If he doesn’t start full contact till after Christmas, it’s hard to envision him playing in a game that quickly after six months off.

I’m operating under the assumption neither of them will play this season. Look back last year to all the talk about a certain quarterback coming back from a torn Achilles faster than anyone expected. Lots of things still have to go right for him to see game action. If he makes it back, it’s an added bonus but not something we should count on IMHO.

As for Jones, there has yet to be a positive report on his injury. Might just be the nature of the injury, or maybe they don’t even know exactly what it is.

Will be interesting to see what the rotation will be most nights in conference. I don’t like playing more than 9 most nights in the college game, unless fouls or injuries are an issue. Goodine, Taylor, and Luke seem to be firmly in the rotation. Nwankwo and/or Jones would certainly have real chances to play themselves into the rotation if healthy. Wague likely only gets minutes in certain matchups or if Sam and Luke get in foul trouble. Cole seems like an afterthought at this point.

 

[NickZepp]

I don't see Jones playing at all this year. Nwankwo is now a maybe although it'll be hard for him to get in the rotation at all in conference play.

 

[Boom Soon]

I don't see Jones playing at all this year. Nwankwo is now a maybe although it'll be hard for him to get in the rotation at all in conference play.

Agreed. Even if he’s “back,” he should probably redshirt.

But, on the other hand, if he could even crack the rotation by mid January that would give him fifteen guaranteed games to make a difference.

 

[WaymanFan]

My thoughts on redshirting have not changed through the years. I always felt that if a guy could crack the rotation, he should play. 20+ years later, I still cringe at the thought of Jason Dietrick redshirting the 2002-2003 season order to balance out the classes since we were already losing the like of Hollis, Ebi and Quannas...still can't help but think we would have gone further with Dietrick in the lineup. Dietrick was arguably our best player on the 2003-2004 team, but that team was Kelvin's only team that did not make the Dance. Forget hindsight. I just never liked the idea of redshirting a valuable player on a team that was a title contender. The stakes aren't as high now, but Moser needs to make the Dance. As such, it has to be all hands on deck if a guy can contribute.

 

[mict085]

Does nwanko have only 1 year of eligibility left? If he plays this year, he’s done?

 

[Boom Soon]

Does nwanko have only 1 year of eligibility left? If he plays this year, he’s done?

He came from JUCO so maybe two?

 

[TINY]

My thoughts on redshirting have not changed through the years. I always felt that if a guy could crack the rotation, he should play. 20+ years later, I still cringe at the thought of Jason Dietrick redshirting the 2002-2003 season order to balance out the classes since we were already losing the like of Hollis, Ebi and Quannas...still can't help but think we would have gone further with Dietrick in the lineup. Dietrick was arguably our best player on the 2003-2004 team, but that team was Kelvin's only team that did not make the Dance. Forget hindsight. I just never liked the idea of redshirting a valuable player on a team that was a title contender. The stakes aren't as high now, but Moser needs to make the Dance. As such, it has to be all hands on deck if a guy can contribute.

I had forgotten about that redshirt. Detrick had already shown that he could play the previous year. Damn

 

[NickZepp]

My thoughts on redshirting have not changed through the years. I always felt that if a guy could crack the rotation, he should play. 20+ years later, I still cringe at the thought of Jason Dietrick redshirting the 2002-2003 season order to balance out the classes since we were already losing the like of Hollis, Ebi and Quannas...still can't help but think we would have gone further with Dietrick in the lineup. Dietrick was arguably our best player on the 2003-2004 team, but that team was Kelvin's only team that did not make the Dance. Forget hindsight. I just never liked the idea of redshirting a valuable player on a team that was a title contender. The stakes aren't as high now, but Moser needs to make the Dance. As such, it has to be all hands on deck if a guy can contribute.

If Nwankwo or Jones can play, play them but this isn't like it's a healthy scratch with Dietrick pretty much was. It's gonna be tough to find a role in conference play that's as good as the SEC is this year.