Jordan Woodard Update (scout)

[BigTime]

Source Link from Yesterday

A couple of things without copying the article:

- Says he will likely decide by the end of July
- Recently visited OU with his family and hs coach
- Stanford and OU recruiting him the hardest

Would love to get Woodard and Clark and then 2 bigs....

 

[MNsooner]

He is definitely on my OU wishlist.

 

[AdaSooner]

Source Link from Yesterday

A couple of things without copying the article:

- Says he will likely decide by the end of July
- Recently visited OU with his family and hs coach
- Stanford and OU recruiting him the hardest

Would love to get Woodard and Clark and then 2 bigs....

Like you, I will be one happy OU basketball fan if we sign both players.

As a realist, though, I can't see two point guards who need the ball in their hands to be effective choosing the same school. If I was Coach Kruger, I would welcome the first player to commit with open arms and let the chips fall where they may. We can't afford to let two high-caliber instate point guards slip through our fingers in the same year.

 

[Sam]

OU's got a good shot at Woodard, almost no shot at Clark.

 

[WTSooner]

Like you, I will be one happy OU basketball fan if we sign both players.

As a realist, though, I can't see two point guards who need the ball in their hands to be effective choosing the same school. If I was Coach Kruger, I would welcome the first player to commit with open arms and let the chips fall where they may. We can't afford to let two high-caliber instate point guards slip through our fingers in the same year.

Kind of agree.

If we get Woodard, I'd almost rather get a kid like Foster, more of a combo guard, or SG, somebody that can fill it up. I know Foster is probably a lot like Clark, but he seems a bit more suited for duty at the off guard position.

And Henry might be one of the two bigs.

 

[Sam]

Henry is expected to be at Redlands (El Reno), I believe he'll be playing for one year, then will be a member of the 2013 class.

Expect more focus on bringing in post players than guards, sure OU will likely take a talented guard but with the current freshman class has three talented guards along with Clark and Neal are still on the roster for another year. But the returning post options are a lot thinner with Fitz, Osby and Arent graduating.

 

[WTSooner]

Henry is expected to be at Redlands (El Reno), I believe he'll be playing for one year, then will be a member of the 2013 class.

Expect more focus on bringing in post players than guards, sure OU will likely take a talented guard but with the current freshman class has three talented guards along with Clark and Neal are still on the roster for another year. But the returning post options are a lot thinner with Fitz, Osby and Arent graduating.

I think it'll be 2 guards and 2 posts (with Henry being a post). If you break the roster down by guards and posts, even with three guards in the 2012 class, we still need two in 2013, unless LK is viewing Henry as a wing, and I just can't see that. I think he is a small four, with some perimeter skills. Plus, we're still recruiting far too many guards, far too hard, to only take one of them. The proof of that will be that we still go after Clark/Foster/xxxxx after Woodard commits to us in a couple of weeks.

 

[Sam]

I'm not one of those that believes M'Baye is going to spend 100% on the wing, but I am confident he can be a small forward at the Big 12 level and will play some time there over the next couple seasons. So he should factor into backcourt depth.

 

[WTSooner]

I'm not one of those that believes M'Baye is going to spend 100% on the wing, but I am confident he can be a small forward at the Big 12 level and will play some time there over the next couple seasons. So he should factor into backcourt depth.

I don't completely disagree, but I think after losing Osby and Fitz this year, we just about half to move him back inside next year, as a starter. If M'Baye is going to get wing minutes, he'll get them this year. Next year, with only he, Spangler, Bennett, and Cole as bigs with experience, I expect M'Baye to start inside and to play 100% inside.

It'll be interesting to see how this class turns out.

 

[WTSooner]

We've heard a lot lately on the recruitment of Clark, Foster, and Woodard, but not much else. I wonder what bigs we're legitimately in on at this point?

 

[Sam]

One possible option
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[WTSooner]

I do not like that name.

 

[Capel's Mustache]

OU's got a good shot at Woodard, almost no shot at Clark.

Any new news on Stevie (Steely voice)? Or just same impression you had before?

 

[BoulderSooner]

I don't completely disagree, but I think after losing Osby and Fitz this year, we just about half to move him back inside next year, as a starter. If M'Baye is going to get wing minutes, he'll get them this year. Next year, with only he, Spangler, Bennett, and Cole as bigs with experience, I expect M'Baye to start inside and to play 100% inside.

It'll be interesting to see how this class turns out.

unless we sign one a impact big man ... i 100% agree with you

we badly need to sign 1 or 2 impact bigs in this class ..

 

[BoulderSooner]

glad he is choosing soon .. we will have time to move on if he goes to stanford or memphis

 

[SoonerinNC]

I want Clark. He is a game changer and much better than Woodward.

 

[25mob]

I want Clark. He is a game changer and much better than Woodward.

I would rather have Woodard committed at the end of July instead of passing on him and waiting on Clark late and missing out on both. this is what got Capel in trouble. it seems as if LK is getting good players when he can and letting those who drag their feet do just that... drag their feet and go else where.

 

[Smash Williams]

I don't completely disagree, but I think after losing Osby and Fitz this year, we just about half to move him back inside next year, as a starter. If M'Baye is going to get wing minutes, he'll get them this year. Next year, with only he, Spangler, Bennett, and Cole as bigs with experience, I expect M'Baye to start inside and to play 100% inside.

It'll be interesting to see how this class turns out.

In college basketball, it seems as though positional tweeners almost always play up (i.e. at the 4 rather than the 3). A 6'9" college player, regardless of skill level, almost always defends one of the post positions unless a team is just stacked with talented bigs. That's why I'd be surprised to see M'Baye get many wing minutes.

 

[Smash Williams]

Seems as though we have a similar conversation every year regarding bigs that people want to be wings.

http://ouhoops.com/forum/showthread.php?p=303449&highlight=osby+small+forward#post303449

How many minutes did Osby play at the 3?

 

[DenverSooner]

Like you, I will be one happy OU basketball fan if we sign both players.

As a realist, though, I can't see two point guards who need the ball in their hands to be effective choosing the same school. If I was Coach Kruger, I would welcome the first player to commit with open arms and let the chips fall where they may. We can't afford to let two high-caliber instate point guards slip through our fingers in the same year.

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