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From watching this video, H Polla is ~1/2" taller than Manek and ~1" taller than Lattin

He and J Muni have got to be very close in height
 
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Larry72 said:
From watching this video, H Polla is ~1/2" taller than Manek and ~1" taller than Lattin

He and J Muni have got to be very close in height
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You got all of that from watching this video? I barely remember when my eyes were that good.

I did see one thing, though. Polla ducked his head when he exited the bus.
 
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Thought I'd share a quick tidbit I hadn't seen mentioned yet. I found a interview with Matt Freeman off of the official New Zealand Basketball website talking about his journey and coming back home for this trip. Similar to what Sooner Sports has covered. The article did talk about the team we are facing in New Zealand. I think Sooner sports has shown we face New Zealand Select team but this article sheds different details. The "New Zealand Premier" is the team we'll face. A little different then the Select team that has 8 guys with college experience in the U.S. One being Sam Timmins, a 6'11'' 275lbs. sophomore center for the University of Washington. Here's the copy and paste part talking about the Premiere team and their roster makeup.

On this occasion though, Freeman will be representing Oklahoma University against a team called New Zealand Premiere, which is a one-time exhibition, barbarian-styled team.

NZ Premiere Head Coach Mike Fitchett (Assistant Coach to New Zealand Breakers and New Zealand Select), says it will be a big challenge for the those Kiwis pulled in for this exhibition match, especially when matching up against the well-drilled high-performance unit of OU, a team that plays in the tough BIG 12 Conference and were in the Final Four in 2016.

“It’s no secret this Premiere team won’t enjoy any substantial time together, especially with a number of the team playing in the Under 23 National tournament immediately preceding the game. But many of the players have played through the junior system together, so they should have some familiarity playing with each other.

“It’s a great opportunity for our local talent to be able to have a crack at such a big time programme that is OU. It will be awesome for the guys that have played with and against Matt Freeman, to see how he has progressed and how good he is now. Just a great chance for the guys involved to have a high level game to participate in,” said Coach Fitchett.

Oklahoma University are in New Zealand for only two days and then fly to Australia where they have a further four games.

The game will be held at Auckland Grammar School on Sunday 6 August. 3pm Tip off. Gold Coin Entry, but the crowd will be limited to first 500.
 
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I know that Grammar school very well. I stole a lot of milk money from those kids at recess.;)
 
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Thanks for the info
 
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Larry72 said:
From watching this video, H Polla is ~1/2" taller than Manek and ~1" taller than Lattin

He and J Muni have got to be very close in height
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From the group picture of when they arrived in New Zealand, Polla looks a lot taller than Manek. Lattin looks taller than Manek, too. Odomes' arms look huge. It's obvious the team has hit the weights in the off-season.
 
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Always love the height debates every year, here's my take:

--I think Polla is legit 6-11 if not 7. But i'm probably wrong.. Yeah nah prolly not 7.
--Manek seems legit 6-9, at least 6-8, and Polla looked 3 inches taller in a practice video.
--The thing that surprised me from the NZ pic was that Doolittle looked to be like 4 inches taller than Kam. If Kam is legit 6-5 that means Doolittle has grown quite a bit from 6-7.

You always have to take into account the depth in pics. For instance, guys standing behind always look shorter. They have to be standing side by side to get a good sense. I haven't had enough of a sample to really be sure on these guys.

My curiosity was sparked on this subject when someone here said Spangler was 6-5, and I thought what BS. I then started comparing him in games at the FT line to guys on other teams just in case OU measurements were fudged. I finally realized he was in fact 6-8 when after a year sample he appeared to be the exact same height as Tae Thomas. Then at the NBA combine they measured Tae at 6-8. I wish the NBA would only measure without shoes, instead of both..

So, sometimes they're right, sometimes they're fudged...
 
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Good points about how a player's height can be deceiving, Stikboy. I think it's safe to say the listed heights in media guides for nearly every school are exaggerated some more often than not, meaning schools list the measurements in shoes, not in their bare feet. I don't have a problem with that. I haven't seen any barefooted basketball players lately.

I'm not sure the listed height matters all that much, are you? Players with great hops, or unusually long arms or big booties play bigger than their actual size. At the same time, some may play smaller, especially if they're not good at blocking out or holding on to their position down low.

As for Mister Polla (and, yes, I think some players may be calling him "Mister" before he's through), he is one big dude! I have a feeling he'll be the one doing the "moving" on the inside this season, not the other way around. Maybe he can teach the art of blocking out to some of his teammates. :)
 
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Ada I don't think it's the end all be all but it's nice to have height and length in basketball. And it's nice to have some sort of "official" measurements. Because we know that recruiting sites, players and coaches fudge alot.

Even though Soonersports football measurements aren't perfect, they are for the most part very conservative, which leads me to believe most are accurate. There was one defensive line recruit that lost 4 inches from when he signed this last cycle... Kind of amusing...
 
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Does anyone know if they'll make the other games available to watch online? I don't know what happened that prevented them from making game 1 available but I'd like to watch the others if possible.
 
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chuckb said:
Does anyone know if they'll make the other games available to watch online? I don't know what happened that prevented them from making game 1 available but I'd like to watch the others if possible.
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I watched game 1 and plan on watching the others also. it was on facebook live.
 
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chuckb said:
Does anyone know if they'll make the other games available to watch online? I don't know what happened that prevented them from making game 1 available but I'd like to watch the others if possible.
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What browser are you using?
 
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chrome and FB work well together
 
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coolm said:
chrome and FB work well together
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From what I could gather tonight, if you are trying to watch on your phone, you need to go through the Facebook app in order for the video to work. Going through Chrome on the phone didn't seem to work.
 
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my bad. I keep forgetting people all use their phones to watch stuff now. I use my computer at home.
 
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Yep, I watched with Chrome. It's just an active box on the OU bball facebook page. Make sure all needed plugins are installed.
 
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