(3) 7 footers, (2) 6’9” (2) 6’8”……

[Woodsmoke]

No	Player	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	MPG	Notes
0	Rob Dillingham	G	Fr.	6-3	176	—	No. 20 recruit in 2023 class
1	Justin Edwards	F	Fr.	6-8	203	—	No. 3 recruit in 2023 class
2	Aaron Bradshaw	C	Fr.	7-1	226	—	No. 5 recruit in 2023 class
3	Adou Thiero	G	So.	6-8	222	9.7	Played in 20 games as a freshman
4	Tre Mitchell	F	Sr.	6-9	231	30.0	Started 32 games at WVU last season
12	Antonio Reeves	G	Sr.	6-6	195	27.9	UK's top backcourt scorer last season
15	Reed Sheppard	G	Fr.	6-3	187	—	No. 75 recruit in 2023 class
20	Joey Hart	G	Fr.	6-5	203	—	Three-star recruit in 2023 class
21	DJ Wagner	G	Fr.	6-4	192	—	No. 6 recruit in 2023 class
23	Jordan Burks	F	Fr.	6-9	202	—	Led OTE in scoring last season
33	Ugonna Onyenso	F	So.	7-0	247	6.9	16 blocks in 110 minutes last season
44	Zvonimir Ivisic	C	Fr.	7-2	234	—	Possible NBA Draft pick in 2024

 

[Cowtown Cat]

No	Player	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	MPG	Notes
0	Rob Dillingham	G	Fr.	6-3	176	—	No. 20 recruit in 2023 class
1	Justin Edwards	F	Fr.	6-8	203	—	No. 3 recruit in 2023 class
2	Aaron Bradshaw	C	Fr.	7-1	226	—	No. 5 recruit in 2023 class
3	Adou Thiero	G	So.	6-8	222	9.7	Played in 20 games as a freshman
4	Tre Mitchell	F	Sr.	6-9	231	30.0	Started 32 games at WVU last season
12	Antonio Reeves	G	Sr.	6-6	195	27.9	UK's top backcourt scorer last season
15	Reed Sheppard	G	Fr.	6-3	187	—	No. 75 recruit in 2023 class
20	Joey Hart	G	Fr.	6-5	203	—	Three-star recruit in 2023 class
21	DJ Wagner	G	Fr.	6-4	192	—	No. 6 recruit in 2023 class
23	Jordan Burks	F	Fr.	6-9	202	—	Led OTE in scoring last season
33	Ugonna Onyenso	F	So.	7-0	247	6.9	16 blocks in 110 minutes last season
44	Zvonimir Ivisic	C	Fr.	7-2	234	—	Possible NBA Draft pick in 2024

Reed Sheppard as the 75th recruit in the class is absolute blasphemy! They missed the mark on that one.

 

[sambowieshin]

Lot of atheticism and length there. Just hoping for some bball skills to go along with it.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Theiro at 6’8 now? Geez he may be our 4th 7 footer by conference play!

 

[blue cincy]

Reed Sheppard as the 75th recruit in the class is absolute blasphemy! They missed the mark on that one.

I thought I saw where he ranked 23 to 33 in the rankings. I never seen one that had him down there. Which service. Or maybe I am thinking of someone else.

 

[docholiday51]

Theiro at 6’8 now? Geez he may be our 4th 7 footer by conference play!

The most interesting thing about BBM was that during player introductions the announcers stated one height for players and the graphics on screen read another
Anyone else notice that?

 

[HerrosHeroes]

I thought I saw where he ranked 23 to 33 in the rankings. I never seen one that had him down there. Which service. Or maybe I am thinking of someone else.

Yeah he was around 20-25. If he was from Carolina and was the son of a Carolina or Duke former star bball player and picked either UNC or Duke to attend he would have been a top 10 recruit, easy.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

The most interesting thing about BBM was that during player introductions the announcers stated one height for players and the graphics on screen read another
Anyone else notice that?

Man some of those listed heights seem a bit far fetched;
Thiero and Edwards at 6’8?
Reeves at 6’6?
The kid from Miss at 6’9 as is Mitchell?
I hope so but I doubt all of those numbers.
As long as they play big; Im good regardless.
LfG!

 

[Catzman]

The most interesting thing about BBM was that during player introductions the announcers stated one height for players and the graphics on screen read another
Anyone else notice that?

Yes. I did.

 

[Woodsmoke]

Man some of those listed heights seem a bit far fetched;
Thiero and Edwards at 6’8?
Reeves at 6’6?
The kid from Miss at 6’9 as is Mitchell?
I hope so but I doubt all of those numbers.
As long as they play big; Im good regardless.
LfG!

Why do you doubt the numbers? Have you seen the players up close?

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Why do you doubt the numbers? Have you seen the players up close?

No I haven't seen them up close.
I guess I doubt it because it seems like at the summer Canada games the listed heights were less.

 

[cal=8]

No	Player	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	MPG	Notes
0	Rob Dillingham	G	Fr.	6-3	176	—	No. 20 recruit in 2023 class
1	Justin Edwards	F	Fr.	6-8	203	—	No. 3 recruit in 2023 class
2	Aaron Bradshaw	C	Fr.	7-1	226	—	No. 5 recruit in 2023 class
3	Adou Thiero	G	So.	6-8	222	9.7	Played in 20 games as a freshman
4	Tre Mitchell	F	Sr.	6-9	231	30.0	Started 32 games at WVU last season
12	Antonio Reeves	G	Sr.	6-6	195	27.9	UK's top backcourt scorer last season
15	Reed Sheppard	G	Fr.	6-3	187	—	No. 75 recruit in 2023 class
20	Joey Hart	G	Fr.	6-5	203	—	Three-star recruit in 2023 class
21	DJ Wagner	G	Fr.	6-4	192	—	No. 6 recruit in 2023 class
23	Jordan Burks	F	Fr.	6-9	202	—	Led OTE in scoring last season
33	Ugonna Onyenso	F	So.	7-0	247	6.9	16 blocks in 110 minutes last season
44	Zvonimir Ivisic	C	Fr.	7-2	234	—	Possible NBA Draft pick in 2024

On paper it looks to be the 4th most talented roster in the Cal era. I think this team is gonna be legit!

 

[Myth Buster51]

Those numbers don't mean a thing. Wes Unseld was only 6' 6". Can they play at a high level?

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Interesting that some of the preseason rankings talk about Tennessee's Freddie Dillione as a potential difference maker for the Vols this season. He WAS the 2nd leading score for OTE, after all.. really makes you wonder how much buzz the ACTUAL leading scorer of OTE must be getting for his team..

 

[docholiday51]

Those numbers don't mean a thing. Wes Unseld was only 6' 6". Can they play at a high level?

Chuck Hayes says hi, how you'll doin'

 

[OmahaCats]

Lot of atheticism and length there. Just hoping for some bball skills to go along with it.

Reeves grew 2 inches since last year? At the age of 23. Doubt that

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Also, with Adou being 6-8 (even if that's stretched a bit) and Burks and Tre at 6-9.. we really SHOULDN'T be too exposed under the hoop, if we play some of these guys down low. And aside from Dickinson at Kansas, I bet we don't face too many great-to-elite front courts until SEC play. For instance, the next big game after Kansas is Miami. They have a sub top100 6-10 freshman and a 6-10 sophomore who wasn't really used last year. I have to imagine we'd be fine against the Miami bigs.

 

[sambowieshin]

Reeves grew 2 inches since last year? At the age of 23. Doubt that

 

[docholiday51]

Also, with Adou being 6-8 (even if that's stretched a bit) and Burks and Tre at 6-9.. we really SHOULDN'T be too exposed under the hoop, if we play some of these guys down low. And aside from Dickinson at Kansas, I bet we don't face too many great-to-elite front courts until SEC play. For instance, the next big game after Kansas is Miami. They have a sub top100 6-10 freshman and a 6-10 sophomore who wasn't really used last year. I have to imagine we'd be fine against the Miami bigs.

None of our big guys are overly physical, which in today's basketball is just fine most of the time. We just can't get pushed around so we don't get our share of offensive rebounds. Thiero is likely to help cause I don't think he will get out worked on the board too often

 

[txcat24]

No I haven't seen them up close.
I guess I doubt it because it seems like at the summer Canada games the listed heights were less.

That was in Canadian dollars.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

That was in Canadian dollars.

Metric system makes them look shorter

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

None of our big guys are overly physical, which in today's basketball is just fine most of the time. We just can't get pushed around so we don't get our share of offensive rebounds. Thiero is likely to help cause I don't think he will get out worked on the board too often

I think this is where we will really miss Oscar, especially when playing physical teams like Tennessee.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

None of our big guys are overly physical, which in today's basketball is just fine most of the time. We just can't get pushed around so we don't get our share of offensive rebounds. Thiero is likely to help cause I don't think he will get out worked on the board too often

Yeah my hope here is that we can just weather the storm. So often we will be bigger than a team on the measurements.. but it doesn't always stop that smaller center from working us in the paint. The good news though, IA there really shouldn't be any front courts that are markedly bigger/better than our reserves. And also, what is the opposing center going to do when someone like Tre Mitchell is the 5 and is drawing them out to the perimeter.

Going to be very important for Cal to game plan this and not let it be too much of a hindrance. I would hate to lose to a Miami or even worse, a mid major, simply because their front court grabs like 50 points and 30 rebounds on us.

 

[Jireh]

Not many teams can have a guy who is 7' tall and still have two teammates who are taller.

 

[Woodsmoke]

Those numbers don't mean a thing. Wes Unseld was only 6' 6". Can they play at a high level?

Unseld was 6’7”

 

[JonathanW]

The most interesting thing about BBM was that during player introductions the announcers stated one height for players and the graphics on screen read another
Anyone else notice that?

I did. They had a 2” difference for Theiro. So I took the difference and call him 6’7

 

[screwduke1]

Why do you doubt the numbers? Have you seen the players up close?

HH is Cal

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

No	Player	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	MPG	Notes
0	Rob Dillingham	G	Fr.	6-3	176	—	No. 20 recruit in 2023 class
1	Justin Edwards	F	Fr.	6-8	203	—	No. 3 recruit in 2023 class
2	Aaron Bradshaw	C	Fr.	7-1	226	—	No. 5 recruit in 2023 class
3	Adou Thiero	G	So.	6-8	222	9.7	Played in 20 games as a freshman
4	Tre Mitchell	F	Sr.	6-9	231	30.0	Started 32 games at WVU last season
12	Antonio Reeves	G	Sr.	6-6	195	27.9	UK's top backcourt scorer last season
15	Reed Sheppard	G	Fr.	6-3	187	—	No. 75 recruit in 2023 class
20	Joey Hart	G	Fr.	6-5	203	—	Three-star recruit in 2023 class
21	DJ Wagner	G	Fr.	6-4	192	—	No. 6 recruit in 2023 class
23	Jordan Burks	F	Fr.	6-9	202	—	Led OTE in scoring last season
33	Ugonna Onyenso	F	So.	7-0	247	6.9	16 blocks in 110 minutes last season
44	Zvonimir Ivisic	C	Fr.	7-2	234	—	Possible NBA Draft pick in 2024

Probably mirrors a lot of NBA rosters. Refs going to have their hardest time ever with depth like this.

 

[rob_47]

Man some of those listed heights seem a bit far fetched;
Thiero and Edwards at 6’8?
Reeves at 6’6?
The kid from Miss at 6’9 as is Mitchell?
I hope so but I doubt all of those numbers.
As long as they play big; Im good regardless.
LfG!

Yeah they are definitely giving Thiero 2 inches. There has been this consistent push to make Thiero taller than he really is. I dont think it really matters that much as far as his ability to play down low.

 

[Padsfs07]

Reeves grew 2 inches since last year? At the age of 23. Doubt that

These are probably with shoes.

Reeves was listed at 6'5, so 1", which is probably shoes.

 

[BigKari]

Ugo, Burks, and Hart won’t see much time. Dillingham and Thiero are 8th and 9th men. As long as Dillingham plays unselfish like he did in the off-season games, he’s going to be great off the bench providing a spark. Thiero needs to play 10-15 mpg at the 4. Would love to see Cal go into a season with a well defined 9 man rotation and stick with it throughout. Won’t hold my breath though.

 

[docholiday51]

These are probably with shoes.

Reeves was listed at 6'5, so 1", which is probably shoes.

Still waiting to see a basketball player play barefooted

 

[docholiday51]

Really those 1" or 2" only make a difference in 4* or 5* porn actors

 

[JonathanW]

Ugo, Burks, and Hart won’t see much time. Dillingham and Thiero are 8th and 9th men. As long as Dillingham plays unselfish like he did in the off-season games, he’s going to be great off the bench providing a spark. Thiero needs to play 10-15 mpg at the 4. Would love to see Cal go into a season with a well defined 9 man rotation and stick with it throughout. Won’t hold my breath though.

Before his injury, I thought Onyenso would play 20mpg.
But now his health status I think will determine how much all 3 big men play. And the longer the 2 are out, the more entrenched in minutes Z will become.

Hart and probably Burks will only play final 2 minutes, or maybe if injury or foul trouble. Burks looked closer to 6'8 next to Theiro & Edwards and Reeves.

Theiro will play more than some believe, because of his toughness, his fight, his defense, and his rebounding.

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

If Hart is better than Sheppard and Dillingham in game action and Burks is better than Edwards in game action, could they play ahead of them?

 

[docholiday51]

If Hart is better than Sheppard and Dillingham in game action and Burks is better than Edwards in game action, could they play ahead of them?

Cal will play his 5* above all else(not saying Hart or Burks are better than the others) but you know how Cal operates

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Funny to make a post getting excited about our 3 seven footers, when it's entirely possible that NONE of them play this season.

 

[bbncal02]

Funny to make a post getting excited about our 3 seven footers, when it's entirely possible that NONE of them play this season.

I'm starting to worry a bit about Bradshaw, especially after this.....


"How about this..."

No, Cal. Just NO. How about some damn truth for once.

 

[BigKari]

If Hart is better than Sheppard and Dillingham in game action and Burks is better than Edwards in game action, could they play ahead of them?

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then every day would be Erntedankfest.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

I'm starting to worry a bit about Bradshaw, especially after this.....

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"How about this..."

No, Cal. Just NO. How about some damn truth for once.

To me, based on previous track record of lies and deception, this means that at least Bradshaw never plays, and possibly Oyenso. If that's the case, I want Cal the eff gone.