South Dakota St big man Oscar Cluff enters portal, 17.6 ppg, 12.3rpg and 2.8ast per game, another predict fit for Pope
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We are going to have to watch Fargo to get ready for these accents if you guys are correct.
Never mind he is from Australia.
Never mind he is from Australia.
Looks good offensively, but also looks slow, and only 0.8 blk/gm. So may be a defensive liability
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#2 overall Defensive Rating in the nation at 32.2 (Per Torvik)
His defense stat is good
So was Amari’s. He can’t guard in a phone booth.
I am fine with Amari's defense in recent games
There was a time earlier in the season that I would have agreed with that, but he’s stepped it up the past several weeks. Seems like he just needed some time to adjust to the level of competition, although that could be a concern in the early season for any of these mid-major and small conference transfers.
He will probably be top c option in the portal
It seems that he can make good defense despite is not good at blocking
It seems that he can make good defense despite is not good at blocking
Doubtful that Johni Broome agrees with you.
Amari is good in SEC, he is mid major player
butler is not from P5...
I think if a mid major player has good athleticism or has strong body, it is safe to say that this player will translate well in SEC
True but this portal cycle is not going to yield the quality and depth of last year's class.
No fifth year guys unless they started in JUCO.
I was going through the draft big board(top100 prospects) trying to figure out who this year's Robinson, Lanier, Wells, and Davis would be as in players who simultaneously enter the draft and portal.
Really couldn't find a definite guy.
Amari is one of the best on the ball defending bigs in the country. I’m not sure what you’ve been watching all yearZ
Butler, mid-major who made it to Final 4, hit game winning shot in Final 4, making it to final game
Williams, mid-major
Brea, mid-major
Carr, was mid-major before transferring to WF
Reeves, was mid-major
Grady, was mid-major (having a really good year on a really good team, until injuries got him and others)
Looking at other top SEC teams:
Broome, was a mid-major (in KY)
Sears, was a mid-major
Lanier, was a mid-major
Clayton, was a mid-major
Knecht, was a mid-major
I’ve been interested in this guy for a while. Not a shot blocker, but has a chance to do a great job at everything else. He was conference all-defense in spite of his lack of shot blocking. He’s nimble.
If we get him it will be critical that the team has guards who can stay in front of their man. Then his defensive rebounding could take over.
If we get him it will be critical that the team has guards who can stay in front of their man. Then his defensive rebounding could take over.
Bad take.
Mark Sears came from Ohio Univ
Johni Broome came from Morehead St
Dalton Knecht came from Northern Colorado
Walter Clayton Jr. came from Iona
Chaz Lanier came from North Florida
Grant Nelson came from North Dakota
JT Toppin came from New Mexico
Those are just right off the top of my head.
You can get elite skill and athleticism from low or mid-majors.
Amari said himself he struggled to learn how to play defense in this league. How he is playing now, he would have fouled out in the first half in his old conference. I saw an interview basically with him saying I had to relearn what a foul is.
Cluff’s defensive rating is so high in part because he has rebound rates on par with Oscar Tshiebwe.
I’m skeptical here. The little bit I watched he looks like he should be at Saint Mary’s. Good, unathletic big, heck he’s even from Australia where Saint Mary’s has crushed.
Does anyone have a good example of someone that transferred down a level then transferred back up to great success? He went from Washington St last year as a very very average player to great at SDSU in the Summit.
Does anyone have a good example of someone that transferred down a level then transferred back up to great success? He went from Washington St last year as a very very average player to great at SDSU in the Summit.
That is a better question. Probably a lot fewer, but I think probably a lot fewer have even tried doing that.
David Sisk mentioned a guy named Reed Bailey from Davidson. He's not in portal yet but said UK would have huge interest.
The amount of bad takes in this thread is dizzying. Looking forward to see who Pope goes after.
Cuff had an extremely high defensive rebounding rate. His rate this past season approached Tshiebwe's from 2022.
1. High assist rate
2. Conference all-defense
3. Very good free throw percentage, and he’s made what few threes he has taken.
Proven do it all centers are going to be in the draft, not the portal. But this guy has a chance to become a do it all center.
I share everyone’s skepticism in a way. But there’s a lot to like here.
Thanks; I appreciate getting an informed answer. I knew he had a good assist rate but wondered if he had any shooting range. Most bigs that shoot free throws well often can become good 3 point shooters. I also didn't know he was defensive all conference. Sounding better to me...
