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Ousmane Ba - C
From: Mali
School: Lee College
Travel/AAU:

Ht: 6-11
Wt: 220

RANKINGS:
Rivals: NR



OFFERS:

INTEREST:
Rhode Island

Stats: http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2014 ... maneba3lc3

This is good news...I'm looking for highlights now

For whatever it's worth, here's his Twitter link:

https://twitter.com/baelane

This is exciting!

His junior college stats don't excite me. Maybe there's more than meets the eye, but other than height, I'm not sure what he brings.

Can't find any video to speak of

His height excites me. Also people need to stop bringing up Blake vedder, he came in untested. Doesn't mean every 7 footer we try to get wont make a layup. I say go for it.

He brings a great name!!!

Unless there is something that is not obvious, (eg like playing with a broken hand and leg) this has to be a real stretch being an offensive step down from Earl.

If we sign him, it will seem like a semi-panic move and will be very dissappointing.

There's this pathetic Youtube "highlight":

Wow! He's 6'10" whoo, hoo!.
We need to sign him, because he's 6'10"!
NO!

Rhody74 wrote:There's this pathetic Youtube "highlight":

Is this real??

Geez, TP, one of us should make a similar highlight.
It proves he can score against nobody with nobody playing.
Very impressive!

I literally LOLed when I saw the "highlight" film. He can't even score 10 points on a court by himself. Don't even know what to say honestly. It's crazy.

We should definitely only evaluate this kid based off that weird Youtube clip and not at all based on what Dan and the staff think after meeting him and working him out in the gym...

Lighten up, Francis!

My intuition says neither one.

Where's the Greek kid...

Billyboy78 wrote:Where's the Greek kid...

He's invisible on the Ba video. That's why Ba is having so much trouble getting to the rim.

I don't endorse mean spiritedness about the video. It is incredible, but it is either hilarious or adorable, depending on his intent. In either case, it is endearing. I don't think calling it pathetic is necessary.

TruePoint wrote:I don't endorse mean spiritedness about the video. It is incredible, but it is either hilarious or adorable, depending on his intent. In either case, it is endearing. I don't think calling it pathetic is necessary.

Did you and your wife just have a baby?

"Ba-Ba-Bayyyyy-beeee for the two-handed slam!!!!"

You are a weird, weird person.

Everyone is weird... some just hide it better than others.

DanInAZ wrote:Everyone is weird... some just hide it better than others.

Jeez, thanks for the support/endorsement, Dan!

TruePoint wrote:I don't endorse mean spiritedness about the video. It is incredible, but it is either hilarious or adorable, depending on his intent. In either case, it is endearing. I don't think calling it pathetic is necessary.

I presumed his intent was to showcase his talents. If so, I stand by "pathetic". There's nothing endearing about it.

Are these 2 the best we can get?

I could make a video of myself walking around the court missing jumpers too, if that's what it takes.

Seriously, is the staff serious?

Dumpster diving, indeed.

If we offer either of them, THAT is pathetic......

WTF!!! I have 8th graders that I coach that would eat this stiff up. Don't they know about editing out 8 missed jumpers in a row?
Layup percentage is 50%. Are we paying expenses to bring this kid in for a visit? Is this a joke, or are we looking at kids that would get cut at some high schools?

We need someone that will give Iffy and Earl
more confidence, by feeling like Hakeem Olajuon,
by playing against Ba.

The video was uploaded 2 years ago. I would assume he is a lot better. 6'10 kids are also later to develop. We don't need a world beater, just someone who could develop under coach hurley and provide us a few serviceable minutes off the bench next year.

Not a lot of time develop a JC with 2 years of eligibility.

Just say NO!

Ba and Berry , in my opinion, are not of the caliber we need to bring us to where we aspire to be and adding one of them to the roster gives us nothing we can't live without...A repentant and committed Jordan Hare is by far our best alternative at this point . Given the apparent lack of quality big men we seem to be involved with, this seems to me to be a very real possibility.. I for one would not be unhappy with this at all....this kid was a 4 star out of high school and was on the lists of schools like Kentucky, Michigan and Michigan State...His talent and ability were never the question , his judgement and seeming inability to commit to "the cause" were/still are the questions. He has two years to turn things around and make a name for himself and if he has "seen the light" and can make that commitment his addition to this team would elevate us big time...
If he is repentant and committed...

Rhodekill wrote:Ba and Berry , in my opinion, are not of the caliber we need to bring us to where we aspire to be and adding one of them to the roster gives us nothing we can't live without...A repentant and committed Jordan Hare is by far our best alternative at this point.

Nope, gonna cut you off there. No one's entertaining that option.

Exactly. Can we just end the Hare nonsense? He's a two time quitter. And Rod says there's another baby on the way. Yeah, there's a great recipe to have a committed and focused ball player.

1. We're not sure that's our guy in the highlight video, right?
2. The music choice may be the funniest part of the whole video, for me.

Andrew wrote:1. We're not sure that's our guy in the highlight video, right?
2. The music choice may be the funniest part of the whole video, for me.

I'm sure the invisible Greek is in the video…...

bressler3south wrote:

Andrew wrote:1. We're not sure that's our guy in the highlight video, right?
2. The music choice may be the funniest part of the whole video, for me.

I'm sure the invisible Greek is in the video…...

I think the Greek kid was invisible when he was on campus yesterday too.

Andrew wrote:

Rhodekill wrote:Ba and Berry , in my opinion, are not of the caliber we need to bring us to where we aspire to be and adding one of them to the roster gives us nothing we can't live without...A repentant and committed Jordan Hare is by far our best alternative at this point.

Nope, gonna cut you off there. No one's entertaining that option

Really?? I think you are mistaken. See if he is in the summer session and then make your judgment. Also don't cut people off, it's rude and also presumptuous

rambone 78 wrote:Seriously, is the staff serious?

Dumpster diving, indeed.

If we offer either of them, THAT is pathetic......

Would you say that to Dan's face? Do you doubt that he and his staff have way more information about these players who they are evaluating than we all do?

Rhodekill wrote:

Andrew wrote:

Rhodekill wrote:Ba and Berry , in my opinion, are not of the caliber we need to bring us to where we aspire to be and adding one of them to the roster gives us nothing we can't live without...A repentant and committed Jordan Hare is by far our best alternative at this point.

Nope, gonna cut you off there. No one's entertaining that option

Really?? I think you are mistaken. See if he is in the summer session and then make your judgment. Also don't cut people off, it's rude and also presumptuous

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So, any word on the "Gladiatorial Showdown"?

I have no words for that video. Maybe he got Rhode Island College and us confused?

Smokinjimit wrote:I have no words for that video. Maybe he got Rhode Island College and us confused?

Just keep smokin'….the rest of us are.

Yes, but the fact is, he was here on campus this weekend.
So, staff knows we're not RIC.

Smokinjimit wrote:I have no words for that video. Maybe he got Rhode Island College and us confused?

As the person who posted that video, I would be remiss by not pointing out it was a couple of years old (at least) and was obviously amateurish, probably done on a cell phone. While the video is hideous, I did not mean to imply that it was a true representation of his abilities.

I'd be interested in hearing from someone in the know how the "tryout" worked out. Both guys played for decent high school programs so I doubt they're complete stiffs. But how much they'd be able to contribute is still an open question. There are still guys out there (like recent Princeton de-commit Wyatt Walker, who I mentioned in another thread), so I totally haven't given up hope.

rodfromcranston wrote:Yes, but the fact is, he was here on campus this weekend.
So, staff knows we're not RIC.

RIC=RHODE ISLAND CENTERS…...

Who is our Director of Player Development?

So I'm assuming Ba is out of the picture now?

Rhody15 wrote:So I'm assuming Ba is out of the picture now?

Seems like maybe its a safe assumption yeah. Must not have loved what they saw last weekend.

We will always have Ba's video, which, all joking aside, melts my heart like it is the Fox and the Hound.