AsiaSunset
Postdoc
Posts: 3078
Reg: 11-21-04
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05-16-12 05:50 PM - Post#129319
Has a difficult 1st name that escapes me but his last name is Lo. He's a German national and played for ex Penn asst Chris Sparks up at Wibraham & Monson last year. Saw it flaash across Twitter yesterday.
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mrjames
Postdoc
Posts: 3005
Loc: New York, NY
Reg: 11-21-04
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05-16-12 05:56 PM - Post#129320
In response to AsiaSunset
Maodo Lo
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hoopsfan
Junior
Posts: 274
Reg: 12-26-04
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05-16-12 07:30 PM - Post#129321
In response to mrjames
videos: http://hrplayerprofiles.blogspot.com/2011/11/maodo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMh4VP5TNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsvDD2ImnPo
Played for the German 18u team.
http://www.nehoopnews.com/news/1803/Wilbraham-M ons...
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besnoah
Senior
Posts: 331
Reg: 12-14-05
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09-12-12 03:39 PM - Post#132320
In response to hoopsfan
Alex Kline
RT @RyanJamesMN: 2013 St. Cloud Cathedral (MN) center Conor Voss has committed to play at Columbia.
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cc66
Masters Student
Posts: 473
Reg: 10-09-09
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09-12-12 05:09 PM - Post#132323
In response to besnoah
He's 7', but was injured for much of last year. Does anyone know what his upside is?
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mrjames
Postdoc
Posts: 3005
Loc: New York, NY
Reg: 11-21-04
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09-12-12 05:49 PM - Post#132324
In response to cc66
Other than being really, really effing tall?
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Condor
PhD Student
Posts: 1252
Reg: 11-21-04
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09-12-12 06:18 PM - Post#132326
In response to cc66
According to Rivals, he was offered by Davidson, Holy Cross, North Dakota, San Francisco, Seattle, and TX Arlington. Hence, he certainly has had some mid-major interest.
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LionFan
Freshman
Posts: 88
Reg: 11-07-06
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09-12-12 06:38 PM - Post#132327
In response to Condor
Knee injury early last season kept him out, so no junior year stats or honors. School made regional tourney finals, endedup 24-6. Returned to playing late in the AAU season. Interesting that he has a handful of Div I scholarship offers despite the injury and before senior season started. Sounds promising. Committed to CU after visit - canceled trip to Davidson. Father is hockey coach, ex college player.
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hoopsfan
Junior
Posts: 274
Reg: 12-26-04
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09-12-12 06:38 PM - Post#132328
In response to Condor
Apparently played with the guys on his weekend visit and is over whatever his injury was. He runs well and is a shot blocker/rebounder right now with a developing offensive game.
"Twin City Boys Hoops" named him one of their 5 Players to Watch in July and said this:
#3) Connor Voss - Minnesota Comets Hanson 17s
Voss is the other big man in the middle on our list. His story is entirely different. He sat out a large chunk of the high school season due to injury. That carried over to him missing the entire April recruiting period as well. But he's gotten his legs back over the last 2 months and its showed. His performance at the North Dakota camp earned him an offer from the (insert non-offensive NCAA complaint nickname here). Is he trending toward a July where he breaks through onto a bigger stage?
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cc66
Masters Student
Posts: 473
Reg: 10-09-09
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09-12-12 08:34 PM - Post#132331
In response to mrjames
I have 7' footer expectation fatigue, brought on by the likes of Zack Crimmins and Max Craig. In his case, however, it sounds as if the potential is much greater.
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hoopsfan
Junior
Posts: 274
Reg: 12-26-04
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09-12-12 10:49 PM - Post#132338
In response to cc66
Photo of Voss: http://ny2lasports.com/player_details.aspx?playeri...
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Dr. V
Masters Student
Posts: 827
Reg: 11-21-04
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09-13-12 08:25 AM - Post#132343
In response to hoopsfan
Fatigue or no fatigue, in the immortal words of Coach Wooden, you can't teach height.
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hoopsfan
Junior
Posts: 274
Reg: 12-26-04
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09-13-12 08:48 AM - Post#132348
In response to Dr. V
This from Rivals after an AAU tourney which I am guessing was last summer:
A Big to Watch Six-foot-11, yes 6-foot-11, St. Cloud Cathedral center Connor Voss should be on the watch list of just about every college in the Midwest. Why? For one he's 6-foot-11. But two, the improvement in this young man in the past two months playing with the Minnesota Comets 16s is very eye opening. Voss is raw no question and because of that consistency isn't always there. But this weekend when the Comets came back from a dozen down to beat the Heat by eight big Connor Voss was a massive part of it. He changed the game on defense as the Heat wouldn't go near the rim to challenge him (after he blocked a couple shots) and posts couldn't shoot over him at all. He adjusted their shots to extremely low percentage angles. Add in that Connor consistently boarded and made a face-up ten footer and this is a guy whose mailbox should be filling with interest very soon.
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TheLine
PhD Student
Posts: 1242
Age: 49
Reg: 07-07-09
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09-13-12 09:26 AM - Post#132352
In response to hoopsfan
The current coaching staff has been pretty successful turning raw big men into useful players. Craig and Crimmins were much improved players their senior year compared to what they looked like before.
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cc66
Masters Student
Posts: 473
Reg: 10-09-09
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09-13-12 06:32 PM - Post#132366
In response to TheLine
He seems to be realizing his potential pretty quickly. He's now listed on several websites as 7'1."
Some upside!
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Old Bear
Postdoc
Posts: 2145
Reg: 11-23-04
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09-14-12 01:42 PM - Post#132414
In response to cc66
He's probably 5'10" on BRF's site.
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cc66
Masters Student
Posts: 473
Reg: 10-09-09
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09-16-12 12:25 PM - Post#132485
In response to Old Bear
Thinking too far ahead, if Osetowski plays well at forward this year, Voss could replace Cisco at center in 2013-2014. Freshmen centers are usually pretty raw, and Voss would probably be better defensively than offensively. Nevertheless, a front line of Voss (7'1"), Osetowski (6'10 and 265 lbs), and Rosenberg (6'7 and by his junior year probably averaging in the low to mid-teens ppg) has some definite appeal.
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Columbia 37P6
Masters Student
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Reg: 02-14-06
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09-17-12 03:27 PM - Post#132527
In response to cc66
Yes, but all the big guys need to consistently score in the teens, not just Rosenberg. Is it fair to assume from a recruiting standpoint that the Lions' top recruiting is to recruit a standout forward?
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cc66
Masters Student
Posts: 473
Reg: 10-09-09
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09-17-12 03:48 PM - Post#132530
In response to Columbia 37P6
Now that they have a center, yes, the next task is to recruit a standout forward. Of course, Osetowkski could improve significantly, but otherwise, the only forward with a rep for offense is Gilson. Everyone else--En'Wezoh, Scrivano, etc, are better known for their defense. If they could get a standout who's good on both, we'd really have a competitive team.
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