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Good Hochman article on Okoro. 
 

Apparently one of the reasons he picked SLU is because we have a major in geospatial information science. Who knew that by North City winning that federal contract, it also was establishing the groundwork for our final 4 run!

 

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-from-four-star-recruit-to-oregon-to-slu-francis-okoro-settles-into-new-normal/article_6ea0a83a-30d5-53f8-817e-a92e6c2f8601.html

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11 minutes ago, GBL_Bills said:

Good Hochman article on Okoro. 
 

Apparently one of the reasons he picked SLU is because we have a major in geospatial information science. Who knew that by North City winning that federal contract, it also was establishing the groundwork for our final 4 run!

 

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-from-four-star-recruit-to-oregon-to-slu-francis-okoro-settles-into-new-normal/article_6ea0a83a-30d5-53f8-817e-a92e6c2f8601.html

This is kind of like the Gibson Jimmerson chess connection...I’ll take it.

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From the Oregon Ducks message board:

Post Re: Okoro transferring
1/2 disappointed but 1/2 not surprised. I hope the best for him, great kid who had some struggles on the court but no doubt stuff he can overcome. Hopefully he finds a team with a good big man coach, something I think Oregon is lacking. I won't forget his Fr year though when Altman credited him for the late season surge to the Sweet Sixteen! Hard to find a player with a better attitude than him.
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Can’t wait to see him play, but first things first. We’re looking at potentially the best season ever in Billiken history this upcoming year. Bell and Francis will be together for 2 years along w/ Yurimania, Hargrove, Fred, Jimerson, Lorentsson, Strickland, and probably some new local talent. This could truly be the long awaited Golden age of Billiken hoops. 

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11 minutes ago, slu72 said:

Can’t wait to see him play, but first things first. We’re looking at potentially the best season ever in Billiken history this upcoming year. Bell and Francis will be together for 2 years along w/ Yurimania, Hargrove, Fred, Jimerson, Lorentsson, Strickland, and probably some new local talent. This could truly be the long awaited Golden age of Billiken hoops. 

Believe we had a good year in 1948 as well. 🙂

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1 hour ago, GBL_Bills said:

Good Hochman article on Okoro. 
 

Apparently one of the reasons he picked SLU is because we have a major in geospatial information science. Who knew that by North City winning that federal contract, it also was establishing the groundwork for our final 4 run!

 

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-from-four-star-recruit-to-oregon-to-slu-francis-okoro-settles-into-new-normal/article_6ea0a83a-30d5-53f8-817e-a92e6c2f8601.html

Except Okoro will be sitting out 2020-21.  If you'd said, "...second Final Four run," then....

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1 hour ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Okoro, #33, played at Cal on 1/30/20. In 14 minutes he did not score, was 0-1 from the floor, with 2 rebounds, one offensive and one defensive, and had 2 personal fouls.

https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2020/02/oregon-ducks-mens-basketball-forward-francis-okoro-to-miss-trip-to-oregon-state-to-attend-fathers-funeral.html

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Okoro is averaging 3.5 points and 4.6 rebounds, but just 1.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in Pac-12 play, which began after his father’s passing, and he’s come off the bench the last four games.

[Oregon coach Dana] Altman, who praised Okoro’s effort in No. 14 Oregon’s (18-5, 7-3 Pac-12), couldn’t say how much the 6-foot-9 sophomore’s play has been impacted by naturally being upset and mourning his father the last month.

“I know it’s been a tough time for him,” Altman said. “Any young man — any person would have trouble with that. His father passes, he hasn’t been there for a long time. He’s the oldest (child); he feels like he should be there. It hasn’t been an easy time for Francis. I don’t think it would be an easy time for an young person.”

Let's add some context to those statistics.  (Note, I'm not implying you did anything wrong.)

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3 hours ago, Quality Is Job 1 said:

Yes, Francis Okoro had injury and bereavement issues in his second season at Oregon.  Also, I agree with what Coach Travis Ford said, namely that Oregon plays a guard oriented system.  Oregon plays up tempo and shoots the 3.  While I don't think SLU signed the next Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Okoro was a Top 60, 4 star recruit coming out of Normal Community West High School, a relatively big school in Central Illinois.  I'm happy to have him at SLU.

I was reporting my personal observation from being at that Oregon at Cal game.

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