Okogie makes USA Under 19 team.

[RamblinRed]

Will head to Cairo in July with the other 11 finalists.

 

[Fatmike91]

Fantastic news! Great for him.

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[Techster]

That Calc class he's taking is going to be REALLY fun in Cairo...

 

[awbuzz]

Cairo you mean he's not going to Cairo Georgia?

 

[collegeballfan]

Cairo you mean he's not going to Cairo Georgia?

Nope. Ki Ro not Kay Ro. And they don't even do syrup over there.

 

[Jumpman]

DLab and Rev are heading over there to recruit as well.

 

[ChasonBaller]

 

[Techster]

Okogie and "slam" is music to my ears (or is it eyes...)

 

[RamblinRed]

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/06/mu19-exh-1.aspx

couple of photos of Josh in the photo galley associated with this article on exhibition game 1 win over Lithuania.

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/06/mu19-exh-2.aspx

quotes from Josh in the additional quotes link and a couple of pictures with 2nd exhibition win over France.

 

[matthewevers]

Live stream of U19 World Cup Games, USA vs. Iran later this morning:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u19/2017/videos/Iran-v-USA-Live-FIBA-U19-Basketball-World-Cup-2017

 

[Techster]

Why do Iran's players look like theyr'e 30+ years old?

 

[Peacone36]

Why do Iran's players look like theyr'e 30+ years old?

Because they're 30+ years old

 

[Techster]

This game is UGLY...and it ain't got no alibi.

Calipari needs to put Okogie in so I have a reason to watch this pick up game.

 

[dtm1997]

Iran fouls every time down the floor, so we get no flow on offense. USA needs to get more in sync on defense, despite what the score says.

 

[AE 87]

Iran fouls every time down the floor, so we get no flow on offense. USA needs to get more in sync on defense, despite what the score says.

It seems to me that USA became undisciplined on both sides once the lead was established.

 

[dtm1997]

Not too many chances for Josh to score, but he's putting in effort on the boards (not necessarily getting them, but mixing it up), playing decent defense (whole team needs to improve, including Josh), and has had some nice passes for assists.

Should note that Josh appears to be playing a combo forward position with Lou King around Brandon McCoy at center.

 

[RamblinRed]

Josh ends us with 2 pts on 1-2 FG, 3 rb, 4 asst, 1 TO, 3 PF, 16 min.

 

[dtm1997]

 

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[YlJacket]

I watched about 10 min of the game. While I take the comment about needing to be better on D, my perception was that the whole team was playing in second gear - including JO.
It looked more like an overmatched AAU game with the US pressuring Iran into a lot of live ball TOs and playing faster than they wanted to.