seaofred92 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) https://nebraska.247sports.com/Bolt/Nebraska-basketball-is-the-latest-offer-for-2018-center-Florent--108766106 as noted by @ECisGod in the recruiting notes thread Edited January 15, 2018 by seaofred92 1 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Player: Florent Thamba Hometown: Grundy, VA School: Mountain Mission School AAU: Position: Center Height: 6'9 Weight: 224 Offers: Nebraska, Memphis, TCU, Tulsa, USF, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, VCU, Xavier Visits: 12/4/17-12/6/17 OV Twitter: 247 Composite: .8417 Rivals: 247: Scout: ESPN: Highlights: Edited December 5, 2017 by seaofred92 1 Quote Link to comment
Young Grand Island Husker Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Got a crystal ball for Nebraska and 247 says he took an official visit this weekend. Would be a great get! 1 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 28 minutes ago, Young Grand Island Husker said: Got a crystal ball for Nebraska and 247 says he took an official visit this weekend. Would be a great get! 2 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) previously took an OV to VT it looks like: Updated his profile to include the OV today & a highlight video Edited December 5, 2017 by seaofred92 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Hell of a night to visit for Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 https://writingillini.com/2017/11/14/illinois-basketball-florent-thamba-welcomed-addition/ Quote Illinois ended up offering a scholarship to Florent “Flo” Thamba today. He is a player who could checkmark both of the items on this list. He is a 6-foot-11, 235-pound, big man from Grundy, Virginia. He is rated as a three-star recruit who is the No. 294 player in the class of 2018 and the No. 25 center in the nation. I wouldn’t put too much stock into what the recruiting sites say for this kid. Thamba is only listed at 6-foot-9 on their site and according to his AAU profile, he is listed at 6-foot-11. I also think he is a wanted man by many programs and that means he is likely a late bloomer. Thamba played for Team United during the AAU season this year. They are members of the Nike EYBL and, despite the team playing not so well, Thamba really impressed some people. He was a rebounding machine. He finished the AAU season averaging 5.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and .7 blocks per game. Just imagine if Nnanna Egwu added about 30 pounds and that is what you get with Thamba. Thamba is an athletic big man who can pull down rebounds and block shots. If they need him to get a bucket down low, he can do that too. He can also bump around in the paint which is something we haven’t had in a very long time on the Illinois basketball team. 1 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 On 12/5/2017 at 9:22 PM, seaofred92 said: Hell of a night to visit for He is headed to Baylor for an OV next week. As previously mentioned already took an OV to Virginia Tech. Illinois, Wake Forest, Georgetown, and Butler are in contention for his last two OV's before signing day. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 https://twitter.com/mmshoops1921/status/939688609384419328/photo/1 not sure what i did wrong but it wouldnt embed. think the twitter acct is his schools but it shows a final 4 teams for thamba. 1 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, desertshox said: https://twitter.com/mmshoops1921/status/939688609384419328/photo/1 not sure what i did wrong but it wouldnt embed. think the twitter acct is his schools but it shows a final 4 teams for thamba. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 highlight from aau ball iirc. posting it to share and test. 2 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 This kid just SCREAMS Baylor...Long, good athlete and can play any spot in the "3" part of that nasty 2-3 they run. I am going to put the order like this... 1. Baylor 2. VT 3. Illini 4. NU That is all just a guess Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Will decide before 1/15 2 Quote Link to comment
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