2010 BU Recruit- Michael Ocherobia

[Future Walk-On]

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x57977992/Brooks-departing-BU-staff

Bradley has made a scholarship offer to Michael Ocherobia, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound center who??™s been playing at a prep school in the Canary Islands. Ocherobia, 21, is originally from Nigeria and spent time in England before landing in the islands off the coast of northern Africa. It is believed that Ocherobia would have at least three years of college eligibility beginning this fall. The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved. ... The current Braves begin final exams next week. Les said all would return to BU for summer school in June.

[amckillip]

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage...rting-BU-staff

Bradley has made a scholarship offer to Michael Ocherobia, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound center who??™s been playing at a prep school in the Canary Islands. Ocherobia, 21, is originally from Nigeria and spent time in England before landing in the islands off the coast of northern Africa. It is believed that Ocherobia would have at least three years of college eligibility beginning this fall. The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved. ... The current Braves begin final exams next week. Les said all would return to BU for summer school in June.

So it's public now. I think most people have been pretty excited about this guy.

[Future Walk-On]

So it's public now. I think most people have been pretty excited about this guy.

yeah it appears that he is at least STRONG!

i don't care if he scores 2.3 ppg....if he plays D and has 8-10 rpg!

[BUfan14]

The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved.

Oh No, not again!

[amckillip]

Oh No, not again!

I feel ya there...

[Future Walk-On]

I just heard MO has visited Houston, ISU red, and ISU clone...and IU wth

[Duane82]

I hope this doesn't turn into us talking and wondering about him a year from now like we are for JW.

[houstonbrave]

The link you point to does not seem to exist. Can't see anything on the Bradley Hoops or PJStar site.

[Da Coach]

For some reason, the link has changed-

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x57977992/Brooks-departing-BU-staff

[Da Coach]

Here is a bit more information about the newest Bradley big man recruit Michael Ocherobia-

Michael Ocherobia is 6'8", 252 pounds and reportedly has nearly a 7 foot wingspan (as measured by Coach Les).
He is originally from Nigeria, but was raised in England and speaks excellent English.
He has spent the last year at the Canarias Basketball Academy, where he received recruiting interest from numerous D1 schools.

Links and more info about the newest Bradley Brave commit Michael Ocherobia-

First- here is an informative video about the Canarias Basketball Academy (CBA) founded by a former assistant coach at several US colleges, Rob Orrelana-

http://www.hoopsfix.com/2009/10/video-cba-canarias-basketball-academy/

Old article about the coach that started the CBA (Canarias Basketball Academy)-

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1032375/index.htm

Complete CBA Roster-

http://www.cbacademy.org/index.asp?modulo=05&idioma=en

Michael Ocherobia's roster page-

http://www.cbacademy.org/index.asp?modulo=05&idioma=en&id=28

Picture roster for CBA-here he is listed at 6'8", 265 pounds. Scroll down to bottom of page 2.-
http://www.cbacademy.org/panel_de_co...0USA%20low.pdf

ESPN rating- the scouts who rated him saw him play at a prep school tournament on the East coast (see below) in early February. Incidentally, that is where Bradley coaches first saw him and became interested.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=104738&season=2010&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d104738%26season%3d2010

Article about CBA with a picture of Michael Ocherobia-

http://latinosports.com/basketball/hoops-academy-teaches-game-life-lessons.html

Another article about the school-

http://www.nysportscene.com/?p=2444

Brief report of the CBA team when they played at a prep school tournament in the US in February. This is the only time Michael Ocherobia played in the US.-

http://netscoutsbasketball.com/blog/2010/02/26/english-players-at-the-national-prep-school-basketball-invitational-canarias-basketball-academy/

Listed 7th player down on this Euro prospects site. Note that a couple of his teammates at the Canarias Basketball academy are also listed as committing to Division I colleges.-

http://www.europeanprospects.com/information-database/ncaa-recruiting-europe-based-played/

[PTownHawkeye]

Links and more info about the newest Bradley Brave commit Michael Ocherobia-

Note that a couple of his teammates at the Canarias Basketball academy are also listed as committing to Division I colleges.

Is this an offer or a verbal commitment? We should consider changing the headline of this thread if it is the latter...

[BUfan14]

DC, is there reason to believe this clearing process will go smoother than the JW one and that MO will be here next year?

[tornado]

Is this an offer or a verbal commitment? We should consider changing the headline of this thread if it is the latter...

both

[shaunguth]

I hope this doesn't turn into us talking and wondering about him a year from now like we are for JW.

Or 20 months from now!

[shaunguth]

Is this an offer or a verbal commitment? We should consider changing the headline of this thread if it is the latter...

The pjs article only says that an offer was made.