BU Commit- 2015- Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye

[chicav]

Followed BU for years, long time lurker and hoops fan. Had friends play there, last was Drew warren. Felt I had something to add so I signed in finally after years of being here.


I was able to talk to contacts in the BBL. Good pick up, nice moves to the rim and decent passer. Not a great jump shooter but adequate. Hung 18 on one of them so they respect his abilities. Players felt it was a nice pick up for Coach and Bradley. Reports from guys in the league with him.

He has been playing vs former D1 athletes like Taylor King, Scott Martin, Derek Elston so he has been at a decent level to assess talent. Bristol heads in to playoffs vs Newcastle as the 8th seed playing 1. Not seeing much hope there but it is good experience.

I think he is going to be a nice player and the experience he has had in juniors and playing with the pro team is going to help. Looking forward to watching. With one of my Chicago buddies relocating to Eureka I may have to make the trip for a few games.

[Da Coach]

Good to hear that info, chicav.

Are there any other amateur players in English or elsewhere that you are aware of?
What about Josh Steel? He plays for Medway Park and is their leading scorer? From reading about the English leagues on Hoopsfix.com (website dedicated to basketball in England), he may be among the best of group of amateur players over there who are D1 college-ready.

[chicav]

Good to hear that info, chicav.

Are there any other amateur players in English or elsewhere that you are aware of?
What about Josh Steel? He plays for Medway Park and is their leading scorer? From reading about the English leagues on Hoopsfix.com (website dedicated to basketball in England), he may be among the best of group of amateur players over there who are D1 college-ready.

Worcester always has guys coming through and there are a great many D1 coaches who are continuously looking. As the BBL grows and the grass roots instruction goes forward they are winning fans and kids are actually playing hoops as opposed to futbol. Most of the pro teams in the BBL have 14U 18U teams associated with them. http://www.bbl.org.uk/home/ Coaches here are pretty good about using our guys over there to take a minute and look at players they may see or have contact with to get a feel how they stack up. There is a growing base of knowledge and recruiting effort around the globe to find players. England, Oz and NZ are places where our kids are there post grad and able to feed into the recruiting trail. Steel is in the EBL one division down and has been making some noise but none of the guys I talk to have actually been able to see him play. The clubs over there have no problem bringing guys through and playing in the pro side as amateurs if they feel they will be an addition and they are always looking for guys to fill out rosters (unpaid of course LOL)

[Braves2006]

thanks for the info chicav and welcome back to the board!

[chicav]

It depends on which country his high school credits and transcripts are coming from. I don't think the NCAA generally has problems with kids from Great Britain, where transcripts are easily documented. Other countries, especially African countries, the NCAA is a lot more skeptical.

And in the other thread I had to laugh as that has long been the knock on Okafor at Richmond IN as no one actually knew his age or where in Africa he came from. I saw they are actually cracking down on hoops kids playing over there illegally according to the UK EEA parameters http://www.hoopsfix.com/2015/04/uk-b...n-eea-players/

[tornado]

Dwayne's comment to British interviewer when he got back to England from his visit last weekend

I have highlighted my favorite parts in red

"I decided to sign there because I believed it was the right school for myself to continue to get better every day and get a college degree,”
Lautier-Ogunleye said .....
“I visited over the weekend with my mum, the campus and facilities were amazing! Bradley have a brand new coaching staff
and Athletic Director and they are here to help change Bradley into one of the top mid majors in the country.
And by being in the Missouri Valley Conference I will be playing against some of the best teams in college ball in Wichita State and Northern Iowa.”

“What am most looking forward is playing under new Head Coach Brian Wardle,” Lautier-Ogunleye added.

“At his previous school, Green Bay Wisconsin, he actually coached one of my current team mates Bree Perine,
but also helped produced multiple pros players in the NBA and in Europe. Also, I can’t wait to play in front of the Bradley Braves fans;
Bradley had a tough season last year and still averaged 7,000 fans a game!
I can’t wait to bring a winning culture back to Bradley and compete to make the NCAA tournament which is one of my life long dreams”


Dwayne - if you do bring back the 'winning culture' it won't be 7,000 it'll be 11,000!!!!!!!!!!

[Da Coach]

Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye is back in England and playing in his team's (Bristol) playoff series vs. the top seeded team, Newcastle.
The first game of the series was earlier today-

http://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/United%20Kingdom/2015/0423_4002_1501.asp

DLO had 11 points and 7 rebounds, but his team got beat by twenty- 84-64.
He did not start the game, but played 22 minutes off the bench.
Game 2 is tomorrow (April 24).

[chicav]

Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye is back in England and playing in his team's (Bristol) playoff series vs. the top seeded team, Newcastle.
The first game of the series was earlier today-

http://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/United%20Kingdom/2015/0423_4002_1501.asp

DLO had 11 points and 7 rebounds, but his team got beat by twenty- 84-64.
He did not start the game, but played 22 minutes off the bench.
Game 2 is tomorrow (April 24).

Box and links to play by play and shot charts http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/BBL/117085/ use tabs across top to navigate. Can click on individual players to look at shots taken on the shot chart. Newcastle is the cream of the league and consistently at the top of the table (standings for yanks) Games are played home and home and composite score added. Bristol is in a huge hole already and has to head up to Newcastle. Daunting task but good experience. I have a feeling BU is going to have a lot of fans watching across the pond the next 4 years.

Next game is friday at 130 CT http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/BBL/117086/

write up http://www.bbl.org.uk/23-apr-15-flyers-64-84-eagles/

[tornado]

some of the Bristol media seemed happy to have just made the playoffs - they didn't seem to optimistic about this series...

[Fyrebyrd]

Dwayne's comment to British interviewer when he got back to England from his visit last weekend

I have highlighted my favorite parts in red

"I decided to sign there because I believed it was the right school for myself to continue to get better every day and get a college degree,???
Lautier-Ogunleye said .....
???I visited over the weekend with my mum, the campus and facilities were amazing! Bradley have a brand new coaching staff
and Athletic Director and they are here to help change Bradley into one of the top mid majors in the country.
And by being in the Missouri Valley Conference I will be playing against some of the best teams in college ball in Wichita State and Northern Iowa.???

???What am most looking forward is playing under new Head Coach Brian Wardle,??? Lautier-Ogunleye added.

???At his previous school, Green Bay Wisconsin, he actually coached one of my current team mates Bree Perine,
but also helped produced multiple pros players in the NBA and in Europe. Also, I can??™t wait to play in front of the Bradley Braves fans;
Bradley had a tough season last year and still averaged 7,000 fans a game!
I can??™t wait to bring a winning culture back to Bradley and compete to make the NCAA tournament which is one of my life long dreams???


Dwayne - if you do bring back the 'winning culture' it won't be 7,000 it'll be 11,000!!!!!!!!!!

or at least 7000 actually in attendance and not 7000 tickets sold.

[chicav]

some of the Bristol media seemed happy to have just made the playoffs - they didn't seem to optimistic about this series...

All but 1 maybe 2 teams in the league feel that way when playing Newcastle. being in the playoffs as a 1st year team they were happy to get there for sure.

[tornado]

Ex-Braves James Hamilton, Phillip Gilbert, Ed Cage have all spent time in the British pro leagues

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/James_Hamilton/21245

http://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Phillip_Gilbert/36250

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Edward_Cage/54045

[chicav]

Box looks like he is not playing. Close game today but still down on composite

[tornado]

Story about last night's playoff game
Bristol lost 92-80 and are eliminated
Starters went pretty much the whole way....

http://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2015-04-24/Bristol-Academy-Flyers-at-Newcastle-Eagles/211709

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-Flyers-face-uphill-task-bid-make-play/story-26384510-detail/story.html

[tornado]

Video interview with Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye - enjoy his accent...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46NtYAnqc8g