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- | ====== Youssoupha Mbao ====== | ||
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- | * **Number:** 55 | ||
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- | * **Height:** 7' | ||
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- | * **High School:** Stoneridge Prep (Simi Valley, CA) | ||
- | * **AAU Team:** French Hoops | ||
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- | ===== Overseas Career ===== | ||
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- | === Teams === | ||
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- | **2005-2006** Gran Canaria Claret Cadete\\ | ||
- | **2006-2008** Gran Canaria Claret Junior\\ | ||
- | **2007-2008** Gran Canaria of the EBA, formerly Spain' | ||
- | **2007-2008** Kalise Gran Canaria of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Spain' | ||
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- | === DraftExpress.com U-20 Prospect Preview, August 2007 === | ||
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- | Another intriguing international recruitment for Gran Canaria (with the likes of the first-round draftee Joel Freeland and the Hoop-Summit participant Ryan Richards), Mbao is an extremely raw young big man, but at the same time enjoys the kind of potential that only his great length can provide. Standing over seven feet and coupled with a nice wingspan, the kid displays a skinny body in an average frame. For a guy his size, Mbao is a pretty athletic player, running the court quite well and showing some interesting reactiveness (always considering his young age). He’s a coordinated player who moves on the court with a certain feel for the game; nothing spectacular, | ||
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- | At this point, Mbao does most of the damage on the defensive end. He fully takes advantage of his length to change many shots, actively contesting either his own opponent’s shots or on defensive rotations. Actually, he shows quite good positioning and mobility on the defensive end, and some interesting timing when he goes for the block, which is not that often. Offensively, | ||
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- | A long-term project, extremely raw on the offensive end, very immature on the physical side, still intriguing but extremely unpredictable as far as his eventual development is concerned.\\ | ||
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- | === NBADraft.net Prospect Profile, August 2006 === | ||
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- | One of the new rising stars from Senegal (along with the Samb brothers, Malick Badiane and Saer Sene who was drafted this year by Sonics), because of his tremendous size and young age (born in 90) he has one of the most promising futures for players from his country. He started to play basketball few years ago and already made part of last years Adidas Superstar Camp in europe, is showing since then a Has a great capacity to learn, playing now in a great team in Spain, Youssoupha is playing in many high level competitions over there. With great size(seems to be still growing), phenomenal wingspan this player really can be a dominant force in the game, excellent defender, great timing for block shots and a rebound machine,on the offense end has a interesting game, very active, decent post up game finishing with hooks shots and jump shots over his opponent, good presence, good attitude trying to touch the ball in every play and dunking the ball every time is possible, decente shot from mid range. excellent leadership and great mentallity for a player so young, loves the challenge and is not afraid to take the responsable of the game in clutch times.Is now playing for Gran Canaria fourth division team playing againsted olders guys. In a few more years will be a sure name for every NBA team.\\ | ||
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- | Still learning the game, needs to understand better how to use his body on the court, become more comfortable wit hthe speed of the game, needs to polish his overall skills, especially his game around the basket, still working on his coordination and fundaments ... Also needs to add weight still very weak and suffer because of this against more strongers players who easilly can take him out of position, showed a great evolution since his arrival in Spain (only 6 months) and gained some pounds since then. | ||
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- | ===== Stoneridge Prep School ===== | ||
- | === 2008-2009 === | ||
- | Averaged 13.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 6.0 blocks per game at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, Calif., under head coach Babacar Sy ... helped squad to an overall record of 17-13 ... squad was nationally ranked in the preseason polls ... rated the 125th-best prospect in the nation by HoopScoopOnline.com among 2009 graduates ... participated in the 2008 adidas Nations Experience and the National Prep Showcase ... named to honorable mention squad of the class of 2009 by NBN Basketball Magazine ... ranked as the 30th-best center in the class of 2009 by ESPN.com. | ||
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- | ===== Marquette University ===== | ||
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- | === Recruitment === | ||
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- | Youssoupha Mbao, a 7-foot-2, 215-pound center signed a letter of intent Monday during his official visit to campus on March 27, 2009. " | ||
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- | He was also being recruited by Kentucky, Southern California and Virginia Tech. | ||
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- | === 2009-2010 === | ||
- | Played his first collegiate game vs. Grambling State (11/21) and recorded his first collegiate block ... Saw 12 minutes of action vs. [[South Dakota]] (11/24) ... Had one of MU's two blocks and played a career-high 15 minutes vs. Presbyterian (12/27) ... Missed a majority of season with knee and wrist injury since ... Jan. 17 marked final appearance of campaign ... Concluded the year averaging 0.1 points and 0.7 rebounds per game ... Earned first letter. | ||
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- | ===== Personal ===== | ||
- | Born April 12, 1990 in Dakar, Senegal ... son of Mamadou Mbao and Awa Seck ... one of eight children ... has five brothers (Pape, Ablaye, Cheichk, Mamadou and Mohammed) and two sisters (Fama, Anjia) ... undecided on a major. | ||
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