Sean O'Mara

[xudash]

When did O'Mara ever look like a knucklehead? For a freshman big man, he was incredibly dependable. If he got the ball down low, he would score fairly automatically. He didn't play many minutes (we didn't really need him to), but the minutes he did play were almost always productive. Way more productive than any other recent big men have been able to give us in their freshman years (see Farr, Reynolds, London, Frease, Love, Robinson).

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[ArizonaXUGrad]

Come on guys, he had flashes but overall last year and the first couple games this year he looked lost. Hell, the guy had brick hands for a while. I get it, he looks good now, but it's ok to admit he only did some good things for 2-3 minute stretches last year.

[JTG]

Come on guys, he had flashes but overall last year and the first couple games this year he looked lost. Hell, the guy had brick hands for a while. I get it, he looks good now, but it's ok to admit he only did some good things for 2-3 minute stretches last year.

Face it, it doesn't look like most of us agree with your assessment of OMara. Now Frease, on the other hand, looked like a knucklehead for the better part of 4 years.
What I like about OMara is that he is big, not just tall. He's not gonna get run over in the lane. And he has a decent shot and decent feet.

[MauriceX]

It's kinda ironic, but I pulled this from something I wrote in last year's Xavier vs. Providence game thread:

I too was very impressed with O'Mara. I remember thinking near the start of the season that he seemed to be the most adept scoring freshman center we've seen in a while. When he gets the ball down low, he fights for good position and makes the easy bucket. It is good to see that he is progressing well, bringing more than just minutes to the game today. Obviously he is still young and has a lot of room to grow, but I was very impressed with him today.

[XUMIOH12]

i like that he is strong enough to hold his position in the post on both offense and defense.

[XUFan09]

Come on guys, he had flashes but overall last year and the first couple games this year he looked lost. Hell, the guy had brick hands for a while. I get it, he looks good now, but it's ok to admit he only did some good things for 2-3 minute stretches last year.

Yeah, no one agrees with you because you're just wrong. O'Mara had a an offensive rating of 109.5 with a usage rate of 19.6%. He rebounded on the offensive glass well, he didn't turn the ball over, he got to the line, and he blocked shots at a good rate. The only criticisms you could make are that he didn't rebound on the defensive glass well and he didn't make his free throws at a good rate.

Of course, all of this is with too small of a sample size to actually make any real inferences. However, that doesn't change the fact that the small sample size was really good for a freshman.

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[smileyy]

I think a lot of opposing guards are going to be sore after running into O'Mara picks over and over again next year.

I kind of expected him to be a stiff, probably because he's white. He has great footwork and movement in the post.

[ballyhoohoo]

Sean stands up straight and can hold his eyes open. He has those two things on Kenny

[paulxu]

Kenny stands up straight and can hold his eyes open. He has those two things on Kenny

I have no idea what that means.

[xu82]

I have no idea what that means.

I'm pretty sure Kenny wouldn't like it.