Louth-M Coulibaly from Holy Cross is the second one. An actual big.
Seems like he is a threat on the boards and knows how to throw his weight around. Rebounding was a big issue last season. The FT% is a major yikes, but like pal said we have the Valpo Free throw. The city wrote the book on free throws.
May or may not be a late boom from Quintin
https://twitter.com/CoachQG/status/1784730902888939941
Have to respect Quintin for using a Trailer Park Boys clip!
Good inside size but will need to be taught the Virgil Sweet Valpo free throw method since he shoots only 44% from the line.
Well, that is a Louthy addition!
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It does seem like Louth is a bit of an injury risk, similar to Manyang. I hope that he can stay healthy at Valpo! His numbers are similar to a Moussa Mbaye, which will be fine for this next season, if Scroggins is commanding most of the Center minutes.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4702513/louth-m-coulibaly
https://goholycross.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/louth-m-coulibaly/13948
Had the chance to speak with both Louth and Jayden.
https://www.thevictorybell.com/p/coulibaly-watson-add-size-to-valpos
He seems to be built like a tank! 6'9" 245#?? Manyang was listed at 210!
Watson was told he needed to bulk up a bit as well. Might be utilized as a foreword.
No solid opinions yet but from the stat sheets he appears to be a solid offensive rebounder and his assists vs turnovers for his two full seasons are impressive for a big.It does seem like Louth is a bit of an injury risk, similar to Manyang. I hope that he can stay healthy at Valpo! His numbers are similar to a Moussa Mbaye, which will be fine for this next season, if Scroggins is commanding most of the Center minutes.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4702513/louth-m-coulibaly
https://goholycross.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/louth-m-coulibaly/13948
Like the rest of you I am curious how he and Scroggins divide up floor time. I can picture some games where Roger goes smaller and neither plays huge minutes while other matches could see both with 4 or more fowls committed. As of now I wouldn't count on getting many points from either but both might surprise us on certain nights.
Just bought into TVB and it looks like Louth very much views himself as similar to Moussa Mbaye, as I mentioned. His videos show that he is quicker than Mbaye, but that defense/rebounding focus and size, are all very similar.
No solid opinions yet
As Forrest said, the additions to the roster thus far are "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.”
I'm hopeful that our coaching staff has a clearer picture of recent developments than we seem to have.No solid opinions yet
As Forrest said, the additions to the roster thus far are "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.”
With luck I should have this new bunch pretty much sorted and figured out by early February but that is only 9 months distant.
