Kalu Ezikpe Grad Transfer PF commit

[GoBearcats31]

Kalu Ezkipe
6'8 240
Lawrenceville, GA
Old Dominion (played four years there, so one year of eligibility - not sure if he's officially a grad transfer but he's a one-year guy)
2021-22 stats: 11.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.1 blocks per game; 52.5 FG%, 73.5 FT%

https://odusports.com/sports/mens-ba...lu-ezikpe/5997
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...64/kalu-ezikpe


Just visited UC this weekend - apparently went well and he's someone that Wes Miller previously recruited (per Chad Brendel on 4/9 BCJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGkmYDInf5g)

[Lobot]

Justin WIliams take on Ezikpe: ($)

https://theathletic.com/3252728/2022...l-kalu-ezikpe/

[bearcatbret]

Cincinnati basketball: Old Dominion transfer Kalu Ezikpe commits to UC
Ezikpe chose Cincinnati over Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky.

[coach]

Good pickup. Very workman like kid who is strong. He has a lot of qualities of the old Huggins kids. Something we've not had here since Clark graduated. Less worried about height than strength inside after watching the past 4 years of roster adds. Watching video of him he also runs the floor very well for an inside kid, and his interviews seems to be a very composed. Unfortunately, only have him for a year, but he's played a ton of bball so he should be ready to play, lead and contribute right away.

[Rufus]

I think he will be a solid contributor this year on the court but also in the developing of Hensely, Ody and VL as they are going to go against him every day in practice. That's why I jumped the gun on the congrats before he actually committed thinking he did so. If we get the two shooters were going after and get some offense from the newbies Skillings and Reed we could actually make some noise hopefully. Welcome aboard Kalu once again (again).

[GoBearcats31]

I know it’s a holiday weekend and this isn’t the most amazing commitment in the history of the program. But not enough attention here.

Welcome aboard, Kalu. Hope to see Lakhin and Oguama make jumps this year. But the two of them combined with Ado and Koval = a very poor low post scoring team this past year. Ezikpe should be able to add some more offense inside, though I saw some clips where he also had a nice midrange jumper. Could be a solid one year guy and apparently he’s got some “Bearcat toughness.”

[BorisTheCat]

So.. just a note... here were the schools competing for him: LSU, Cincinnati, WKU, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Pitt.

[Rufus]

[QUOTE=GoBearcats31;n391192]

Ezikpe (6-foot-8, 240 lbs) played four seasons at ODU, averaging 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds as a team captain last year. He is utilizing his bonus season of eligibility at Cincinnati in 2022-23.


Now that's what I'm talking about! Go get em guys! Lets go 'cats!

[leo from jersey]

Yeah - This is groovy

[GoBearcats31]

UC makes it official
https://gobearcats.com/news/2022/4/1...lu-ezikpe.aspx

[GoBearcats31]

I've seen some of the national guys (Goodman, Borzello, Rothstein) tweet the absolute most random transfer news, such as a Wofford freshman averaging 2.9 ppg heading to UC Riverside. Would be nice to get some publicity for actually relevant Cincinnati adding a solid C-USA transfer, but probably won't.

[Lobot]

Edited the thread title a bit to fix some of that

[GoBearcats31]

COMMITTED TO UC
https://twitter.com/EzikpeKalu14/sta...29751248920577

Ezikpe (6-foot-8, 240 lbs) played four seasons at ODU, averaging 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds as a team captain last year. He is utilizing his bonus season of eligibility at Cincinnati in 2022-23.

(via Justin Williams tweet)

Per this article, he's still working on his degree so - not a grad transfer as I indicated in the thread title https://247sports.com/college/cincin...ati-186260647/

[GoBearcats31]

COMMITTED TO UC
https://twitter.com/EzikpeKalu14/sta...29751248920577

[Rufus]

I guess were all (Me) just anxious to hear some news.