Take one for your team- Jarvis or Ekpe Udoh from Baylor

mstateglfr

All-American
Feb 24, 2008
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Udoh is a friggin beast and has the exact same skill set that Jarvis has plus more.

Not only does he block the crap out of anything within 4 feet of him, rebound well, and work the post with ease, but Udoh can handle the ball damn well for a F/C and has a solid midrange game that is consistent.

Udoh 35.1minutes 13.8ppg 9.7rpg 3.7bpg 49.2FG% 68.6FT%
Jarvis 31.7minutes 13.8ppg 10.3rpg 4.7bpg 58.2FG% 61FT%

Baylor had a few other legitimate post players to go to this season while Jarvis was basically our only one, so those points will skew the numbers for both a bit. Ive watched Udoh play a dozen times this season and he is a mirror of Jarvis but with a decent handle on the ball and a normal looking midrange shot. Udoh's offense is more diverse, but he doesnt have Jarvis' craftiness around the basket...the ability to pivot and get that swoop hook shot off.

Draft projections have Udoh much higher, i assume thats based on his potential. In college though? Not sure.
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hairy3rd

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I was watching that game yesterday while destroying a medium Kitchen Sink @ Soulshine...having never watched a Baylor game, I thought they had the tallest point guard in NCAA history. Udoh looked good handling the ball out on the point and passing from inside. The only way his game could improve would be to master the elbow-Jon-Scheyer-in-the-face move. Because this face deserves elbowing.

 

TheStateUofMS

All-Conference
Dec 26, 2009
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Jarivs no doubt. Look at the stats. Higher FG percentage and more blocks. Jarvis had around 180 blocks this year. He had 130 which is good, but 50 more blocks is a lot.

Udoh can handle the ball better no doubt, but Jarvis isn't a bad ball handler. A few times this year and made a steal and ran half the length of the floor for a jam. Udoh doesn't change the game as much as Jarvis, but he's a very good player. Very good.