'07 FL C Solomon Alibi (Florida State Verbal)

OSUBasketballJunkie · #1 (**permalink**) 08-25-2005, 12:10 PM

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Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL)

Ht: 7-1
Wt: 235
AAU: Nike Team Florida

Considered the #7 ranked center in the 2007 class by Scout.com. Rivals.com lists Solomon as the #30 player in the nation for the 2007 class. Native of Nigeria. First year in the United States is the 2005-06 school year. He has never watched college basketball. According to his coach, Alibi has great timing and footwork already at this early stage. Unlimited potential. Tim Duncan is his favorite player.

Ohio State has offerd according to Solomon's coach, Rivals is listing an offer. Florida State and St. Joseph's have been in contact.

rivals.com update 8/25/05

Profile Updated: 4/3/06

wadc45 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-25-2005, 08:57 PM

Alibi is a native of Nigeria and came to this country about 3 months ago. He probably would have been a 1st round pick this past draft if the NBA had not passed the age limit rule. Florida State and St. Joseph's are the early compeition for Solomon, but look for other major powers to get involved as well.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #3 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 06:46 AM

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8/31/05

Assistant coach John Groce has a connection to Alibi's coach. Matta and Groce went to see Alibi workout and liked what they saw. Florida State, Clemson and St. Joes are a few teams in the mix.

GoBucks89 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 06:21 AM

Jeff Rapp has a write-up on this guy in the latest BSB paper edition. At an AAU showcase event in July he had 29 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 blocks in a game against "high-level competition". His coach says that in one of the first scrimmages that Alibi played there he went to block a shot and "you could see his arm was up in the square (on the backboard)." The coach marveled about that and said "I can't teach anybody to do that."

This guy sounds like a stud. Since Lauderdale is apparently a silent verbal, adding Alibi to the mix would get our '07 recruiting off to a great start. It must be a great year for centers since he is only the 7th ranked center in the class but 30th ranked overall (according to Rivals). I think we've got as good a shot as anyone.

BGriffBuckeye · #5 (**permalink**) 09-16-2005, 12:17 AM

Remember we have BJ coming in after Lauderdale as well.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #6 (**permalink**) 09-16-2005, 09:12 AM

Mullens often gets forgotten because he verbaled real early and he is only a sophmore.....

HilmerJ · #7 (**permalink**) 12-18-2005, 04:32 PM

at this point its looks to be a battle between tOSU and florida state.

i know it is really early but, does anyone think he will be a buckeye?

our centers would look like this if i am not mistaken

Oden???? but after he leaves, whenever he does we have

Lauderdale
Alabi
Mullens

that is alot of depth

and dont forget,
Hunter
Gates
Koufos

but those 3 are forwards right?

is it possible to get
Alabi
Lauderdale
Koufos
Gates and
Mullens all on this team?....i know we already have Mullens.

wadc45 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-21-2005, 09:51 AM

44820 would be better served to answer that question, but one thing that I think is a possibility is bringing in Kosta to play the 3/4, Lauderdale to play the 4/5 and Alibi to be a pure center. Lauderdale is only about 6-9 right now and Alibi is already 7-1. So that is one scenario...

GoBucks89 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-21-2005, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by wadc45

44820 would be better served to answer that question, but one thing that I think is a possibility is bringing in Kosta to play the 3/4, Lauderdale to play the 4/5 and Alibi to be a pure center. Lauderdale is only about 6-9 right now and Alibi is already 7-1. So that is one scenario...

A great scenario. What a line-up that would be. Try going inside against that crew. Your chances of getting a shot off would be slim and none, with slim leaving town before the game.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #10 (**permalink**) 12-22-2005, 12:31 PM

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44820 would be better served to answer that question, but one thing that I think is a possibility is bringing in Kosta to play the 3/4, Lauderdale to play the 4/5 and Alibi to be a pure center. Lauderdale is only about 6-9 right now and Alibi is already 7-1. So that is one scenario...

That is the only way they could get all three on the court at the same time. I believe Gates is a possiblity for tOSU but not probable at this moment in time. That leaves Lauderdale, Kosta and Alibi for the 07 class. I know they have Diebler and are looking for a shooting guard for this class.

crazybuckfan40 · #11 (**permalink**) 12-22-2005, 01:33 PM

I don't know about you guys but the thought of having these trees on the court is kind of over whelming. We could go 6'1, 6'6'', 6'9'', 7'1'', 7'1''.

How does any team in the country match up with that.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #12 (**permalink**) 12-22-2005, 01:56 PM

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How does any team in the country match up with that.

Simple....they won't.

jimotis4heisman · #13 (**permalink**) 12-22-2005, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40

I don't know about you guys but the thought of having these trees on the court is kind of over whelming. We could go 6'1, 6'6'', 6'9'', 7'1'', 7'1''.

How does any team in the country match up with that.

ask the spurs how they beat the pistons last year... besides that i have no idea

akronbuck · #14 (**permalink**) 12-22-2005, 02:05 PM

houston phi slamma jamma reincarnated

that team could give half the NBA teams game lol

OSUBasketballJunkie · #15 (**permalink**) 01-06-2006, 07:46 AM

scout.com$

1/6/06

FSU, Virginia and St. Joes are recruiting him heaving at this point.

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