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'20 AR/FL SG Moses Moody (Arkansas Verbal)

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We offered him yesterday. Fantastic shooter and a smooth player, not the quickest or most explosive guy but seems to move his feet well enough laterally on D.

As far as height, 6'5" in shoes seems fairly accurate from what I can tell (as in he's just barely 6'5"). I've seen some sites like ESPN list him at 6'6 and I can't buy that for a second, he was on the same AAU team with EJ Liddell and he's noticeably shorter than EJ, so I feel like there's got to be over an inch difference there at least, and I think EJ might be closer to 6'6 than 6'7.

I've also read conflicting reports on his wingspan. A couple Arkansas-based articles say he has a 7-foot wingspan... uh, yeah, no. I can eyeball that's wrong, for sure. I guess at one point in 7th grade it was measured at 6'10" and if I had to guess I'd say it's still 6'10. Still really good for a 6'5 guy.

I wonder if the timing of the offer signals Holtmann sensing an opportunity with Moody given the Arkansas coaching change, since Arkansas has been recruiting him hard for a while now and is the home-state school (he's currently at Montverde in FL). Razorbacks were 247's perceived favorite in the early going.

I do think Moody could be the answer at wing/3rd guard/SF. I don't love his level of quickness or ballhandling for the 1 or the 2 but it could work at the 3, and he certainly has better size/length for the 3 than Luther or Duane do. Jallow would only have one more year, and Ahrens would be a junior... and honestly we can't say how well Ahrens is gonna pan out.

I don't know if Moody makes much sense at the 2 given that we should have two more years of Luther and Duane, but obviously he could help there if needed since that's primarily what he plays in HS and AAU.

But yeah, if we get a player like Moody, I think we still need a PG or CG in the class.
 
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Height: 6-5
Weight:: 180
High School Montverde Academy
Home Town: Little Rock AR
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Shooting guard Moody enjoys big weekend at Nike EYBL in Indy
One of the nation’s top shooting guards had a huge showing at the Nike EYBL here this weekend.

That player was Bradley Beal Elite’s Moses Moody, a 6-5, 185-pound guard who preps at the famed Montverde (Fla.) Academy. Moody had a 32-point, nine-rebound game against The Family on Saturday morning and followed that with a 28-point effort against Expressions Elite this morning.

Moody checks in as the nation’s No. 34 prospect overall and the No. 8 shooting guard. He plays alongside two more national top 40 players in point guard Caleb Love (ranked 31st) and small forward Cam’Ron Fletcher (ranked 36th).

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Moody said he is acquainted with a pair of players who will be at Ohio State this year.

“E.J. Liddell is going there this year,” Moody said. “I played with him last year and that’s my guy. Duane Washington is there, too, and I grew up with him. His cousin is my brother’s best friend. From elementary school, we’ve been around each other. I don’t talk to Duane as much anymore, but he is still my guy.

“Their main message is relationships. I have relationships with guys who are there. With me being a long scorer like I am, they say I would fit into their offense. They look at me in a scoring position and how I create for others, definitely in the two or three spot.”

Moody said he hopes to schedule a visit to Ohio State. OSU coaches visited Moody in Florida this spring.

“Coach Holtmann seemed like a personable guy,” Moody said. “He seemed like a good guy. I like their playing style and the guys they have already there.”

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OHIO STATE SELLING FOUR-STAR GUARD MOSES MOODY ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH E.J. LIDDELL, DUANE WASHINGTON JR.
Colin Hass-Hill on May 19, 2019 at 7:45 am @chasshill
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WESTFIELD, Ind. – Before Moses Moody had developed a friendship with E.J. Liddell, before he even really knew anything about him, he watched Liddell make a play that sticks with him to this day.

Moody’s voice raises in excitement with each word as he retells the story. In their first week playing together for Bradley Beal Elite of the Nike EYBL, he watched a player from an opposing team, whom he estimated was 6-foot-10 and 250 pounds, rumble into the lane with vicious intentions.

“I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, he's about to,’” Moody said. “And then E.J., no fear in his eyes, goes up and catches him at the rim and catch the ball. He didn't block it. He caught it and brought it down.”

Liddell left Moody stunned with only one thought.

“With a guy like that, it's hard to lose,” Moody said.

Ohio State wants to pair Moody up with Liddell once again, this time at the collegiate level instead of on the grassroots circuit. Liddell has played the role of a recruiter for the Buckeyes, too, Moody said.

Moody, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound shooting guard, is the No. 34 overall prospect in 2020. He has attracted interest and offers from a multitude of programs, and listed Ohio State, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and Florida as the teams that have talked to him most recently. He grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, but plays for Montverde Academy in Florida, the prep school that produced D’Angelo Russell.

Knowing Moody’s connection to Liddell and Duane Washington Jr., whom he grew up with, the Buckeyes have used the bonds to their advantage.

“Their main message is definitely relationships because I have a lot of relationships with the guys that's already there,” Moody said. “With me being a long scorer like I am, they say I fit perfectly in their offense.”

In search of a combo guard or wing in its 2020 class, Moody is among Ohio State’s top options, along with Keon Johnson, Donovan “Puff” Johnson and a few others.

“I'm definitely a scorer,” Moody said. “My specialty is scoring, but I can also get to the cup, get rebounds, put-backs, all that. I can get up around the rim. I can get athletic. I can do it all.”

In eight games with Bradley Beal Elite, he’s averaging a team-high 18.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Despite hitting just 29.2 percent of his 3-point attempts, the typically proficient long-range shooter has shot 43.9 percent from the field and 80.6 percent from the free-throw line. Shooting, he said, comes naturally to him and is the part of his game he has felt most comfortable with as long as he has played the sport.

Thus, it’s not surprising how Ohio State envisions his role.

“Definitely at a scoring position with my shot and how I can create for others,” Moody said. “So definitely around the two, three spots.”

Moody, while an impact scorer already, remains a developmental prospect.

With a 7-foot-1 wingspan, the Arkansan said he has heard the word “potential” for his “whole life.”

“Ever since I was 10 years old, I wore the same size shoe as my age,” Moody said. “So when I was 10, I wore a 10. Now I'm 16, I wear a 16. So, I mean, it's just so much stuff like that. I have huge hands. I'm long. I can scratch my knees standing up. It's just so many things. They say I be built like a basketball player. Even when I was on the football field, they were mad at me for being out there. They said I was in the wrong sport.”

Whoever “they” are, they got it right. Moody has found his calling in basketball, and the Buckeyes want in on his future.

Moody has not visited Columbus yet, but he said it is “definitely an option.” Ohio State coaches, including Chris Holtmann, have visited him at his school.

“He seems like a very personable guy,” Moody said. “You can't really take that much during the recruiting process because you don't know how they're going to switch when you get there. But he seems like a good guy. I like their playing style and the guys the have.”

If Holtmann and his staff pull off the addition of Moody, relationships with those already on the team would play a major factor.

Moody said he doesn’t talk to Washington much any more, but called him “my guy.” Washington’s cousin, Cleveland State forward Seth Millner, has been Moody’s brother’s best friend since elementary school, so Washington and Moody have “always been around each other.”

Though Moody hasn’t known Liddell for much longer than a year, they still talk frequently, often through FaceTime calls.

“That might be one of my favorite people to play with,” Moody said. “If I get beat, it's all good, no point in fouling because he's going to go catch it off the glass. Whenever I miss a shot, I know he's coming to get the put-back. I can throw it in to him. He's so physical. You see his legs, they're like tree trunks. He's so strong getting to the paint getting to the paint. He's going to bump off to finish, and you can't finish against him.”

Moody can’t help but smile when he talks about Liddell, whom he said was probably his best friend on Bradley Beal Elite.

Now, imagine Holtmann thinking about the pairing in Scarlet and Gray.

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