A month ago at Alaska Airlines Arena, Lathan Sommerville was a visiting freshman who fouled out of the Rutgers-Washington basketball game, found guilty of hacking Great Osobor with 3:41 left in regulation play, yet he went home happy with an 89-85 overtime victory.
Chosen as a preseason first-team All-Big Ten selection, Great Osobor did a lot of positive things this season for the University of Washington basketball team, but the harsh reality of the Huskies' last-place finish showed up in the final accounting of his play.
There's a line in the original "Road House" Hollywood film repeated over and over to the bouncer character portrayed by the late Patrick Swayze, for a
The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball (in 1891), Dr. James Naismith.Can you name every men's college basketball player who has won the Naismith Award?
This University of Washington basketball team wasn't going to shoot noticeably better. Play defense for long. Find a second gear when things got real tough.
Twenty-three games into his Montlake stay, Great Osobor plays extremely hard for the University of Washington basketball team, often brings the ball up the floor unlike most big man, speaks eloquently enough if not candidly to the media and he's even taken a turn at quizzing his teammates himself.
Great Osobor has this way of sneaking his way to the basket, either spinning around defenders or feigning a slow step before suddenly taking a quick one.
The Washington Huskies men's basketball team put up a valiant effort Wednesday night against 17th ranked Purdue University, but a 10-point first half lead
Washington senior forward Great Osobor finished with a game-high 23 points Sunday afternoon at No. 24 Michigan, but it wasn't enough to prevent the team from dropping its third straight game 91-75 in Ann Arbor.
The University of Washington basketball team went 0-for-Michigan. Winless in the Great Lakes State. Humbled and home. On Sunday in Ann Arbor, the Huskies hung close with the Michigan Wolverines for a half before falling back and suffering a 91-75 loss, their third in a row.
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In Washington’s 75–69 win over Maryland in their Big Ten opener, the Huskies’ two emerging draft prospects continued to garner attention with strong performances.
Great Osobor scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as host Washington defeated Maryland 75-69 on Thursday night in Seattle for their first Big Ten Conference victory.
Senior forward Great Osobor and freshman guard Zoom Diallo each scored 12 points Sunday afternoon to lead Washington to a 90-53 victory over New Jersey
Great Osobor scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had three assists in 18 minutes of playing time as Washington wrapped up nonconference action with a 90-53 rout of NJIT on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.
Before the season began, someone with a Big Ten website predicted the University of Washington basketball team would finish dead last in the conference.
Washington senior forward Great Osobor finished with a team-high 14 points Tuesday night against UCLA, but also set a new career high with eight turnovers
The UCLA Bruins have been on a hot streak as of late, and it is coming at the right time ahead of the start of Big Ten play. The Bruins take on the Washington Huskies in their next matchup, a Huskies team that could pose problems from these three-star players.
The Big Ten has had plenty of showoff opportunities. Some of the teams have taken advantage of big games, while others have stumbled against inferior opponents.
Great Osobor scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds as Washington pulled out a 74-69 victory against visiting UMass Lowell on Sunday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.
With the NBA shifting away from traditional big men, interior players are now typically asked to do more than just rebound and score with their back to the basket.
Great Osobor scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds as Washington overcame a five-point second-half deficit to defeat UC Davis 79-73 on Tuesday in the season opener for both teams in Seattle.
It is the highest-known NIL package in college basketball, and it is a bit of a surprise that it comes from a school such as Washington.
Utah State transfer Great Osobor picked Washington over Louisville and Texas Tech, and he's expected to land in Seattle with a Name, Image and Likeness valuation of more than $2 million.
The ball is now in the Louisville men's basketball program's proverbial court as it pertains to landing their current biggest transfer portal target. Former Utah State forward/center Great Osobor is no longer considering Kentucky as a transfer destination, his agent told Forbes Sports' Adam Zagoria.
Here are 10 notable men's college basketball players looking for new destinations.
According to Verbal Commits, more than 1,600 Division I players have entered the transfer portal this year — nearly 30% of all DI men’s college basketball players.
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