Oberg is a good pickup, she was rated very high in 7th-9th, but then everybody started to catch up to her, she ended up struggling to defend against the top AAU clubs, which is probably why she didnt get much clock at Arkansas. She is a big body though, more skilled then Helgren offensively. MN will probably need to play a lot of zone with her.On the face of it this is concerning. She has played such limited minutes though it is really hard to say, although limited minutes is concerning too especially in the Junior year. As you can see below she did have a game where she had a double double and another where she scored 10 but those were early season games against mid majors.
No idea why she didn't get more run as their only center unless they like to play more small guard heavy lineups. I thought I would do some projections if she would have received 30 minutes at the rate she did in the 2021-2022 season. In that case she would theoretically get the following stats:
Minutes/game: 30
Pts./game: 6.4
Reb/game: 7.3
Ast/game: 3.4
TO/game: 1.2
BL/game: 0.73
FG%: 48%
FT%: 42%
Considering that she would most likely be replacing Helgren. I did the same for Helgren:
Minutes/game: 30
Pts./game: 3
Reb/game: 6.4
Ast/game: 1.2
TO/game: 1.3
BL/game: 0.73
FG%: 54%
FT%: 89%
Based on this she would be likely a more productive player than Helgren. She would certainly put more pressure on the D than Helgren but her FT% was horrible in extremely limited sample size.
I like that she was ranked as high as the #6 post and #38 overall player in he class according Prospects Nation on her Arkansas team page. But according to Prospects Nation it is really #12 & #64 respectively. Where have I seen this inflation before.
I think she has potential but definitely not guaranteed improvement based on the limited sample size. What does everyone else think?
Stats
Season Averages
GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% PF OR DR 8 0 3.5 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4-0.8 50.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.3-0.3 100.0 0.4 0.1 0.5 12 0 5.8 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.3-0.8 44.4 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.1-0.3 25.0 0.7 0.4 0.8 19 0 6.6 1.4 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6-1.3 48.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.1-0.3 33.3 0.6 0.6 1.0 39 0 5.7 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5-1.0 47.5 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.1-0.3 41.7 0.6 0.4 0.8
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Date Opp Score Type Min FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts Game Log Games Field Goals Three Points Free Throws Rebounds Miscellaneous Feb 20 UK L 78-55 Reg 3 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 0.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 10 AUB W 66-68 Reg 1 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 27 LSU W 76-90 Reg 1 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 23 MSST W 54-74 Reg 2 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 20 @ALA W 99-71 Reg 4 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 16 SC L 61-52 Reg 1 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 6 @VAN L 51-54 Reg 5 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jan 2 TENN L 70-63 Reg 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Dec 21 CREI L 81-72 Reg 6 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 18 UCA W 44-82 Reg 23 5 8 62.5 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 10 Dec 12 UALR W 39-73 Reg 17 4 8 50.0 0 0 - 2 2 100.0 6 4 10 3 1 0 0 1 10 Dec 9 JKST W 62-66 Reg 18 2 3 66.7 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 Dec 5 CAL W 67-84 Reg 1 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 28 BELM W 63-83 Reg 4 1 2 50.0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Nov 27 SHSU W 66-92 Reg 4 0 2 0.0 0 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Nov 19 @ARST W 94-71 Reg 6 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 Nov 12 ARPB W 53-96 Reg 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 - 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nov 10 TARL W 33-85 Reg 7 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Great Idea I will start a new thread for this.
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For MN to be competitive, Oberg will need to be double double and play 25-30min a game
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Nice. I love that Whalen is keeping Minnesota Girls and letting these kids be a part of something. She will be a nice practice player. The Count sisters are so underrated for Providence.There may be another walk on joining the team. In this article about Hope Counts, it says that older sister and 2022 grad Maria is going to walk on at the U.
AAU Breakout Player of the Year: Hope Counts | Prep Girls Hoops
had her debutante party at the Minnesota high school State Tournament in March and the celebration has continued all summer. The 6’2 forward from Providence Academy and Metro Stars has been an intriguing prospect for the last couple of seasons but has now come into her own. That fact was...
She may be more than a practice player. There are a lot of girls that are under-scouted, and have skills that don’t show. Especially with schools in the outer rings or out-state, or with inexperienced high school coaches who don’t know how to recognize and use the talent they have. Talking personal experience here….
Is this not about about her sister Hope? Maria is maybe 5'10" unless shes grown about 4 inches in the summer.
sounds like a tenacious defender. That is so important for making a team better in practice as well in games.
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Exchanging messages with my cousin (her grandmother), she tried out and was called to join the team. Unless she has a change of heart, she will be at practice on Tuesday.
