Coach Danny Sprinkle has built an exciting roster ahead of his first year at the helm with the Washington Huskies and it’s tied together by his biggest star, Great Osobor.
Sprinkle has been Osobor’s coach every step of the way, from their days together at Montana State, to last year at Utah State when Osobor won Mountain West Player of the Year.
Now, after utilizing the transfer portal, the forward from Bradenton, England will be the focal point of his head coach’s offense one more time and as he prepares for the NBA level, he will be asked to do a lot more than during his time at his previous stops.
“Great is tremendously skilled, he’s basically a point guard in a 6-foot-8, 250-pound body,” Sprinkle said on the Locked On Huskies podcast. “He’s really good at getting rebounds and pushing the ball up the floor, he can throw lobs, you can set ball screens for him and he can come make reads.”
"The Great 1" @GreatOsobor 🧵 #UBUNTU pic.twitter.com/ipMl7rvnmJ
— Washington Men's Basketball (@UW_MBB) July 9, 2024
“He’s got a tremendous IQ, he knows where everybody’s supposed to be like a quarterback or a point guard. That all lends to his versatility and it’s why he was a really hard guard in the Mountain West. He’s continuing to get better too, he’s beginning to shoot the basketball with a lot more confidence which will translate next year because he’s going to have to knock down a lot more threes in the Big Ten with its size and physicality.”
If Osobor can act as a point forward at times, he could make Sprinkle’s offense one of the best in the conference. His ability to push the ball up the floor should open up plenty of options for the Huskies.
“He can make the game a lot easier for KC [Ibekwe] and Franck [Kepnang], and even some of our young guards,” Sprinkle said. “He’s going to be able to take some of the ball handling responsibilities and decision making for those guys.”