Ronnie Morgan's Son

Cooley · January 21, 2006

TexasHoops.com Recruiting Staff

After persevering through all the controversy surrounding his transfer to South Oak Cliff, Ronnie Morgan has emerged on the basketball court in a big way. The athletic 6-foot-7, 210-pound has fit right in with his new teammates, and has given SOC a tremendous second option after Darrell Arthur. Morgan got some college recruiting interest in the fall, but decided to wait things out just in case something else came up. From all indications, it has.

"The season has been going really good so far," Morgan said. "We just beat Kimball the other night, and we're ranked like number two or three in the state. We're about to take off to New York to play a game too. It's been great."

In addition to the team doing well, Morgan has had his share of highlights as well. "I'm averaging about 15 or 16 points and about nine rebounds," Morgan said. "I had a 40-point game earlier this year too. My role is different now. The team depends on me to score more, instead of just rebounding and defending."

The increased offensive production has no doubt caught the eyes of college coaches, many of whom have made the trip down to South Dallas to check out SOC's talented roster. Morgan almost wasn't available to be recruited - he had offers from and took visits to schools such as Louisiana Tech, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and Western Illinois in the fall. He's still considering those schools but is open to newcomers - and recently a school from a high-major conference has sent overtures.

"Right now I'm planning on visiting Michigan after the season," Morgan said. "They want someone who can come in who's big and strong. I'm pretty sure that they're going to offer me, and Coach Amaker is coming down to talk to me soon. If they offer, I might just jump on it."

Morgan noted that he's also been hearing from UNLV a lot lately and is certainly listening to anyone else who might want to call. It's still a little early though and he certainly wants to concenrate on helping SOC win another 4A state title. Keep in touch with TexasHoops.com for the most up-to-date information on his college recruitment.

Texas Hoops Analysis: Ronnie is an athletic and strong paint player who uses his body well in the lane. He is a lefty who finishes well on the low block, has good spring around the goal, gets easy buckets with his active body in the paint, runs the floor very well and is a good rebounder. He is a physical player who will compete on defense and fight for loose balls. He is raw on the offensive end and as he improves his low post game, he will be a tough player to defend. Talk about it in: The Message Boards

Note: Ronnie is having a great year and replaces former 6-9 SOC and Baylor signee Kevin Rogers very nicely. Correction on Tx Hoops' Analysis: Ronnie is right handed. Brother J'Misson "Bobo" Morgan is a 6-10, 265 lb Soph center at SOC. Not fully developed yet but should be a force by his senior season.

FirefightnRick · January 21, 2006

Wow, Big Mo? That guy was probably one of our last best ball-handling big guys. If you got the ball to him he alway's seemed to work to the inside with the dribble better than most. Beautiful touch off the glass as I remember? He was the SLC freshman of the year, then had grade and health problems and ended up leaving NT early. Last I had heard he went to Europe to ply pro?

Good to hear his boys are doing good.

Rick