Jumbo Package: Nate Oats adds elite shooter from transfer portal

Tide defeats KSU 92-81 | Getty Images Happy Friday, everyone. This is a big weekend on the diamonds, as the baseball team heads to Austin for three games against 2nd-ranked Texas, while softball hosts SEC doormat Kentucky. Both will be looking to bounce back, baseball from last weekend’s sweep at the hands of Arkansas, and softball from an inexplicable mid-week loss to Samford.

The big news of the day is Nate Oats’ addition of his latest 6’7” marksman. “Cloer is a big-time shooter of the basketball who also possesses good wing size and bounce at the rim,” 247Sports director of scouting wrote in his assessment of Cloer. “He has a high and compact release, gets beautiful loft and rotation on his ball, and is a threat to make all different types of shots.

He can make threes on the move or off the dribble, knocked down 43% of his open spot-up threes in EYBL play, and also has a complimenting pull-up game with his ability to score overtop of most opposing wings. Most of all, he has that outward confidence and swagger that almost all great shot-makers share. Cloer reclassified and took a redshirt year, so he still has four years of eligibility.

His shooting stroke is his calling card, and it is smooth. In this offense, he should get plenty of opportunities to launch. New women’s basketball coach Pauline Love also added a guard from the portal.