Shooting % is fairly close but Gatens is clearly ahead his Freshman year. The rest of the stats are fairly meaningless since Gatens averaged nearly twice as many minutes per game. You could technically multiply JO's stats by a factor and they would be nearly identical to Gatens as a Freshman.
Point? Oglesby and Gatens are very similar players.
Gatens didn't have a Sr playing in front of him (Gatens, Bawinkel, Davis, Tucker, Lickliter and Kelly were the other guards). It was a 3 guard offense with only Cole & Tate contributing down low.
Those of you that think Oglesby won't be a contributing factor in the future are just flat our wrong. The kid can shoot the 3, has decent athletic ability and plays smart. He may not be a starter but he will see plenty of minutes as a scorer. If he's off he will see the bench, if he's hot he will get more minutes.
Basketball is about having the right pieces that fit a puzzle. We haven't had the pieces for a long time (Horner, Brunner, Thomas, Haluska and Hansen team was the last). That year was also the last time we made an NCAA tournament. Next years squad will be more talented than the 05-06 team before its finished at Iowa. That team had 3 SRs and 2 JRs starting.
The cupboard was bare when Fran got here. He's landed some great players over the past two recruiting classes and the upcoming class is the best we've had since 2003ish (nearly a decade).
The kids on the roster are not the type that Fran needs for his style of play.