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Loren Woods
School: Arizona Class: Senior
Height: 7'1" Weight: 250
Position: Center Birthdate: 6/21/78
Strengths: Great shotblocker • Nice post soft touch • Good athlete
Weaknesses: Needs to get much stronger • Back problems
Draft Outlook: Mid first round pick
Stats (Provided by JazzyJ )
  
                  G  MIN  FG  FGA  3P 3PA  FT FTA  REB  PF AST  TO BLK STL  PTS
96-97 WakeForest 30  525  71  147   0   0  63  93  157  45  16  43  45   7  205
97-98 WakeForest 22  554  63  157   1   4  67 100  157  50  19  37  50   8  194
98-99 Arizona                     Did Not Play - Transfer Student              
99-00 Arizona    26  820 154  285   0   2  97 128  194  50  38  56 102  21  405
00-01 Arizona    29  879 133  264   1   3 117 141  189  64  62  59  84  19  384
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TOTALS          107 2778 421  853   2   9 344 462  697 209 135 195 281  55 1188
 
                  MIN   FG%   3P%   FT%  RPG  APG  TPG  BPG  SPG   PPG
96-97 WakeForest 17.5  48.3   0.0  67.7  5.2  0.5  1.4  1.5  0.2   6.8
97-98 WakeForest 25.2  40.1  25.0  67.0  7.1  0.9  1.7  2.3  0.4   8.8
98-99 Arizona               Did Not Play - Transfer Student           
99-00 Arizona    31.5  54.0   0.0  75.8  7.5  1.5  2.2  3.9  0.8  15.6
00-01 Arizona    30.3  50.4  33.3  83.0  6.5  2.1  2.0  2.9  0.7  13.2
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TOTALS           26.0  49.4  22.2  74.5  6.5  1.3  1.8  2.6  0.5  11.1
Additional Information
Count Arizona's Loren Woods among those whose draft stock is on the rise.  After an impressive private workout Friday in Chicago several teams are beginning to buzz about Loren Woods.  Woods, who has been in a vigorous workout program this spring has been adding muscle to his lanky frame. According to his agent, Matt Muehlebach, Woods has added 20 pounds to his frame since we last saw him in the Final Four.  Woods now reportedly weighs 250 pounds.
 
That's good news for teams who have worried about whether Woods can survive the physical nature of the NBA game.  Woods reportedly shot the ball extremely well in workouts and his added bulk is making teams give him a second look.  One GM. whose team is in the lottery, told Insider that Woods might really rise on draft boards in the next two weeks.  "He was a projected top 5 pick last year, he played well in the tournament this year, he's 7'1" and is now showing the ability to bulk up," the GM told Insider.  "When the smoke clears, he might sneak right back up into the top 10.  I don't think he'll slip past Boston. If things keep going well the next two weeks, he may go as high as 6." 
 
"A lot of people would die to be in the position I'm in," Woods said. "So I'm not by any means saying I had a rough year. It's just unfortunate that because I had some ups and downs this year, (people say) I can't play. I'm a way better player than I was last year, and last year I would have gone in the top five if I had gone to the draft."
Chad Ford - Sportstalk.com (June 12th)

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Strengths: Agile and mobile for a 7- footer runs the court well .... Could easily be considered the best shot-blocker in the country because of the fact that he can dominate a game without even scoring ... Beautiful scoring touch around the basket usually shoots with hooks or flip-ins ...Has all the necessary skills to be a great defensive shot-blocker due to his long arms, leaping ability, anticipation, and quickness ... Gets to the free throw line often and unlike most college centers he converts a huge percentage of his fouls shots ... Has developed a very good face up game that can extend out to 14 feet and in ... Is a very disciplined player rarely does he pick up dumb fouls .... Good passer who sees the court well and looks for open teammates when double-teamed ...

Weakness: Biggest thing for Woods should be to lift some weights and add some muscle mass to his lean body ... Average rebounder although this has more to do with him being out of position as a result of him roaming the lane to block shots ... Doesn't really look all that comfortable on the block against physical players ... At this point in his career Woods isn't really a back to the basket player because of his lack of strength he doesn't hold his position on the blocks ...... Had a back injury last year which caused a compression to the disc he then contacted valley fever which may have made the bone weaker ... Could stand to play a little more aggressive sometimes he has a tendency to coast during games... Post footwork could stand to use some improvement although not bad in college he will need more help in this area once entering the pros ...