Brady Manek Is Transferring To North Carolina After Playing At Four Seasons At Oklahoma
Brady Manek who is a forward played four seasons at Oklahoma!
As a freshman in 2017-2018
Brady Manek In 32 games (26 starts), averaged 10.2 points (ninth among Big 12 freshmen) and 5.2 rebounds (17th in Big 12, fourth among Big 12 freshmen) in 23.7 minutes...Shot .466 from the field and .383 from 3-point range (14th in Big 12, second among Big 12 freshmen)...Made a total of 59 3-pointers (13th in Big 12, third among Big 12 freshmen), good for the fourth-most ever by an OU freshman...During Big 12 play (18 games), averaged 9.8 points and 4.9 rebounds in 23.9 minutes...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team…Went 32-of-80 (.400) from 3-point range in Big 12 games, ranking 12th in the conference...Totaled 312 points - the 12th most ever by a Sooner freshman...One of only nine Division I freshmen to produce at least 160 rebounds and 50 3-pointers in the 2017-18 season...One of three Big 12 freshmen to average over 10 points and 5 rebounds...Produced nine games of three-or-more made 3-pointers...His 22 blocks were the 18th most in the conference and fifth most among Big 12 freshmen...Shot 38-of-72 (.528) from 3-point range in OU's 15 home games...Notched 22 points and shot 6-of-9 from behind the arc against TCU on Jan. 13...Scored a career-high 28 points on 9-of-11 shooting, including a 6-of-8 performance from 3-point range, against Oklahoma State on Jan. 3...Pulled down a career-best 13 boards at TCU on Dec. 30...Secured 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting (4-of-6 from 3-point range) in 20 minutes against Northwestern State on Dec. 19...Helped lead the Sooners to a win at No. 3 Wichita State with 21 points and five 3-point makes on Dec. 16 - his first collegiate game of notching 20 or more points...His performance earned him Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 18...Shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range en route to 16 points in his second career game (Nov. 15 vs. Ball State)...Started his first collegiate game, scoring 11 points to go with six boards against Omaha on Nov. 12...Fifteen games of double-digit scoring...Four games of 20+ points.
As a sophomore at Oklahoma in 2018-2019 Brady Manek was All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team...With 741 career points to his name, he is just the 10th player in OU history to reach career 700 points by the end of a sophomore season...In 34 games (all starts), averaged 12.2 points (second on the team) and 5.9 rebounds (third) while shooting .469 from the field and .358 from behind the arc...Reached double figures in scoring in 13 of his last 16 games...Produced 18 points on an efficient 7-of-9 shooting in an NCAA Tournament win over Ole Miss (March 22)...Scored a season-best 22 points against West Virginia in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship (March 13)...Produced 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting to help take down No. 13 Kansas (March 5)...Produced 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting (4-of-7 from behind the arc) against Iowa State (Feb. 4)...Scored 18 points at West Virginia by shooting 7-of-10 from the field (4-of-6 from 3-point range) on Feb. 2...Produced back-to-back games of at least 15 points vs. OSU (15 on Jan. 23) and Vanderbilt (16 on Jan. 26)...Totalled a career-high four blocks against TCU (Jan. 12)...Scored 15 points in a win over Oklahoma State (Jan. 5)...Gathered 16 points with 11 rebounds against Kansas (Jan. 2) for his fourth double-double of the season...Shot 7-of-10 against Creighton (Dec. 18) to score a season-high-tying 18 points with five boards...Scored 15 points in a win over USC (Dec. 15)...Began the Notre Dame game (Dec. 4) a perfect 5-for-5 from 3-point range (ended up 5-for-8), finishing with 17 points and eight boards...Swiped a career-best three steals against North Texas (Nov. 27)...Opened the season with three consecutive double-doubles – the first Sooner to do so since Blake Griffin in 2008-09...Captured his third straight double-double with a team-high 18 points and 11 rebounds against Wofford (Nov. 18)...Produced 10 points and 11 rebound at UTSA (Nov. 12)...In the season opener at UTRGV (Nov. 9), captured his first career double-double with 12 points and 12 boards...Twenty-four games of double-digit scoring...Two games of 20-plues points...Six games of double-digit rebounds...Five double-doubles.
As a junior at Oklahoma in 2019-20,
Brady Manek, played in 31 games averaged 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 30.5 minutes...Shot 71-187 (38%) from 3-Point Ranger...An All-Big 12 Third selection...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the second season in a row...Ranked eighth in the Big 12 in scoring, ninth in blocks and 12th in rebounding...Was third in the league in field goal percentage, shooting 45.3%...His 71 3-pointers ranked fourth in the Big 12...Was the only Big 12 player with multiple 30-point games...Ended his junior season with 1,188 career points – the 31st most in program history...Has started in 65 straight games for the Sooners...Has sunk 187 3-pointers in his career – the seventh most in program history...Combined with his sophomore season, has reached double figures in 38 of his last 47 games – including 25 in 2019-20...Oklahoma is 28-8 all-time when Manek scores at least 15 points...One of 20 players named to the preseason watch list for the 2020 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award...Member of the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team...Averaged 13.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 3-pointers during Big 12 play...His 41 3-pointers during Big 12 play were the second most in the conference...Helped lead the Sooners to back-to-back wins over Top 25 teams by recording 15 points and seven rebounds in both games against No. 22 Texas Tech (Feb. 25) and No. 20 West Virginia (Feb. 20)...Shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range to capture 18 points against Iowa State (Feb. 12)...Had a-30 point performance against Oklahoma State (Feb. 1) in which he sunk a career-high-tying seven 3-pointers and produced 22 points in the first half...Had an 18-point game against Mississippi State on Jan. 25...Secured a 21-point double-double at Baylor where he shot 4-of-8 from the 3-point range (Jan. 20)...Joined OU’s 1,000-point club by scoring a career-high 31 points on Jan. 18 against TCU...Made a career-high seven 3-pointers on nine attempts in the TCU game...Sunk 5-of-6 3-pointers to score 17 points at Iowa State on Jan. 11...Scored 29 points on 8-of-13 shooting (4-of-8 from 3) on Dec. 30 against UTRGV...Registered his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebound...Recorded a career-high-tying four blocks against Wichita State (Dec. 14)...Scored 16 points in a road win over North Texas (Dec. 5)...Sunk four 3-pointers and totaled 17 points in a win over Missouri on Nov. 26...Secured his first double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 boards against Minnesota on Nov. 9...Produced 16 points in the season opener against UTSA on Nov. 5...Twenty-five games of double-digit scoring...Four games of 20-plus points...Two games of 30-plus points...Three games of double-digit rebounds...Three double-doubles.
As a senior in 2020-2021 at Oklahoma Brady Manek averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds , 0.8 assists while shooting 42.2 %
Turs out the 2020-2021 season would be his last at Oklahoma!
Why?
Because he would transfer to North Carolina for his fifth year eligibility given to student athletes because of the coronavirus pandemic.