BC Mures Centers: No. 7 Ousmane Barro

Ousmane Barro is undoubtedly one of the best defensive centers, if not the best, of the league. First time he signed for BC Mures, it was for only half a season, replacing Darko Balaban, but he helped the team to it's most prestigious season: silver medal in LNBM. 

At the end of that season he left to play in France, but eventually he ended up at BCMU Pitesti, where he had a solid season, finishing in 6th place in he regular season. Pitesti exited the playoffs in the first round after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of BC Mures.

After the departure of Sasha Mladenovic, Barro became the top priority transfer for the BC Mures management on the center post. Coach Srecko Sekulovic doesn't like to make experiments, so he works mostly with players he knows either from his former teams or from the teams he followed previously in the championship. 

Barro didn't wait long to fulfill the expectations, dominating the boards in both "Memorialul Elemer Tordai" and "Cupa Mures" friendly tournaments, scoring a double double in most of these games.

Ousmane Barro is not a spectacular offensive player, but he plays for the team, creates openings for his teammates, gets the offensive rebound, and scores himself when he is in a good position. When he is on the court, the screens are set like in the manual, and there are no easy ways to the basket for the opponents. 

With a healthy Barro under the basket, we can expect more open shots for the shooters, and less easy points scored by the opponents. Knowing his fighting spirit, we can hope for at least a repeat of his silver medal winning season in the white and blue.

Below you can find a short interview with Ousmane Barro.

1. It is your second time at BC Mures, returning from Pitesti after a solid season. How do you feel coming back?

It's a good feeling coming back because I played with some of the guys before so the transition is much easier.

2. How is the chemistry of the team with so many different nationality players on the roster?

The chemistry is great, almost everybody on the team played in Mures before or played in other team in Romania so we all know each other which makes it a good chemistry.

3. There are fewer teams than last season in the league, but most of them got stronger. How competitive do you think this season will be?

I think that's unfortunate that there are less teams than last year but on the other hand, the competition will be very good for the league because every game will be crucial.

4. How was the physical training at Sovata? Have you charged your batteries for the season?

It was great, we did what we needed to do there and it got the team closer so that was good.

5. A few words for the fans.

We thank you for your support and cheers and hopefully at the end the season we will make you (fans) very proud to be a BC MURES FANS.