According to Hanno, this guy just committed to Utah
Mikael Jantunen already a starter on the Finnish national team
https://eurospects.com/?page_id=6144
Last edited by concerned; 10-08-2018 at 03:03 PM.
Now overcommitted by 2 for the class of 2019. The staff is learning from prior years and overbooking.........I like it, though it leaves the roster somewhat imbalanced towards bigs and my way too early guesses on transfers out.
2019-2020 roster as of now:
Bigs:
Johnson
Van Komen
Carlson
Battin
Thioune
Jantunen
Tillman
Wings/Points:
Jones
Jones
Gaskin
Popoola
Gach
Hendrix
Allen
Brenchley
So at least 2 of those guys will be gone. I would guess one will be Popoola, but I have a hard time seeing who will be the other. Probably someone (or multiple someones) will get buried and see the writing on the wall because they are buried behind people in their own class or a younger class. However, I have no idea whatsoever who that will be. Really hard to project that.
Another thing to note, the makeup of those 15 players is 2 seniors, 2 juniors (including Popoola, so draw your own conclusions there), 6 sophomores (depending on possible redshirts this year), and 5 freshmen. Crazy young team, it's going to be fascinating to see how these guys shake out.
Pop Sr. posted a tweet that Isaac Johnson is down to Oregon and Utah. Still no timetable for a decision. I believe he will leave for a mission right after graduation.
Signing day!
Ryaln Jones and Jantunen are in. Still waiting on Matt Van Komen..
Frankly, I don't want One-and-Done players to come through the program.
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Last edited by concerned; 11-21-2018 at 06:18 AM.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
The real threat to college basketball isn't the g-league, its Lavar Ball's Junior Basketball Association.
2019 commits Matt Van Komen & Rylan Jones faced off last night. PG beat Olympus on a left handed layup with no time left on the clock. Casey Brown, a BYU commit also played.
At 7'4", MVK and disruptive. He has plenty of room to improve. I'd call him a project with a lot of upside.
Krystko was there watching his recruits. Olympus has Skyview on Friday, where we'll be able to assess Utah recruit Mason Falslev -- Utah will be playing in the P12 championship at the same time.
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“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman
"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb
"Three-time Pro Bowler Eric Weddle the most versatile, and maybe most intelligent, safety in the game." -- SI, 9/7/15, p. 107.