2019 Basketball Recruiting Thread

[SoCalPat]

Speaking to a friend I trust who has a pretty good take on Utah basketball has watched the Finnish kid Mikael Jantunen play fairly recently and claims he is the real deal and expect he will be an immediate contributor. He was pretty excited about him, and he is in no way a homer in that regard (FWIW, he was the guy to temper my expectations for this last year - he believed it was possible we may not have had a winning record).

Anyway, I thought that was worth reporting.

I’m also bullish on the Finn, as well as MVK. Don’t you all remember David Foster as a frosh? That was a horrible defensive team (Giac’s last year, IIRC) and all he did was set the school record for blocked shots in a single season. If those two can exceed expectations slightly, we could get past losing the Headband.

[UTEopia]

Although I like Jayce and believe that a healthy Jayce would make the Utes a better team, the thing that concerns me most about him leaving is that it continues a pattern that cannot persist if Utah basketball is going to become an actual program as opposed to a series of remodels with no real infrastructure.

[LA Ute]

Although I like Jayce and believe that a healthy Jayce would make the Utes a better team, the thing that concerns me most about him leaving is that it continues a pattern that cannot persist if Utah basketball is going to become an actual program as opposed to a series of remodels with no real infrastructure.

Well said.