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Re: 2008/2009 Big East Thread
Well Devo is 100% healed along with Rautins. Look for those two to drop alot of threes.My dog's butt smells like cookiesComment
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I read the UNC thread, too...and I fell over in insane laughter.Comment
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I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
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Re: 2008/2009 Big East Thread
Rutgers will be extremely lucky to finish in the Top 10 of the conference this year. I love how they get a decent recruiting class (picked by most publications as the 5th best in the Big East) that doesn't include a single Top 40 players and some of their fans think they'll be challenging for the BE crown in the next year or two. Apparently Rosario = Derrick Rose in some RU fans' eyes."You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier
"Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren BuffetComment
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I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.
I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(
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Re: 2008/2009 Big East Thread
WVU picked up another verbal for the 2009 season over the weekend. Deniz Kilicli, a 6-10 245 lb PF/C from Turkey, gave his commitment to Coach Huggins after his visit there this past weekend. He will finish his prep career at at Mountain State Academy in Beckley, WV this year. He was receiving interest from UConn, Duke, UCLA, & Kentucky just to name a few.
I know the coach at Mountain State Academy pretty well and he told me that this kid has serious NBA potential and that he's just recently starting getting a lot of recruiting attention. UCLA coach Ben Howland was in town a few weeks ago, along with Duke assistant Chris Collins, and UK coach Billy Gillispie.Comment
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I know for a fact that Howland, Collins, and Gillispie were in town to watch him a few weeks ago. I am friends with the MSA coach where he will be playing this season and I talked to him before and after their visits. Huggins was also there a week before that. He's not really had much US exposure yet but his potential is huge and a lot of coaches are just finding out about him. By year's end, he will probably be a 4 or 5 star prospect. Just wait and see. Here's an article about him from the local paper here:
More skilled than Kevin Love’
By Dave Morrison
Sports Editor
Sometimes you can find out exactly what you want to know by being an innocent bystander.
When trying to find out exactly what kind of player Mountain State Academy’s Deniz Kilicli was, a UCLA assistant coach told the tale of the talent from Turkey.
“He is more skilled than Kevin Love,” the Bruins assistant said Friday after MSU’s practice at Van Meter Gymnasium. “They’re different type players, but he is more skilled than Kevin.”
And that spoke volumes.
Love, of course, was an NBA lottery pick after his freshman season at UCLA.
Word apparently travels fast.
Despite being in the states for only three weeks, Kilicli has already received visits from West Virginia and Kentucky, as well as UCLA, Oklahoma, LSU and N.C. State. West Virginia’s Bob Huggins and Kentucky’s Billy Gillespie were at Van Meter Gymnasium in person.
“I am surprised,” Kilicli, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound senior, said. “But I came here because I wanted to improve my basketball and my grades. In Europe, I didn’t see that (kind of attention). I am a good player. But now I will be a better player.”
Which is exactly what MSU Academy coach Rob Fulford is hoping.
“Not that he needs a lot of improving because he is as skilled as any big man I’ve ever seen,” Fulford said of the 17-year-old power forward who turns 18 on Oct. 23. “In the U.S., you get a lot of physical players, which he is. But you don’t see guys as skilled as he is.
“He is physically dominating. He can score with either hand and he is a great rebounder. He can also pull up and hit the three on the break, which is a trademark of European players. He has it all. I think he’ll be in the NBA. I think he’s a two-year college guy, max.”
Kilicli came from a basketball family. His father and uncle both played basketball in Turkey.
“I remember watching the NBA games with my father,” Kilicli said. “We would wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning to watch the Bulls and Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan had no handicap. He could guard centers, he could guard little men, guards, and he could guard forwards. He could do anything he wanted to do.”
Kilicli readily admits he wants to play in the NBA.
“Anything I do, I want to be at the top,” he said. “If I play volleyball with my teammates, I want to win. I want to play in the NBA. That is why I am here, to be at the top.”
Fulford said Kilicli is part of the puzzle that he is close to completing.
“We have said from the beginning we want to be an elite program,” Fulford said. “I found out about Deniz from a guy in Chicago. Could he have gone to an established program? Probably. But sometimes guys want to come in to a building program and set the tone.
“I can tell you this. He has created a serious buzz. We have had several big programs in, just this week. And Sunday, Connecticut and Duke are going to be here. My phone has literally been blowing up.”
Fulford said the academy will play three state schools this year — triple-A Logan, George Washington and John Marshall in the Hoops Classic at the Charleston Civic Center. The Falcons also face Oak Hill Academy’s travel team, coached by Steve Smith, at the Beckley-Raleigh County Civic Center on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
— E-mail: demorrison@
register-herald.comLast edited by crques; 10-14-2008, 02:09 PM.Comment
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Re: 2008/2009 Big East Thread
It was one guy, let's relax here. Rutgersal is stupid, he always does this. Let's not generalize.
We have some young players, but we're not close to challenging for the BE crown at all. FHJ does have the program heading in the right direction though, and this should be a fun group to watch play.Comment
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Re: 2008/2009 Big East Thread
No Georgetown love?My teams:
NFL:Washington Redskins
NCAAFB:Notre Dame
NBA:Los Angeles Lakers
NCAABB:Georgetown Hoyas
MLB:Washington Nationals
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