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(ALEX UPDATE) The Last Scholarship Goes to Turkish Forward Karahan Tuan Efeoğlu

Is anyone overly optimistic that Efeoğlu is a golden nugget from the dried up portion of the Euphrates River? He is low stat guy.

Stats from Michelle Bodkin's writeup on KSL. "Efeoğlu played for Istanbul Basket in 2020-21 and put up 2.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game. In 22-23, Efeoğlu played for Anadolu Efes and averaged 1.4 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists."

That doesn't look good. But......

Perhaps a better indicator here. "In the recent U20 European Championship, the Utah commit averaged 9.4 points per contest on 63.3 percent shooting. He also recorded 4.4 reboudns, 0.6 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.2 blocks per game."

Going back a bit. "During the 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers tournament, Efeoğlu averaged 11.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game."

Here are the physical dimensions. "Efeoğlu stands at 6’8″ with the ability to be moved around in the rotation for the Utes, making him a very intriguing and versatile pickup for Smith and crew."

My take is that Utah seems to be relegated to putting their scholarship chips into some lower odds by looking to roll multiple snake eyes with their dice on Efeoğlu's production and Deivon Smith's eligibility.
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CW To Broadcast 50 ACC Games Through 2026-2027. Pac12 Next?

CW network announced today that they will broadcast 50 ACC basketball football games each season through the 26-27

It’s obvious they will be not marquee games because other networks already have a contract with the ACC. These are most likely lowered tiered games, still, it’s a step in the direction for CW broadcasting live college games.

Is this a replacement for Pac12 games that they wanted to broadcast with the never reached agreement with a Pac12 network???

BYU just might be THAT team in the Big 12

We're already starting to see BYU and BYU fans clown themselves a bit on a bigger and brighter stage in the Big 12.

First there was the midnight firework celebration for July 1, and my personal favorite, the countdown clock in Times Square when the Big 12 became official. You saw some jibbing for the over-the-top and cheesy celebrations.

Now Outkick is clowning BYU for a uniform stunt at media days.

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All the while, Big 12 media predicts BYU will finish 11th in football and Phil Steele just listed Cougs as worst team in the league.

All the bravado thus far will look even funnier if BYU goes into the league and stinks up the joint on the field and court.

Pass the popcorn!

Vegas Lines

I know it feels like we're still miles away from Week 1, but lines are already out for week 1. Here's the Pac-12, the rest of the top 25 (using ESPN's preseason poll), and other teams that might be of interest. Lots of garbage games here, but a couple of interesting ones.

#18 Florida +9 @ #15 Utah. This line opened at 9.5 in some places, which bettors seemed to think was a little high, but nobody's got it close right now. Total of 50, so the expectation is roughly Utah 30 - Florida 21.

SJSU +30.5 @ #7 USC. Not much movement yet, total of 63, so expectation is roughly USC 47 - SJSU 16
Port St. XX @ #13 Oregon. No lines for FCS games.
Boise +15 @ #21 Washington. This one's all over, with a high at 16 and as low as 14.5. Total is 58.5, so expectation is roughly UW 37 - Boise 21.
#24 OR ST -16.5 @SJSU. SJSU plays @ USC in "week 0" on August 26 and then hosts OR ST on Sunday Sept 3rd. You can get 17.5, and the total is 55, so the expectation is roughly ORST 36 - SJSU 19
WSU -14.5 @ CSU. Total is all over, between 56.5 and 59.5. We'll call it 58, so the expectation is roughly WSU 36 - CSU 22.
Stanford -9.5 @ Hawaii. Total of 58 or 58.5, so the expectation is roughly Stanford 34 - Hawaii 24.
Cal -9.5 @ N. Texas. Total of 57.5, so expectation is roughly Cal 33 - N. Texas 24.
CCU +16.5 @ UCLA. Total of 64.5, so expectation is roughly UCLA 40 - CCU 24.
CU +20 @ #17 TCU. Total of 62, so the expectation for Prime's first FBS game is that his team gets destroyed 41-21.
SUU @ ASU. No lines for FCS games.
NAU @ Arizona. No lines for FCS games.

#1 OSU -27.5 @ Indiana. Total is roughly 60, so expectation is roughly OSU 44 - Indiana 16
MTSU +38.5 @ #2 Bama. Total is roughly 55, so expectation is roughly Bama 47 - MTSU 8
UT Martin @ #3 UGA. No lines for FCS games.
#4 LSU -3 @ #14 FSU. Total is roughly 56, so expectation is roughly LSU 30 - FSU 27
Rice +35 @ #5 Texas. Total is roughly 59, so expectation is roughly Texas 47 - Rice 12
ECU +36.5 @ #6 Michigan. Total is roughly 52, so expectation is roughly Michigan 44 - ECU 8
#8 Clemson -12 @ Duke. Total is roughly 57.5, so expectation is roughly Clemson 35 - Duke 23
Navy +20 @ #9 ND. Total is roughly 49, so expectation is roughly ND 35 - Navy 15
WVU +20 @ #10 PSU. Total is roughly 53, so expectation is roughly PSU 37 - WVU 17
Ark. St. @ #11 OU. No line for this game yet, despite ARK ST being a Sun Belt team. Maybe Vegas thinks they're still FCS despite them being an FBS team since the 90s.
#12 Tenn. -28 @ UVA. Total is roughly 58.5, so expectation is roughly Tennessee 43 - UVA 15
Mercer @ #16 Ole Miss. No lines for FCS games.
UNM +39 @ #19 ATM. Total is roughly 50.5, so expectation is roughly ATM 45 - UNM 6
Buffalo + 24 @ #20 Wisky. Total is roughly 55, so expectation is Wisconsin 39 - Buffalo 15
#22 TTech - 13.5 @ Wyoming. Total is roughly 52.5, so expectation is roughly TTech 33 - Wyoming 20
TX ST +26 @ #23 Baylor. Total is roughly 57 so expectation is roughly Baylor 41 - TX ST 15
S. Car. +2 @ #25 UNC. Total is roughly 61, so expectation is roughly UNC 32 - S. Car. 30

USU @ Iowa. No line, despite USU being a FBS team for over a century.
SH ST @ BYU. No line for FCS teams.

The only lines less than 10 are Utah (-9), Stanford and Cal both favored by 9 against MWC foes, LSU by 3 against Florida St., and UNC by 2 against S. Carolina.

I'd also pay attention to Texas Tech at Wyoming. I don't know if Wyoming is any good, but favored by less than 2 TD on the road in Laramie is tricky.

Ca’lil Valentine prediction… not to Utah

I figured I’d save everyone the clickbait unless they wanted to pop in here. Valentine is committing on the 8th, and I’m getting the sense it’s going to be Illinois.

Before anyone gets frustrated that it’s anticipated to be Illinois, they did just have a RB taken in the third round. Additionally, Utah’s RB depth might be a blessing and a curse for at least a year.
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