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Exhibition vs Brigham Young University
9:00 pm (ET)
The Delta Center, Salt Lake City
ESPN Plus
UNC Radio Network
The UNC Tar Heels:
#1 Kyan Evans P = 40, E = 90, I = 65, X = 50
#7 Seth Trimble P = 0, E = 10, I = 0, X = 0
#8 Caleb Wilson P = 50, E = 90, I = 100, X = 75
#44 Luka Bogavac P = 15, E = 100, I = 35, X = 25
#13 Henri Veesaar P = 20, E = 70 I = 0, X = 10
#15 Jarin Stevenson P = 50, E = 100, I = 15, X = 30
#11 Jonathan Powell P = 70, E = 10, I = 0, X = 35
#3 Derek Dixon P = 25, E = 5, I = 80, X = 50
#2 James Brown P = 20, E = 75, I = 5, X = 10
#1 Zayden High P = 0, E = 50, I = 10, X = 5
#4 Jaydon Young P = 100, E = 5, I = 80, X = 90
Coach Davis Wisdom = 55
BYU Cougars
3 A.J. Dybantsa P = 45, E = 80, I = 85, X = 65
13 Keba Keita* P = 100, E = 95, I = 50, X = 75
1 Robert Wright P = 20, E = 70, I = 5, X = 10
15 Richie Saunders P = 5, E = 95, I = 0, X = 0
30 Kennard Davis P = 5, E = 0, I = 0, X = 0
5 MIhailo Boskovic* P = 100, E = 95, I = 80, X = 90
6 Aleksej Kostic* P = 20, E = 10, I = 100, X = 60
7 Khadim Mboup* P = 55, E = 100, I = 45, X = 50
24 Dominique Diomande* P = 80, E = 95, I = 80, X = 80
33 Xavion Staton P = 100, E = 70, I = 35, X = 65
Coach Kevin Young Wisdom = 90
This is an exhibition game, thus like the Memphis game (which the Tar Heels won) last year, will not be taken into consideration in any way toward standings or power ratings. That said, it is the first chance to both see the Tar Heels versus something other than themselves as well as travel and play in a hostile venue.
The Brigham Young Cougars have recently poured a good deal of cash into becoming a college basketball contender. Coach Kevin Young was brought in last season to Professionalize their program and he scored big almost immediately by landing the #1 high school prospect in Brockington, Massachusetts’ A.J. Dybantsa (6-9 wing). The touted prospect did not disappoint last week in an exhibition versus Nebraska by scoring 30 on good shooting. That said, BYU lost that game by a point to a Three-Point Heavy Cornhusker attack. Dybantsa is a force on the court and plays everywhere in a very-NBA almost position-less style. Joining him are four foreign players ranging from Mali to Serbia to Austria to France but Dybantsa’s biggest potential help is a local Utah boy, Richie Saunders (6-5 wing) who shoots from faraway in deadeye fashion. Keba Keita also returns to rebound (6-8, Mali, Sr). Newcomer point guard Richard Wright III, in from Butler, is expected to run the show and well, while portal man from Southern Illinois, Kennard Davis (6-6 wing) brings some gaudy stats to the Beehive State as well. There are International bigs a-plenty with Mihailo Bostick (6-10, Serbia), Dominique Diomande (6-10, France), and Khadim Mboup (6-9, Senegal) to rebound the ball. Coach Kevin Young will work to have his squad play pro sets and shoot fast. He’s the great-great-great-great-great nephew of Brigham Young by the way.
The Tar Heels…
Frontcourt: Sparkplug and highly skilled freshman Caleb Wilson has the best biorhythms on the team. He is 6-9 and perhaps ought to be listed among the wings because he will play outside/inside. Joining him in that role will be returnee to NC from the Yellowhammer State, Jarin Stevenson, a 6-11 inside/outside man…the Rhythms are promising for #15 – Good physical and very fired up. The prize of the portal for Carolina will man the pivot: Henri Veesaar comes to Chapel Hill from Arizona full of vowels and standing 7-0. His rhythms tonight are not good other than great ‘want-to.’ Zayden High returns to the team from exile to add his 6-10 all-over-the-court enthusiasm…he sometimes thinks like a guard. Last but definitely not least, a bulked-up and bespectacled James Brown (6-9) is also among the several highly motivated Heels to hit the court in the paint tonight.
Wings: Jonathan Powell, in from West Virginia, is 6-6 and skilled. He may be the sleeper of the off-season transfer ‘gets’ and should have a big role this season. Powell is athletic for tonight’s tilt. If Bogavac can’t go for whatever reason, he’ll step-up and surprise. Jaydon Young of Goldsboro spent time in Blacksburg but like Jarin Stevenson, returns to the Tar Heel State to play for the Flagship. He’s a 6-4 and finished strong last year for the Hokies. He’s a ballhawk who plays hard. It will be difficult to keep him off the court this year. His ritmos for today are very good. He should play well…how much time he will get is the question. The biggest question mark is the Montenegran Flash, Luka Bogavac. At 6-5, he’s a shooter with four years professional experience in Euro-League ball. As of this writing, weirdness from the Carolina Administration (nothing new about that – Thanks Lee Roberts) has his eligibility in limbo. If he does play then fire looks to be the word. If he doesn’t play tonight then Powell or Stevenson will step into the starting lineup. Either of those possibilities are themselves enticing.
Guards: This is Seth Trimble’s team and that will be evident. The oddness of a young man that stays with his initial chosen school an entire career notwithstanding, Trimble has proven himself a True Tar Heel for the ages and should continue to do so. His biorhythms are badly off for tonight’s game unfortunately. Perhaps he lied about his age? Joining Trimble as field general for this squad is Colorado State Transfer, Kyan (KEYE-AN) Evans – A Missourian and 6-2 natural point, he’s a distributor and will keep the ball moving. His rhythms for tonight are solid and he’s got the Intel Edge. Freshman Derek Dixon has excited observers at practice so far and at 6-4 is being worked up as the second point guard. He is said to be multi-skilled and a hard-nosed defender. His biorhythms for tonight are also solid and his Intel Arc is tops – always a plus for a guard.
Overall: Above we have described the players most likely to see time this season. The team is deeper than it has been in recent years and the interchangeability of the parts is intriguing. The Tar Heels are bigger than they’ve been in years and those bigs bring both power and mobility…at times there may be line-ups of 7-0, 6-11, 6-9, 6-6, and 6-3…at other times we might go 6-2, 6-3, 6-6, 6-9, 6-9. The encouraging thing is that both such Fives would be up and down the court and on-the-ball defenders.
Tonight the Cougars of BYU have better overall biorhythms but this one is probably going to be played with both teams taking this as an opportunity to experiment with some lineups. Certainly the competitor in each of them will be trying to win and the thought of a head-to-head Dybantsa/Caleb Wilson match-up is titillating – and may well happen – but this is also pre-season and all should remember that. This is about building for The Ones That Count. In that spirit, the Biorhythms will make no prognostication for a score. Gonna enjoy it just the same
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