Egor Koulechov Visiting

Larry72 said:
I checked some video and an interview. He is a strong player with an all around game. He is a great interview also. Very mature, poised, humble, and well spoken. He is a stouter version of Nate Erdman, early transfer, under coach K.
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excellent. I like the idea of a graduate transfer. We could use a mature shooter.
 
Larry72 said:
I checked some video and an interview. He is a strong player with an all around game. He is a great interview also. Very mature, poised, humble, and well spoken. He is a stouter version of Nate Erdman, early transfer, under coach K.
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It took me a second to realize coach K was Kelvin Sampson. Erdmann was a very good player.
 
Eielson said:
Statistically speaking, Barry was actually probably better at Florida. He simply got fewer minutes, which isn't all that surprising considering he played on an Elite 8 team. His point were really the only thing that dropped, but that's because he took half as many shots. His shooting percentage improved, turnovers decreased, and all his other stats stayed pretty steady.

Koulechov also put up far superior stats.
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This.

And C-USA is worlds better than CoC's conference.
 
I think it's worth pointing out that Egor was viewed as Rice's 'second best' player only because Marcus Evans (another guard set to transfer) is considered the first best. He's a sophomore, another on 1st Team All-CUSA, and as Fran Fraschilla has put it "he scores like he breathes"


Egor makes the Sooners better, no doubt about it


sorry to go all Catoosa on you guys
 
Capel's Mustache said:
go on...say more if you know it!
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Maybe jumping the gun but I wouldn't be shocked if he pulled the trigger on the visit. Hartman and him are "boys". Coaches kind of take different kids under their wing. This is his kid.
 
Edit: Never mind. This has already been discussed above.
 
He should be able to start but even if he doesn't he will get plenty of minutes. We need 3 guys to play the wings. There is 30 minutes for each guy which is plenty. Most likely McGusty and he play 30 and Odomes battles with James for the other 30. Odomes probably gets most of them although he may actually play the 4 some also for a few more minutes for these guys.
 
TINY said:
This.

And C-USA is worlds better than CoC's conference.
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This simply isn't true.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=CAA

As you can see, the Colonial Athletic Conference is much better than C-USA. This is not the C-USA of Cincinnati and others. Middle Tennessee is their best team and there's a lot of awful there. Additionally, Rice's defense was 219th in the country last year.

There's no doubt in my mind this guy can score. I question whether or not he can defend at the level Kruger's going to need him to defend if he's going to play 30 minutes per game. So I doubt he's a 30 mpg player for us. Does that mean he's not worth taking? Not at all. He'll undoubtedly make us better.

But just judging by this thread, I see a lot of potential for people on this board to have higher expectations for Egor than are reasonable, the same way many here had too high expectations for James going into this season. So I'm going conservative with him...a 15-20 mpg shooter who comes off the bench and knocks down some shots but also a guy we're going to need to help defensively. I'd love to be wrong and for him to be better than that. But anyone who's expecting him to come in and score 15-18 ppg as he did for Rice, I think, is setting themselves up to be severely disappointed.

I'll also add that I don't think we need to add an 18 ppg scorer. Obviously, more is better than less provided he doesn't give them all back on the defensive end, but this team isn't that far away from being a really good team. We don't need Egor to be some savior. We need a nice supplemental scorer to stretch the opposing defense. I think he probably offers that.
 
sheepdogs1 said:
When Blake Griffin played we had a walk on (big stature) from Kansas (the state) who is Jewish I believe. His sister, volleyball team member, dated Blake. Name is Beau Gerber.
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Thanks -- I didn't know (or if I knew, I'd forgotten) that Gerber was Jewish.
 
chuckb said:
This simply isn't true.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?c=CAA

As you can see, the Colonial Athletic Conference is much better than C-USA. This is not the C-USA of Cincinnati and others. Middle Tennessee is their best team and there's a lot of awful there. Additionally, Rice's defense was 219th in the country last year.

There's no doubt in my mind this guy can score. I question whether or not he can defend at the level Kruger's going to need him to defend if he's going to play 30 minutes per game. So I doubt he's a 30 mpg player for us. Does that mean he's not worth taking? Not at all. He'll undoubtedly make us better.

But just judging by this thread, I see a lot of potential for people on this board to have higher expectations for Egor than are reasonable, the same way many here had too high expectations for James going into this season. So I'm going conservative with him...a 15-20 mpg shooter who comes off the bench and knocks down some shots but also a guy we're going to need to help defensively. I'd love to be wrong and for him to be better than that. But anyone who's expecting him to come in and score 15-18 ppg as he did for Rice, I think, is setting themselves up to be severely disappointed.

I'll also add that I don't think we need to add an 18 ppg scorer. Obviously, more is better than less provided he doesn't give them all back on the defensive end, but this team isn't that far away from being a really good team. We don't need Egor to be some savior. We need a nice supplemental scorer to stretch the opposing defense. I think he probably offers that.
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IM not expecting 18ppg here. but adding a 47% 3pt shooter will open driving lanes for odomes, young, shep, etc... 47% 3pt shooters make life easier for other guards and post players.
 
CoachTalk said:
IM not expecting 18ppg here. but adding a 47% 3pt shooter will open driving lanes for odomes, young, shep, etc... 47% 3pt shooters make life easier for other guards and post players.
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We could have a pretty dangerous team if Egor comes and James get his percentages back up.
 
CoachTalk said:
He is priority #1.
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I certainly hope so. Thats the last piece.

Trae
Egor
Doolittle
Lattin
Polla
---------
Jordan
McGusty
Rashard
Dante
Jumani
---------
Manek
Freeman
Christian
 
coolm said:
I certainly hope so. Thats the last piece.

Trae
Egor
Doolittle
Lattin
Polla
---------
Jordan
McGusty
Rashard
Dante
Jumani
---------
Manek
Freeman
Christian
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Zero chance McGusty isn't starting next year.
 
That would be ultra-exciting if Coach Kruger can land this guy!

If no other defections, our 2nd team would be: Shepard, James, Odomes, Buford and McNeace. The coaches would likely redshirt Manek since Freeman has already redshirted and Polla has a niche skill set he brings to the table.
 
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