Thursday, May 19, 2011

Utah State with interest in a big?

Jim Basnight, with solid basketball bonafides in his background, writes a blog covering Washington hoops as well as PAC-12 basketball. In his most recent post on May 17, he mentions Utah State being in the running for

"...Another player from the Canary Basketball Academy (CBA) that is considering UW is Marek Soucek. According to Husky Haul, Soucek will decide between UW, Gonzaga, Utah State, Providence "and a few others". Soucek is a face up post with skills, but not much of a banger or inside scorer, which is what UW seriously needs to improve their chances in post season play..."
Here is a five minute YouTube video on the young man who stands 7-feet tall and weighs 235 pounds.  He's 21, out of the Czech Republic and currently playing Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain.

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