26-27 Utah Men’s Basketball

The official Utah website has posted a current roster for 26-27. It includes:
6’9” Babacar Faye who sat out with injury;
6’5” Spaniard Lucas Langarita,
6’1” PG Obomate Abbey;
6’10” Colin McHaney from Georgia who joined the team midseason but did not play.
Add missionaries:
6’8 former 4* Jaxon Johnson;
6’4” David Katoa,
early signees:
6’1”pg Styles Clemmons;
6’4” Simeon Suguturaga;
6’9” JUCO AA Zati Loubaki.
Verbal Commit 6’10” Austrian Fynn Schott.
Portal additions
6’6” wing Jackson Holcomb from UVU

No McDonald’s All Americans, and some foreign players who didn’t have a McDonald’s in their hometown, or their country (for that matter). :wink:

If they all can learn to play team basketball, we will have a chance.

4 Likes

Holcombe and Loubaki are two guys that are absolutely going to wreck havoc on defense.

1 Like

Ryan Smith just posted that Holcomb is his nephew.

2 Likes

Found this on the website. I’ll remember these two in an otherwise forgettable season. 3.5 GPAs - legit respect.

4 Likes

Holcombe is ranked #130 in ESPNs portal rankings. Only Brown and Dawes are ranked higher in the 40s. The others are not in the top 250 because that is as far as the rankings go.

Seems like the strategy is to get AJ’s system in place - max on the fundamentals and execution - then in years to come recruit greater talent that can fit into the system.

I can live with that.

3 Likes

Is Holcomb a defensive/assist/glue type of a player? His shooting % is no bueno.