'19 Turkey SF - Yavuz Gultekin (Texas A&M ---> San Diego)

URIRecruitingInfo · Unread post by **URIRecruitingInfo** » 5 years ago

Yavuz Gultekin - SF
From: Turkey
School: Bishop Walsh (MD)
Travel/AAU: Mid Atlantic Select

Ht: 6'7"
Wt: 190

RANKINGS:
Rivals: 3 Stars, #150 in 2019
ESPN: 3 Stars, 76 Grade

OFFERS:
Rhode Island
DePaul
George Mason
Georgetown
Kansas State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Old Dominion
Penn State
St. Bonaventure
TCU

INTEREST:
St. Joe's
Villanova

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/ ... kin-209330
https://247sports.com/player/yavuz-gultekin-46048800
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/bask ... z-gultekin
http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/yavuz-gultekin

URIRecruitingInfo · Unread post by **URIRecruitingInfo** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

His nickname is Yeezy. We already have a Meezy and a Moosie. It would be nice to add a Yeezy.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I can’t see Rhody taking another SF after Long verbally committed yesterday.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Watch the second video clip below (game action)

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Resources available to kids today

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Yeezy transferring high schools for his Sr year.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I think Yeezy went on the self invited unofficial visit where they don’t take pictures in a Rhody uniform and they don’t make a full size cutout of the recruit.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

It doesn't hurt us to host as many unofficials as possible.....you don't know when backup plans become front line targets....like Dahmir Bishop blowing up and out of our sphere....I hope we are still in that sphere but we need to constantly recruit kids like Yavuz....

rhodylaw · Unread post by **rhodylaw** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:I can’t see Rhody taking another SF after Long verbally committed yesterday.

I can - let’s load up on guys who can play the 2/3/4 spots. It’s what we did last year except we did it with 6 guards under 6’4” - same philosophy with taller players, I love it!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

rhodylaw wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:I can’t see Rhody taking another SF after Long verbally committed yesterday.
I can - let’s load up on guys who can play the 2/3/4 spots. It’s what we did last year except we did it with 6 guards under 6’4” - same philosophy with taller players, I love it!

I think Coach Cox wants to play with two rebounding Fs at 6’8”+. Like Cyril and Jermaine. They will recruit one big man for ‘19 and most likely one G.

They played 4 Gs out of necessity last year because they only had Andre and Cyril.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:
rhodylaw wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:I can’t see Rhody taking another SF after Long verbally committed yesterday.
I can - let’s load up on guys who can play the 2/3/4 spots. It’s what we did last year except we did it with 6 guards under 6’4” - same philosophy with taller players, I love it!
I think Coach Cox wants to play with two rebounding Fs at 6’8”+. Like Cyril and Jermaine. They will recruit one big man for ‘19 and most likely one G.

They played 4 Gs out of necessity last year because they only had Andre and Cyril.

They had Tertsea, Layssard and Preston. Those guys gonna experience splinters again?

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

theblueram wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:
rhodylaw wrote:
I can - let’s load up on guys who can play the 2/3/4 spots. It’s what we did last year except we did it with 6 guards under 6’4” - same philosophy with taller players, I love it!
I think Coach Cox wants to play with two rebounding Fs at 6’8”+. Like Cyril and Jermaine. They will recruit one big man for ‘19 and most likely one G.

They played 4 Gs out of necessity last year because they only had Andre and Cyril.
They had Tertsea, Layssard and Preston. Those guys gonna experience splinters again?

I am talking about recruits for ‘19 that would have impact in 2020-21 season as Soph.
Cyril, Layssard & Preston will be gone.

giovanni · Unread post by **giovanni** » 5 years ago

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Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

Maybe with Nicola going to Italy we see a spot for Yavuz ??

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Yeezy picking up steam

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

Nebraska picked up Amir Harris last year from the DMV area....back there again with the offer to Yavuz...

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

From his visit a few weeks ago-

URIRecruitingInfo · Unread post by **URIRecruitingInfo** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Yeezy’s Mid Atantic Select lost in Big Apple Tournament Championship game to Middlesex Magic scored with 2 seconds to go to win by 1.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Coach Carroll watched Yeezy today. He was sitting on the baseline. Mid Atlantic Select won their game. They play again tonight. Best player on the team is a Penn State commit.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 5 years ago

He’s picking up more and more offers- St. Bonaventure and Georgetown are the most recent.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

Backup plan to Bishop, which I don't think they'll need.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

I'm going with Northwestern.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I’m going with St Joe’s. Only school he has an official visit scheduled.

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

He will take few official visits before deciding. Big 10, Big 12 , Big east all on him pretty hard. He will be deciding what other schools that will get official visits. Also , could be others that haven’t been mentioned publicly involved.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

Slim from MD is back...

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Slim, you came on last year and seemed to pump up the schools that were interested in Matt Balanc. Then Matt went to Quinnipiac.
Now you come back and have Yeezy going to Big 10,Big 12 or Big East? I realize he has offers from the lower schools in those leagues. Most of these schools offer 25-30 recruits and have 2-4 open spots.

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:Slim, you came on last year and seemed to pump up the schools that were interested in Matt Balanc. Then Matt went to Quinnipiac.
Now you come back and have Yeezy going to Big 10,Big 12 or Big East?

Matt doing well he found the right fit and had players from his Hs at Qpac. There was connection

What does he have to do with Yavuz ?

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Slim wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:Slim, you came on last year and seemed to pump up the schools that were interested in Matt Balanc. Then Matt went to Quinnipiac.
Now you come back and have Yeezy going to Big 10,Big 12 or Big East?

Matt doing well he found the right fit and had players from his Hs at Qpac. There was connection

What does he have to do with Yavuz ?

Nothing to do with Matt. Are you coming on to pump up Yeezy now?

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:
Slim wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:Slim, you came on last year and seemed to pump up the schools that were interested in Matt Balanc. Then Matt went to Quinnipiac.
Now you come back and have Yeezy going to Big 10,Big 12 or Big East?

Matt doing well he found the right fit and had players from his Hs at Qpac. There was connection

What does he have to do with Yavuz ?
Nothing to do with Matt. Are you coming on to pump up Yeezy now?

Why you bring up Matt then ? Not pumping anybody up just stating he will line up visits.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Based on this article Rhody has pulled back on Yeezy. It sounds like St Joe’s is the lead.

https://247sports.com/college/saint-jos ... ssion=true

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 5 years ago

He looks like a St Joe's guy that'll be annoyingly good.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote:He looks like a St Joe's guy that'll be annoyingly good.

Do you want him on Rhody’s roster? If so, ahead of who?

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

I don't think so. We are targeting our top guys and I think we get them so this guy will be a fall back option at best and could be gone by the time our top guys decide ???

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 5 years ago

That is always a risk in the recruiting business.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

Matt Gifford covers St Joe's, which is why that article had a St Joe's spin.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

This shocks me. Yeezy has cut his list to final four. It’s not that Rhody isn’t included because they backed off. It is that he has four higher major schools. Nebraska, TCU, Georgetown & Northwestern.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 5 years ago

Another lesson of knowing the source: St Joe's not in the group

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:This shocks me. Yeezy has cut his list to final four. It’s not that Rhody isn’t included because they backed off. It is that he has four higher major schools. Nebraska, TCU, Georgetown & Northwestern.

Thought you said it was hype when I listed Big 10 & Big 12 and Big East offers.

Anthony Walker is good and getting better. If URI gets him be great get.

Bos8 · Unread post by **Bos8** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:
Slim wrote:
Rhody83 wrote:Slim, you came on last year and seemed to pump up the schools that were interested in Matt Balanc. Then Matt went to Quinnipiac.
Now you come back and have Yeezy going to Big 10,Big 12 or Big East?

Matt doing well he found the right fit and had players from his Hs at Qpac. There was connection

What does he have to do with Yavuz ?
Nothing to do with Matt. Are you coming on to pump up Yeezy now?

Matt was a great get for Quinnipiac. Slim works with a great AAU organization called Mid Atlantic Select (MAS). They do a good job of developing guys that maybe some of the "shoe" teams miss on. Guys like Garland Owens, CJ Keyser and Lavon Long come to mind (as does the kid from Springbrook who killed at LIU, can't remember his name off hand.) MAS does a great job and is always competitive.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

MAS was a good fit for Yeezy. I believe he has only been in the U.S. for a little over one year.
He still needs to develop. Let’s see where he commits and signs.

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:MAS was a good fit for Yeezy. I believe he has only been in the U.S. for a little over one year.
He still needs to develop. Let’s see where he commits and signs.

Have you seen him play ? If so this summer? Also, doesn’t every kid need development? Just asking

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

I have seen him play. Approximately 5 games this July. He didn’t do much for several games in lower level AAU events.
I wish the kid the best. He seems like a nice kid from his training video and interviews.

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote:I have seen him play. Approximately 5 games this July. He didn’t do much for several games in lower level AAU events.
I wish the kid the best. He seems like a nice kid from his training video and interviews.

Okay so you didn’t see him against UAA teams in ATL were he dominated top 100 kids? Where he picked up offers from TCU, Minnesota, Northwestern, URI, Or when he went for 25 pts against ITPS adidas team who was top 15 team in country with one top players in 2019 Oscar Twshibe. Right after Georgetown offered.

I’ve also seen all the other 2019 kids you mentioning play bad as well. I saw Yeezy outplay 2019 kid that committed to URI. Your acting like Yeezy project which is crazy. He would be difference maker at any A10 school including URI. That’s why they offered in got him on campus early.

With that said good luck to URI. Good program and fan base.

DC_Rams · Unread post by **DC_Rams** » 5 years ago

I told you guys all along Slim had a dog in the fight with these kids. He only pops up when his kids are being talked about, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, I love to see the support.

I hope Yeezy and Matt do well, as well as whatever other player from your program that has aspirations to play ball at the collegiate level.

Just don’t get sensitive when folks don’t see your kids the same way you do. I’ve seen Yeezy play numerous times, and while I would never say he was the best player on the floor, he’s good, and will likely be a starter by his junior/senior season depending on where he goes.

Slim · Unread post by **Slim** » 5 years ago

DC_Rams wrote:I told you guys all along Slim had a dog in the fight with these kids. He only pops up when his kids are being talked about, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, I love to see the support.

I hope Yeezy and Matt do well, as well as whatever other player from your program that has aspirations to play ball at the collegiate level.

Just don’t get sensitive when folks don’t see your kids the same way you do. I’ve seen Yeezy play numerous times, and while I would never say he was the best player on the floor, he’s good, and will likely be a starter by his junior/senior season depending on where he goes.

Sensitive? I said Yeezy was getting recruited by big east, big 10 n big 12. Which all was true.

My goal is to see kids play at the next level. Which has happened for almost decade.

Got 2 guys in the A10 currently playing. One had great freshman year I would think he will be all conference player by the end of his career.

Good luck to URI!

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