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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: real chili 83 on January 30, 2022, 10:50:04 AM

Title: Game Day Article from the Providence Journal
Post by: real chili 83 on January 30, 2022, 10:50:04 AM
Cool focus on local kid named Kolek.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/2022/01/29/rhode-island-native-tyler-kolek-marquette-university-providence-college-basketball/9267683002/
Title: Re: Game Day Article from the Providence Journal
Post by: warriorchick on January 30, 2022, 10:57:31 AM
Quote from: real chili 83 on January 30, 2022, 10:50:04 AM
Cool focus on local kid named Kolek.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/2022/01/29/rhode-island-native-tyler-kolek-marquette-university-providence-college-basketball/9267683002/

If he does well and we have a comfortable lead near the end of the game, he should look at Ed and say, "You should have recruited me!"
Title: Re: Game Day Article from the Providence Journal
Post by: The Equalizer on January 30, 2022, 11:00:47 AM
Quote from: warriorchick on January 30, 2022, 10:57:31 AM
If he does well and we have a comfortable lead near the end of the game, he should look at Ed and say, "You should have recruited me!"

According to the article, he did.  But Kolek was a fallback option for PC, and Shaka went after him hard from day one.
Title: Re: Game Day Article from the Providence Journal
Post by: Herman Cain on January 30, 2022, 11:20:52 AM
These are the kind of stories that make college basketball appealing. Lots of history between Cooley and The Kolek family according to the article.
Title: Re: Game Day Article from the Providence Journal
Post by: rocket surgeon on January 30, 2022, 11:27:54 AM
surprised the cooley-mr kolek relationship didn't make tyler an automatic for providence