Basketball: Looking out for Bol Kong

Bol Kong, to this point kept out of the U.S. due to visa issues (not with Kong personally, but that's another story), is one of six commitments to the Gonzaga Bulldogs program. However, he may be the only one of those six who's not there to stay.

Gonzaga's recent acquisition of Dallas-area point guard G.J. Vilarino has excited the fanbase in and around Spokane; however, it leaves 14 players for 13 scholarships. Basically, someone has to go. All else being equal, if you were the Bulldogs and had one player whose candidacy unfortunately required lots more work than the others, who might you lean towards when choosing your odd man out?

It makes one wonder whether Kong will stay closer to home. His adopted hometown is Vancouver, and the improved TWU Spartans are but one team in that area who could use a player of his talent, but we'll leave the speculation for his basketball career (NCAA, CIS, or wherever), to those who know more. For now, it'll be good to keep an eye on Kong and see how this plays out.
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8 comments:

  1. If Bol does not go to Gonzaga he will be going back east to St. FX

    TWU is not going to happen.

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  2. I've heard Windsor is in the mix. He should stay in Canada regardless of the Visa issue.

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  3. Bol has practiced with TWU as recently as a week ago

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  4. His old coach at St. George's, Brian Lee, is assisting Scott Allen at TWU next year. Expect him to go there instead of out east.

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  5. yeah man, bol's running with the trinity guys

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  6. Where did Brian Lee play? Of yeah...St. FX. We'll see Long in Antigonish.

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  7. Long Kong that is :-)

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  8. kong will get his visa sorted, at least i hope so. I hope he keeps fighting the issue because he belongs in the NCAA. Could you see him playing in the CIS? I know this topic has been brought up on numerous accassions, but i believe he has a future in basketball wether its the NBA or not.

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