Anonymous
Years ago
Just noticed funda iis now playing for turkeys national team.
Good for her.
Not sure she would have been an opals contender down the track.
anon
Years ago
...and/or planning ahead for Tokyo? Funda has an impressive record in her first 2 years in D1.
She's great on the offensive side. Her defence is pretty bad though from what I've seen.
I think moving to Florida from Utah state will show that there's a massive talent difference between conferences.
Alben is turkeys number 1 pg but they have little depth in that position. She's in with a shot IMO.
Best of luck to her.
Anonymous
Years ago
The conference she's just played in is not a great conference, and she was certainly a strong player for Utah State, but going to Florida where the standard overall would be a little higher, she will find it a bit different, though again it's not a great standard overall, women's basketball in D1 has relatively few strong teams over all, you probably have maybe a dozen decent teams spread across all those conferences .
Compared to the Aussie alternatives of SEABL and BIGV champ ( which is where good would be looking to play) think the only advantage would be the free education
The men's comp is a totally different ball game
LC
Years ago
We managed to speak with Funda overnight for this interview:
Turkish delight as Funda Nakkasoglu switches allegiance
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