Van Komen, who's averaging 13.0 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.8 blocks, runs well and has good hands. The odds of any 7-foot person living in America eventually playing in the NBA are 1 in 6, according to the book “The Sports Gene.” Yet of the 10 7-footers in Ute history (counting Johnson and senior Novak Topalovic), only Andrew Bogut and Jakob Poeltl have played in the NBA.ĭavid Foster (7-3), who blocked 99 shots for Utah in the 2010-11 season, may provide the baseline comparison to Van Komen's potential. Whenever he plays in college, Van Komen’s development will be intriguing.
The scouting report of the matchup: “I look at him as super slow and he can’t shoot,” Van Komen said, “so I think I’m fine with it.” Pleasant Grove plays Herriman in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at the Dee Events Center, where Van Komen will oppose 6-9, 255-pound Blake Freeland, a BYU football signee as a projected offensive lineman. In November, PG edged 5A defending champion Olympus, with future Ute guard Rylan Jones, via a buzzer-beating shot.Ĭopper Hills vs. The Vikings (22-2) have lost only to out-of-state teams in a tournament in Hawaii, where Van Komen injured his ankle. Having lost in the state championship game last season at the Huntsman Center, Van Komen is eager to finish his prep career with a title this week. He really needs to get stronger and put on a little weight, and I know exactly what plan is.” Can he handle the pounding? I don’t know. Pleasant Grove coach Randy McAllister said, “Skill-wise, I think he has it.
Van Komen says he’ll take whatever path the Ute staff decides for him. It would be tempting for Krystkowiak’s staff to play him right away in brief stretches, although current redshirt Lahat Thioune will be available as center Jayce Johnson’s backup next season. The 220-pound Van Komen needs more strength and weight to thrive in college basketball, so redshirting him in 2019-20 is logical. The question is when that blocking would begin. “We need a rim protector right now,” Krystkowiak said, “and he’s got the ability to block some shots.” 277 nationally in defensive field-goal percentage (.454) and tied for No. Utah is in fourth place in the Pac-12, but ranks No. Listed by the Utes at 7-foot-4, he’ll become the tallest player in school history when he arrives on campus this summer, joining a program that needs defensive help. The GYCC consists of Park Superintendents, Forest Supervisors, and Wildlife Refuge Managers and was created to allow better communication and more integrated management between the GYA land and resource management agencies.The defensive presence that enabled him to block three shots and affect a bunch of others in the Vikings’ 80-57 rout of Weber makes Van Komen valuable to Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak’s program after he signed in November. The primary purposes of the GYA Clean Air Partnership (GYACAP) are to serve as a technical advisory group on air quality issues to the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC), provide a forum for communicating air quality information and regulatory issues, and to coordinate monitoring between states and federal agencies in the GYA. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Departments of Environmental Quality in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and the Idaho National Energy and Environmental Laboratory. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) Clean Air Partnership (GYACAP) consists of air resource program managers and specialists for the National Park Service, U.S. Air Resource Management - Greater Yellowstone Area Clean Air Partnership
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