By Juan Cobos
Eurohopes staff is ready for the NCAA tournament, and here is bringing you a list of the European prospects whose schools will compete for the National Championship.
-Sandi Marcius (’90): Croatia. Purdue. RS Sophomore.
-Eividas Petrulis ('90): Lithuania. St Mary's. Redshirt Freshman.
-Enosch Wolf (’90): Germany. Connecticut. Sophomore.
-Jeff Georgatos (’90): USA/Greece. Harvard. Junior.
-TJ DiLeo (’90): USA / Germany. Temple. Junior.
-Bandja Sy (’90): France. Nex Mexico State. Junior.
-Deniz Kilicli (’90): Turkey. West Virginia. Junior.
-Charlon Kloof (’90): Netherlands. Saint Bonaventure. Sophomore.
-Carl Engstrom (’91): Sweden, Alabama. Sophomore.
-Chris Czerapowicz (’91): Sweden. Davidson. Sophomore.
-Ali Mackay (’91): UK. Davidson. Freshman.
-Duje Dukan (’91): Croatia. Wisconsin. Sophomore.
-Thomas de Thaey (‘91): Belgium. North Carolina State. Freshman.
-Niels Giffey (’91): Germany. Connecticut. Sophomore.
-Karam Mashour (’91): Israel. UNLV. Sophomore.
-Remi Barry (’91): France. Nex Mexico State. Freshman.
-Sebastian Norman (’92): Sweden. Lamar. Freshman.
-Will Yeguete (’91): France. Florida. Sophomore. Injured, will miss the tournament.
-Kevin Kaspar (’92): Turkey. Western Kentucky. Freshman.
-Luka Pajkovic (‘92): Serbia. Mississippi Valley State. Freshman.
-Mathis Keita (’92): France. Gonzaga. Sophomore.
-Mathis Monnighoff (’92): Germany. Gonzaga. Sophomore.
-Teddy Okereafor (’92): UK. Virginia Commonwealth. Freshman.
-Retin Obasohan (‘93): Belgium, Alabama. Freshman. Redshirting. Will not play.
We expect TJ DiLeo, Bandja Sy, Deniz Kilicli, Charlon Kloof and Chris Czerapowicz to enjoy the most game time as they all average over 15 minutes per game.
PS: we don’t cover players born before 1990, but there will be a few Europeans at the Tournament.
-Deividas Dulkys (’88): Lithuania, Florida State. Senior.
-Guy Landry Edi (’88): Ivory Coast / France. Gonzaga. Junior.
-Brice Massamba (’88): Sweden. UNLV. Senior.
-Jeff Taylor (’89): Sweden. Vanderbilt. Senior.
-Elias Harris (’89): Germany. Gonzaga. Junior.
PS2: There are three other players dancing, we want to name.
-Alex Dragicevich’s roots come from Serbia. Dragicevich (’91) is originally from Chicago, and is now a sophomore guard/forward at Notre Dame.
-Edis Dervisevic is a New York born senior center on the Long Beach State team. His family hails from Montenegro.
-Stefan Cvrkalj (’92), a sophomore shooting guard at Lehigh, is a Canadian with Serbian roots.
-Ivo Baltic ('91), a junior PF at Ohio where he's enjoying a solid career, also hails from the Balkans.
Twitter of the author: @juan_cobos
Photo: theuconnhuskies.blogspot.com (Giffey, last year)