Also need to factor in that his native language is Canadian... That alone should merit the kid a pass here.
LOL! If my memory serves me, we've done quite well with ballers from north of the Border. I recall one who went off for 111 points.
Canada has been pumping out some impressive talent lately. Wiggins is supposed to be a beast. KU is going to be formittable this seasons.
Getting back on track here, Kasongo...I love that name...sounds eerily similar to a late Big get back-in-the-day namely Emeka. He brought a lot of late notice and we were fortunately enough to land him. Maybe he'll turn out to be a similar late in the process surprise. Frankly I like these types of recruits compared to the ones that come in highly ranked. These under-the-radar late bloomers tend to play with a chip on their shoulder wanting to prove the experts wrong. UConn has built its program on the backs of these types of recruits (Emeka, Ben, Ray, Josh, Hilton, Lamb, Bazz...and the list goes on). Granted, we've had our share of blue chip recruits (Donyell, Caron, Rudy, Kemba...though he was a late comer who rose up the rankings, etc.), but our best teams usually kicked the butts of some programs whose rosters were full of Burger AAs with just one to two of our own.