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2026 Recruiting: Franck Kepang - Washington

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UConn in the mix for grad transfer big Franck Kepnang, who still has another year of eligibility after playing just two full seasons across the last six seasons at Oregon and Washington.

At 6'11 253, Kepnang is more of a blue-collar battler than a polished big, but he averaged 6.2p, 6.3r, 2.1b last season at Washington, starting nearly every game. EvanMiya.com ranked Kepnang as Washington's most efficient defender. His 9.9% block rate was 14th in the nation and he was top-20 in the Big Ten in both OR% and DR%. Would make for a physical tandem with Hines, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's aiming to continue a starting role somewhere else.

 
Hey Adrien! said:
UConn in the mix for grad transfer big Franck Kepnang, who still has another year of eligibility after playing just two full seasons across the last six seasons at Oregon and Washington.

At 6'11 253, Kepnang is more of a blue-collar battler than a polished big, but he averaged 6.2p, 6.3r, 2.1b last season at Washington, starting nearly every game. EvanMiya.com ranked Kepnang as Washington's most efficient defender. His 9.9% block rate was 14th in the nation and he was top-20 in the Big Ten in both OR% and DR%. Would make for a physical tandem with Hines, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's aiming to continue a starting role somewhere else.

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Dude looks like a force in the weight room
 
Hey Adrien! said:
UConn in the mix for grad transfer big Franck Kepnang, who still has another year of eligibility after playing just two full seasons across the last six seasons at Oregon and Washington.

At 6'11 253, Kepnang is more of a blue-collar battler than a polished big, but he averaged 6.2p, 6.3r, 2.1b last season at Washington, starting nearly every game. EvanMiya.com ranked Kepnang as Washington's most efficient defender. His 9.9% block rate was 14th in the nation and he was top-20 in the Big Ten in both OR% and DR%. Would make for a physical tandem with Hines, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's aiming to continue a starting role somewhere else.

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That looks like a Hurley kind of guy!!
 
Hey Adrien! said:
UConn in the mix for grad transfer big Franck Kepnang, who still has another year of eligibility after playing just two full seasons across the last six seasons at Oregon and Washington.

At 6'11 253, Kepnang is more of a blue-collar battler than a polished big, but he averaged 6.2p, 6.3r, 2.1b last season at Washington, starting nearly every game. EvanMiya.com ranked Kepnang as Washington's most efficient defender. His 9.9% block rate was 14th in the nation and he was top-20 in the Big Ten in both OR% and DR%. Would make for a physical tandem with Hines, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's aiming to continue a starting role somewhere else.

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Yeah I posted that in the general portal post. Looks like a good backup for Hines.
 
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3rdbass said:
We won't be lacking any muscle in the middle between this guy and Hines that is for sure.
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If the rest of the roster fills out in the direction its heading, we won't need the combined center position to average more than 10 ppg. Not to say they can't, but the potential rebounding and defense of a center tandem of Hines and Kepnang could be crazy.
 
boog204 said:
Yes please… would be surprised if he’d want to be a 10-12mpg guy after starting, but overall the answer is yes. Blue collar battler who is physical sounds just about right.
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I don't think we should expect Hines to be a 30 min guy next year. Maybe in a couple of years. But he is coming in having played only 18 min per game this past year, has some conditioning work to do to build up his endurance, and given the 'Hurley Whistle' in the Big East will likely have some foul trouble games as well. It think 20-25 min is the likely goal for Hines next year.

Kepnang only averaged 22 min a game this past year for Washington. Would Kepnang be interested in a 15-20 mpg role for a National Championship contender and the elevated development and exposure at UConn over a 25-30 mpg role on a middle-tier power school? I don't think that is out of the question.

Let's go get him!
 
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UConnSportsGuy said:
I don't think we should expect Hines to be a 30 min guy next year. Maybe in a couple of years. But he is coming in having played only 18 min per game this past year, has some conditioning work to do to build up his endurance, and given the 'Hurley Whistle' in the Big East will likely have some foul trouble games as well.

Kepang only averaged 22 min a game this past year for Washington. Would Kepang be interested in a 15-20 mpg role for a National Championship contender and the elevated development and exposure at UConn over a 25-30 mpg role on a middle-tier power school? I don't think that is out of the question.

Let's go get him!
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Maybe Hines gets 25(he only averaged around 18 MPG as a Freshman) and this guy gets 15. He could get more if Hines gets in foul trouble too. Either way maybe having a chance to be on a potentially super successful team is worth it.
 
I could easily see the plan (if we land Big Franck) as being ~22/18 Hines/Kepang with an occasional variance due to fouls or impact in specific games.
 
And the BY tradition of butchering names continues.

Its "Kepnang" not "Kepang"

OP, kindly edit your title? You got it right in the body, so I'm guessing that was just an innocent typo. 😉
 
I remember this cat from his recruiting class. He’s a bruiser which everyone wants.
 
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TWRpastabar said:
Would be his 7th yr of college basketball. How does this happen?
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Google it. He's impressive, btw.

But not to throw cold water on this, but the injuries make me think there's not much to this.

How is he going to hold up for an entire season here when he can't at much easier places to play?
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
This is the second new thread since 4pm today to have a recruit's name misspelled in the title.

Even with >400 posts in the original Khamenia thread, we now have a Khanenia thread.

We are very good at this.
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Looking on the bright side here - the boneyard doesn’t see race or ethnicity or anything like that, everyone gets their name misspelled equally.
 
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Do we actually know if he has eligibility? He'd be a great fit but not getting my hopes up for a 7th year guy unless I know there's a real chance
 
I have watched him in person against Gonzaga. When healthy he is an absolute monster. He dominated Graham Icke in the game I watched and it wasn’t close. The problem for him has been that he can only handle limited minutes due to injures. But limited minutes may be all we need in a backup role..
 
Would absolutely love to have this guy, but what is the case for him getting a 7th year of eligibility?

He will be 25 when the season starts lmao
 
navery12 said:
Do we actually know if he has eligibility? He'd be a great fit but not getting my hopes up for a 7th year guy unless I know there's a real chance
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I'm wondering the same thing. I remember when the rule was 8 games or less you could get another year of eligibility. Well, he's already gotten an extra year for seasons he played 8 and 10 games. Are they going to give him another year for the season he played 14? Lol
 
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