Russia v Hungary - FIBA U20 European Championship

[Cooley]

#14 (White)

[NorthTexan95]

Who knew Russia and Hungry could pack the stands like that?  😉

[Harry]

Awesome find @Cooley

Our new player Mark Tikhonenko is #14 on the white Russian team.  Gives you a glimpse of his ability.  Check out below, as he passes the ball in, works it around and hits the open 3-pointer.

 

[Harry]

Here's another 3 he scored --  from the corner this time

 

[RiseUNT]

He has a lot more meat on his bones than I thought.

[BillySee58]

Looks like he’s been shooting the ball well from deep. Pretty efficient play, and a great experience for him. This dude is a tailor made stretch 4, and might be the biggest wildcard on the team 

[outoftown]

Not sure I liked all the parts of his game there, but the part I sure did like was his shooting and general behavior in the clutch situations at the end.

Edited July 15, 2018 by outoftown

[SUMG]

Pronunciation help from one of the coaches:

“Teek - oh - neenk - oh” said fast. “Tiki” for short nickname."

 

[MCMLXXX]

22 hours ago, Harry said:

Awesome find @Cooley

Our new player Mark Tikhonenko is #14 on the white Russian team.  

 

This is a relief. I am glad that he is not a Red.

 

[AustinFromUNT]

Have we received any sizeable donations from a bald Russian man named Vlad lately?

[EagleMBA]

49 minutes ago, AustinFromUNT said:

Have we received any sizeable donations from a bald Russian man named Vlad lately?

I walked by the ADs offices last week and saw this dude in the weight room area. They told me he made a significant contribution to help fund the expansion.

He was laughing and seemed to be taunting this guy...said the guy reminded him of someone he knew a while back.

Edited July 16, 2018 by EagleMBA

[southsideguy]

sure this game is not from a home game at UNT when Benford was here.  The crowd looks to be the same.

 

When does the team starting playing in Italy?  Will #14 join the team for the games this summer?

Edited July 16, 2018 by southsideguy

[outoftown]

There were obviously more games:

 

 

[Salsa_Verde]

I like that he can stretch the floor. I believe that in today’s game a player like him is much more valuable than a traditional center that can only score in the paint. I think he fits the system McCasland is implementing. 

Edited July 27, 2018 by Salsa_Verde

[outoftown]

More games:

 

 

Having won all the games, Russia then also made it to the quarterfinals

 

[outoftown]

He has generally played well, I particularly liked his shooting. I think his 3% has to be pretty good. The quarter (Russia won) he started, but was taken out after 4 minutes and never really entered the game again, no clue why.

[southsideguy]

i have always who had the man crush on before.  the guy was the worst coach but someone always gives a thumbs down when his name is mentioned.  Tell me what was so good about him, i want to know if I missed something.

Edited July 29, 2018 by southsideguy

[NorthTexan95]

9 hours ago, southsideguy said:

i have always who had the man crush on before.  the guy was the worst coach but someone always gives a thumbs down when his name is mentioned.  Tell what was so good about him, i want to know if I missed something.

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