Omer Yurtseven Transfers to Georgetown

Color me confused.

When former NC State big fella Omer Yurtseven asked for his release, I heard from sources that he was 99.5% going pro, and that this transfer thing was extremely unlikely.

Welp. Sometimes unlikely things happen.

Yurtseven is transferring to Georgetown.

I would like to thank Coach Keatts, the entire coaching staff at NC State and the fans of WPN a for all they have done for me, but at this point I have decided to look at other opportunities to further my academic and basketball career.

— Omer Yurtseven (@OmerYurtseven5) April 16, 2018

The Turkish center will sit out one year, and then have two years of remaining eligibility.

From my understanding, Yurt had a great relationship with NC State head coach Kevin Keatts.

I chalk this up to two things.

1) Keatts wants to fully implement his system next year. That system isn’t well-suited for a big who doesn’t run the court extremely well, and prefers to play with his back to the basket.

2) Yurtseven wants to play for Patrick Ewing, who will run a system that suits his game.