Alexey Karvanen: "Egor Demin could have spent this season at Duke with Cooper Flagg"

"I think we can lay our cards on the table and say that Duke really wanted Egor. That is, he could have spent this season on a team with Cooper Flagg. But did he get the same significant role there? Probably not. At the same time, there were options where Egor's role could have been even higher than at Brigham Young University, but it seems to me that the Cougars are the golden mean. Here he got a very strong coach. Kevin Young gave Egor a lot. We are especially pleased that he did not fail in defense. Many considered this his weak link, but now everyone understands that he is capable of defending at a high level. As for the three-point shot, I never stop repeating that this can be acquired. Egor is still young and such things can be improved in one summer.

On the loss to Alabama)

It seemed that the BYU coaching staff chose the wrong tactics. The opponent's snipers were left uncovered after screens and scored easy three-pointers. At the beginning of the second half, the Cougars had a good stretch, got closer to the opponent, and then it seems to me that the referees did not allow the team to return to the game. Several decisions by the referees were strange, including when Egor was hit in the face, and there was no penalty for this. Perhaps, according to TV rights, it was not beneficial for the team from Provo to advance to the Elite 8," the representative of the Russian point guard shared.