UCLA Transfer Berke Buyuktuncel Commits To Huskers

Nebraska secured the commitment of UCLA transfer forward Berke Buyuktuncel today, according to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express.

Buyuktuncel (pronounced BEAR-keh buh-YOOK-toon-jell) is the sixth scholarship transfer addition for Fred Hoiberg’s Huskers this offseason. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Nebraska now has one scholarship remaining for the 2024-25 roster, but may choose to sit on it now that Buyuktuncel is in the mix.

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound lefty from Bursa, Turkey, joins five other transfer adds, including forwards Andrew Morgan (North Dakota State) and Braxton Meah (Washington) and guards Gavin Griffiths (Rutgers), Rollie Worster (Utah/Utah State) and Connor Essegian (Wisconsin).

The Huskers also added rising forward Justin Bolis to the roster as a preferred walk-on. The 6-foot-9, 215-pound Bolis is a local product out of Lincoln High School who spent his first season of college basketball in the junior college ranks at nearby Southeast Community College in Lincoln, where he started 31 games and averaged 15.5 points and 8.7 rebounds as a true freshman.

Buyuktuncel visited Nebraska after checking out BYU during the recruiting process. Per reports, the Huskers and Cougars were the final two programs the stretch forward was focusing on.

After entering the transfer portal on April 30, programs that reportedly contacted Buyuktuncel included Virginia, Cincinnati, Washington, Butler, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Kentucky, BYU, Iowa and Louisville.

Nebraska’s 2024-25 roster breakdown (1 open scholarship available)

* = Redshirt Freshman ; ^ = Walk-on

Berke Buyuktuncel. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea | Associated Press)

What Nebraska is getting in Berke Buyuktuncel

The last remaining piece to Nebraska’s roster was a starter/rotation piece at the four, and Buyuktuncel’s size and versatile skill set fits what the Huskers were looking for. He’s shown to have both a good handle and perimeter shooting ability for a player his size, and can play the three as…

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Publish date : 2024-06-04 16:45:51

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