{"id":143856,"date":"2025-09-09T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/143856\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:34:10","slug":"chambers-claims-feu-fsa-mo-konateh-to-be-us-ncaa-caliber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/143856\/","title":{"rendered":"Chambers claims FEU FSA Mo Konateh to be US NCAA-caliber"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORGET about the honor of being considered as the best foreign student-athlete (FSA) in the league. Mo Konateh<\/a> wants something bigger.<\/p>\n

The Gambian behemoth is seeking no less than the championship for Far Eastern University<\/a> this UAAP Season 88<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind about what others think. I just like to play basketball and I’m confident with our team and I think we can do it,\u201d he told SPIN.ph.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a decade since the Tamaraws have lifted the trophy and regardless of what the critics forecast, that statement speaks volumes of how Konateh views this team \u2013 one that has incurred the biggest loss of the preseason following the departure of Veejay Pre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the 6-foot-10 center is a firm believer that hard work, works. and he has seen firsthand how this FEU team has put in the effort in the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to be better than we were last year and we\u2019ll achieve it by practicing hard and training hard,\u201d he stated, putting last season\u2019s 5-9 record in the rearview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s gonna be different this year because we learned a lot from last year when we were rookies. But this year, we know what to do and we know how to do it. So we really just have to stick together and do better this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mo reasons to hope for FEU<\/p>\n

Of course, that desire for improvement also falls on Konateh\u2019s shoulders, with the 20-year-old aiming to add to his already impressive numbers of 10.21 points, as well as league-best marks of 16.71 rebounds and 2.36 blocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can do it, too. I can do more than I did in the preseason or last year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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And in the eyes of his coach Sean Chambers<\/a>, there\u2019s no question that Konateh could back his words up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate to put that out there, but if Mo was in the United States right now, he’d be a major recruit at a major Division I level,\u201d he beamed with pride on his FSA.<\/p>\n

\u201cMo is very talented and he just soaks it in like a sponge. He just gets better and better so I’m very, very impressed with Mo Konateh every day. He wants to be great for his own purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the Tamaraws to be successful, count on Konateh to be that guy at the center of it all.<\/p>\n

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