In all my years of watching BYU, I have never seen a more “athletic” BYU shot blocker than Keita. I swear he is playing volleyball out there!
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He is super athletic and has great timing. The UCF players didn’t like getting swatted, especially at the end of the game there. They wanted some goaltending or foul calls or something and started chipping at him. It almost led to an altercation because he was having none of it.
Those weren’t just blocked shots, they were full on rejections… in other terms he was saying “get that thing out of here” as he spiked the ball to the ground. The shots never had a chance.
I think Shawn Bradley was the greatest shot blocker ever at BYU but he played over 30 years ago for one season at the Y and I think he was 7’6”. Keita seems to be the best in the last 30 years. Greg Kite could block shots as well back in the 80s, but not like Keita.
All I can say is Wow! Keba chasing the Iowa State guy down was a thing of beauty … Keba Keita Pulled Off One of the Best Defensive Plays in BYU Basketball History
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That was maybe the All time greatest defensive play in BYU basketball history.
Well, there was another block during the game at the rim. ISU player went up to dunk the ball and Keba stuffed him. That’s actually a lot harder to do. I saw Bill Russel do that to Chamberlain once. Someone tried that on Chamberlain and got his hand bent backwards in the rim. Broke the wrist. So, that block by Keba was very impressive.