You guys are awfully bullish on Young coming in and contributing significantly as a true freshman. I wish I could say I'm as confident of that... but I hope you guys are right ๐๐ค๐๐ค
I have been a HUGE Zips football fan for about 30 years but I don't enjoy attending the games nearly as much as I used to. A 1-hour game shouldn't take 3&1/2 hours to complete.
Of course winning would probably help more than anything. lol
PG - Tavari, Wilson, Young
WG - Scott, Nate, Prather, Mahaffey
WF - Marvin
PF - Baker, Lyles
CF - Okonkwo, Brisco
I'd say it looks like we probably need one more post player.
As a freshman Seth Wilson was rated as one of the two best freshman PG's in the state (IIRC). I saw him at STVM a few times his freshman & sophomore years. He struck me as pretty darn good... but not awesome. He transfered to Lorain for his junior & senior seasons & his production really took off. Not saying that's STVM's & Coach Dru's fault - just saying it's probably because he was an upperclassman & team leader at Lorain as opposed to being an underclassman on some stacked STVM teams. He's big bodied & looks strong as an ox. Good ball handler & can shoot the 3-ball. When he committed to WVU I thought he looked like a prototypical Huggybear/WVU tough-as-nails-type player.
Josiah Harris is a true 6-7 stretch 4. He can put the ball in the hole.
Sometimes guys just need a change of scenery, and in Groce I trust. He gives his guys lots of confidence and a long leash. If Seth & Josiah felt they had a short leash at WVU then that can really get into a player's head. I think they'd do well - and have a lot of fun - playing Groceball.
I was wondering if it wasnโt Josiah Harris. Groce offered him coming out of high school & I had noticed he was in the portal. He played at Richmond Heights (IIRC) for some reason his junior & senior seasons but spent his freshman & sophomore years at GlenOak (again, IIRC).
Just saw this on X. We were discussing this a few days ago, the true Blue Bloods.
We mentioned the top 7 as the true bluest of Blue Bloods.
@Illini Zip also mentioned Villanova & @zippy5 also mentioned Michigan State.