West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[Columbuseer]

By default, that's as good a top four as any we can muster. If we truly play positionless basketball, why would we need to designate someone as the PG and why would we need to worry about specifically countering a forward oriented team with our version of a forward? Any of the players on the roster should be able to fill any of those roles.

Excellent point. Have seen all of those guys make the first pass in the half court set. You just need to designate someone to be looking at the coach on the rare occasion that he calls a set play or invokes the top secret, unstoppable, "alternate style"! LOL

[boatcapt]

Excellent point. Have seen all of those guys make the first pass in the half court set. You just need to designate someone to be looking at the coach on the rare occasion that he calls a set play or invokes the top secret, unstoppable, "alternate style"! LOL

Hahahahaha! The Top Secret alternate style is SOOOO Top Secret that it's not even in the playbook!!!!

WLU posters are fond of saying "size doesn't matter"...Wife told me that that is the biggest lie women tell men who lack a "true power forward!"

[Columbuseer]

FYI
3 of 6 WLU Transfers have found new homes
WLU has gotten 2 players from the portal and 1 from prep school
Of 49 players in the portal from MEC, only 7 have found new homes (14%)
2 went D1 - Robinson WLU and Edwards from Glenville

Status of MEC Portal Players
Count of Name
Previous School	New School	Name	Total
Alderson Broaddus	(blank)	Garrett Hamrick	1
		Jayvon Hatton	1
		K.J. Walker	1
		Vincent Smalls	1
		Zach Simpkins	1
	(blank) Total		5
Alderson Broaddus Total			5
Charleston	Olivet Nazarene University	Samuel Emich	1
	Olivet Nazarene University Total		1
	(blank)	Aidan Turner	1
		Marcos Martinez	1
		Riley Heatherington	1
		Seth O'Neal	1
		Shaunn Monroe	1
	(blank) Total		5
Charleston Total			6
Concord	(blank)	Elijah Hill	1
		Luken Hill	1
	(blank) Total		2
Concord Total			2
Davis & Elkins	(blank)	Bryton Bissainthe	1
	(blank) Total		1
Davis & Elkins Total			1
Fairmont State	(blank)	Chase Whippen	1
		Jaelin Johnson	1
		Kyle Whippen	1
	(blank) Total		3
Fairmont State Total			3
Frostburg State	Garrett College	Caleb Bowers	1
	Garrett College Total		1
	(blank)	Micheal Tate, Jr.	1
	(blank) Total		1
Frostburg State Total			2
Glenville State	Valparaiso	Nick Edwards	1
	Valparaiso Total		1
	(blank)	Adrian Scarborough	1
		Ethan Clay	1
		John Williams	1
		Matthew Allman	1
		Omar Thielemans	1
		Seth Fallon	1
		Tommy Williams	1
	(blank) Total		7
Glenville State Total			8
Notre Dame (OH)	Allen	Mohamed Alkadi	1
	Allen Total		1
	(blank)	Chris Richardson, Jr.	1
		Jake Jackson	1
		Jalen Barnes	1
		John Godinez	1
		Michael Sampson	1
	(blank) Total		5
Notre Dame (OH) Total			6
West Liberty	College of Charleston	Pat Robinson III	1
	College of Charleston Total		1
	Nova Southeastern	Will Yoakum	1
	Nova Southeastern Total		1
	Walsh	Aiden Satterfield	1
	Walsh Total		1
	(blank)	Elijah Watson	1
		Garrett Denbow	1
		Luke Powell	1
	(blank) Total		3
West Liberty Total			6
West Virginia State	(blank)	Abel Elias	1
		Devin Perry	1
		Raef Hetherington	1
		Savion Marshall-Hamilton	1
	(blank) Total		4
West Virginia State Total			4
West Virginia Wesleyan	(blank)	Daunte Gardner	1
		Jayden Hibbitt	1
		Josh Grider	1
		Kenny Lewis, Jr.	1
	(blank) Total		4
West Virginia Wesleyan Total			4
Wheeling	(blank)	Jaylan Hewitt	1
		Jordan Beale	1
	(blank) Total		2
Wheeling Total			2
Grand Total			49

[Columbuseer]

My apologies if this has already been posted.

Bryce Butler was named D2CCA All American, the only sophomore on the 15 person squad. He was named on 2nd team.
His incredible work ethic is paying dividends.
Congrats Bryce!

https://hilltoppersports.com/news/20...-american.aspx

[boatcapt]

Don't know if it was reported here or not, but Luke Denbow decomitted. There will be NO Denbows playing at WLU next year.

[Columbuseer]

FYI
Article on new players for wlu. Sounds promising.


https://hilltoppersports.com/news/20...rt-at-wlu.aspx

[boatcapt]

FYI
Article on new players for wlu. Sounds promising.


https://hilltoppersports.com/news/20...rt-at-wlu.aspx

It does. Our problem seems to be keeping them here!

[Layton]

New commit https://twitter.com/grantbarnhart7/s...UeWU7IyHPAWaxw

[Columbuseer]

New commit https://twitter.com/grantbarnhart7/s...UeWU7IyHPAWaxw

[Columbuseer]

More info on Grant Barnhart...
6-4 185 lb
4.0 GPA
Wv team MVP in OH-WV All star game

High school coach was his father.

That makes at least 3 coaches' sons on wlu team.

[Scrub]

More info on Grant Barnhart...
6-4 185 lb
4.0 GPA
Wv team MVP in OH-WV All star game

High school coach was his father.

That makes at least 3 coaches' sons on wlu team.

We love us a good gym rat!

[Layton]

Do we have any spots left for the 2022 class?

[boatcapt]

Doesn't drive to the hole nearly enough opting instead for unspetacular short jumpers from the elbow when he beats his man off the dribble as opposed to reverse layups or thunder dunks. Coaches will have to work on that! ;-)

[Columbuseer]

Doesn't drive to the hole nearly enough opting instead for unspetacular short jumpers from the elbow when he beats his man off the dribble as opposed to reverse layups or thunder dunks. Coaches will have to work on that! ;-)

Great observations. No out of control offensive fouls trying to go to the rim in traffic. Beautiful jump stop for short jumper without making contact with opponent. Some of our players should be taking notes. Lol

[boatcapt]

Great observations. No out of control offensive fouls trying to go to the rim in traffic. Beautiful jump stop for short jumper without making contact with opponent. Some of our players should be taking notes. Lol

Would be nice if he could "infect" our rim-runners with a healthy dose of "ShortJumper-19"!!!!!

He has the atributes to be a highly successful WLU guard. But jeez, ANOTHER guard??? I understand (don't agree) that we have sold out 150% to the "positionless" basketball philosiphy but can't we at least get a few "positionless" players in the 6'6"+ range as opposed to the 6'3"- end of the height scale??