West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[Columbuseer]

With the Coker transfers, wlu has replenished their roster with a critical mass of players who can lead other players to understand the tremendous effort that is required to play this style.

My layperson's dream for the next steps: recruit a Shuler and Harper style player who are shutdown defenders.

In looking at the coker roster, it appears Coach Lamberti has cast a wide geographical net for players - Ireland, Maine, SC, FL, PA, etc. Hopefully fans will donate to wlu foundation, (memo line: men's hoops) to support his recruiting efforts.

[boatcapt]

So are we going to now be called the West Liberty Cobra's, lol?

You certainly could!

We'll see how the rest of the "recruiting season" goes, but beyond the players from his previous team, Mike hasn't dipped into the transfer market. Been told that there are plenty of WLU Style players in the portal. If they are just sitting there unsigned, I wonder why Mike hasn't signed them??

Seems to be a mystery without an explanation. Well, there is one explanation but I've been told that couldn't possibly be the reason!!

[TopperNation]

So are we going to now be called the West Liberty Cobra's, lol?

[Columbuseer]

Jamie muldowney
Played on ireland u20 national team
2 yrs to play
6-7 225 lbs

• Ganes played 29
• pts/g12.6
• fg %47.2
• 3pt %38.9. 58-149
• ft %76.3
• reb/g3.9
• a/g1.3

[boatcapt]

Muldowney from Coker is coming too

Woodard (England) replacement from Ireland except he isn't scared to take 3 PT shots if the situation arises.

[Layton]

Muldowney from Coker is coming too

[Topper_Hopper]

Judd Coan

I see him now, thanks. Another nice pick-up. 6'8" and can shoot the three.

[Topper_Hopper]

Effectively what we will be witnessing is a DII Elite 8 team playing in a lower level D1 Conference.

Eh... sort of. That's three players from the WLU roster that went 30-5 and lost by a possession to the eventual national runner-up.

[Columbuseer]

Micah davis was a freshman at Eastern Kentucky from greenwood IN.

Aiden Davis from steubenville is an incoming freshman and remains committed to wlu

I had not seen any info on Corey Boston coming to wlu. That would be surprising, as he is out of d2 eligibility. He could only transfer to a d1 school due to prior community college years not counting against d1 eligibility.

Reece Hagy from AFA prep and aiden miller from point park decommitted and went to Indy.

Only 3 players have experience at wlu. In an interview, coach Howlett said they will be used to accelerate the transition to the wlu style and get players to realize how much harder players must play in this style.

[boatcapt]

Howlett took the following additional WLU commits:

Corey Boston. Decommit 2025 transfer from Concord
Micha Davis. Decommit 2025 Freshman
Rece Haggy. Decommit 2025 transfer from Air Force prep

In addition to Woodard, Daugustino and Dragas, that's six players from West Liberty. Howlett's style is to have 12 players on the roster so fully half of his first year roster is made up of former Toppers. Don't want to hear about giving him time to build a roster that knows how to play the WLU Style. He could have hit the portal and unsigned High School ranks and brought in the plethora of players that can play in the WLU Style that, apparently, are still out there...but after at least four months of review of the players in the portal, he decided the only way to be successful this late in the recruting cycle was to take players from the DII team he just left.

Effectively what we will be witnessing is a DII Elite 8 team playing in a lower level D1 Conference. We hear every year about how DII team X gave big time D1 powerhouse "all they could handle" during a scrimmage...Implying that DII players and teams are "just as good" as top tier P5 schools. Well we are about to see if a team made-up of players from a DII power can consistently beat lower D1 teams.

[Layton]

I don't see a Dean on their 2024-2025 roster. Is he an incoming freshman?

Judd Coan

[Topper_Hopper]

There was another Coker player coming too Dean maybe

I don't see a Dean on their 2024-2025 roster. Is he an incoming freshman?

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
Judd Coan 6-8 39.6% 3fg. 1 yr to play
After recent coaching changes, I’ve made the decision to transfer to West Liberty University. I’m thankful for my time at Coker and for everyone who’s supported me along the way. Huge thanks to Coach Lamberti for believing in me and this opportunity.

[Topper_Hopper]

Fyi
Max Hurray, leading scorer in North Catholic history and 1st team 4A all state PA coming to wlu. 3 yrs to play.

Excellent pick-up. 38% from three as a freshmen on over 170 attempts.

[Layton]

There was another Coker player coming too Dean maybe