West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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This whole process was very Chucky'isk!!! We'll see where he ends up after next season when he realizes that he's not a D1 player!

Probably in the Atlantic.

[boatcapt]

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I can't imagine Yahel thinks this is going to be the outcome after he walks into Ben's office at WL at the conclusion of the season to tell him he's transferring.

A Freshman Guard starting on a perennial Top 10, D2 team goes to Tallahassee CC his sophomore year!!! I guess it's believable in some regards, but where are you gonna end up! Bad decision...

This whole process was very Chucky'isk!!! We'll see where he ends up after next season when he realizes that he's not a D1 player!

[IUP Extra Mile]

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Yeah ... they run some serious talent through there. They are typically stacked with academic non-qualifiers, ... those types.

I can't imagine Yahel thinks this is going to be the outcome after he walks into Ben's office at WL at the conclusion of the season to tell him he's transferring.

A Freshman Guard starting on a perennial Top 10, D2 team goes to Tallahassee CC his sophomore year!!! I guess it's believable in some regards, but where are you gonna end up! Bad decision...

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Very questionable move on his part. He will be on a team that was pretty good (at the level they play at) and that was freshman heavy last year (12 of 15 players). Doesn't seem like Yahel is much interested in sitting out a year so presumably this is a one and done thing with hopes of catching the eye of a D1. He's going to have a lot of experienced "traffic" to negotiate his way through to get into the starting line-up.

Yeah ... they run some serious talent through there. They are typically stacked with academic non-qualifiers, ... those types.

[boatcapt]

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Yahel to Tallahassee CC ... same as recent kid from WJ

Very questionable move on his part. He will be on a team that was pretty good (at the level they play at) and that was freshman heavy last year (12 of 15 players). Doesn't seem like Yahel is much interested in sitting out a year so presumably this is a one and done thing with hopes of catching the eye of a D1. He's going to have a lot of experienced "traffic" to negotiate his way through to get into the starting line-up.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Yahel to Tallahassee CC ... same as recent kid from WJ

[Columbuseer]

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Louisville, Ky. native went to prep school in W.Va. that lost in the national prep championship game. Pretty well put together at 6-6, 200 pounds. Good hops, good handle, nice stroke. 3.6 GPA, 30 ACT. Sounds like a pretty good get for Ben.

He played against very high level competition such as Huntington Prep, Oak Hill Academy, etc.

Totally unverifiend internet data follows:
FT % somewhere between 88% and 93%
46% 3 pt shooting
36 inch vertical

Really smart guy. I could see him or Hazelbaker next on the Academic All American list after Bolon. Right now, we have had at least one academic All American for each of the last 7 years.

[timbertopper]

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Louisville, Ky. native went to prep school in W.Va. that lost in the national prep championship game. Pretty well put together at 6-6, 200 pounds. Good hops, good handle, nice stroke. 3.6 GPA, 30 ACT. Sounds like a pretty good get for Ben.

[Layton]

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New commit https://youtu.be/NQxR5_4d7FU

Bump

[boatcapt]

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Thought the same thing....If you're an incoming college junior and you need to work on arc and shot mechanics...it ain't happening these next two years...he is who he is...

Too bad really because he was a gritty "do everything" type of player who had actually worked his way into the starting line-up in the playoffs in 2018. Had he worked out his shooting flaws and become a consistent, even if not spectacular, shooter, he probably could have earned significant minutes. He didn't and is now going to play at Thomas More.

[IUP Extra Mile]

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Hahahaha...If he was willing or able to do that at WLU he would have also had a bright future with out the need to transfer down to NAIA!!!!

Thought the same thing....If you're an incoming college junior and you need to work on arc and shot mechanics...it ain't happening these next two years...he is who he is...

[Layton]

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New commit https://youtu.be/NQxR5_4d7FU

[boatcapt]

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Can't help but think there is a little heard headedness in it. Clearly Ben and Saben's former teammates know how to coach and shoot jumpers and the importance of arc, etc. on the ability to shoot. I would Saben was coached on the need to correct his shooting flaws. Fact that he hasn't made any changes says to me that he is a bit stubborn and believes he knows better.

[Columbuseer]

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Hahahaha...If he was willing or able to do that at WLU he would have also had a bright future with out the need to transfer down to NAIA!!!!

[boatcapt]

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Where's Yahel ?

That's a good question. Don't seem to be a lot of takers for him.