West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[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.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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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!!!!

Where's Yahel ?

[boatcapt]

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FYI May 4
Keegan Saben transferring to Thomas More in naia. See a bright future if he improves shot mechanics for more arc and more rotation.

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!!!!

[Columbuseer]

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FYI May 4
Keegan Saben transferring to Thomas More in naia. See a bright future if he improves shot mechanics for more arc and more rotation.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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http://www.theintelligencer.net/spor...on-in-germany/

[boatcapt]

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Another of the dirty little secrets of D1 athletics. This guy obviously graduated with one of these "player friendly" degrees:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGT08DTk3NM

His broadcasting career got "debacled!"