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wlu travels to malik's hometown of Bowie, Md on Dec 31 to play Bowie State.
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more info on garrison kisner commit.
for his senior year, he has transferred across town to morgantown high, current AAAA state champs, who are very well coached.
that team recently played 4 games in DC. They played national hs powers Gonzaga and St. John's, who are loaded with high d1 players. They lost but won the other two games.
Kisner played on aau wv gold, who was coached by Juwan Staton, former wvu star and who played in France.Leave a comment:
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I am a little concerned for him. Doesn't look like he has a lot of range on his jump shot. Rare to see a highlight tape posted by the player that shows only one three point shot. Maybe he has a great 3pt stroke and just chose not to show it. For him to see much more than spot duty, he will need to develop a consistent 3pt shot AND be willing to take it regularly.Originally posted by Columbuseer View PostLeave a comment:
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Originally posted by Columbuseer View Post
Their whole team is back minus perhaps the most important piece. Their senior-to-be star PG (Fred Mulbah) left. He was so dynamic and physical that the whole team fed off him. He really elevated his teammates and was an incredible distributor and finisher.
Looks like they added a transfer PG (very rare for UPJ). He appears to be a different type of PG than Mulbah (more of an outside shooting type rather than such a dangerous slasher).
But, you're certainly right about the typical UPJ team. They are extremely well-coached and always fundamentally sound. They are actually a throw-back to a different era in basketball. As WL fans say about the Hilltoppers, UPJ doesn't win many warm-up lines.
John Paul Kromka did stay. I think you are correct he made first-team, All-Region last year. Everything changes when he gets in foul trouble (which, is fairly rare).
They had to be extremely disappointed with their results last year. That was a tournament-caliber team. They just took a couple losses down the stretch that were very surprising and ended up missing out. But, that was the best West in history. Most years that team would have made the NCAAs.Leave a comment:
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FYI
Pitt Johnstown is coming to ASRC Nov 16. Very well coached team with many strong players returning.
Their big man was all region I think.
It was a tight game last year until their bigs got in foul trouble and they hit a cold spell.
Big test for WLU with 7 new players.
Need to fill the ASRC!
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Impressed by the players at wlu who excelled academically despite long hours required as a basketball player.
?Congrats to all!
2021-22 MEC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (3.70-4.00 GPA)
Men's Basketball (3)
Bryce Butler, Zach Rasile, Austin Webb
2021-22 MEC COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.25-3.69 GPA)
Men's Basketball (4)
Garrett Denbow, Pat Robinson, Ben Sarson, Will YoakumLeave a comment:
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Bryce Buter was voted MEC male athlete of year across all sports.
Well deserved Bryce!
https://hilltoppersports.com/news/20...-the-year.aspx
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Imho great potential. Great fundamentals that is rare at 6-7. 3.92 GPAOriginally posted by Layton View PostLeave a comment:
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FYI
Seems like many Elite 8's have a team that represents a once in a career opportunity for a coach - such as Augusta in 2022, with a 7-2 strong center and #1 in nation in 3 point shooting.
It takes some luck to avoid these bad matchups as long as possible in the tourney.
Witness NWMSU, who had a once-in-a-generation D2 team, with 3 straight national titles.
WLU lost by 21 to NWMSU in first round of Elite 8 in March 2021. Although it is small consolation, no other team in Elite 8 lost by less LOL.
Although not playing them in the first round would have helped WLU's chances, due to less time for NWMSU to prepare, IMHO it would not have changed the final outcome as they had two players who are now playing in the NBA summer league.
Trevor Hudgens signed a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets (Rockets only had 2 two-way contracts to give).
Ryan Hawkins is playing for the Warriors in the California Classic and will play with the Raptors in the summer league.
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New women's basketball coach at wvu is Dawn Plitzuweit.
She coaches her team to be aware of a stat that was new to me - TKOs.
As I understand it from the interview, a TKO is when you stop your opponent from scoring on three consecutive possessions.
It reminded me of the blackouts of WLU, where WLU forces turnovers, gets easy baskets and the opponent's shooting % drops significantly.
Using Excel and the play by play data I looked at Davis and Elkins at WLU game on Dec 4,2021.
There were 5 TKOs by WLU.
If a consecutive possession without a score is called a punch,
In this game, WLU had:
3 three-punch TKOs
1 four-punch TKO
1 Twelve punch TKO
WLU won 100-69.
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As most know Will was injured for much of the season.
it is a testament to the coaches and team that they still had a great regular season at 29-3 .
The overall team average true shooting % for the entire roster was 60.9%.
Impressive!
Countdown # 1 - top 7 WLU Players based on True Shooting Percentage in 21-22 season
1. Will Yoakum 67.7%
2. Zach Rasile 66.7%
3. Bryce Butler 64.7%
4. Garrett Denbow 64.2%
5. Malik McKinney 62.2%
6. Ben Sarson 61.9%
7. Patrick Robinson III 59.2%Leave a comment:
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Countdown # 2 - top 7 WLU Players based on True Shooting Percentage in 21-22 season
2. Zach Rasile 66.7%
3. Bryce Butler 64.7%
4. Garrett Denbow 64.2%
5. Malik McKinney 62.2%
6. Ben Sarson 61.9%
7. Patrick Robinson III 59.2%Leave a comment:
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Countdown # 3- top 7 WLU Players based on True Shooting Percentage in 21-22 season
3. Bryce Butler 64.7%
4. Garrett Denbow 64.2%
5. Malik McKinney 62.2%
6. Ben Sarson 61.9%
7. Patrick Robinson III 59.2%Leave a comment:
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Countdown # 4- top 7 WLU Players based on True Shooting Percentage in 21-22 season
4. Garrett Denbow 64.2%
5. Malik McKinney 62.2%
6. Ben Sarson 61.9%
7. Patrick Robinson III 59.2%
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