West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Fyi
article on Dante Spadafora named all state.
he made all state all four years.
he was first team his jr. and sr. year.
scored over 1,700 points even though he unselfishly distributed the ball as the point guard.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202004270071

You may have a statue of this kid built before his first practice. Lol.

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
article on Dante Spadafora named all state.
he made all state all four years.
he was first team his jr. and sr. year.
scored over 1,700 points even though he unselfishly distributed the ball as the point guard.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202004270071

[Columbuseer]

Great interview with Aiden Satterfield about a week ago before a wv all star game.
what a mature, thoughtful, and humble young man!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_agOms...ature=youtu.be

[Columbuseer]

Aiden Satterfield first team AA all state!



https://wvmetronews.com/2021/05/19/e...ll-state-team/

[Columbuseer]

Seger Bonifant named AD at his high school alma https://twitter.com/hilandhigh/statu...381702657?s=21

Great news!
Segar is still mentioned in NCAA D2 all-time records ( BTW west liberty is mentioned >`30 times in the records)

All-time NCAA D2 Records


Three point FG % Career

(Min. 200 made)Three point FG % in 2015 season

#1 in 2015 season Seger Bonifant, West Liberty 32 games, made 117 of 224 52.2%


Three point FG Made Career

#14 Seger Bonifant, West Liberty 2013-16 137 games, made 374 three point FG

[Layton]

Seger Bonifant named AD at his high school alma https://twitter.com/hilandhigh/statu...381702657?s=21

[Columbuseer]

FYI
looks like Dante Spadafora is also a physically strong PG
first team all state PA in 2A

https://mobile.twitter.com/OLSH_Hoop...023872/photo/1

here is writeup and photos from roundball classic, all of Pittsburgh. Fab 5 played.
photos of dante spadafora from game
https://www.timesonline.com/story/sp...ls/5084875001/

[Columbuseer]

FYI
in PA roundball classic featuring 2A all stars versus 3A all stars in WPIAL, Dante Spadafora was MVP in the 2A 112-98 victory

[Columbuseer]

What's your guess about rotations, Columbus?

It seems like the coaches are building a roster with Swiss army knife-like versatility that has an abnormally narrow variation across the roster in the ability to play significant minutes based on the matchups.

Alpha platoon - three would seem to be high probability.
Robinson III
Yoakum
Butler

My guess for the next 2 slots are:
Moore Jr.
McKinney

Bravo platoon
Watson
Montague
Kovacevic

Mix and match 2 of the following:
Sarson
Rasile
Powell



The open issue with the transfers is how quickly can they adapt to the style? This will determine their platoon early in the season.
I could see the platoon members changing based on matchups with the opponent. I see each platoon getting significant minutes.
The other open issue is the progress of the talented freshmen. Some could earn playing time.

[Scrub]

Watched some highlights of Montague. He is exceptionally quick and can finish at the rim like Patrick, Malik and Will. Really hard to stay in front of him. Against smaller teams he might start instead of kovacevic to add offensive pressure on the opponent.

What's your guess about rotations, Columbus?

[Columbuseer]

Watched some highlights of Montague. He is exceptionally quick and can finish at the rim like Patrick, Malik and Will. Really hard to stay in front of him. Against smaller teams he might start instead of kovacevic to add offensive pressure on the opponent.

[Columbuseer]

I do think Butler is a point guard long term. Down the stretch this past season, we saw a lot of Butler playing the role of trigger man. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Butler step into that Luke Dyer role this coming year.

His size and complete skill set could create matchup problems. Also your lineup has 3 above the rim shot blockers in Watson, Yoakum and Kovacevic, As well as Moore, jr., sarson and mckinney

[Scrub]

Intriguing lineup there. The first platoon would be a Hillsdale size lineup that can run the court, creating a dunk fest, with 4 of the 5 proven capable of > 40% from three. Would Butler be the qb guy to start the offense ( I saw him doing some of that on occasion in the regional, with Luke on the wing)?

The second platoon is impressive too.

Powell is something of a mystery given that he was injured. But he can light it up and has great elevation on his jump shot to shoot over folks from three. Would not surprise me for him to play a taller shooting guard role.

The intensity of the competition will be something to behold.

Redshirting frosh is also what nwmsu does to get their mind cleansed from any remnants of AAU me first ball. Big advantage in making a deep run.

I do think Butler is a point guard long term. Down the stretch this past season, we saw a lot of Butler playing the role of trigger man. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Butler step into that Luke Dyer role this coming year.

[Columbuseer]

Wild guess:

Platoon 1:
Butler
Yoakum
Robinson
Watson
Kovacevic

Platoon 2:
Montague
Moore
McKinney
Sarson
Rasile

Now that he gets no "freebie" years, I think we'll see Howlett redshirt his frosh (as was pretty typical of WLU in pre-COVID times).

Intriguing lineup there. The first platoon would be a Hillsdale size lineup that can run the court, creating a dunk fest, with 4 of the 5 proven capable of > 40% from three. Would Butler be the qb guy to start the offense ( I saw him doing some of that on occasion in the regional, with Luke on the wing)?

The second platoon is impressive too.

Powell is something of a mystery given that he was injured. But he can light it up and has great elevation on his jump shot to shoot over folks from three. Would not surprise me for him to play a taller shooting guard role.

The intensity of the competition will be something to behold.

Redshirting frosh is also what nwmsu does to get their mind cleansed from any remnants of AAU me first ball. Big advantage in making a deep run.

[Scrub]

Now that the transfer dust is starting to settle, who do you think are the first two platoons?
departed players:
Hazelbaker
Conley
Dyer
Bolon

New players
Montague (2nd team gmac pg for Walsh)
Kovacevic (15 ppg for Quincy)
Satterfield
Spadafora
Webb

Existing players
Butler
McKinney
Moore, Jr.
Powell
Rasile
Robinson III
Sarson
Watson
Yoakum

Wild guess:

Platoon 1:
Butler
Yoakum
Robinson
Watson
Kovacevic

Platoon 2:
Montague
Moore
McKinney
Sarson
Rasile

Now that he gets no "freebie" years, I think we'll see Howlett redshirt his frosh (as was pretty typical of WLU in pre-COVID times).