West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[Thepeman]

there are always going to be recruiting misses. No one bats 1.000. Sometimes it is a pleasant surprise. WLU Coaches told Luke Dyer when he arrived at wlu that he would probably never, ever play much at wlu. All he did was start for 4 years and lead nation in Assist to turnover ratio with the 2nd highest ratio ever his junior year at nearly 6:1! He just did not make mistakes. Thanks Luke for staying the course and for all of the great games.

Listen at minute 32 of Coach podcast.

Sounds like you guys have a quality man at the helm.

[boatcapt]

there are always going to be recruiting misses. No one bats 1.000. Sometimes it is a pleasant surprise. WLU Coaches told Luke Dyer when he arrived at wlu that he would probably never, ever play much at wlu. All he did was start for 4 years and lead nation in Assist to turnover ratio with the 2nd highest ratio ever his junior year at nearly 6:1! He just did not make mistakes. Thanks Luke for staying the course and for all of the great games.

Listen at minute 32 of Coach podcast.

Dyer is a perfect example of right place, right time. When he came to WLU he was the #3 PG behind then Junior Brady Arnold and then Soph Dave Dennis! Talk about little chance to see any playing time!!! But he came and worked hard on his game while Dennis transfered and Arnold had his cancer issue. When coach said, I need you to Dyer, he said watch this...and the rest as they say, is history!

[Columbuseer]

there are always going to be recruiting misses. No one bats 1.000. Sometimes it is a pleasant surprise. WLU Coaches told Luke Dyer when he arrived at wlu that he would probably never, ever play much at wlu. All he did was start for 4 years and lead nation in Assist to turnover ratio with the 2nd highest ratio ever his junior year at nearly 6:1! He just did not make mistakes. Thanks Luke for staying the course and for all of the great games.

Listen at minute 32 of Coach podcast.

[Columbuseer]

Where is the podcast?

Taylor Kennedy intern metronews with coach Howlett. Soundcloud
https://t.co/Ezey6TrNr4?amp=1

[Layton]

Fyi
Per recent podcast with coach, Luke is retiring.
Marlon is coming back, which is great news!

Where is the podcast?

[Columbuseer]

FYI
Dante stats

OLSH's Dante Spadafora won 101 games in his career, scored 1,792 career points and helped team to a perfect season in 2020-21.(Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

WPIAL CLASS 2A

Dante Spadafora, OLSH

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
Per recent podcast with coach, Luke is retiring.
Marlon is coming back, which is great news!

[Columbuseer]

Dante Spadafora named class 2A player of year by Pittsburgh Post Gazette

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202104140001

[boatcapt]

Yep. The general term Hopefully spans all preceding, prerequisite tasks.

WLU has been to the Regional Finals the last two years and is the defending Regional Champion. They are and should be the odds on favorite to win the RC again in 2022.

[Columbuseer]

FYI highlights of the Serbian Superman Viktor Kovacevic.
IMHO, If you are musically inclined, i suggest you mute the audio :-)

https://youtu.be/qoAW1C6zzHs

[Columbuseer]

You better hope WL gets out of the Atlantic region for dreaming of that NWMSU match up in the finals.

Yep. The general term Hopefully spans all preceding, prerequisite tasks.

[IUPalum]

Hopefully WLU will get a rematch against NWMSU in finals. No one entered the portal for nwmsu. Question is who meets them in the finals.

You better hope WL gets out of the Atlantic region for dreaming of that NWMSU match up in the finals.

[Columbuseer]

Hopefully WLU will get a rematch against NWMSU in finals. No one entered the portal for nwmsu. Question is who meets them in the finals.

[Columbuseer]

Well the roster changes present interesting fodder for conjecture on the platoons
Given we got a pg transfer, does that mean Luke is retiring?
I would guess that several starting spots would be obvious, Here is one guess in no particular order:

Platoon A

Robinson III
Yoakum
Butler
Watson
McKinney


Platoon B

Moore, Jr. ( assuming he returns)
Sarson
Rasile/Powell/Hiles
kovacevic
montague

Redshirt maybe to get stronger, ala Yoakum?
Webb?
Satterfield?
Spadafora?

Imho those are two+ starting fives.

[Columbuseer]

Since Montague was injured his first two years, I think he has 3 years of eligibility remaining. Was listed as RS sophomore at walsh