Post by elp525 on Jul 7, 2011 8:31:38 GMT -5
07/06/2011
Metronews Statewide Sportsline
Morgantown
This is a busy time of the year for college basketball coaches. It’s the time of year when coaches are allowed to hit the road and watch high school basketball players across the country in a variety of AAU tournaments.
Larry Harrison was a guest on Wednesday night’s Metronews Statewide Sportsline. He was in Indianapolis watching an AAU tournament. He says he and the other Mountaineer coaches will hit five tournaments in the next two weeks, including one in Morgantown.
The Mountaineers are getting ready for a trip to Italy in August and Harrison says they may be without incoming freshman Jabarie Hinds who is still not enrolled at WVU.
“I don't think he'll be going, but that's not final” said Harrison. Hinds must be enrolled in summer school to be eligible to go with the team. He is one of two incoming players yet to enroll. Harrison says Domenic Rutledge should be in Morgantown next week and enrolled in summer session on July 18th. Hinds is expected to arrive in Morgantown at the beginning of August.
On the Italy trip the Mountaineers will be playing a new style of ball, according to Harrison. He says head coach Bob Huggins wants to play a style more similar to his days in Cincinnati that played up-tempo, full-court, trapping defense.
The Mountaineers will be allowed to practice ten times before they head overseas and Harrison says they will try to teach the team the fast-paced style in the ten practices and then play that way in Italy, “We’re going to throw them into the fire right away becasue that's the way we want them to play.”
While the 2011 recruiting class is about as large as they come, next year’s class will be more reasonable. With only two seniors on the team (Truck Bryant and Kevin Jones) the Mountaineers will have two scholarships available for the 2012 class. Harrison says they are looking for a wing player and a pure shooter, something that is lacking now with the transfer of Dalton Pepper to Temple.
Metronews Statewide Sportsline
Morgantown
This is a busy time of the year for college basketball coaches. It’s the time of year when coaches are allowed to hit the road and watch high school basketball players across the country in a variety of AAU tournaments.
Larry Harrison was a guest on Wednesday night’s Metronews Statewide Sportsline. He was in Indianapolis watching an AAU tournament. He says he and the other Mountaineer coaches will hit five tournaments in the next two weeks, including one in Morgantown.
The Mountaineers are getting ready for a trip to Italy in August and Harrison says they may be without incoming freshman Jabarie Hinds who is still not enrolled at WVU.
“I don't think he'll be going, but that's not final” said Harrison. Hinds must be enrolled in summer school to be eligible to go with the team. He is one of two incoming players yet to enroll. Harrison says Domenic Rutledge should be in Morgantown next week and enrolled in summer session on July 18th. Hinds is expected to arrive in Morgantown at the beginning of August.
On the Italy trip the Mountaineers will be playing a new style of ball, according to Harrison. He says head coach Bob Huggins wants to play a style more similar to his days in Cincinnati that played up-tempo, full-court, trapping defense.
The Mountaineers will be allowed to practice ten times before they head overseas and Harrison says they will try to teach the team the fast-paced style in the ten practices and then play that way in Italy, “We’re going to throw them into the fire right away becasue that's the way we want them to play.”
While the 2011 recruiting class is about as large as they come, next year’s class will be more reasonable. With only two seniors on the team (Truck Bryant and Kevin Jones) the Mountaineers will have two scholarships available for the 2012 class. Harrison says they are looking for a wing player and a pure shooter, something that is lacking now with the transfer of Dalton Pepper to Temple.
