The size challenge has been our forever weakness. We tend to get projects who maybe develop (Cal Booth) or overachievers who at their best still underperform vs their Big opponents ( Ed Vogel, John Harrar types). The game has changed but we need to overcome this perpetual disadvantage.
“In June, Lively named a top 7 of Duke, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Penn State, and USC. He's taken official visits to North Carolina, Kentucky, and Duke.”
We are sitting in 3rd place right now for him, from what I hear, but if his AAU teammates commit (like this one), maybe those high-quality guards could sway him
Would be nice to get an official visit from him, in addition to plenty of other trips to campus.
Far from a basketball guy, but it sounds like the early returns on the new basketball coach are pretty favorable, huh?
Yeah this seems like an excellent pickup for us! I have high hopes for coach Shrew and the program.
Lively is likely (nice word combo) to be a one-and-done player.
Micah was a NBA assistant on a very successful team. I think he knows his way around the gym. Lively would be fine at Penn State.
Apparently Lively has narrowed his list down to a top three. Kentucky, Duke, and Penn State. Let’s hope that Derek thinks more with his emotions that his bank account and gets nostalgic for his mother’s alma mater.
Hopefully, he will be attracted to being the guy that changed history at PennState vs being just another one of the cogs at basketball factories like Duke or Kentucky. Really a chance to go down in history and be remembered for a very long time.
