Thats awesome. Loved that team too
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going ham with these 2025 unofficials.
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I was a year ahead of Jason, but he was basically just an earlier version of his UVA career. Not as refined, of course, but always smooth, efficient, and solid. Not a high-riser like Warren or an Alex Coles at Armstrong (played for Delaware and won the state high-jump championship), but as a junior was already one of JMâs alphas. And they had a history of super-athletic players.
Funny comment re Doug Clements - I was gone by then, but can totally see that!
You should tell Jason he missed his true calling - cross country! JM used to make its hoops team run CC in the Fall to get in shape. That was typically a struggleâŠ
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Smooth is right. Jay had the freshest lay up in lay up lines.
Funny on the cross country cause Ted Jeffries had to run CC at Fork Union. Neither should have ever had to do that but does explain each of my brothersâ solid running form
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Jay had a killer kick. He ran down half my teammates in the last quarter-mile at a dual meet at Deep Run Park.
Pretty sure he was between 18:40 and 19 flat that day â nice pace of 6:10/mile for a 6â5 hooper.
So you played with Harmon. He might have had the best-looking jumper Iâve ever seen from a guy who probably wasnât taller than 5â8-5â9. I saw him hit three or four from 30+ feet in a game at Godwin.
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This us wild and will be the Fresh surprise question of the week on Jay Willy show
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I ran that Deep Run course too many times! I think I got PTSD on running distance from cross country.
Yes, I played with Vance Harmon. This is Jonathan Alford, since my username doesnât say. Long time ago and lots of good memories of DSF basketball. I think Vance is Freemanâs AD now?
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Yep. the high school of Tim Rash (UVa â72), master of the 20â bank shot. Also, Bob Bundy graduated from Manchester in '65. He was a very highly recruited center who signed a LOI with Vanderbilt. Unfortunately for Bundy, the NCAA banned the dunk the following season, and that was a huge part of his game.
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Of course itâs not anyoneâs priority today at all, but for those who do use recruiting and stuff as an escape from the world Ole Miss hosted both Travis Perry and Ty Davis. Maybe they see them fitting together at the 1-2?
Would kinda be awkward to host two guys for the same spot at the exact same time.
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Just to kill time: In terms of wings UVA has shown interest in (and that interest has been made public on twitter) but havenât offered yet:
I really like the toughness and glue guy aspect of Damarien Yates (Tennessee, Memphis area I believe) . Shot form needs work but nothing wrong with a prospect needing something to work on and the shot still goes in. Listed as 2023 but I believe @HoozGotNext said a lot of the schools looking at him are considering him a 2024 kid. Mostly low majors and jucos involved right now; UVA, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt amongst the bigger schools showing some interest.
Caden Diggs (DC area, Bullis school) is super skilled and has that wingspan and athleticism. But man it looks like he spent his whole life practicing against cones, if that makes sense. I watched an entire game stream of New World 16U vs Philly Pride. He shows spurts of toughness but his motor and assertiveness are far from consistent. Butler Marquette and George Mason with offers but its still early as a 2024. Might have the highest ceiling of all the DMV wings.
Shaedon Simpson is like a more athletic Devon Hall. Watching the combine postgrad streams, he looks like a 3 and D guard but has shown some really smooth assist potential. And I think the tweets hyping him up before his acl injury talked about him playing some pg. No read on how good his handle is; like Isaiah Abraham when he was playing up 17U for Takeover, Simpson is being asked to play more of a glue guy role at the 3 spot and heâs been thriving with catch and shoot 3s and slashes to the rim/put back on rebounds. Not super long wing span wise but still a tremendous athlete.
Damarius Owens. Same aau program as Elijah Gertrude. Dude has super long arms. More of a 4/3 or 3/4 big guard. Most of the north and northeast schools on him
https://twitter.com/PrimetimeBall_/status/1368000768339566592
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When I was 8 or 9, pre JWilly John Marshall played at my high school in the 804.
My high school is always good to really good in hoops. But that JM team had Milton Bell (Georgetown) and was supposed to be really good.
Iâve still never seen another high school team / player physically wreck competition like Bell and that JM team did. I couldnât believe he didnât have a big college career when I was a little older.
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My HS was not good at hoops⊠so when we played John Marshall it felt like the NBA was playing PeeWee basketball. LOL!
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He even shoots it from Ty-land. Manifesting this offer so hard.
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I was a student at the University of Richmond when Milton Bell decided to transfer there from Georgetown to play basketball. This was in the days of Dick Tarrant, when UR had the reputation of giant killers, so there was a lot of excitement about Bellâs arrival. Unfortunately, academic issues prevented him from ever taking the court with the Spiders.
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Clips from the full game. 30 pts. All of those 3s are beyond NBA range. Itâs insane.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBkXVqDEdM/
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I was a high school teammate of Johnny Newman, who helped Coach Tarrant build that reputation. Coach Tarrant was around our gym a lot, and we went to his camp as a team the summer before my junior year. What a great guy he was. When we got upset in our district tournament in what turned out to be Johnnyâs last high school game, Coach Tarrant came into our locker room and consoled every player on our team. That included me, despite the fact that I hadnât played in the game and was essentially a study hall tutor with a uniform. That made a huge impression on me, and I was always a big fan of his as a result.
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Very cool. He seemed like a character and loved his dudes
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Yeah, he was a really funny dude and seemed like a real playersâ coach. That gray curly perm he rocked always cracked me up.
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