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The Reaching the Summit Voters have cast their ballots and it’s time to share their votes. There will not be any real narrative on the selections today. I will post my picks on each category with reasoning tomorrow. Since this is a consensus of the voters the narrative will be brief and instead just discuss…
Senior of the week Guard Evan Gilyard Kansas City How much of a hot streak is Evan Gilyard on? Well, 3 senior of the week honors in the last 5 weeks are a good indication. Gilyard continues to lead a surging Kansas City squad as we close in on the Summit League Tournament. The Roos…
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Note: This does not include games played on 2/7 or 2/8 they will be included on next week’s players of the week. Senior of the week .Guard Evan Gilyard Kansas City For the 2nd time in 3 weeks, Gilyard is our senior of the week. The transfer guard has gotten hot at just the right…
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Senior of the week Forward Douglas Wilson South Dakota State The former Summit League Player of the Year takes home his 3rd senior of the week honors this year. The Jackrabbits remain undefeated in Summit League play and Wilson is a huge reason why. Wilson was the Jackrabbits leading scorer this week as he averaged…
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We are late in our grades for the midterm. However here they are. We are grading each teams December and GPA so far. Yes, we are grading on a curve. It will be based on preseason expectations, improvement since November and Kenpom ranking to start and now. Denver December Record: 2-6 Best Win: St. Thomas…
(OMAHA, NE)—Transitioning from year-to-year can be a daunting challenge for many coaches across college basketball. Add in the revolving door of the exponentially expanding transfer portal and it creates even more hurdles for coaches in the offseason. Programs have had to adapt to this shift in recruiting and internal maintenance, but some teams just have…
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So in a year when there are freshmen and super freshmen, it’s important to clarify. In order to make the Reaching the Summit All-Freshmen team, it needs to be the player’s first year playing college basketball. In making this list it is a lot of presumed opportunity and reputation that comes into play as none…
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Yesterday the 1st team was posted, time for the 2nd team. First a reminder of the 1st team G KJ Hunt Denver G Issac McBride Oral Roberts G Trenton Massner Western Illinois F Courtney Brown St. Thomas F Akol Arop Omaha Reaching the Summit All-Newcomer 2nd team G Erik Oliver, South Dakota South Dakota…
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The transfer portal has become just as important in college basketball recruiting as coaches going to AAU tournaments. The Summit is no exception. Over the next 2 days, I am going to post the Reaching the Summit 1st and 2nd team All-Transfer teams and the next day the 1st team all Freshmen team. Frankly, there…
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Time to celebrate the Summit League players that are returning that are primed for a breakout in year 2. To make this list a player had to score in single digits last year and is prime for a big role this season. 1st Team All-Breakout G Bentiu Panoam, North Dakota In his second season…