Miles Sadler’s Naismith Honor Signals How Big West Virginia’s Ceiling Could Be

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Ross Hodge is disconnected to an awesome commencement arsenic nan caput coach astatine West Virginia, entering Saturday's crippled pinch No. 1 Arizona astatine 13-6 wide and 4-2 successful nan Big 12. And conscionable think, this is conscionable nan commencement of what he's building.

Next year, nan Mountaineers will person a foundational portion to build guardant pinch successful constituent defender Miles Sadler, who is considered to beryllium nan highest-rated enlistee successful programme history.

As a inferior a twelvemonth ago, Sadler averaged 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game. He's carried that momentum into his last twelvemonth of prep ball, and connected Thursday, he was announced arsenic 1 of nan 25 players selected to nan 2026 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Boys High School Player of nan Year Midseason Team.

He's not nan biggest feline successful nan world, opinionated successful astatine astir 5'11", 170 pounds, but he makes up for his deficiency of size pinch his velocity and highly precocious hoops IQ. He makes nan correct publication consistently, making him an all-around move violative player. Don't slumber connected his defense, though. He's scrappy and takes pridefulness successful really he plays connected that extremity of nan floor. He's going to beryllium nan centerpiece of this rebuild moving forward.

Landing a subordinate of this caliber is simply a program-changing type of acquisition. Obviously, you still person to place and motion nan correct pieces astir him, but this is personification who tin singlehandedly make you a threat successful nan Big 12 Conference for years to come.

The full Naismith Trophy Boys Midseason Team

SF Maximo Adams (North Carolina), SF JJ Andrews (Arkansas), SF Bruce Branch III (undecided), PF Christian Collins (undecided), C Quin Costello (Michigan), PG Jason Crowe (Missouri), C Arafan Diane (Houston), PG Luke Ertel (Purdue), PF Caleb Gaskins (Miami), SG Austin Goosby (Texas), SF Caleb Holt (undecided), SF Bryson Howard (Duke), SG Jasiah Jervis (Michigan State), PG Taylen Kinney (Kansas), SF Colben Landrew (UConn), PG Brandon McCoy (undecided), SF Jaxon Richardson (undecided), PG Deron Rippey Jr. (Duke), PG Miles Sadler (West Virginia), SG Jordan Smith (undecided), PF Marcus Spears Jr. (undecided), SF Tyran Stokes (undecided), SF Anthony Thompson (Ohio State), SF Abdou Toure (Aransas), PF Cameron Williams (Duke).