Basketball

Spencer Macke will walk on for the West Virginia University basketball team next season, but he isn’t just any ordinary walk on.

Kenyon Martin, Jr. had offers from Cincinnati, Georgetown, Florida State, Memphis, TCU, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Oregon State, USC, Nevada, Memphis, UC-Santa Barbara and West Virginia.  The only school that he’s visited so far on an official visit is West Virginia back in October of last year. 

The leading high school basketball scorer and rebounder in the state of Kentucky will be a preferred walk-on next year for Coach Bob Huggins and the West Virginia Mountaineers.  Averaging 34.9 points and 15.8 rebounds last year at Silver Grove High School, a very small school close to Huggins’ old stomping grounds of Cincinnati, Macke is the future Mountaineer that no one is talking about.

Sagaba Konate has made it official.  He will pursue his dream of playing in the NBA.  He has submitted his name for this year’s NBA Draft and intends to sign with an agent.  

After signing both Sean McNeil and Tajzmel Sherman, and Kenyon Martin, Jr. likely to sign, Bob Huggins is certainly scouring the JUCO ranks for any players remaining that could benefit his WVU team next year and in the future.  

With the draft coming, in the spirit of WVU alumni set to make their mark in the pros, here are the top 10 former WVU players in the pros.

Clarence Nadolny, the fabulous 6’3 190 combo guard out of Scotland, Pennsylvania, has arrived in Morgantown.  Nadolny, a 3 star prospect who is originally from Paris, France, would be the cherry on top of the recruiting week sundae for Bob Huggins after landing both JUCO players Sean McNeil and Tajzmel “Taz” Sherman.

Former Mountaineer Alex Ruoff hasn’t forgotten about the epic win his team had over Duke during the 2008 NCAA Tournament. 

The 2019-2020 West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team is talented enough and want it enough to make it to the 2020 Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia.

West Virginia added two JUCO guards this week, giving the team some much needed backcourt depth. How much depth? Enough