Looking At 2024 West Virginia Basketball Recruiting

New West Virginia head coach Darian DeVries must now turn his attention to building the roster for his inaugural season in Morgantown.

So, what’s next with the roster?

DeVries inherited one player once the dust settled in forward Ofri Naveh.

The new head coach has already added his son Tucker DeVries, who is coming off back-to-back years as the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, Mr. Basketball in the state of Tennessee in KJ Tenner, first-team all-state Ohio guard Jonathan Powell, as well as Illinois transfers and former four-star recruits guard Sencire Harris and forward Amani Hansberry, UIC guard Tony Okani, Fresno State big Eduardo Andre, Washington State guard Joseph Yesufu and Oklahoma State point guard Javon Small.

With so much that can change between now and when the dust settles on this class it’s impossible to predict what the class size will ultimately look like but what we can do is examine what targets that could be on the list.

Lanier spent four seasons at North Florida but is coming off his most productive where he averaged 19.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists. The Tennessee native connected on 51-percent of his field goals and an impressive 44-percent of his attempts from three. Lanier entered the transfer portal in April and will have one year remaining.

Spent two seasons at Chipola J.C. where he averaged 8.4 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore before transferring to Samford. There Achor would start only one game as a junior where he averaged 6.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game before taking off last season by scoring 16.1 points per game to go along with 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists. The Australian native also shot 59-percent from the field and 44-percent from three last season. Achor has one season of eligibility remaining.

Patton spent only one season at San Diego where he earned all West Coast Conference Freshman team honors averaging 9.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 42-percent from the field…

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Publish date : 2024-05-15 15:41:32

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