Sagaba Konate pushes the ball upcourt
As West Virginia’s entry in The Basketball Tournament, the Best Virginia squad is a versatile group that appears to have a number of different combinations it could use to meet the challenges of different opponents and styles in the winner-take-all event that begins on Saturday, July 17. As always, offensive firepower, and the ability to make shots consistently, likely loom as the barrier between the starting gate and a deep run for BV, which holds a No. 2 seed in the West Virginia Regional.
While Best Virginia isn’t overly tall, it does have what appears to be a solid inside game with veteran Kevin Jones and roster newcomers Logan Routt and Sagaba Konate. In the team’s exhibition win in Beckley, Routt showed some newly developed offensive skills, especially on the pick-and-roll, and seems primed to be a player who can contribute on the offensive end.