Growing up in Las Vegas, Jalen Hill was a bit different than most of the players who wind up playing big-time college basketball.
While plenty of players who wind up on the big stage started off as the top players on their teams, Hill had to grind it out when he was getting started.
“I wasn’t the best on my team when I first started,” Hill, now a sophomore forward for No. 12 OU, said. “So just doing the little things when I was younger (was important) and now even to this day, it’s just keeping doing those things and keep working hard and then the moment will come when I’ll shine.