I remember asking my older buddy, an Indiana high school referee longer than I’ve been alive, about Sasha Stefanovich at the gym after the Crown Point native accepted his scholarship offer from Coach Painter.
I was a little shocked.
“A quicker Dakota.”
I think I audibly said huh. I was confused, looked disbelieving, and he smiled a little bit. He meant it.
Fast forward a redshirt season and Stefanovich will step into an ideal situation. Nojel Eastern seems to have the starting point guard position in a firm hold after a strong finish to his freshman campaign, but he’s a guard that at this point has no jump shot at all and the back up spot is wide open.