After a successful career at Germantown Academy, where he surpassed Villanova legend Alvin Williams as the program’s all-time leading scorer — even with the COVID-condensed seasons — Longino was ready to begin his career at Villanova and do whatever his role was to help the team.
For a while, it meant taking the back seat to some of the more experienced players on the team, and grinding away in practice to make himself and his teammates better.
Eventually, his hard work later earned him a spot in the rotation towards the end of the season.
While there was plenty of clamoring to see the younger players get minutes, Longino was the only one in his class to really do so.