(St. Louis, MO) – Keith Pickens was one of the best high school basketball players I ever saw. No, he wasn’t Bradley Beal or David Lee, but he was top drawer in my book. In 17 years of broadcasting St. Louis area games, he was among the best of the best.
His college career at Missouri State has been littered with injuries and his potential cut short. I’ve written about his journey earlier here on Valley Hoops Insider.
Friday he will begin is final excursion into Arch Madness. Thursday he was a part of the pre-tournament press conference and I thought it fitting to play his and Head Coach Paul Lusk’s comments here. He and they are classy people.
The Bears have have fought the injury bug all season, losing Pickens at times and leading scorer Marcus Marshall for the back half of the season.
I for one and hoping ‘Pick’ has a long run this weekend.
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Caleb Stone-Carrawell is in the portal. @SaintLouisMBB or some @ValleyHoops team ought to get this guy.
.@BustingBrackets gives a brief intro to the 5 new @ValleyHoops head coaches.
I don't blame players for leaving, but this wild fluctuation is going to kill fan interest. When the TV people's ratings go down and the attendance figures keep falling, maybe the 'Suits' will wake up and fix this.
I think I'm going to enter the portal.
