Still, Ryan raved earlier this month about how quickly the freshmen were picking things up, calling it “probably one of the brightest groups of freshmen collectively that we’ve had. Very astute, very perceptive, hungry, and they’re grasping a lot of things.”
The class represents an interesting group of players from different backgrounds. Hayes and Vitto Brown (Bowling Green) are from Ohio; Moesch and Koenig are from Wisconsin; guard Riley Dearring is from Minnetonka, Minn.; and guard Jordan Hill is from Pasadena, Calif., but played last season at an academically prestigious prep school in New Hampshire.