Early on, I look to see if there are any potential four-year starters who emerge at AE schools. Or even worse, four-year monsters like Lamb, who had 23 AND 9 for Vermont in his debut last year – how'd he get out of the state?!?! Nobody made that kind of splash in the first few days, but I'm curious about this kid Stef Smith at Vermont. He played for the U17 Canadian National Team and is from the same high school as Trae Bell-Haynes (who I'll be glad to see graduate). Smith had 15 points and 3 steals in 14 minutes in UVM's exhibition against BU, and double-digit points in the other two exhibitions.
UVM is set up so well with Lamb as the centerpiece the next three years.