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National Championship Hopes for ESU Hoops

This group of East Stroudsburg Warriors playing for head coach Jeff Wilson finds itself ranked in the top 5 in nearly every Division II pre-season poll.  And wh...

This group of East Stroudsburg Warriors playing for head coach Jeff Wilson finds itself ranked in the top 5 in nearly every Division II pre-season poll.  And why not with 6 of the top 7 players back. Pre-season All-American guard Whis Grant returns he's nearing 1,500 points in his career and takes over as captain. Matt Tobin is ready to dish out assists again, last season leading the PSAC.

"We're as deep as we've been. We have 5 or 6 guys inside that i have confidence in and then obviously when you talk about Matt Tobin, Whis Grant, Jamal Nwaniemeka, Will Brown all on the perimeter. All those guys can play, and really all of them are worthy of potentially being all-conference guys," said Jeff Wilson.

"We're all antsy. We're all ready to go me being a senior on my team. We're ready to get started and ready to lead this team," said Whis Grant.

Last season's terrific run ended at home to eventual national runner-up West Liberty in the "Sweet 16".

"We felt like we could have been there, but I mean we weren't at the end of the day so it just made us work harder over the summer and the off-season. So we're ready to come back and show the world what we're made of, " added Whis.

Coach Jeff Wilson returns almost 70 points per game from the players on a team that went (30-2) a year ago. The one missing piece is Jeremiah Runkle. He brought character, strength, and leadership. Throw in those rebounds and Coach Wilson is looking for a player or two to hit the glass.

"Last year it was challenging on the glass for us, that was obviously an Achilles heel. If we can handle the glass I love our team speed. We're probably as fast as we we're a year ago, plus we're bigger so you would hope your better on the glass, but we have to go prove it starting Friday night," added Jeff.

"We're raring to go down and play Lincoln and Bowie back-to-back. We're just looking forward to the season and looking forward trying to have another great season."

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