FDU, fueled by coach’s recovery, wins opener

LiAngelo Ball was always going to face an uphill battle when he left UCLA (and then Lithuania) to prepare for the NBA draft. And as expected, the middle Ball brother wasn’t drafted this summer. Yet, in the weeks leading up to the draft, reality began to set it for the once-confident LiAngelo. We saw in a recent episode of Ball in the Family that the Ball family agent, Harrison Gaines, briefed LiAngelo and LaVar of the slim draft prospects based on team feedback. When LiAngelo went on to tweak his ankle in a subsequent Warriors workout, a disappointed LiAngelo went from expecting to be drafted to discussing alternate routes to the NBA. In this week’s episode, LiAngelo couldn’t name a team that

2023 target Andrew Depaepe ANDREW DEPAEPE SPEAKS ON OFFERS One of the more recent offers Kansas State has made was to Class of 2023 defensive end Andrew Depaepe of Iowa. They were the first to extend him a scholarship and many others have since followed.