Notre Dame will have plenty of experience this season. An incredible six players on the roster are listed as graduates, including returnees [autotag]Nate Laszewski[/autotag], [autotag]Dane Goodwin[/autotag], [autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] and [autotag]Trey Wertz[/autotag]. All of those players figure to get significant playing time, but there is one freshman who apparently will begin the season in the starting lineup. We’re not talking about [autotag]JJ Starling[/autotag] (although he should at least merit consideration), but rather a freshman forward, at least according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports:
Mike Brey tells me that Notre Dame freshman Ven-Allen Lubin is going to begin the season in the Irish's starting lineup.
Brey on Lubin: "He's got a physicality about him that's similar to Ryan Humphrey."
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 19, 2022
[autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] putting his trust in a freshman forward like this is nothing short of incredible. But still, who is this [autotag]Ven-Allen Lubin[/autotag]? Well, he stands at 6-foot-8 and was a four-star recruit out of Orlando, Florida. Perhaps Brey can put it best in his quote on Lubin’s official profile:
“Ven-Allen is a positionless basketball player. He has the ability to post up, face up, run and change ends. He also brings great length on the defensive end.”
Sounds like a winner to us. How about you?
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