Coachable Vonleh poised to be a star 

A little more than six weeks after returning to his original class of 2013, Noah Vonleh made a huge commitment to Indiana on Saturday night. While Vonleh has been all over the news this fall, the story that is much less known, but far more relevant to his future, is the unique way he has developed as a player.

The first time I saw Vonleh play was at the Scott Hazelton Basketball Camp in August of 2009, only weeks before his 14th birthday and his freshman year of high school. I’ve never been a big believer in labeling players at such a young age, but in Vonleh’s case his talent was too obvious to mistake.

He was playing with kids three and four years his senior, many of whom were Division I prospects. Five minutes into the run, the 6-foot-3 Vonleh caught the ball on the right wing, took one long dribble through the lane, cradled the ball through contact and finished on the other side of the rim with great touch.

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