It’s going to be a change for Tucker Blackwell. But don’t tell him that change is going to do anything to hinder his Bloomington South high school team. The Panthers team lost eight seniors from their sectional winning team, and…
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Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log inIt’s going to be a change for Tucker Blackwell. But don’t tell him that change is going to do anything to hinder his Bloomington South high school team.
The Panthers team lost eight seniors from their sectional winning team, and now Blackwell is prepping to go from a great player on the team to its leader and star. None of those have limited his expectations for the season.
“People expect us to just come out and kind of be mediocre because we’re really small,” Blackwell said. “We lost eight seniors, so people think we’re having a rebuilding year, but I’m just really excited to get out there and show people what we got.”
Mediocre isn’t in Blackwell’s genes and beliefs. The 6-foot-2 shooting guard is No. 32 in the Prep Hoops Indiana Top 180 and has shown a propensity to be one of the better shooters in the class.
This has put him squarely in the sights of some Div. I coaches. He holds an offer from IUPUI and talked with Eastern Kentucky and Evansville during the summer. He also recently started talking with Vermont.
He hasn’t scheduled any visits yet, but he wants to start taking them in October. He has already been to Evansville twice and plans to take a visit to Vermont and Eastern Kentucky.
The coaches said his shooting is obviously the thing that caught their eyes but his ability to play in their systems also fits.
“Their offenses are small college offense, so not really one-on-one type of schools, but structured offenses,” Blackwell said. “They like my shooting and ability to come off screens and play in those types of offense.”
With visits coming up, Blackwell still hasn’t set an exact timetable to make a decision. He hasn’t ruled out potentially making a choice before his high school season begins, but says it is most likely coming during or just after the season.
Blackwell is focused on improving his ability to finish at the rim and on pull-up jumpers for now with the college choice not in the imminent future. Most importantly, he’s focused on making everyone at Bloomington South better to prove everyone wrong.
“It makes me want to work harder and stuff like that and get everybody in the gym and make sure they know we are a winning program and it needs to stay that way,” Blackwell said.