Knoxville Webb Season Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prep Hoops staff is taking a closer look inside Tennessee high school basketball programs, hours ahead of the 2024-2025 season. Our next team feature is Webb School of Knoxville, TN.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Head Coach:</strong> Ricky Norris</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Knox Webb graduated one starter: Drake Ingram. Ingram is a freshman hooper for Centre College now and the Spartans of Webb are dramatically better thanks to their young players. Drake finished his high school career ranked #47. With him Webb won 25 games in 2023-2024. Brentwood Academy ended their season February 29th in the DII-AA State Semifinal, 63-48. Webb is markedly better than BA this year. They might leapfrog champions Briarcrest Christian. We will see.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center"} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Knox Webb Stats</strong></span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>State Tournament Championship Record:</strong>&nbsp;5-15<br><strong>Appearances (16):</strong>&nbsp;2024, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2006, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1984<br><strong>Team Runner-up (1):</strong>&nbsp;2018<br><strong>Team Champion (1):</strong> 2019</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Partial Roster (2024-2025)</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Anticipated Starters*</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Team Roster</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:table {"hasFixedLayout":false} --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>#</td><td>Name</td><td>Class</td><td>Position</td><td>Height</td><td>State<br>Ranking</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz']*</td><td>Jr.</td><td>G</td><td>6'0"</td><td>#20</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1299479' first='Jaylen' last='Pompey']*</td><td></td><td>PG</td><td></td><td>#79</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1277258' first='Tahj' last='Bowers']*</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen']*</td><td>Sr.</td><td>SG, SF</td><td>6'4"</td><td>#5</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2879513' first='Javon' last='Dirl']</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Alex Leeth*</td><td>Jr.</td><td>SF</td><td></td><td>#11</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2296673' first='Wilson' last='Luton']</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> #126</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Luke Neiss</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Schuyler Huck</td><td>Fr.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Shavar Young</td><td>Jr.</td><td>G</td><td></td><td>#29</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Anticipated starters are: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz'], [player_tooltip player_id='1299479' first='Jaylen' last='Pompey'], [player_tooltip player_id='1277258' first='Tahj' last='Bowers'], [player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen'], Alex Leeth.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alex Leeth is a future D1 player. Shavar Young is a future ACC football player. [player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen'] is a future D1 hooper. [player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz'] will wind up a D2 or D3 guy. Jaylen, the same. That does not even include [player_tooltip player_id='1277258' first='Tahj' last='Bowers'] or any 2027's or 2028's. Coach Ricky Norris both gets and develops players at an elite level.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table {"hasFixedLayout":false} --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><thead><tr><th>School Name</th><th>*W-L</th><th>*Pct.</th><th>*PF</th><th>*PA</th><th>W-L</th><th>Pct.</th><th>PF</th><th>PA</th><th>Strk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th><mark class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">Knox Webb</mark></th><td>7-1</td><td>0.875</td><td>505</td><td>419</td><td>25-5</td><td>0.833</td><td>1,862</td><td>1,520</td><td>1 L</td></tr><tr><th>Baylor</th><td>7-1</td><td>0.875</td><td>522</td><td>432</td><td>19-6</td><td>0.760</td><td>1,545</td><td>1,333</td><td>2 L</td></tr><tr><th>McCallie</th><td>3-5</td><td>0.375</td><td>455</td><td>485</td><td>17-9</td><td>0.654</td><td>1,533</td><td>1,357</td><td>2 L</td></tr><tr><th>Knoxville Catholic</th><td>2-6</td><td>0.250</td><td>453</td><td>472</td><td>16-13</td><td>0.552</td><td>1,821</td><td>1,691</td><td>1 L</td></tr><tr><th>Chattanooga Christian</th><td>1-7</td><td>0.125</td><td>462</td><td>589</td><td>9-15</td><td>0.375</td><td>1,607</td><td>1,689</td><td>9 L</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">2023-2024 Standings</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Alex Leeth</strong> unofficially visited Tennessee Tech University last week. LSU hosted <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen']</strong> unofficially mid-October. James Madison University hosted Cam in September. Radford evaluated Leeth in-person in September. Furman hosted Leeth for an unofficial in September. Liberty University watched Leeth workout in September. Belmont University swung through Knoxville to evaluate Leeth early September. Furman hosted [player_tooltip player_id='1277259' first='Cam' last='Swearengen'] mid-September. [player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz'] was on the same visit. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->