Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Some folks look forward to the chance to play college hoops close to home.
Others prefer to get away if they can.
Brady Conner said he falls into neither camp, but the Alter guard is not about to complain about the chance for friends and family to easily see him suit up for Wright State next year, either.
“I definitely do like the idea of it, but I don’t think that was really my deciding factor,” Conner told the Dayton Daily News after announcing he verbally committed to Wright State on Tuesday morning. “It’s definitely going to be really cool to play for a college that I grew up going to watch games because they were so close.”
Conner said new Wright State coach Clint Sargent, who was promoted in the wake of Scott Nagy leaving for Southern Illinois in March, helped the Raiders stand out from a group of potential colleges that also included Mercyhurst, Stetson, Air Force, Belmont, Stonehill and Marshall.
“I thought they were all great places and had their own unique things about them,” Conner said. “But after many long nights of praying, I felt like Wright State would be the place for me.”
