▶️ Show Notes
⏱️Timestamps:
2:07 – Austin’s Basketball Journey
3:43 – Competing With D1 Talent
5:57 – What Makes Hargrave Different
7:02 – Life and Fit at Hargrave
10:04 – Hargrave Player Development
12:20 – Earning Playing Time
14:35 – College Placement
15:48 – What College Coaches Look For
16:49 – What It Takes to Be a D1 Guard
18:27 – Getting College Coaches’ Attention
20:21 – Recruiting Successes and Misses
21:54 – Recruiting Mistakes and Parents
25:13 – Reclassing vs. a Post-Grad Year
28:10 – Hargrave vs. New England Prep Schools
29:23 – Quick Hitters
31:00 – Wrapping Up
💡 Key Topics:
• Development through elite basketball competition
• Basketball development vs. playing time
• Deep roster basketball exposure and college placement
• Preparing for college basketball speed and physicality
• Military structure, discipline, and player development
• Earning minutes on talented basketball teams
• Reclassing compared with a post-grad year
• Parent behavior in the recruiting process
🏀 About Coach Austin Burnette:
Austin Burnette is the head coach of Hargrave Basketball and a former Hargrave player and assistant coach. After playing college basketball at Campbell, he gained experience as a Division I assistant coach before returning to lead his alma mater. His perspective combines experience as a prep player, college player, recruiter, assistant coach, and head coach.
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