WVU Basketball Reveals Players Joining Ross Hodge at Big 12 Media Days Event

Ross Hodge’s WVU basketball team will take a brief break from preparing for the new season next week.

In the middle of the week, West Virginia will send five-star freshman Miles Sadler and transfers Finley Bizjack and Martin Somerville with Hodge to Kansas City for the Big 12 Media Days event, as revealed by the program on Wednesday. WVU’s day to be showcased at the event will be Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Miles Sadler

Ranked as a five-star recruit, a top five point guard and a top 25 recruit in the class of 2026 by numerous scouting services, Sadler is the highest-rated recruit ever to sign with West Virginia, according to the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

Sadler, a 6-foot guard from Brampton, Ontario, Canada and Bella Vista Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz. Last year as a junior, he averaged 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and 2.5 steals per game.

Previously, Sadler attended Dream City Christian School in Glendale, Arizona. He played AAU basketball for Arizona Unity on the Nike EYBL circuit, where he averaged 13.8 points, 6.6 assists, 3.0 rebounds per game and a 4.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Sadler played for the Canadian National Team in the FIBA U17 World Cup last summer and averaged 13.9 points per game.

He chose West Virginia over Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Oklahoma and Maryland.

Finley Bizjack

Bizjack joins WVU after playing all of his three prior seasons at Butler, where he carved out a role for his entire tenure. In the 2023-24 season, he earned a spot on the Big East All-Freshman Team after averaging 4.2 points per game while appearing in all 33 games.

As a sophomore, Bizjack broke into double-digit scoring with 10.3 points per game. In his final season at Butler, his production truly picked up when he led the Bulldogs with 17.1 points per game which was third in the Big East. His efforts earned him a spot on the All-Big East Third Team.

Bizjack’s stellar scoring performances included 11 games of scoring 20 or more points with a season-high 30 points against Providence. WVU fans will also be glad to hear that Bizjack finished last season shooting 85% from the free throw line while shooting 90% in conference play.

Martin Somerville

Somerville brings power conference experience to WVU, as he comes from Florida State. Last year, he appeared in all 33 games, starting 10, and averaged eight points, three rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

Ball control is a significant aspect of Somerville’s game, with an assist to turnover ratio of 2.3 to one. He also set the Division I record of assists in a single game as a freshman at UMass Lowell with 13.

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