Appearing before a group of media members during SEC Media Days held in Birmingham, Georgia men’s head basketball coach Tom Crean offered high praise for highly-touted freshman Anthony Edwards, who arrived in Athens as the number two high school recruit in his class.
Edwards has already been named to a preseason all-conference team without having officially suited up for the Dawgs.
Crean focused on the freshman’s potential, stating Edwards “can be not only an outstanding offensive player, he can be an elite defensive player.”
The head coach added that the eighteen-year-old out of Atlanta “doesn’t even really have an idea of how fast he is, how good he can be.