“Freshman Focus” is an Inside the Hall series on each of Indiana’s incoming freshmen. Today: Robert Phinisee.
From the first time Indiana Elite coach Mike Fox saw Robert Phinisee play, he knew he was watching a special talent.
“(Phinisee) was a freshman in high school playing JV and I just saw how quick and athletic he was and how he could handle the ball,” Fox told Inside the Hall. “I saw how he could be a really good defensive player. He anticipated plays defensively, that was really the biggest thing.”
In the years since Fox first saw the point guard out of Lafayette, Indiana, Phinisee blossomed into one of the best high school players in Indiana.