It didn’t take long for Robert Jones to see something special in Kyle O’Quinn.
He attended a Campus Magnet High School basketball game, located in Cambria Heights, N.Y., which had a big man on its roster with quick feet, a sweet shooting touch and an intimidating defensive presence. Jones, now the head coach at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va., stepped foot in the gym and had his eyes peeled on the skilled senior from Queens, N.Y. Jones was an assistant on Norfolk State’s coaching staff at the time, and he found the right guy to become his first recruit for the program.